title: Percutaneous interventions in cardiology in Poland in the year 2014. Summary report of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society AISN PTK.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Board of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society (AISN PTK) publishes annual data from the National PCI Registry (ORPKI) operated by the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  For the first time the AISN PTK report is based on the new electronic database implemented in Poland on January 1(st), 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2014, there were 155 invasive cardiology centers registered in the ORPKI database (an increase by 1 center in comparison to 2013) and 92% of them had 24/7 percutaneous (PCI) duty. For the first time the number of catheterization laboratories (cath labs) in Poland remained stable, and even though there was an increase by 1 in absolute numbers, 2 cath labs ceased to admit patients in 2014. This means that the number of active cath labs per 1 million inhabitants is similar to last year and equals 4.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In comparison to 2013, there was a significant increase in the total number of coronary angiographies. There were 226 713 angiographies in 2014. The total number of PCI procedures was 126 241, which is 5.1% more than in 2013.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a significant increase in the overall number of coronary angiographies and PCIs in Poland in 2014. The use of attributes of modern interventional cardiology such as drug-eluting stents and bioabsorbable vascular stents is growing as well as more frequent choice of a radial access site by PCI operators even in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients. One should also note a significant rise in the use of additional imaging or diagnostic tools such as fractional flow reserve, intravascular ultrasound and optical coherent tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, GCM Hospital, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ochała
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Siudak
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Legutko
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, GCM Hospital, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parma
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw-Anin, Poland.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chmielak
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartuś
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobrzycki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grygier
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology in Children, Medical University of Poznan, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moszura
authors.affiliation: Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pawłowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dudek
keywords: acute coronary syndromes; coronary angiography; registry