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The Workload of the Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania: a 2020 Overview and 2014–2020 Trends

Lucian M. Predescu
Lucian M. Predescu
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Cristian A. Udroiu
Cristian A. Udroiu
   | May 05, 2022
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Article Category: Original Article
Published Online: May 05, 2022
Page range: 615 - 625
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2021.31.3.615
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© 2021 Lucian M. Predescu et al., published by Sciendo
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Figure 1

Total number of PCIs in 2020 in all interventional centers from Romania (PCI - percutaneous coronary intervention).
Total number of PCIs in 2020 in all interventional centers from Romania (PCI - percutaneous coronary intervention).

Figure 2

Total number of percutaneous coronary interventions from 2014 to 2020 in Romania.
Total number of percutaneous coronary interventions from 2014 to 2020 in Romania.

Figure 3

Total number of primary PCIs in STEMI patients from 2015 to 2020 in interventional centers from Romania (PCI - percutaneous coronary intervention, STEMI - ST segment elevation myocardial infarction).
Total number of primary PCIs in STEMI patients from 2015 to 2020 in interventional centers from Romania (PCI - percutaneous coronary intervention, STEMI - ST segment elevation myocardial infarction).

Figure 4

Total number of peripheral angioplasties from 2014 to 2020 in Romania (only in interventional cardiology centers).
Total number of peripheral angioplasties from 2014 to 2020 in Romania (only in interventional cardiology centers).

Figure 5

Total number of TAVI and interventions in SHDs performed from 2017 to 2020 in Romania (TAVI - transcatheter aortic valve implantation, SHDs – structural heart diseases).
Total number of TAVI and interventions in SHDs performed from 2017 to 2020 in Romania (TAVI - transcatheter aortic valve implantation, SHDs – structural heart diseases).

Reported data from all Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania in 2020

City Bucharest
Hospital CC Iliescu SUUB Floreasca Agrippa Ionescu Militar Bagdasar-Arseni Elias Sf. Ioan
No. of cathlabs 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1
No. of independent operators 7 6 5 2 5 2 5 2
Nr. of in training operators 12 5 4 0 1 2 3 0
Coronary interventions
Coronarography 2057 1193 1185 525 1938 434 1282 252
Total nr. of PCI1 1025 770 809 110 881 129 593 72
PCI without stents 88 46 25 3 54 4 17 0
PCI with stents 937 724 784 107 733 125 576 72
STEMI with primary PCI 506 516 777 3 271 12 307 11
PCI left main 156 30 64 9 14 7 UR 0
CTO 72 25 UR 5 68 11 UR 0
Stents per patient2 1.5 1.63 1.36 1.46 1.27 1.56 1.28 1.26
Total nr. of stents 1407 1257 1008 161 929 195 743 91
Nr. of DES 1407 1257 1008 161 918 195 735 91
DES/stents ratio (%) 100% 100% 100.00% 100% 99% 100 99% 100%
Cutting, scoring 65 5 5 6 3 0 0 0
Rotabalation 16 0 8 2 2 0 0 0
Shockwave 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FFR/IFR 5 10 7 7 0 0 0 0
IVUS 7 0 12 2 0 0 0 0
OCT 3 10 5 5 0 0 0 0
Peripheral interventions
Peripheral PTA3 106 0 0 8 154 0 15 11
Renal PTA 4 1 0 1 7 0 0 3
Carotid PTA 3 0 0 16 37 0 5 0
Total nr. of stents in peripheral PTA 60 0 0 7 157 0 5 17
Peripheral angiography 301 50 15 75 595 22 87 54
Other interventions
TAVI 146 24 0 8 12 0 0 0
MitraClip 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aortic endoprothesis 11 0 0 3 11 0 0 0
Interventions in structural heart disease4 23 44 0 0 1 0 0 0
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