The Workload of the Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania: a 2021 Overview and 2014–2021 Trends

Lucian M. Predescu; Cristian A. Udroiu

doi:10.2478/rjc-2022-0038

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Total number of PCIs in 2021 in all interventional centers from Romania (PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention)

Total number of percutaneous coronary interventions from 2014 to 2021 in Romania.

Total number of primary PCIs in STEMI patients from 2015 to 2021 in interventional centers from Romania (PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI: ST segment elevation myocardial infarction)

Total number of peripheral angioplasties from 2014 to 2021 in Romania (only in interventional cardiology centers)

Total number of TAVI and interventions in SHDs performed from 2017 to 2021 in Romania (TAVI - transcatheter aortic valve implantation, SHDs – structural heart diseases)

Reported data from all Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania in 2021

CITY Hospital	Bucharest												Cluj Napoca				Iasi			Târgu Mureș				Timișoara	Brașov			Oradea	Suceava	Baia Mare	Sibiu		Constanta	Ploiesti	Pitesti	Pitesti	Craiova	Tulcea	Buzau
CITY Hospital	CC Iliescu	SUUB	Floreasca	Agrippa Ionescu	Militar	Bagdasar	Elias	Sf Ioan	Sanador	Ares - Monza	Colentina	Medlife	Institutul Inimii Cluj	SCJU Cluj	Monza - Ares Cluj	Sp. Recuperare Cluj	IBCV Iași	Arcadia Iasi	Sp. Sf. Spiridon	IBCV Tg Mureș	CardioMed Tg. Mures	SCJU Tg Mureș	Topmed	IBCV Timișoara	Clinicco Brasov	Sp. Jud. Brasov	Sp. Sf. Constantin	Sp. Jud. Oradea	Sp. Jud. Suceava	Sp. Jud. Baia Mare	Polisano Sibiu	Sp. Jud. Sibiu	Monza - Ares Constanta	Sp. Jud. Ploiesti	Sp. Jud. Pitesti	Sp. Muntenia	Sp. Jud. Craiova	Monza - Ares Tulcea	Sp. Jud. Buzau
Nr. of Cathlabs	3	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	UR	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nr. of independent operators	7	5	4	2	5	4	6	2	3	2	1	7	10	6	UR	2	6	3	UR	6	6	6	4	7	2	4	3	4	UR	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1
Nr. of in-training operators	6	8	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	UR	0	6	0	UR	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	UR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Coronary Interventions
Coronarographies	2371	1640	1450	612	2512	568	1135	56	1071	1070	175	663	2638	1091	366	335	2667	1208	575	1306	577	892	1206	2653	880	2337	1042	1120	UR	295	800	486	814	560	625	18	1392	25	212
Total nr. of PCI	1070	909	920	117	986	176	636	32	159	493	58	141	2336	620	246	156	1674	150	598	831	236	777	192	1453	391	775	197	557	UR	483	328	163	516	346	387	4	658	17	74
PCI without stents	50	40	UR	14	12	12	41	2	0	1	0	4	64	26	2	20	96	2	54	76	14	16	4	49	7	5	1	29	UR	44	6	5	2	6	33	1	18	1	6
PCI with stents	1020	869	UR	103	974	164	595	30	159	492	58	77	2272	594	244	136	1494	148	544	755	222	761	188	804	384	770	196	526	UR	439	322	158	514	340	354	3	640	16	68
STEMI with primary PCI	485	574	660	6	375	46	450	0	18	0	1	2	618	184	0	0	655	41	150	327	0	385	0	683	2	374	3	242	UR	177	0	19	210	135	195	0	274	0	10
PCI left main	114	52	UR	1	45	14	58	0	10	0	UR	7	68	41	0	15	UR	12	39	56	7	31	16	UR	36	20	6	29	UR	8	12	5	0	10	31	0	18	0	6
CTO	UR	20	25	11	63	18	42	0	UR	17	UR	27	20	10	7	8	UR	UR	29	UR	8	23	13	UR	UR	30	0	53	UR	10	30	18	0	5	23	0	4	0	5
Stents per patient²	1.42	1.39	UR	1.57	2.1	1.58	1.3	1.5	1.42	1.55	1.39	1.64	2.1	2.24	1.4	1.7	1.44	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.32	1.16	1.11	1.93	1.48	1.4	1	1.9	UR	1.2	1.5	1.43	1.16	1.48	1.3	1.2	1.83	1.5	1.54
Total nr. of stents	1458	1264	UR	184	2045	266	831	44	UR	763	81	232	2632	1312	344	260	2408	208	877	1238	293	878	215	2814	579	1282	233	1003	UR	580	484	234	600	505	454	5	1171	26	105
Nr. of DES	1458	1264	UR	184	2033	266	831	44	UR	763	81	232	2632	1312	344	250	2405	208	868	1234	293	878	215	2774	579	1282	233	1003	UR	577	484	234	600	505	454	5	1171	26	105
DES/stents ratio (%)	100%	100%	UR	100	99%	100%	100%	100%	UR		100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	96%	99%	100%	98%	99,7%	100%	100%	100%	99%	100%	100%	100%	100%	UR	99%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0	100%
Cutting, Scoring	15	5	UR	1	22	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	UR	0	4	12	0	0	20	3	8	UR	11	0	3	0	5	14	0	16	0	0
Rotablation	8	0	10	1	12	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	6	0	5	7	0	0	0	8	19	UR	0	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Shockwave	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	0	7	2	UR	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
FFR/IFR	15	9	49	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	13	0	0	0	7	29	9	20	0	6	0	50	0	19	UR	13	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	0
IVUS	17	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	11	15	0	0	0	0	0	9	UR	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
OCT	5	10	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	8	0	0	0		0	14	21	43	0	2	0	15	0	0	UR	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peripheral interventions
Peripheral PTA ³	198	0	UR	4	230	0	24	2	73	55	6	22	120	184	59	87	46	42	7	66	86	38	20	39	15	UR	66	16	UR	23	15	49	2	7	69	3	21	0	1
Renal PTA	18	0	UR	0	12	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	8	7	2	5	12	0	5	1	0	1	1	7	0	UR	0	2	UR	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Carotid PTA	9	0	UR	15	47	0	2	0	0	21	0	3	31	2	27	0	1	8	2	28	1	2	5	90	1	15	0	9	UR	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Total nr. of stents in peripheral PTA	80	0	UR	5	188	1	7	2	18	78	4	39	232	156	59	35	29	0	8	45	12	12	19	137	9	UR	72	15	UR	13	0	5	0	0	13	0	0	0	1
Peripheral angiography	475	70	UR	141	869	48	158	52	540	24	34	185	220	323	56	170	385	108	78	57	94	96	140	466	11	UR	80	163	UR	102	328	73	1	46	174	10	21	0	24
Other interventions
TAVI	177	29	3	6	13	0	0	0	33	74	0	0	107	0	0	0	47	0	0	66	0	2	0	44	3	0	42	0	UR	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MitraClip	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	UR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aortic endoprostheses	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	15	0	0	24	0	0	0	19	1	0	24	12	UR	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interventions in structural heart disease⁴	24	12	0	3	10	0	0	0	1	32	0	5	8	0	8	0	0	5	0	73	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	UR	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The Workload of the Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania: a 2021 Overview and 2014–2021 Trends

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Reported data from all Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania in 2021

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