Coronary interventions in Europe 1992

Abstract

Although partial reporting might bias conclusions, several findings of this survey are noteworthy: (1) PTCA was a well accepted treatment for coronary artery disease, (2) PTCA was applied more frequently than CABG, (3) there was an extremely wide range of coronary angiography and PTCA performed per million inhabitants, (4) the most common additional procedure was stent implantation, but other new devices were only rarely applied.