Expert committee
Jean Marco, Chairperson
Anselm Gitt, co-Chairperson
F. Eberli, R. Seabra-Gomes, P. Serruys, S. Silber, A. Vahanian, F. Weidinger, W. Wijns, U. Zeymer
Protocol Summary
Information from which to make a clinical management decision has been greatly expanded in recent years, yet in many situations management issues remain controversial or uncertain. The availability of new equipments, devices and drugs has expanded the limits of patient's treatment. The objective of this survey is to assess the adherence to ESC Guidelines and to provide a Quality Control tool to the participating centres. Each centre may monitor and compare his unit activity with National and European data.
Objectives of the Registry:
Main objectives:
- Determine the regional variations in the indications for revascularization, the use of different procedures and their outcomes.
- Determine the adherence to existing guidelines of indications to perform a PCI.
- Determine the type of equipment and technology used for PCI procedures.
- Test prospectively the value of existing algorithms to predict procedural-related outcomes in patients undergoing PCIs or surgery.
- Assess the immediate, in-hospital and 1-year outcome of patients assigned to different treatment strategies stratified by severity and clinical presentation of CAD as well as comorbidities.
Secondary objectives:
- Medical adjunctive treatment before and during PCI.
- Medical treatment after PCI (secondary prevention).
- Use of drug eluting stents. Use of adjunctive devices for PCI.
- Comparison of current practice in PCI with the new guidelines.
- Assessment of medical resource utilisation and its impact on outcome in different countries and different types of hospitals.
- Hospital complications and outcome after PCI. Longterm (1-year) outcome after PCI.
- Comparison of clinical practice of PCI 2005 with 2000 (Revascularisation Survey).