Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization

Jakub Chmiel; Miłosz K. Książek; Weronika Stryszak; Paweł Iwaszczuk; Mateusz K. Hołda; Grażyna Świtacz; Artur Kozanecki; Piotr Wilkołek; Paweł Rubiś; Grzegorz Kopeć; Piotr Odrowąż-Pieniążek; Tadeusz Przewłocki; Wiesława Tracz; Piotr Podolec; Piotr Musiałek

doi:10.5114/aic.2018.78327

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Original paper

Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization

Jakub Chmiel

,

Miłosz K. Książek

,

Weronika Stryszak

,

Paweł Iwaszczuk

,

Mateusz K. Hołda

,

Grażyna Świtacz

,

Artur Kozanecki

,

Piotr Wilkołek

,

Paweł Rubiś

,

Grzegorz Kopeć

,

Piotr Odrowąż-Pieniążek

,

Tadeusz Przewłocki

,

Wiesława Tracz

,

Piotr Podolec

,

Piotr Musiałek

Adv Interv Cardiol 2018; 14, 3 (53): 247–257

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2018.78327

Online publish date: 2018/09/21

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Chmiel J, Książek M, Stryszak W, et al. Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej. 2018;14(3):247-257. doi:10.5114/aic.2018.78327.

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Chmiel, J., Książek, M., Stryszak, W., Iwaszczuk, P., Hołda, M.,  & Świtacz, G. et al. (2018). Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 14(3), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2018.78327

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Chmiel, Jakub, Miłosz K. Książek, Weronika Stryszak, Paweł Iwaszczuk, Mateusz K. Hołda, Grażyna Świtacz,  and Artur Kozanecki et al. 2018. "Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization". Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej 14 (3): 247-257. doi:10.5114/aic.2018.78327.

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Chmiel, J., Książek, M., Stryszak, W., Iwaszczuk, P., Hołda, M., Świtacz, G., Kozanecki, A., Wilkołek, P., Rubiś, P., Kopeć, G., Odrowąż-Pieniążek, P., Przewłocki, T., Tracz, W., Podolec, P.,  and Musiałek, P. (2018). Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 14(3), pp.247-257. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2018.78327

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Chmiel, Jakub et al. "Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization." Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, vol. 14, no. 3, 2018, pp. 247-257. doi:10.5114/aic.2018.78327.

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Chmiel J, Książek M, Stryszak W, Iwaszczuk P, Hołda M, Świtacz G et al. Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej. 2018;14(3):247-257. doi:10.5114/aic.2018.78327.

Introduction
Invasive coronary angiography (CAG), the ‘gold standard’ in coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis, requires hospitalization, is not risk-free, and engages considerable healthcare resources.

Aim
To assess recent (throught out 10 years) evolution of ‘significant’ (≥ 50% stenosis(es)) CAD prevalence in subjects undergoing CAG for CAD diagnosis in a high-volume tertiary referral center.

Material and methods
Anonymized medical records were compared from the last vs. the first 2-years of the decade (June 2007 to May 2018). Referrals for suspected CAD were 2067 of 4522 hospitalizations (45.7%) and 1755 of 5196 (33.8%) respectively (p < 0.001).

Results
The median patient age (64 vs. 68 years) and the prevalence of heart failure (24.1% vs. 42.2%) increased significantly (p < 0.001). The CAG atherosclerotic lesions, for all stenosis categories (< 50%; ≥ 50%; ≥ 70%; occlusion(s)), were significantly more prevalent in men. The proportion of subjects with any atherosclerosis on CAG increased (80.7% vs. 77.6%, p = 0.015). However, in the absence of any gross change in, for instance, the fraction of women (40.4% vs. 41.8%), the proportion of CAGs with significant CAD (lesion(s) ≥ 50%) decreased from 55.2% in 2007/2008 to below 1 in every 2 angiograms (48.9%) in 2017/2018 (p < 0.001). This unexpected finding occurred consistently across nearly all CAG referral categories.

Conclusions
Despite more advanced age and a higher proportion of subjects with ‘any’ coronary atherosclerosis on CAG, the likelihood of a ‘negative’ angiogram (lesion(s) < 50%; no further evaluation/intervention) has increased significantly over the last decade. The exact nature of this phenomenon requires further investigation, particularly as a reverse trend would be expected with the growing role (and current high penetration) of contemporary non-invasive diagnostic tools to rule out significant CAD.

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Temporal changes in the pattern of invasive angiography use and its outcome in suspected coronary artery disease: implications for patient management and healthcare resource utilization

Jakub Chmiel , Miłosz K. Książek , Weronika Stryszak , Paweł Iwaszczuk , Mateusz K. Hołda , Grażyna Świtacz , Artur Kozanecki , Piotr Wilkołek , Paweł Rubiś , Grzegorz Kopeć , Piotr Odrowąż-Pieniążek , Tadeusz Przewłocki , Wiesława Tracz , Piotr Podolec , Piotr Musiałek

diagnosis, angiography, coronary artery disease, coronary angiography, invasive evaluation, coronary angiogram