Spanish Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Intervention Registry. 28th Official Report of the Spanish Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology (1990-2018).

INTRODUCTION AND
OBJECTIVES: The Working Group on Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology presents its annual report on the activity data for 2018.
METHODS: Data were voluntarily provided by participating centers. The information was introduced online and was analyzed by the Steering Committee of the Working Group on Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology.
RESULTS: In 2018, data were reported by 109 hospitals, 83 of these centers are public. A total of 157 632 diagnostic procedures (140 670 coronary angiograms) were performed. This year, the number of percutaneous coronary interventions increased to 72 520 (2.2% increase). There was also an increase in the complexity of coronary interventions: 10.6% in chronic total occlusions and 4.2% in unprotected left main treatment. A total of 21 261 interventional procedures were performed in the acute myocardial infarction setting, of which 91% were primary angioplasties (9.6% higher than in 2017). A total of 108398 stents were implanted, of which 93.8% were drug-eluting stents (3.5% increase). Radial approach was used in 89.4% of interventional procedures. The number of transcatheter aortic valve implantations continued to increase (25.3% increase, n=3537), as well as the number of percutaneous mitral valve repair procedures (21.4% increase, n=328), left atrial appendage closures (10.6% increase, n=644) and patent foramen ovale closures (81% increase, n=514).
CONCLUSIONS: An increase in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures was reported in 2018, particularly in primary percutaneous coronary interventions. The use of the radial approach and complex procedures also increased. The number of structural procedures rose significantly, following the trend seen in recent years.