The European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/ European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) Atlas in Interventional Cardiology is a joint project between the EAPCI and the ESC1. The ESC/EAPCI Atlas is a unique compendium of cardiovascular statistics across ESC member countries, providing a resource for guideline and policy development and an audit tool for the implementation of their recommendations in participating countries.
In this short report, we focus on changes in interventional practice over time, highlighting inequalities between high- and middle-income ESC member countries in Europe.
This is the 2nd ESC/EAPCI Atlas survey, with participation of 35 ESC member countries, expanding upon the 16 countries that contributed to the previous survey1. The descriptive statistics, infrastructure and procedure volumes are summarised in Supplementary Table 1. Data collection and analysis are reported in Supplementary Appendix 1. We acknowledge the contributing working groups and national representatives in Supplementary Appendix 2.
Our survey showed wide national variation in the number of catheterisation laboratories per million population, ranging from 1.46 in Ukraine to 12.12 in Germany. Notable changes were seen...
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