[A new organization model for hemodynamic cardiology diagnosis and intervention cardiology]. / Un nuovo modello organizzativo per la diagnostica cardiologica emodinamica e la cardiologia interventistica.
Ital Heart J Suppl
; 2(1): 26-30, 2001 Jan.
Article
em It
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11216080
ABSTRACT
In centers without hemodynamic laboratories the quality of medical care may be suboptimal since the unavailability of these technologies may reduce medical experience in the treatment of heart disease, mostly in acute coronary syndromes, and may increase the need for referring some patients to other hospitals. The problem will be of great relevance in the case of expansion of the aggressive approach in the treatment of acute ischemic syndromes such as acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina. The impelling need for small centers of improving medical care may promote the spontaneous and uncontrolled proliferation of hemodynamic laboratories. The high number of hemodynamic laboratories may lead to a low institutional volume and, as a consequence, may negatively influence the outcome of coronary intervention and increase health care costs. The experience of operators and the costs are probably more relevant as regards angioplasty than coronary angiography. Therefore we propose the implementation of departments of interventional hemodynamic laboratories including different hospitals diagnostic laboratories will be allocated in hospitals with coronary care units, while interventional laboratories will be allocated in referring hospitals.
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2001
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