Trends in coronary artery revascularisation procedures in Western Australia, 1980–2001

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 90; no. 9; pp. 1036 - 1041
• Main Authors: Hobbs, M S T, McCaul, K A, Knuiman, M W, Rankin, J M, Gilfillan, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.09.2004; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; Copyright 2004 by Heart
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Distribution; age standardised rates; Aged; angioplasty; Biological and medical sciences; CABG; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; CARPs; Classification; clinical modification; Codes; Coronary Artery Bypass - trends; coronary artery bypass graft; coronary artery bypass grafting; coronary artery revascularisation procedures; Coronary vessels; Epidemiology; Female; Heart; Heart surgery; Hospitals; Humans; ICD; ICD-9-CM; International classification of diseases; Interventional Cardiology and Surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Mens health; Methods; Middle Aged; Mortality; Myocardial Revascularization - trends; ninth revision; PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention; Population; Sex Distribution; Trends; Veins & arteries; Western Australia; Womens health; Australia; Oceania; Western Australia; Western Australia Australia; Coronary artery; Trend; Procedure; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Phlebology; Revascularization
• ISSN: 1355-6037; 1468-201X
• DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.022160

Objectives: To describe trends in the use of coronary artery revascularisation procedures (CARPs) and to determine whether or when CARP rates will stabilise. Setting: State of Western Australia. Patients: All patients treated by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between 1980 and 2001. Design: Descriptive study. Main outcome measures: Age standardised rates of first and total CARPs, CABGs, and PCIs. Results: Overall rates for both total and first CARPs among men and women rose steeply from 1980 to 1993, when they abruptly stabilised or actually started to decline. Rates in age groups under 65 years tended to rise earlier in the period and remained relatively flat, while rates for people over the age of 75 years started to rise later and were still increasing at the end of the study. Conclusions: Despite continuing increases in capacity to perform both CABG and PCI in Western Australia and evidence of continuing increases in the use of CARPs in the elderly population, rates appear to have stabilised for the first time since they were introduced.