Trends in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Korea

Coronary angioplasty has been replacing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) because of the relative advantage in terms of recovery time and noninvasiveness of the procedure. Compared to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, Korea has experienced a rapid inc...

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Published inJournal of chest surgery Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 60 - 67
Main Authors Lee, Heeyoung, Lee, Kun Sei, Sim, Sung Bo, Jeong, Hyo Seon, Ahn, Hye Mi, Chee, Hyun Keun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 01.12.2016
대한흉부외과학회
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ISSN2765-1606
2233-601X
2765-1614
2093-6516
DOI10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.S1.S60

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Summary:Coronary angioplasty has been replacing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) because of the relative advantage in terms of recovery time and noninvasiveness of the procedure. Compared to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, Korea has experienced a rapid increase in coronary angioplasty volumes. We analyzed changes in procedure volumes of CABG and of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) from three sources: the OECD Health Data, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) surgery statistics, and the National Health Insurance claims data. We found the ratio of procedure volume of PCI to that of CABG per 100,000 population was 19.12 in 2014, which was more than triple the OECD average of 5.92 for the same year. According to data from NHIS statistics, this ratio was an increase from 11.4 to 19.3 between 2006 and 2013. We found that Korea has a higher ratio of total procedure volumes of PCI with respect to CABG and also a more rapid increase of volumes of PCI than other countries. Prospective studies are required to determine whether this increase in absolute volumes of PCI is a natural response to a real medical need or representative of medical overuse.
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ISSN:2765-1606
2233-601X
2765-1614
2093-6516
DOI:10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.S1.S60