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ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
For isolated CABG procedures, *7.66% of participants in the STS that were eligible for the STS Quality Composite
rating and received a 3-star with UAB for Harvest #3 2019 (period ended 6/30/19). Participants that receive
a 3-star rating have a score significantly higher than the STS mean. This score examines mortality, morbidity
(after surgery), and proper medication and IMA usage. Many other institutions are graded using these same four
domains that comprise the STS score. Essentially, as the average score of all participants increases, the ability
to earn a 3-star rating becomes more difficult. It is important to note that institutions with a 2-star rating also are
considered to offer quality care. UAB Interventional Cardiology is an internationally recognized leader in cardiac services, combining
compassionate, innovative patient care with the most advanced technology and basic and clinical research. The
group attends to patients with a wide range of complex illnesses and disease acuity, ranging from chronic stable
ischemic heart disease to cardiogenic shock.
*Source: Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 2019 Harvest # 3 Report,
period ended 6/30/2019 • UAB performs more than 1,000 percutaneous coronary interventions and more than 3,500 cardiac diagnostic
studies annually
• Regional and state referral center for complex percutaneous coronary interventions, including chronic total
occlusion (CTO), which allows many patients to avoid bypass surgery
• Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and fractionated flow reserve (FFR) technology routinely used to evaluate
ischemic lesions
• Mechanical circulatory support available for high-risk PCI procedures
CABG VOLUMES 2014–2019
ISOLATED CABG: ON-PUMP VS. OFF-PUMP
2014–2019
1000
888
800
650
600
400
631
570
451
427
400
270
334
421
469
59.3%
317
200
0
2014
2015
2016
n TOTAL CABG
2017
HIGHLIGHTS
2018
n ISOLATED CABG
2019
40.7%
PCI IN-HOSPITAL RISK-ADJUSTED MORTALITY
MEDIAN TIME (MINUTES) TO IMMEDIATE PCI
(PATIENTS WITH STEMI)
ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
n OFF-PUMP
n ON-PUMP
SELECTED PUBLICATION
• Vardas PN, Matthews C, Rosati CM, Beckman DJ, Severe Re-Expansion Pulmonary Edema after Conventional
Cardiac Surgery: Identification and Management. J Card Surg. 2019 Jun; 34(6):525-527
Source: Cath/PCI NCDR quarter ending Q2 2019
NCDR National Target Goal = 90 Minutes
MEDIAN TIME (MINUTES) TO IMMEDIATE PCI
(TRANSFER PATIENTS WITH STEMI)
NCDR National Target Goal = 120 Minutes
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Brott BC, Chatterjee A. Drug-Eluting Balloon Therapy for In-Stent Restenosis of Drug-Eluting Stents: Choose
and Prepare the Appropriate Lesion. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2018 May 28;11(10):979-80.
• Proctor P, Al-Soliman F, Hage FG. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Prior to Coronary Revascularization: From Risk
Stratification to Procedure Guidance. J Nucl Cardiol 2018; doi:10.1007/s12350-018-1221-z. PMID: 29417421
• Doshi R, Patel N. Kaira R, Arora H, Bajaj NS, Arora G, Arora P. Incidence and In-Hospital Outcomes of Single-
Vessel Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Int J Cardiol. 2018
Oct 15;269:61-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.07.075. Epub 2018 Jul 19.
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