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Figure 4. Procedure Use for Two Cardiac Conditions
Figure 4. Procedure Use for Two Cardiac Conditions (Text Description)
Chart 1: Procedures for Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
Nonobstetric female patients:
No procedure: 33.7 percent of discharges.
Cardiac catheterization/coronary arteriography: 42.7 percent of discharges.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): 22.1 percent of discharges.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 7.9 percent of discharges.
Male patients:
No procedure: 24.4 percent of discharges.
Cardiac catheterization/coronary arteriography: 55.0 percent of discharges.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): 31.0 percent of discharges.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 12.3 percent of discharges.
Chart 2: Procedures for Coronary Atherosclerosis (Hardening of the Arteries of the Heart)
Nonobstetric female patients:
No procedure: 31.4 percent of discharges.
Cardiac catheterization/coronary arteriography: 49.9 percent of discharges.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): 26.1 percent of discharges.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 14.7 percent of discharges.
Male patients:
No procedure: 21.0 percent of discharges.
Cardiac catheterization/coronary arteriography: 56.7 percent of discharges.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): 32.1 percent of discharges.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 23.7 percent of discharges.
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