Abstract
The present paper describes the objectives, implementation and experiences with the computer-assisted coronary angiography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) reporting and information systems, which we developed at the University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium.
The coronary angiography system is in daily routine use since April 1, 1975. A balance was obtained between practicality, feasibility and economical aspects on the one hand, and completeness and conciseness of clinically relevant information on the other hand. The system is based on a 2-page coding document, which is coded and filled in by the physician who performed the procedure. Special care was taken to handle anatomical variability and to produce a grammatically readable report in the Dutch language. The computer-generated reports, signed by the cardiologist, are sent directly to the referring physicians. Data on over 35000 patients have been stored to date. Both in 1989 and in 1988 more than 4000 cases were entered in the database.
The PTCA reporting and information system was developed and put in daily practice early in 1987, as a supplement to the coronary angiography system. The data stored, permit a detailed description of the procedure, its results and complications. Also follow-up data are collected in the database. The PTCA database increased in size with 1050 entries in 1989, versus 850 cases in 1988.
Both systems impose systematic and standardised reporting by different cardiologists. They alleviate the steadily increasing administrative workload through an increased efficiency in acquisition, storage and retrieval of information. In addition, the systems are very useful for quality assurance testing and clinical research studies.
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- Coronary Angiography
- Left Anterior Descend
- IEEE Computer Society
- Right Coronary Artery
- Coronary Arteriography
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Willems, J.L., Renkens, S., De Wel, M., Piessens, J. (1991). Development of and experience with the coronary angiography and PTCA information systems at Leuven University. In: Meester, G.T., Pinciroli, F. (eds) Databases for Cardiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 115. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3720-1_11
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