Kazakhstan: coronary and structural heart interventions from 2010 to 2015

EuroIntervention. 2017 May 15;13(Z):Z42-Z46. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00826.

Abstract

This paper presents data on the nascence and development of the interventional cardiology service in Kazakhstan. It provides details of the structure of the Kazakhstan interventional cardiology service, staff training, the number of coronary and structural heart interventions for the period of 2010-2015, as well as the peculiarities of the capitation payment method. The number of coronary interventions is increasing year by year, though the number of intracoronary imaging techniques and intracoronary flow/pressure techniques remains inadequate. Structural heart interventions are mostly performed at tertiary hospital level, with an ever increasing number of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures.

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization* / methods
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / methods
  • Heart
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
  • Humans
  • Kazakhstan