| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients (col%) | 2669 | 2652 | 2765 | 2944 | 3088 | 14118 |
  BMS | 1630 (61.1) | 1725 (65.0) | 1370 (49.6) | 353 (12.0) | 96 (3.1) | 5174 |
  DES ¶ | 0 | 0 | 486 (17.6) | 1733 (58.9) | 2200 (71.2) | 4419 |
  CABG | 1039 (38.9) | 927 (35.0) | 909 (32.9) | 858 (29.1) | 792 (25.6) | 4525 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  mean (SD) | 63.7 (11.1) | 63.8 (11.1) | 64.2 (11.7) | 64.0 (11.8) | 64.3 (11.6) | 64.0 (11.5) |
  range | 27-93 | 30-92 | 27-94 | 26-93 | 30-93 | 26-94 |
Males (%) | 76.0 | 77.0 | 76.4 | 76.6 | 75.6 | 76.3 |
Main diagnosis, MI (%) †| 550 (20.6) | 588 (22.2) | 798 (28.9) | 901 (30.6) | 998 (32.3) | 3835 (27.2) |
Prior disease, no. (%) ‡ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  MI | 572 (21.4) | 511 (19.3) | 532 (19.2) | 583 (19.8) | 509 (16.5) | 2707 (19.2) |
  Stroke | 51 (1.9) | 41 (1.6) | 37 (1.3) | 30 (1.0) | 44 (1.4) | 203 (1.4) |
  Diabetes | 434 (16.3) | 469 (17.7) | 493 (17.8) | 572 (19.4) | 558 (18.1) | 2526 (17.9) |
  Renal failure | 72 (2.7) | 71 (2.7) | 84 (3.0) | 124 (4.2) | 114 (3.7) | 465 (3.3) |
  Congestive heart failure | 222 (8.3) | 182 (6.9) | 192 (6.9) | 225 (7.6) | 191 (6.2) | 1012 (7.2) |
  COPD | 223 (8.4) | 204 (7.7) | 163 (5.9) | 149 (5.1) | 132 (4.3) | 871 (6.2) |
  PVD | 156 (5.8) | 156 (5.9) | 126 (4.6) | 174 (5.9) | 144 (4.7) | 756 (5.4) |
Charlson score (mean) § | 1.38 | 1.36 | 1.31 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.35 |
Number of vessels treated, no. (%) ††|  |  |  |  |  |  |
  single | 1688 (65.4) | 1704 (66.3) | 1829 (67.6) | 1954 (67.9) | 2047 (68.2) | 9222 (67.1) |
  multi-vessel | 891 (34.6) | 867 (33.7) | 876 (32.4) | 925 (32.1) | 956 (31.8) | 4515 (32.9) |
Patients with venous grafts in CABG cohort, n (%) # | 853 (82.1) | 755 (81.5) | 746 (82.1) | 722 (84.2) | 675 (85.2) | 3751 (82.9) |
Patients with arterial grafts in CABG cohort, n (%) # | 924 (88.9) | 816 (88.0) | 795 (87.5) | 768 (89.5) | 712 (89.9) | 4015 (88.7) |
Deaths within 28 days, no. (%) | 53 (2.0) | 45 (1.7) | 58 (2.1) | 41 (1.4) | 80 (2.6) | 277 (2.0) |
Hospital type: public, no. (%) | 1728 (64.7) | 1668 (62.9) | 1674 (60.5) | 1791 (60.8) | 1828 (59.2) | 8689 (61.6) |
Admission type: emergency, no. (%) | 1008 (37.8) | 1013 (38.2) | 1100 (39.8) | 1223 (41.5) | 1366 (44.2) | 5710 (40.4) |