英文摘要 |
"Background: The most common invasive procedures for complex coronary artery disease (CAD) are percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Heart team discussion plays an important role in determining which invasive treatment is suitable for the patient, especially for those with highly complex coronary lesions.
Materials and methods: Our quality improvement team aimed to improve the healthcare quality for patients with complex CAD by promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, establishing a treatment decision-making flow chart, completing risk assessment (SYNTAX Score) assisted by a clinical decision supporting system, and activating heart team discussion if indicated.
Results: After six-month quality improvement process, the assessment rate of the SYNTAX Score was from 4% to 96.5% (P <0.001), and the activation of heart team discussion was significantly increased from 26.4% to 73.8% (P <0.001). The CABG rate for patients with complex CAD tended to be higher after quality improvement (17.8% vs. 10.5% , P = 0.097) despite no statistical significance. Heart team intervention was associated with a numerically lower risk of death, myocardial infarction or unplanned coronary revascularization.
Conclusions: It can effectively enhance the dialogue between cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons and provide the most suitable clinical advice to improve the healthcare quality of complex CAD by establishing a treatment decision-making flow chart, and completing risk assessment assisted by a clinical decision supporting system." |