Análise inteligente de dados em um banco de dados de procedimentos em cardiologia intervencionista / Intelligent data analysis in an interventional cardiology procedures database

O tema deste estudo abrange duas áreas do conhecimento: a Medicina e a Ciência da Computação. Consiste na aplicação do processo de descoberta de conhecimento em base de Dados (KDD - Knowledge Discovery in Databases), a um banco de dados real na área médica denominado Registro Desire. O Registro Desire é o registro mais longevo da cardiologia intervencionista mundial, unicêntrico e acompanha por mais de 13 anos 5.614 pacientes revascularizados unicamente pelo implante de stents farmacológicos. O objetivo é criar por meio desta técnica um modelo que seja descritivo e classifique os pacientes quanto ao risco de ocorrência de eventos cardíacos adversos maiores e indesejáveis, e avaliar objetivamente seu desempenho. Posteriormente, apresentar as regras extraídas deste modelo aos usuários para avaliar o grau de novidade e de concordância do seu conteúdo com o conhecimento dos especialistas. Foram criados modelos simbólicos de classificação pelas técnicas da árvore de decisão e regras de classificação utilizando para a etapa de mineração de dados os algoritmos C4.5, Ripper e CN2, em que o atributo-classe foi a ocorrência ou não do evento cardíaco adverso. Por se tratar de uma classificação binária, os modelos foram avaliados objetivamente pelas métricas associadas à matriz de confusão como acurácia, sensibilidade...

Evoluçäo temporal com a utilizaçäo da angioplastia coronariana primária no infarto agudo do miocárdio no Brasil. Análise dos preditores de sucesso e dos eventos adversos hospitalares em 9.434 pacientes / Primary coronary angioplasty in 9, 434 patients during acute myocardial infarction: predictors of major in- hospital adverse events from 1996 to 2000 in Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To verify the results after the performance of primary coronary angioplasty in Brazil in the last 4 years. METHODS: During the first 24 hours of acute myocardial infarction onset, 9,434 (12.2 percent) patients underwent primary PTCA. We analyzed the success and occurrence of major in-hospital events, comparing them over the 4-year period. RESULTS: Primary PTCA use increased compared with that of all percutaneous interventions (1996=10.6 percent vs. 2000=13.1 percent; p<0.001). Coronary stent implantation increased (1996=20 percent vs. 2000=71.9 percent; p<0.001). Success was greater (1998=89.5 percent vs. 1999=92.5 percent; p<0.001). Reinfarction decreased (1998=3.9 percent vs. 99=2.4 percent vs. 2000=1.5 percent; p<0.001) as did emergency bypass surgery (1996=0.5 percent vs. 2000=0.2 percent; p=0.01). In-hospital deaths remained unchanged (1996=5.7 percent vs. 2000=5.1 percent, p=0.53). Balloon PTCA was one of the independent predictors of a higher rate of unsuccessful procedures (odds ratio 12.01 [CI=95 percent] 1.58-22.94), and stent implantation of lower mortality rates (odds ratio 4.62 [CI=95 percent] 3.19-6.08). CONCLUSION: The success rate has become progressively higher with a significant reduction in reinfarction and urgent bypass surgery, but in-hospital death remains nearly unchanged. Coronary stenting was a predictor of a lower death rate, and balloon PTCA was associated with greater procedural failure

Resultados do Registro Brasileiro CENIC com o implante primário de stents ou da angioplastia com baläo para o tratamento de oclusöes agudas de enxertos de veias de safena / The use of primary stenting or balloon percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for the treatment of acutely occluded saphenous vein grafts. Results from the Brazilian National Registry - CENIC

OBJECTIVE: We conducted a comparative analysis of the in-hospital outcomes of patients who underwent primary percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) or stent implantation because of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) related to an acute vein graft occlusion. METHODS: Since 1991 the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamic and Interventional Cardiology has maintained a large database (CENIC). From these, we selected all consecutive patients, who underwent primary PTCA or stenting in the first 24 hours of AMI, with the target vessel being an occluded vein graft. Immediate results and major coronary events occurring up until hospital discharge were analyzed. RESULTS: During this period, 5,932 patients underwent primary PTCA or stenting; 158 (3 percent) of the procedures were performed because of an acute vein graft occlusion. Stenting was performed in 74 (47 percent) patients. Patients treated with stents had a higher success rate and lower mean residual stenosis compared with those who underwent primary balloon PTCA. The incidence of reinfarction and death were similar for stenting and balloon PTCA. CONCLUSION: Primary percutaneous treatment of AMI related to acute vein graft occlusion is still an uncommon practice. Primary stenting improved luminal diameter and offered higher rates of success; however, this strategy did not reduce the in-hospital reinfarction and death rate, compared with that occurring with PTCA treatment

Intervençoes percutâneas para revascularização do miocárdio no Brasil em 1996 e 1997 comparadas as do biênio 1992 e 1993. Relatório do registro CENIC (Central Nacional de Intervenoes Cardiovasculares) / Percutaneous myocardial revascularization procedures in Brazil in 1996-1997 compared to the 1992-1993 period. A report of the National Registry--National Center for Cardiovascular Interventions (CENIC)

PURPOSE: To report the results of percutaneous coronary interventions, in Brazil, in the years 1996-97, comparing them to those of 1992-93. METHODS: Data were collected in a standard form and the 1996-97 results were compared to those of 1992-93. RESULTS: The current Registry received data from 79effective members of the SBHCI in 127 hospitals, including 22,025 patients, 60.67of whom underwent PTCA, 36.57stent implantation, 2.3PTRA, 0.06DCA and 0.4laser angioplasty. Balloon angioplasty was the most frequent procedure in 1996-97, but its overall rate fell from 6.75to 55.8(p = 0.0001) concomitantly, there was a 35relative increase in the use of stents from 1992-93 to 1996-97. The success rate of the later period was higher (89.7vs 92.8, p = 0.000001), with lower residual stenosis (22vs 19, p = 0.001). Besides, there were lower major complications rates: acute myocardial infarction (2.5vs 1.2, p = 0.002) and death (1.8vs 1.4, p = 0.0003). CONCLUSION: The procedures most often carried out in both periods were balloon angioplasty (60.67) and implantation of stents (36.57); the success rate high, abrupt closure rate was low (1.5). These favorable results corroborate the high standards of the Brazilian Interventional Cardiology.