TY - JOUR
T1 - Variation in Hospital Use and Outcomes Associated with Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in Heart Failure in the United States
AU - Khera, Rohan
AU - Pandey, Ambarish
AU - Kumar, Nilay
AU - Singh, Rajeev
AU - Bano, Shah
AU - Golwala, Harsh
AU - Kumbhani, Dharam J.
AU - Girotra, Saket
AU - Fonarow, Gregg C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Heart Association, Inc.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Background-There has been an increase in the use of pulmonary artery (PA) catheters in heart failure (HF) in the United States in recent years. However, patterns of hospital use and trends in patient outcomes are not known. Methods and Results-In the National Inpatient Sample 2001 to 2012, using International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision codes, we identified 11 888 525 adult (≥18 years) HF hospitalizations nationally, of which an estimated 75 209 (SE 0.6%) received a PA catheter. In 2001, the number of hospitals with ≥1 PA catheterization was 1753, decreasing to 1183 in 2011. The mean PA catheter use per hospital trended from 4.9 per year in 2001 (limits 1-133) to 3.8 per year in 2007 (limits 1-46), but increased to 5.5 per year in 2011 (limits 1-70). During 2001 to 2006, PA catheterization declined across hospitals; however, in 2007 to 2012, there was a disproportionate increase at hospitals with large bedsize, teaching programs, and advanced HF capabilities. The overall in-hospital mortality with PA catheter use was higher than without PA catheter use (13.1% versus 3.4%; P<0.0001); however, in propensity-matched analysis, differences in mortality between these groups have attenuated over time-risk-adjusted odds ratio for mortality for PA catheterization, 1.66 (95% confidence interval, 1.60-1.74) in 2001 to 2003 down to 1.04 (95% confidence interval, 0.97-1.12) in 2010 to 2012. Conclusions-There is substantial hospital-level variability in PA catheterization in HF along with increasing volume at fewer hospitals over-represented by large, academic hospitals with advanced HF capabilities. This is accompanied by a decline in excess mortality associated with PA catheterization.
AB - Background-There has been an increase in the use of pulmonary artery (PA) catheters in heart failure (HF) in the United States in recent years. However, patterns of hospital use and trends in patient outcomes are not known. Methods and Results-In the National Inpatient Sample 2001 to 2012, using International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision codes, we identified 11 888 525 adult (≥18 years) HF hospitalizations nationally, of which an estimated 75 209 (SE 0.6%) received a PA catheter. In 2001, the number of hospitals with ≥1 PA catheterization was 1753, decreasing to 1183 in 2011. The mean PA catheter use per hospital trended from 4.9 per year in 2001 (limits 1-133) to 3.8 per year in 2007 (limits 1-46), but increased to 5.5 per year in 2011 (limits 1-70). During 2001 to 2006, PA catheterization declined across hospitals; however, in 2007 to 2012, there was a disproportionate increase at hospitals with large bedsize, teaching programs, and advanced HF capabilities. The overall in-hospital mortality with PA catheter use was higher than without PA catheter use (13.1% versus 3.4%; P<0.0001); however, in propensity-matched analysis, differences in mortality between these groups have attenuated over time-risk-adjusted odds ratio for mortality for PA catheterization, 1.66 (95% confidence interval, 1.60-1.74) in 2001 to 2003 down to 1.04 (95% confidence interval, 0.97-1.12) in 2010 to 2012. Conclusions-There is substantial hospital-level variability in PA catheterization in HF along with increasing volume at fewer hospitals over-represented by large, academic hospitals with advanced HF capabilities. This is accompanied by a decline in excess mortality associated with PA catheterization.
KW - Catheterization
KW - International Classification of Diseases
KW - heart failure
KW - hospitalization
KW - pulmonary artery
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003226
DO - 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003226
M3 - Article
C2 - 27780836
AN - SCOPUS:84995814775
SN - 1941-3289
VL - 9
JO - Circulation: Heart Failure
JF - Circulation: Heart Failure
IS - 11
M1 - e003226
ER -