Difusão da angioplastia coronariana

• Autor(a) principal: Gutierrez, Fernando Luiz Benevides da Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/3987
• topic: Technology; Coronary atherosclerosis; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Diffusion; Tecnologia; Doença aterosclerótica coronariana; Angioplastia coronariana transluminal percutânea; Difusão de inovações; Inovações médicas; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA

Despite a gradual increase in health investment, even in developed countries, the growing demand for resources has created a significant and gradually increased deficit. The rise in health costs therefore represents a challenge for government and private payers. Even with the increased longevity of the population, most of this spending appears to be the result of the development and diffusion of new medical technologies applied at all stages of health care (diagnosis, prognosis, therapy and prevention). Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD), resulting from obstruction of the coronary arteries is a major cause of disability and death in the world today. A projection for 2020 puts these pathologies as responsible for 25 million deaths a year. Besides drug treatment, some patients with this disease will benefit from some type of mechanical intervention. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a technology used to restore flow in clogged coronary arteries, dilating regions of narrowing of these vessels. This technology was initially used as an alternative for patients who should undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In the last three decades, with technological advances, PTCA spread rapidly, with an expansion of candidate population for this technology, promoting changes in the treatment of coronary atherosclerosis. The objective of this work is to review and discuss the evidence related to the diffusion of PTCA, trying to identify factors as potential determinants of diffusion and its consequences. We performed a literature search of evidence on the introduction and diffusion of PTCA also considering review articles, editorials and discussion on the subject. A manual review of abstracts of each article was done later, prioritizing items obtained inside of CAPES journals site. It is hoped that better understanding of this technology diffusion may help in better resource allocation and formulation of health policies.