Congenital Cardiac Catheterization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The International Quality Improvement Collaborative Catheterization Registry
Authors' conclusion
This study demonstrates that congenital cardiac catheterization is safely performed in LMICs.
Study context
- Population
- Congenital heart disease (CHD) cardiac catheterizations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), International Quality Improvement Collaborative Congenital Heart Disease Catheterization Registry (IQIC-CHDCR) registry, January 2019–December 2020
- Participants
- 3,287 cases
- Outcome
- Mortality, severe adverse events (SAEs) and procedural efficacy
Methodological detailsmulticentre, 15 centres
- Multicentre
- 15 centres
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Interventional cases
- 60% (n = 1,973)
- PREDIC3T risk class 1
- 37%
- PREDIC3T risk class 2
- 38%
- Optimal procedure efficacy, PDA device implantation
- 67%
- Optimal procedure efficacy, ASD device implantation
- 60%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Patient age
- Cases in patients aged 1 to 18 years
- 66%
- Median patient age
- 4 years
Severe adverse events (SAEs) and death
- SAEs
- 2.8%
- Death within <72 hours post catheterization
- 1%
Original publication
Congenital Cardiac Catheterization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The International Quality Improvement Collaborative Catheterization Registry. JACC Adv. Published 24 May 2023. doi:10.
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