Description of acute cardiac care in 2014: A French nation-wide database on 277,845 admissions in 270 ICCUs

François Roubille (1, 2) , Grégoire Mercier (2, 3) , Clément Delmas (4) , Stephane Manzo-Silberman (5, 6) , Guillaume Leurent (7) , Meyer Elbaz (4) , Adeline Riondel (2, 3) , Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz (8, 9) , Patrick Henry (5, 6)

1 PhyMedExp - Physiologie & médecine expérimentale du Cœur et des Muscles [U 1046]
2 CHRU Montpellier - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier]
3 UM - Université de Montpellier
4 Service Cardiologie [CHU Toulouse]
5 BioCANVAS / U942 - Biomarqueurs CArdioNeuroVASCulaires
6 Hôpital Lariboisière
7 Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires [Rennes] = Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery [Rennes]
8 HCL - Hospices Civils de Lyon
9 UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

The Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU) has greatly evolved for decades: it no longer includes only patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The clinical characteristics and pathological profiles of patients have markedly changed. Detailed data on the topic are critically lacking.

Mots clés: Acute cardiac care; Database; Emergency; Intensive cardiac care unit; Intensive cardiovascular care unit; Intensive care

Domaines: Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire

François Roubille, Grégoire Mercier, Clément Delmas, Stephane Manzo-Silberman, Guillaume Leurent, et al.. Description of acute cardiac care in 2014: A French nation-wide database on 277,845 admissions in 270 ICCUs. International Journal of Cardiology, 2017, 240, pp.433 - 437. ⟨10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.04.002⟩. ⟨hal-01762942⟩