Table 1.
Stent and Balloon Angioplasty Use by Year
| Year | Balloon Angioplasty |
Stent | BMS | DES | Total Patients |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 132 |
| 1995 | 106 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 133 |
| 1996 | 81 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 153 |
| 1997 | 59 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 136 |
| 1998 | 52 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 116 |
| 1999 | 36 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 102 |
| 2000 | 26 | 95 | 95 | 0 | 121 |
| 2001 | 26 | 98 | 98 | 0 | 124 |
| 2002 | 9 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 123 |
| 2003 | 10 | 103 | 94 | 9 | 113 |
| 2004 | 12 | 128 | 49 | 79 | 140 |
| 2005 | 12 | 154 | 49 | 105 | 166 |
| 2006 | 12 | 124 | 50 | 74 | 136 |
| 2007 | 5 | 111 | 84 | 27 | 116 |
| 2008 | 7 | 132 | 88 | 44 | 139 |
| 2009 | 5 | 105 | 70 | 35 | 110 |
| 2010 | 12 | 123 | 67 | 56 | 135 |
| Total | 601 | 1,594 | 1,165 | 429 | 2,195 |
BMS, bare metal stent; DES, drug-eluting stent.