Table 5. Treatment methods for cardiovascular diseases and their results.

Treatment methods	Number of cases performed*
Cardiac catheterization treatment	Elective PCI: 192,670 per year (2018) (30)
Catheter ablation	10,590 (August-December 2017) (31)
Surgery for valvular heart disease (TAVI)	6,850 per year (2018) (30)
Aortic stent grafting
Thoracic	4,177 per year (2018) (30)
Abdominal	9,410 per year (2018) (30)

^*The number of cases for each treatment method for Japan's population (126,020,000, as of 1/1/2020). PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.