There are no similar data specific for use of coronary angiography, but in adult patients, cardiac catheterization includes coronary angiography in most cases.
Men are more likely to have cardiac catheterization than women.
The use of cardiac catheterization continues to grow. The number of outpatient cardiac catheterizations is more difficult to determine. Although it has been suggested by many that managed care will curtail further growth in the frequency of cardiac catheterization, that has yet to occur. Although this is only a small percentage of those patients studied by coronary angiography, the infarction subgroup has been well characterized. The regional use of angiography was closely related to its availability in all regions, except for New England.