General ANGIO project information

Project name

Quality Electronic Registration of Medical acts, Implants and Devices: Coronary Angioplasty

Project abbreviation

ANGIO

Project code

HDBP0012

Primary organization that oversees implementation of project

• National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

Partner organization participating in project

• Belgian Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (BWGIC)
• Belgian Interdisciplinary Working Group on Acute Cardiology (BIWAC)
• Board of physicians for cardiac pathology care programmes  (FPS Public health)

Organization that commissioned this project

• National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

Organization providing monetary or material support

• National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

Brief project description

Patients with coronary artery disease have a narrowing of the arteries around the heart (the coronary arteries). This leads to a decreased supply of oxygenated blood to the heart muscle during exercise or even in rest. When left untreated, this can lead to a complete loss of blood flow to the heart tissue (= heart attack). By collecting data concerning the coronary angioplasty, techniques and legislations can be updated and adjusted in favor of the public health.