Introduction:

Colombia is among the leading countries in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine in Latin America, the current demographic transition has generated greater demand for cardiovascular surgery procedures, however, with the COVID-19 pandemic situation, this has changed.

Objective:

to describe the demographic characteristics of patients undergoing heart valve replacements in Colombia.

Materials and method:

a descriptive cross-sectional study in which data from the Sistema Integrado de Información de la Protección Social (SISPRO) were taken, taking into account the Clasificación Única de Procedimientos en Salud (CUPS) of the category “Heart valve replacements” during the period 2017 - 2021.

Results:

10,023 heart valve replacements were performed, with a 3:2 male to female ratio, with 55% corresponding to the age group between 60 and 79 years. There was a 23% decrease during the mandatory isolation due to the pandemic. There is no significant difference between the contributory and subsidized regime. The territorial entities with the most procedures were Bogotá, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Cundinamarca. The institution that performed the most procedures was the Fundación Cardio Infantil of Bogotá.

Conclusions:

Demographic and epidemiological information on heart valve replacements was reported from 2017 to 2021 from the SISPRO.

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