Cardiovascular deseases are major public health care problem around the world despite significant progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment. According to data of State institute, leading causes of death in 2017. in Croatia were acute myocardial infarction and angina pectoris. The incidence of the disease in men and women is similar. Invasive examinations performed in cardiology include coronary angiography, electrophysiological testing, and less frequently cardiac catheterization and cardiac muscle biopsy. In angina pectoris, stable and unstable, acute myocardial infarction and myocardial ischemia, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is indicated which includes transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with or without stent placement. Today, percutaneous coronary intervention is the gold standard in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome. Health care is one of the important factors in the success and speed of recovery in patients after invasive diagnostic procedures. The aim of this work is to present the features of health care after emergency and elective coronary interventions, considering the different approaches to health care interventions, considering whether the diagnostic procedure was performed through the femoral or radial artery, the frequency of complications by comparing the sites of access to the intervention procedure, the speed of recovery and how much did the location of performance affect health care needs. RESEARCH METHODS: The survey was conducted retrospectively and contains 14 questions, 2 of which relate to demographic characteristics, 2 to the urgency and technique of the intervention and 10 questions focused on the aim of the work which was exploring the specifics of health care and speed of recovery depending on the technique of performing the procedure. In addition to the survey, data from medical records were partially analyzed. The number of subjects who underwent femoral coronary angiography and those who underwent a radial approach is equal for comparison. RESULTS: The results obtained after the processed data are presented in tables and graphs.