Characteristics and Quality of National Cardiac Registries: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National cardiac registries are increasingly used for informing health policy, improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care, clinical research, and monitoring the safety of novel treatments. However, the quality of registries is variable. We aimed to assess the characteristics and quality of national cardiac registries across all subspecialties of cardiac care.

Methods

Publications relating to national cardiac registries across six cardiac subspecialty domains were identified by searching MEDLINE and the Google advanced search function with 26 438 citations and 4812 full-text articles reviewed.

Results

A total of 155 registries, representing 49 countries, were included in the study. Of these, 45 related to coronary disease or percutaneous co

SUBMITTER: Dawson LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8452241 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature