Review of the ICD Registry's Third Year, Expansion to include Lead Data and Pediatric ICD Procedures, and Role for Measuring Performance

Autor: Yongfei Wang, Michael J. Mirro, Kathryn Pontzer, Martha J. Radford, Christine M. Lang, Ralph G. Brindis, Steve E. Phurrough, Bruce D. Lindsay, Jeptha P. Curtis, Alan H. Kadish, Paul A. Heidenreich, John S. Rumsfeld, Mark S. Kremers, Chuck McKay, Lynne W. Stevenson, Stephen C. Hammill
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Heart Rhythm. 6:1397-1401
ISSN: 1547-5271
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.07.015
Popis: ntroduction he National ICD Registry became the sole repository of CD implantation data for Medicare beneficiaries on April , 2006, and as of June 2009 had collected data from ,432 hospitals in the United States totaling over 380,000 mplants. The registry was developed through a partnership f the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS [www.HRSonline.org]) nd the American College of Cardiology Foundation ACCF [www.acc.org]) utilizing the expertise of the ational Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR [www. ccncdr.com]) and has made substantial progress toward everal predefined goals
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