The National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Data Quality Brief

Abstract

The 2010 audits provided evidence that many fields in the NCDR accurately represent the data from the medical charts. The American College of Cardiology Foundation is undertaking a series of initiatives aimed at creating a quality assurance rapid learning system, which, when complete, will monitor, evaluate, and improve data quality.

Association between Natriuretic Peptides and Mortality among Patients Admitted with Myocardial Infarction: A Report from the ACTION Registry®–GWTG™

“…ncdr.com/WebNCDR/NCDRDocuments/ACTION_ v2_CodersDataDictionary_2.1.1.pdf). NCDR has validated the data through a Data Quality Program to ensure accuracy and data completeness (7 ). Heart failure is defined as any of the following clinical symptoms of heart failure, described as unusual dyspnea on light exertion, recurrent dyspnea occurring in the supine position, fluid retention, or the description of rales, jugular venous distension, pulmonary edema on physical exam, or pulmonary edema on chest x-ray presumed to be cardiac dysfunction.…”

Daily cardiac catheterization procedural volume and complications at an academic medical center

“…Procedural information from our catheterization lab is stored in these systems and reported to the NCDR national registry. Information stored in this manor is subject to reporting bias; however, data from the NCDR registry has been validated nationwide with raw accuracy score rates above ninety percent (16,17). Another key limitation is the single center perspective from which the study was conducted.…”

Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Performed With or Without Preprocedural Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

“…Cardiogenic shock was defined as a sustained (>30 min) episode of systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg, a cardiac index of <2.2 L · min -1 · m -2 determined to be secondary to cardiac dysfunction, and/or the requirement for parenteral inotropic or vasopressor agents than 500,000 entries for PCI collected from more than 500 institutions in the USA. 18 The variables were compared to determine the factors that lead to disparities in PCI management.…”