title: The Danish Heart Register.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Danish Heart Register (DHR) is a clinical database of invasive procedures within cardiology.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  All providers of these procedures have been obliged to report to DHR since 2000. DHR is used to monitor the activity and quality of the procedures and serves as a data source for research.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The coverage is high (>95%) but some variables have many missing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of both cardiological and surgical data in this register is internationally unique and makes it possible to follow the patient from the invasive examination to treatment and by linkage to other registers to follow the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. stabil@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Steen Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Abildstrøm
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards