title: Clinical disease registries in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Disease registries, containing systematic records of cases, have for nearly 100 years been valuable in exploring and understanding various aspects of cardiology. This is particularly true for myocardial infarction, where such registries have provided both epidemiological and clinical information that was not readily available from randomised controlled trials in highly-selected populations. Registries, whether mandated or voluntary, prospective or retrospective in their analysis, have at their core a common study population and common data definitions. In this review we highlight how registries have diversified to offer information on epidemiology, risk modelling, quality assurance/improvement and original research-through data mining, transnational comparisons and the facilitation of enrolment in, and follow-up during registry-based randomised clinical trials.
authors: Reza Ashrafi, Department of Cardiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL Wales, United Kingdom.
authors: Reza
authors: R
authors: Ashrafi
authors: Reza Ashrafi, Department of Cardiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL Wales, United Kingdom.
authors: Hussain
authors: H
authors: Hussain
authors: Reza Ashrafi, Department of Cardiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL Wales, United Kingdom.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Brisk
authors: Reza Ashrafi, Department of Cardiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL Wales, United Kingdom.
authors: Leanne
authors: L
authors: Boardman
authors: Reza Ashrafi, Department of Cardiology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL Wales, United Kingdom.
authors: Clive
authors: C
authors: Weston
keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Audit; Coronary artery disease; Ethics; Health statistics; Myocardial infarction; Patient records; Patient safety; Research