title: Trends in U.S. Cardiovascular Care: 2016 Report From 4 ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registries.
abstract: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. National programs, such as the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, facilitate assessments of the quality of care and outcomes for broad populations of patients with cardiovascular disease. This report provides data for 2014 from 4 National Cardiovascular Data Registry hospital quality programs: 1) CathPCI (Diagnostic Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (667,424 procedures performed in 1,612 hospitals); 2) ICD Registry for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (158,649 procedures performed in 1,715 hospitals); 3) ACTION-GWTG (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network-Get With The Guidelines) for acute coronary syndromes (182,903 patients admitted to 907 hospitals); and 4) IMPACT (Improving Pediatric and Adult Congenital Treatment) for cardiac catheterization and intervention for pediatric and adult congenital heart disease (20,169 procedures in 76 hospitals). The report provides perspectives on the demographic and clinical characteristics of enrolled patients, characteristics of participating centers, and selected measures of processes and outcomes of care in these programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium, Denver, Colorado. Electronic address: fred.masoudi@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Masoudi
authors.affiliation: American College of Cardiology Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ponirakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Lemos
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Jollis
authors.affiliation: Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kremers
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Messenger
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: John W M
authors.initials: JWM
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Issam
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.affiliation: American College of Cardiology Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oetgen
authors.affiliation: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, University of Colorado, and Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Group, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Varosy
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: American College of Cardiology Foundation, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Jeptha P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Duke Cardiovascular Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Kansas.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Spertus
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries
keywords: acute coronary syndromes; congenital heart disease; implantable cardioverter-defibrillators; percutaneous coronary intervention; quality of care