Temporal Trends in Quality of Care Among Recipients of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Author(s) -
John A. Dodson,
Rachel Lampert,
Yongfei Wang,
Stephen C. Hammill,
Paul Varosy,
Jeptha P. Curtis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.003747
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , ejection fraction , cardiac resynchronization therapy , confounding , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , adverse effect , cardiology , heart failure , observational study , logistic regression , qrs complex
The ICD Registry was established in 2006 in part to measure quality of care in patients undergoing implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs); however, whether outcomes have improved since initiation of the registry is unknown. Our objective was to examine changes over time in 3 quality metrics available from the registry.
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