TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of the number of electrocardiograms analyzed on cardiovascular disease surveillance
T2 - The Minnesota heart survey (MHS)
AU - Edlavitch, Stanley A.
AU - Crow, Richard
AU - Burke, Gregory L.
AU - Huber, James
AU - Prineas, Ronald
AU - Blackburn, Henry
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - One method used to control costs in community cardiovascular disease surveillance is to limit the number of electrocardiograms (ECGs) used to validate acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The Minnesota Heart Survey investigated the impact of decreasing the maximum number of ECGs analyzed on classification of ECG pattern and final AMI diagnosis (definite, probable, none). A 50% sample of all 1980 acute CHD hospital discharge records (ICD-9 code 410 or 411) from 30 of 31 Twin Cities hospitals were abstracted. Comparing results using all available ECGs in the record (maximum of 12) with those obtained using up to 4 ECGs showed little differences in the ECG classification or final AMI diagnosis.
AB - One method used to control costs in community cardiovascular disease surveillance is to limit the number of electrocardiograms (ECGs) used to validate acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The Minnesota Heart Survey investigated the impact of decreasing the maximum number of ECGs analyzed on classification of ECG pattern and final AMI diagnosis (definite, probable, none). A 50% sample of all 1980 acute CHD hospital discharge records (ICD-9 code 410 or 411) from 30 of 31 Twin Cities hospitals were abstracted. Comparing results using all available ECGs in the record (maximum of 12) with those obtained using up to 4 ECGs showed little differences in the ECG classification or final AMI diagnosis.
KW - Community surveillance
KW - Electrocardiogram
KW - Myocardial infarction
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U2 - 10.1016/0895-4356(90)90061-S
DO - 10.1016/0895-4356(90)90061-S
M3 - Article
C2 - 2319286
AN - SCOPUS:0025136878
VL - 43
SP - 93
EP - 99
JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
SN - 0895-4356
IS - 1
ER -