Vascular registries and databases in arterial disease: the EUROSTAR registry

摘要

Registries on vascular interventions and surgical procedures experience a big time interest Satellite symposia about vascular registries have been organised regularly by the Vascunet Organisation, EUROSTAR Registry ori Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms within the annual ESVS programs.Vascular registries have already existed for rnany years SwedVasc and FinnVasc in Scandinavia are among the earliest initiatives, while Eurovasc was organised more recently [1-3] Why do vascular registries enjoy so much attention? What is the role of registries in the current provision of information and improving knowledge? Can their impact be compared with that of clinical trials or are VRs supplementary to these trials?