Review of the registry's fourth year, incorporating lead data and pediatric ICD procedures, and use as a national performance measure.

摘要

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) selected the National ICD Registry as the sole repository for ICD implantation data for Medicare beneficiaries April 1, 2006. The registry was developed through a partnership of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS; www.HRSonline.org) and the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF; www.acc.org) utilizing the expertise of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR; www.accncdr.com) and has continued to make substantial progress. The registry is currently collecting data from 1,489 hospitals in the United States and has data from over 550,000 implants to date. The registry has proven to be a useful source for research with 23 abstracts presented and 10 published peer-reviewed manuscripts.