Data quality and auditing within the Netherlands Heart Registration: using the PCI registry as an example.

Aim: The aim of this article is to present the method and results of the data quality control system and audit within the Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR) using data of patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the Netherlands as an example.

Methods: The NHR is a Dutch nationwide registry of all cardiac interventions, comprising data from all 71 hospitals, of which 30 are cardiac intervention or heart centres. Each year, within the NHR, data validation and verification is performed by standard quality controls and monitoring visits (audits).

Slender versus conventional approach reduces post-procedural upper extremity dysfunction after transradial coronary procedures.

Aims: We compared the incidence of post-procedural radial artery occlusion (RAO) and upper extremity dysfunction (UED), in patients undergoing conventional versus slender transradial (TRA) coronary procedures.

Methods And Results: UED was assessed by the QuickDASH, before conventional (i.e.

"Virtual" 3 Fr Transradial Coronary Stenting With the 5 Fr Meito Masamune Sheathless Guiding Catheter: Feasibility and Safety in an Outpatient Setting.

Aim: To assess the safety and feasibility of "virtual 3 Fr" transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (TRA-PCI) in an outpatient setting.

Methods And Results: A retrospective analysis of a single-operator log-book, for the first 2 months after its CE-mark approval, identified 11/52 patients (21%; 6/11 males; mean age, 64 ± 10 years) who had undergone: (1) an elective TRA-PCI; (2) in an outpatient setting; and (3) with the sheathless 5 Fr Meito-Masamune guiding catheter (Medikit Co, Ltd). Procedural success was 96% (25/26 lesions), mean procedural time and contrast usage were 26 ± 15 minutes and 94 ± 69 mL, respectively.