Population
251 patients in the nationwide Swedish Heart Surgery register operated on the proximal thoracic aorta
Comparison
Medical record review and systematic… vs Original register data
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Registry data quality supports Swedish aortic surgery research use; leaves open validation needs in other settings and variables.
The Swedish Heart Surgery Register demonstrates satisfactory data quality and validity for proximal thoracic aortic operations, supporting its use for register-based reports.
Olsson et al. (2006) studied this question.
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