Key result
The Danish Vascular Registry, monitoring arterial and advanced vein interventions, has recorded over 180,000 procedures since 1989 with >90% data completeness for quality assessment and research.
Observational (n=180,000)
Yes
The Danish Vascular Registry is a comprehensive national database of over 180,000 vascular procedures used for quality improvement and research.
Supports Danish vascular quality monitoring and research; leaves open generalizability and causal inference without further validation.
AIM: The Danish Vascular Registry (DVR), Karbase, is monitoring arterial and advanced vein interventions conducted at all vascular departments in Denmark. The main aim of the DVR is to improve the quality of treatment for patients undergoing vascular surgery in Denmark by using the registry for quality assessment and research. STUDY POPULATION: All patients undergoing vascular interventions (surgical and endovascular) at any vascular department in Denmark are registered in the DVR. The DVR was initiated in 1989, and each year, ∼9,000 procedures are added. By January 2016, >180,000 procedures have been recorded. Since 2001, data completeness has been >90% (compared to the Danish National Patient Register). MAIN VARIABLES: Variables include information on descriptive patient data (ie, age, sex, height, and weight) and comorbidity (ie, previous cardiovascular disease and diabetes). Process variable includes waiting time (time from event to medical contact and treatment) and the type of procedures conducted. Outcome variables for in-hospital complications (ie, wound complications, myocardial infarction, stroke, amputation, respiratory complications, and renal insufficiency) and 30-day patency are submitted. Variables for medical treatment (antithrombotic and statin treatment), amputation, and survival are extracted from nationwide, administrative registers. CONCLUSION: The DVR reports outcome on key indicators for monitoring the quality at all vascular departments in Denmark for the purpose of quality improvement. Furthermore, data are available for research and are being used in international collaborations on changes in clinical practices.
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Eldrup et al. (2016) conducted an observational in Vascular interventions (n=180,000). Vascular interventions was evaluated. The Danish Vascular Registry, monitoring arterial and advanced vein interventions, has recorded over 180,000 procedures since 1989 with >90% data completeness for quality assessment and research.
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