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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Jul;132(1):159e–167e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182910cf4

Table 1.

Examples of Medical Specialty Society Affiliated Registries

Medical Specialty Society Registry Year Established Number of Sites Contributed Records Collected
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons American Joint Replacement Registry 2010 >51 >30,000 arthroplasty procedures
American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry

  • CathPCI Registry1

  • ICD Registry2

  • CARE Registry3

  • Action Registry-GWTG4

  • PINNACLE Registry5

  • IMPACT Registry6

 1997
CathPCI: 1,580 CathPCI: 15,000,000
ICD: 1,710 ICD: 900,000
CARE: 189 CARE: 20,000
ACTION-GWTG: 771 ACTION-GWTG: 425,000
PINNACLE: 1,000 PINNACLE: 3,000,000
IMPACT: 58 IMPACT: 9,000
American College of Cardiology/ Society of Thoracic Surgeons TVT Registry7 2011 145 2,000 Patient records
American College of Surgeons NSQIP8 1994 >400 US sites
26 international sites		 Number not available
American Society of Plastic Surgeons TOPS9 2002 1,292 1,030,000
Plastic Surgery procedures
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database 1989 1,100 participant sites
3,000 surgeons		 >4,700,000 records
1

Registry of diagnostic cardiac catheterizations and percutaneous coronary interventions

2

Registry of implantable cardioverter defibrillators and leads

3

Registry of carotid artery revascularization and endarterectomy procedures

4

Registry of acute coronary syndrome patients

5

Registry of coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure and atrial fibrillation in the outpatient setting

6

Registry of improving pediatric and adult congenital treatment

7

Transcatheter Valve Therapies Registry

8

National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

9

Tracking Operations and Outcomes in Plastic Surgery