The Danish Nationwide Electrocardiogram (ECG) Cohort
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The Danish Nationwide Electrocardiogram (ECG) Cohort. / Polcwiartek, Christoffer; Andersen, Mikkel Porsborg; Christensen, Helle Collatz; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Sørensen, Kathrine Kold; Kragholm, Kristian; Graff, Claus.
In: European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 39, 2024, p. 325–333.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Danish Nationwide Electrocardiogram (ECG) Cohort
AU - Polcwiartek, Christoffer
AU - Andersen, Mikkel Porsborg
AU - Christensen, Helle Collatz
AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian
AU - Sørensen, Kathrine Kold
AU - Kragholm, Kristian
AU - Graff, Claus
N1 - © 2024. The Author(s).
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a non-invasive diagnostic tool holding significant clinical importance in the diagnosis and risk stratification of cardiac disease. However, access to large-scale, population-based digital ECG data for research purposes remains limited and challenging. Consequently, we established the Danish Nationwide ECG Cohort to provide data from standard 12-lead digital ECGs in both pre- and in-hospital settings, which can be linked to comprehensive Danish nationwide administrative registers on health and social data with long-term follow-up. The Danish Nationwide ECG Cohort is an open real-world cohort including all patients with at least one digital pre- or in-hospital ECG in Denmark from January 01, 2000, to December 31, 2021. The cohort includes data on standardized and uniform ECG diagnostic statements and ECG measurements including global parameters as well as lead-specific measures of waveform amplitudes, durations, and intervals. Currently, the cohort comprises 2,485,987 unique patients with a median age at the first ECG of 57 years (25th-75th percentiles, 40-71 years; males, 48%), resulting in a total of 11,952,430 ECGs. In conclusion, the Danish Nationwide ECG Cohort represents a novel and extensive population-based digital ECG dataset for cardiovascular research, encompassing both pre- and in-hospital settings. The cohort contains ECG diagnostic statements and ECG measurements that can be linked to various nationwide health and social registers without loss to follow-up.
AB - The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a non-invasive diagnostic tool holding significant clinical importance in the diagnosis and risk stratification of cardiac disease. However, access to large-scale, population-based digital ECG data for research purposes remains limited and challenging. Consequently, we established the Danish Nationwide ECG Cohort to provide data from standard 12-lead digital ECGs in both pre- and in-hospital settings, which can be linked to comprehensive Danish nationwide administrative registers on health and social data with long-term follow-up. The Danish Nationwide ECG Cohort is an open real-world cohort including all patients with at least one digital pre- or in-hospital ECG in Denmark from January 01, 2000, to December 31, 2021. The cohort includes data on standardized and uniform ECG diagnostic statements and ECG measurements including global parameters as well as lead-specific measures of waveform amplitudes, durations, and intervals. Currently, the cohort comprises 2,485,987 unique patients with a median age at the first ECG of 57 years (25th-75th percentiles, 40-71 years; males, 48%), resulting in a total of 11,952,430 ECGs. In conclusion, the Danish Nationwide ECG Cohort represents a novel and extensive population-based digital ECG dataset for cardiovascular research, encompassing both pre- and in-hospital settings. The cohort contains ECG diagnostic statements and ECG measurements that can be linked to various nationwide health and social registers without loss to follow-up.
U2 - 10.1007/s10654-024-01105-9
DO - 10.1007/s10654-024-01105-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38407726
VL - 39
SP - 325
EP - 333
JO - European Journal of Epidemiology
JF - European Journal of Epidemiology
SN - 0393-2990
ER -
ID: 384557304