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Validity of Acute Cardiovascular Outcome Diagnoses Recorded in European Electronic Health Records: A Systematic Review.

Jennifer A DavidsonAmitava BanerjeeRutendo MuzambiLiam SmeethCharlotte Warren-Gash
Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2020)
Overall, European electronic health record stroke, acute coronary syndrome and heart failure diagnoses are accurate for use in research, although validity estimates for heart failure and individual stroke subtypes were lower. Where possible, researchers should validate data before use or carefully interpret the results of previous validation studies for their own study purposes.
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