Validation of diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and stroke in electronic medical records: a primary care cross-sectional study in Madrid, Spain (the e-MADVEVA Study).
Carmen de Burgos-LunarIsabel Del Cura-GonzálezJuan Cárdenas-ValladolidPaloma Gómez-CampeloJuan C Abánades-HerranzAna Lopez-de-AndresMercedes Sotos-PrietoVictor Iriarte-CampoCarmen Y Fuentes-RodriguezRafael Gómez-CoronadoMiguel Ángel Salinero-FortPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
The validation results show that diagnoses of AMI and stroke in primary care EMRs constitute a helpful tool in epidemiological studies. The prevalence of AMI and stroke was lower than 2% in the population aged over 18 years.