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Why we need a national registry in interventional cardiology

Christopher M Reid, Andrew E Ajani and David Eccleston
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02326.x
Published online: 2 February 2009

To the Editor: Scott was correct in his recent article to emphasise the need for an Australian registry for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs).1 To that end, we report an initiative developed by a voluntary collaborative group of interventional cardiologists in Victoria — the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) — which has provided a significant volume of contemporary data on the efficacy and safety of PCI.2


  • 1 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.



Competing interests:

Chris Reid received support from Sanofi Aventis for a presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Meeting in September 2008.

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  • 2. Ajani AE, Yan BP, Clark DJ, et al. Contemporary treatment of in-stent restenosis and the incidence of recurrent in-stent restenosis in the era of drug-eluting stents. Heart Lung Circ 2007; 16: 269-273.
  • 3. Dinh DT, Lee GA, Billah B, et al. Trends in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Victoria, 2001–2006: findings from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons database project. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 214-217. <eMJA full text> <MJA full text>
  • 4. Reid CM, Dinh DT, Ballah B, et al. Cardiac surgery in Victorian public hospitals 2004–2005. Report to the public. Melbourne: Quality and Safety Branch, Department of Human Services, 2006.
  • 5. Ajani AE, Szto G, Eccleston D, et al. The foundation and launch of the Melbourne interventional group: a collaborative interventional cardiology project. Heart Lung Circ 2006; 15: 44-47.

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