Clinical disease registries in acute myocardial infarction

Table 1 Examples of key or historic exemplar registries of myocardial infarction

Registry/author	First publication year	Location	Setting	Key outcome
White[8]	1926	United States	Hospital	Prognosis of MI
Killip et al[12]	1967	United States	Hospital	Importance of coronary care unit
Tower Hamlets coronary project[14]	1972	United Kingdom	Community	Community based treatment and outcomes of MI
MONICA Project[23]	1987	Global	Various	Geographical variation, mortality and epidemiological trends
Second National Registry of Myocardial Infarction[24]	2000	United States	Hospital	Importance of door to balloon time in angioplasty
GRACE[25]	2002	Global	Hospital	Risk stratification in acute MI
EuroHeart Survey[26]	2002	European	Hospital	Quality improvement and assurance
MINAP[27]	2004	United Kingdom	Hospital	Epidemiology and quality improvement

MI: Myocardial infarction; MINAP: Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project; GRACE: Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.