The Cardiovascular Standing Committee oversees the consensus based entity's portfolio of Cardiovascular measures, which includes measures for acute myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, ischemic vascular disease, heart failure, hypertension, rhythm disorders, and valvular heart disease.
Proportion of patients with carotid artery stenting procedures who had follow up performed for evaluation of Vital Status and neurological assessment with an NIH Stroke Scale (by an examiner who is certified by the American Stroke
Association) occurring between day 21 and the end of day 75 after the procedure. (Days 21-75 inclusive)
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who have a LDL-C result <100 mg/dL OR patients who have a LDL-C result >=100 mg/dL and have a documented plan of care to achieve LDL-C <100mg/dL, including at a minimum the prescription of a statin
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period for whom there is documented results of an evaluation of level of activity AND an evaluation of presence or absence of anginal symptoms in the medical record
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12-month period who also have a prior MI or a current or prior LVEF <40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12-month period who also have a prior MI or a current or prior LVEF <40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy
This measure identifies patients age 18 or older who started lipid-lowering medication during the measurement year and had a lipid panel checked within 3 months after starting drug therapy.
Percentage of patients aged 40 years and older with an emergency department discharge diagnosis of non-traumatic chest pain who had a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) performed
Type of score: Proportion
Percentage of patients aged 60 years and older with an emergency department discharge diagnosis of syncope who had an ECG performed