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Databases for Cardiology

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Geert T. Meester

    1. Interuniversity Institute of Cardiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  2. Francesco Pinciroli

    1. Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 115)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Basic approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to basic concepts on methods and techniques for databases

      • Richard F. Walters
      Pages 3-39

    3. Observational databases: a clinical perspective

      • Suzanne B. Knoebel
      Pages 41-50

  3. Tools and services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Advanced instruments and methods for the development of databases applied to cardiology

      • Francesco Pinciroli, Carlo Combi
      Pages 53-75

    3. A query language for medical statistical analysis

      • R. Brennecke, H. J. Rupprecht, R. Erbel, J. Meyer
      Pages 77-86

    4. Enhancing relational database management systems by applying artificial intelligence techniques

      • Willem R. M. Dassen, Rob G. A. Mulleneers, William P. S. Van Braam
      Pages 87-96

    5. Electronic information in cardiology: review of external databases and services

      • Luciana Libutti
      Pages 97-112

    6. Computer-aided clinical problem solving as an educational paradigm for teaching preclinical cardiac pathophysiology

      • Robert A. Greenes, Bryan P. Bergeron, Mark S. Dichter, John T. Fallon
      Pages 113-140

    7. Continuing education of physicians and nurses in the DBMS Area

      • G. Invernizzi, C. Combi, G. Pozzi
      Pages 141-151

  4. Subject-oriented databases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. The ARTEMIS data and knowledge base for hypertension

      • Patrice Degoulet, Marion Lavril, Pierre-François Plouin, Gilles Chatellier, Joël Ménard
      Pages 155-165

    3. Databases for prevention, pacemaker, and postoperative treatment

      • K. H. Günther, R. Bohm, V. Dilba, R. R. Moebes, St. Petzschmann, P. Piorkowski et al.
      Pages 167-177

    4. Development of and experience with the coronary angiography and PTCA information systems at Leuven University

      • Jos L. Willems, Stef Renkens, Marcel De Wel, Jan Piessens
      Pages 179-200

    5. A database for the follow-up of heart transplant patients

      • PH. Doublet, P. Rubel, G. Dureau, P. Vuillard
      Pages 201-222

    6. The K.U. Leuven Coronary Surgery Data Base: a clinical research data base

      • P. Sergeant, E. Lesaffre
      Pages 223-237

    7. Clinical results with computer support of the decisions (in cardiosurgical intensive care unit)

      • V. A. Lishchouk
      Pages 239-258

    8. A pediatric cardiology diagnostic coding system and database

      • R. W. Brower, E. Harinck, A. C. Gittenberger-De Groot
      Pages 259-271

    9. Databases and decision system for diagnosis of congenital heart disease

      • Ivan Malčić, Darko Ivančević
      Pages 273-288
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About this book

A database is in principle just a large collection of related or separate data, systematically stored in a computer. It should be possible for the data to be easily entered into the database-structure and afterwards also easily read, corrected and processed. The later analysis of data from such a database is greatly enhanced by the availability of special query languages and statistical analysis programs, not only for serial items but also for large combinations of data. Query languages, such as SQL (Structured Query Language) developed especially for these purposes, make databases easily accessible, also to researchers who may not be very well versed in computer programming. The cardiological/medical clinician and researcher of today is of necessity confronted more and more with computer-based data storage. Interest is of course focused primarily on the clinical use of such databases more than on the technical design itself, except for some very specific, personalized applications. For the latter approach, there are at present many software packages commercially available, especially designed for use in the personal computer environment. This book is comprised out of a number of contributions by various authors with differing backgrounds and from many different countries. The editors, being a cardiologist and an information scientist, have strived to achieve an equilibrium between these two fields. The chapters in this book form a cross-section of the many approaches to database design and implementation in the area of cardiology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Interuniversity Institute of Cardiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Geert T. Meester

  • Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Francesco Pinciroli

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