1. This report presents the consensus recommendations of an international expert panel on indicators for cardiac care. Using a structured review process, the panel set out to select indicators to cover five key areas: primary prevention, secondary prevention of heart disease, acute coronary syndromes, cardiac interventions and congestive heart failure. In the event, no suitable indicators for primary prevention were retained, and this report proposes 17 indicators as follows:

1. The report describes the review process and provides a detailed discussion of the scientific soundness and policy importance of the 17 indicators ...

1. Ce rapport présente les recommandations consensuelles d’un groupe d’experts internationaux sur les indicateurs relatifs aux soins cardiaques. En suivant une méthodologie détaillée, le groupe d’experts a entrepris de sélectionner des indicateurs devant couvrir cinq grands domaines : la prévention primaire, la prévention secondaire des cardiopathies, le syndrome coronarien aigu, la chirurgie cardiaque et l’insuffisance cardiaque congestive. Aucun indicateur satisfaisant pour la prévention primaire n’ayant été retenu, ce rapport propose donc les 17 indicateurs suivants :

1. Le rapport décrit la méthodologie employée et démontre, arguments à l’appui, la viabilité scientifique et l’importance stratégique des 17 indicateurs retenus ...

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