Databases for Cardiology

1. Subject-oriented databases

   1. Practical PC-based data management in paediatric cardiology

      • K. J. Sprenger, M. M. A. De Moor

      Pages 289-304

2. Departmental applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

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   2. Patient documentation for the ultrasound laboratory

      • Rüdiger Brennecke, Frank Schön, Raimund Erbel

      Pages 307-313

   3. A research-oriented database management system for Holter data

      • Pierfranco Ravizza

      Pages 315-333

   4. A database management system of coronary care unit data

      • Marco Tubaro, Carlo Iacoangeli, Enrico Natale, Roberto Ricci, Filippo Milazzotto

      Pages 335-342

   5. Information management for decision making by critical care physicians and nurses

      • Thomas W. Rosenal, Margaret White, Kathryn J. Hannah

      Pages 343-355

   6. Practical data management in the Cardiology Department of a City Hospital

      • Alfredo Pizzuti

      Pages 357-365

   7. A PC-based implementation of a multi-service software for cardiology

      • F. Pinciroli, C. Combi, G. Pozzi, R. Rossi

      Pages 367-380

   8. An out-patient clinic data base management system

      • G. Pinelli, G. Carini, G. L. Manini, S. Urbinati, M. Ruffini, L. Guazzotti

      Pages 381-391

   9. Databases for network systems

      • L. Goncalves, R. Domingos

      Pages 393-400

   10. CADANS: the nervous system for cardiology

       • G. T. Meester, O. E. H. Sartorius, D. Fanggidaej, M. G. J. M. Gerritsen, J. A. T. G. Van Kester, F. M. Van Rappard-Van Der Veen

       Pages 401-413

3. Back Matter

   Pages 415-425

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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.

• cardiology
• database
• databases

• Interuniversity Institute of Cardiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  Geert T. Meester

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

  Francesco Pinciroli

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