A comparison of two algorithms to identify sudden cardiac deaths in computerized databases.

Min JY. Griffin MR, editor. A comparison of two algorithms to identify sudden cardiac deaths in computerized databases. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 2019 Aug 7. A comparison of two algorithms to identify sudden cardiac deaths in computerized databases. PMID: 31390681 [PubMed]

Abstract

Two previously validated algorithms to identify sudden cardiac death using administrative data showed high positive predictive value. We evaluated the agreement between the algorithms using data from a common source population.