In Search of Reliable and Complete Data on Stroke Severity: The Unfulfilled Promise of R29.7xx

HomeCirculation: Cardiovascular Quality and OutcomesVol. 16, No. 3In Search of Reliable and Complete Data on Stroke Severity: The Unfulfilled Promise of R29.7xx No AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessEditorialRequest AccessFull TextIn Search of Reliable and Complete Data on Stroke Severity: The Unfulfilled Promise of R29.7xx Mathew J. Reeves Mathew J. ReevesMathew J. Reeves Correspondence to: Mathew J. Reeves, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8019-6343 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Search for more papers by this author Originally published2 Mar 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.009805Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2023;16This article is a commentary on the followingValidation of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision Code for the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ScoreFootnotesFor Disclosures, see page 229.The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.Correspondence to: Mathew J. Reeves, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Email reevesm@msu.eduReferences1. Fonarow GC, Saver JL, Smith EE, Broderick JP, Kleindorfer DO, Sacco RL, Pan W, Olson DM, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, et al. 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