Data on nation-wide activity in intensive cardiac care units in France in 2014

Data Brief. 2017 May 19:13:166-170. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.05.018. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Abstract

We present data in relation to the article entitled "Description of acute cardiac care in 2014: A French nation-wide database on 277,845 admissions in 270 ICCUs".(10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.04.002) (Roubille et al., 2017) [1]: the main characteristics of the pathologies managed in the intensive cardiac care units (ICCUs), the details on the interventions performed and the main differences between centers following the size of the centers and a figure presenting the monthly variations of admissions in the ICCUs in France in a total of 277,845 patients in 270 centers admitted at least one time in the ICCUs in 2014 (exhaustive data).

Keywords: Acute cardiac care; Database; Emergency; Intensive cardiac care unit; Intensive cardiovascular care unit; Intensive care.