July 28, 2022 — About 2.4 million Canadians have heart disease. It is the second leading cause of death in Canada.
The Cardiac Care Quality Indicators Report examines the results of 6 comparable pan-Canadian indicators on mortality and readmission outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass graft and aortic valve replacement. CIHI reported results of these indicators to
- Improve transparency
- Make data more accessible to health professionals to support quality improvement efforts
- Help facilitate the sharing of best practices across cardiac care centres
The indicators were identified and developed in partnership with the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) and are based on strong clinical expertise from across the country.
This final update to the CCQI report series reflects the most recent information available from the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 data cycles. Read about success of CCQI reporting (see Key links).
Our collaborators
We collaborate with the CCS to accelerate improvements in the quality of cardiac care with pan-Canadian comparable indicators. The CCS includes representatives from the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology and the Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons.
Featured material
Latest data tables
Get the latest detailed results to supplement those included in the Cardiac Care Quality Indicators Report.
Explore the report
Explore the 2017 report to dig deeper into the indicators that the CCS considers essential for examining cardiac care across Canada.
Cardiac Care Quality Indicators Report, 2017(PDF)
Celebrating the success of CCQI reporting
Collaboration between CIHI and CCS on the CCQI project has contributed to monitoring and improvements in key areas related to cardiac care interventions across Canada.
Additional material
Previous data tables
Explore previous supplementary data tables for the Cardiac Care quality indicators.
CCS commentaries
Read the commentaries on our data from the CCS, based on the 2019 data update.
CCS’s quality reporting
The CCS supports and advocates for measuring and reporting national cardiovascular care quality.
Related resources
- Cardiac care indicators: Methodology notes and metadata
- Indicator development cycle (learn about CIHI processes to develop health indicators)
- Documenting patient care: The path to high-quality health indicators
- Wait times for priority procedures across Canada (including wait times for bypass surgery)
- Your Health System: In Depth (including the indicator Hospitalized Heart Attacks)
- Health Indicators Interactive Tool (learn about other CIHI cardiac-related indicators)