2015
Patterns of Use of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in China From 2001 to 2011: China PEACE‐Retrospective AMI Study
Liu J, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Wang Q, Murugiah K, Spatz ES, Li J, Li X, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, Group C. Patterns of Use of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in China From 2001 to 2011: China PEACE‐Retrospective AMI Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001343. PMID: 25713293, PMCID: PMC4345866, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsChinaFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsACEI/ARB therapyAcute myocardial infarctionClass I indicationsARB therapyMyocardial infarctionMortality riskReceptor blockersAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor BlockersEnzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockersChina PEACE-Retrospective AMI StudyChinese AMI patientsClass IIa recommendationRates of therapyAbsence of contraindicationsAngiotensin receptor blockersHigher mortality riskCost-effective therapyIIa recommendationAMI patientsChina PatientRetrospective studyHigh riskPatterns of useChinese guidelinesPatients
2010
Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measures
Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Masoudi FA, Rathore SS, Ross JS, Drye E, Krumholz HM. Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measures. American Heart Journal 2010, 160: 943-950.e5. PMID: 21095284, PMCID: PMC3319386, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMedicaidMedicareMyocardial InfarctionOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPrognosisQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionProportion of patientsRelative contraindicationAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorTreatment of patientsMedicaid Services core measuresQuality improvement projectPublic reportingCross-sectional analysisMyocardial infarctionMedicare patientsHospital careΒ-blockersAMI admissionsPatientsInsufficient evidenceEnzyme inhibitorsTreatment ratesBetter careContraindicationsMedicaid ServicesData cohortCore measuresTreatmentImprovement project