2016
Editor’s Choice-Sex differences in young patients with acute myocardial infarction: A VIRGO study analysis
Bucholz EM, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, Lindau ST, D’Onofrio G, Geda M, Spatz ES, Beltrame JF, Lichtman JH, Lorenze NP, Bueno H, Krumholz HM. Editor’s Choice-Sex differences in young patients with acute myocardial infarction: A VIRGO study analysis. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care 2016, 6: 610-622. PMID: 27485141, PMCID: PMC5459677, DOI: 10.1177/2048872616661847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionYoung womenTime of AMIST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionHigh clinical risk scoreSegment elevation myocardial infarctionChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseYoung AMI patientsCardiovascular risk factorsClinical risk scorePre-hospital delayProspective cohort studyCongestive heart failureElevation myocardial infarctionObstructive pulmonary diseaseHigh-risk populationYoung menMental health statusElectrocardiogram findingsMorbid obesityCardiovascular riskCohort studyRenal failureYounger patients
2015
Depressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study
Smolderen KG, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Zhou S, Lichtman JH, Geda M, Bueno H, Beltrame J, Safdar B, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Depressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001424. PMID: 25836055, PMCID: PMC4579927, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionDepressive symptomsLifetime historyMyocardial infarctionRisk factorsYoung acute myocardial infarctionYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyMore cardiovascular risk factorsYoung womenCardiovascular risk factorsTime of admissionAdverse medical outcomesMore depressive symptomsLow socioeconomic profileAMI severityVIRGO StudyCardiovascular riskChart abstractionYounger patientsClinical profileRelevant sex differencesPatient profilesAMI admissionsMedical outcomesPatientsSystematic Review of Patients Presenting With Suspected Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries
Pasupathy S, Air T, Dreyer RP, Tavella R, Beltrame JF. Systematic Review of Patients Presenting With Suspected Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries. Circulation 2015, 131: 861-870. PMID: 25587100, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.011201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive coronary artery diseaseNonobstructive coronary arteriesCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCoronary arteryRisk factorsSystematic reviewPrevalence of MINOCACardiovascular risk factorsCoronary artery spasmMedian patient agePotential pathophysiological mechanismsCardiac magnetic resonanceMultiple potential causesArtery spasmMINOCA patientsCause mortalityPatient ageWorking diagnosisClinical featuresClinical entityPathophysiological mechanismsThrombophilia disordersMINOCA