2022
Sex and Race Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Young Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain
Banco D, Chang J, Talmor N, Wadhera P, Mukhopadhyay A, Lu X, Dong S, Lu Y, Betensky RA, Blecker S, Safdar B, Reynolds HR. Sex and Race Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Young Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e024199. PMID: 35506534, PMCID: PMC9238573, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.024199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest painAcute myocardial infarctionEmergency departmentMultivariable adjustmentYoung adultsMyocardial infarctionBackground Acute myocardial infarctionRacial differencesCardiac biomarker testingHospital admissionClinical featuresConclusions WomenPhysician evaluationTriage levelBiomarker testingCardiac biomarkersWhite adultsNational estimatesObservation unitCP managementAdultsSurvey 2014WomenPainInfarction
2020
National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015
Pendyal A, Rothenberg C, Scofi JE, Krumholz HM, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Venkatesh AK. National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017208. PMID: 33047624, PMCID: PMC7763391, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionMedian ED lengthUS emergency departmentsEmergency departmentED visitsMyocardial infarctionED administrationED lengthAMI careNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyCare processesAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyEvidence-based medicationsNonaspirin antiplatelet agentsEarly invasive strategyAnnual ED visitsRegionalization of careED care processesReal-world trendsAntiplatelet therapyAnnual incidenceAntiplatelet agentsYearly incidenceCare Survey