2013
Prognostic Significance of Biomarkers in Predicting Outcome in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Feldman AM, Mann DL, She L, Bristow MR, Maisel AS, McNamara DM, Walsh R, Lee DL, Wos S, Lang I, Wells G, Drazner MH, Schmedtje JF, Pauly DF, Sueta CA, Di Maio M, Kron IL, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL. Prognostic Significance of Biomarkers in Predicting Outcome in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Circulation Heart Failure 2013, 6: 461-472. PMID: 23584092, PMCID: PMC3905743, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.000185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassPrimary end pointCoronary artery diseaseIndependent prognostic informationArtery bypassMultivariable analysisPrognostic informationSTNFR-1Artery diseaseClinical factorsPlasma levelsUnivariate analysisIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialEnd pointSoluble tumor necrosisHeart Failure TrialLeft ventricular reconstructionPrimary outcome variableNet reclassification improvementAbility of biomarkersSubstudy patientsVentricular dysfunctionCardiac hospitalizationBiomarker substudyHeart failure
2005
Therapies to prevent heart failure post-myocardial infarction
Thomas KL, Velazquez EJ. Therapies to prevent heart failure post-myocardial infarction. Current Heart Failure Reports 2005, 2: 174-182. PMID: 16332310, DOI: 10.1007/bf02696647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-MI heart failureHeart failureMyocardial infarctionPresence of HFHeart failure post-myocardial infarctionEvidence-based medicationsMortality of patientsOutcomes of patientsVentricular systolic dysfunctionLower blood pressureTreatment of patientsAcute myocardial infarctionPost-myocardial infarctionKillip classSystolic dysfunctionCommon complicationBlood pressureClinical factorsRevascularization proceduresInfarct sizePoor prognosisPatient populationMale genderPost-MIRisk factors