Relation of Elevated Heart Rate in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction to One-Year Outcomes and Costs
DeVore AD, Schulte PJ, Mentz RJ, Hardy NC, Kelly JP, Velazquez EJ, Maya JF, Kielhorn A, Patel HK, Reed SD, Hernandez AF. Relation of Elevated Heart Rate in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction to One-Year Outcomes and Costs. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 117: 946-951. PMID: 26805662, PMCID: PMC5429586, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.12.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeats/minReduced ejection fractionElevated heart rateHeart rateHeart failureEjection fractionΒ-blockersMedical costsHospital cost accounting dataLarge tertiary care centerMortality/hospitalizationTertiary care centerOne-year outcomesDirect medical costsNational death recordsRoutine clinical practiceMedian heart rateProportional hazards modelDuke University HospitalHeart rate assessmentElectronic medical recordsCause mortalityEligible patientsMultivariate adjustmentAtrial fibrillationClinical predictors and outcomes of patients with left ventricular thrombus following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Garber AM, Mentz RJ, Al-Khalidi HR, Shaw LK, Fiuzat M, O’Connor C, Velazquez EJ. Clinical predictors and outcomes of patients with left ventricular thrombus following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Journal Of Thrombosis And Thrombolysis 2015, 41: 365-373. PMID: 26202909, DOI: 10.1007/s11239-015-1252-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionNon-white raceHF severityBaseline characteristicsClinical predictorsHeart failureIndependent predictorsMyocardial infarctionHeart rateCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsLeft ventricular thrombusLong-term mortalityOutcomes of patientsVentricular thrombus formationHazards regression modelsHigher heart rateEligible patientsInitial troponinCause mortalityLAD diseaseSTEMI patientsVentricular thrombusTransthoracic echocardiogramOutcomes After Nonemergent Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Arrhythmias
Steinberg BA, Schulte PJ, Hofmann P, Ersbøll M, Alexander JH, Broderick-Forsgren K, Anstrom KJ, Granger CB, Piccini JP, Velazquez EJ, Shah BR. Outcomes After Nonemergent Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Arrhythmias. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 115: 1407-1414. PMID: 25784514, PMCID: PMC4414802, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.02.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectrical cardioversionAtrial arrhythmiasTEE useTransesophageal Echocardiography UseTertiary care centerBetter clinical outcomesCHADS2 scoreRehospitalization ratesProcedural complicationsClinical outcomesAtrial fibrillationRhythm controlAtrial flutterSinus rhythmEchocardiography useCare centerProcedural characteristicsECV successPatient's conditionHeart ratePatientsMultivariate analysisRehospitalizationCardioversionComplications