2016
Microvascular Dysfunction as Opposed to Conduit Artery Disease Explains Sex-specific Chest Pain in Emergency Department Patients With Low to Moderate Cardiac Risk
Safdar B, Ali A, D’Onofrio G, Katz SD. Microvascular Dysfunction as Opposed to Conduit Artery Disease Explains Sex-specific Chest Pain in Emergency Department Patients With Low to Moderate Cardiac Risk. Clinical Therapeutics 2016, 38: 240-255.e1. PMID: 26778090, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest painControl subjectsMicrovascular dysfunctionArtery diseaseObstructive coronary artery diseaseCommon emergency department presentationConduit vessel functionCoronary artery vasomotionTransient forearm ischemiaAcute chest painCardiac risk factorsPersistent chest painAcute coronary syndromeBrachial artery diameterFramingham risk scoreProspective cohort studyChest pain centerSystolic blood pressureAsymptomatic healthy volunteersCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department presentationsBrachial artery reactivityPeripheral microvascular dysfunctionHigh-resolution ultrasoundArtery dysfunction
2015
Successful Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Low-Income Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Trial
Bernstein SL, D’Onofrio G, Rosner J, O’Malley S, Makuch R, Busch S, Pantalon MV, Toll B. Successful Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Low-Income Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Trial. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2015, 66: 140-147. PMID: 25920384, PMCID: PMC4819432, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department patientsDepartment patientsUS EDsTobacco abstinence ratesGroup of smokersTobacco dependence treatmentMultivariable logistic modelingState Smokers' QuitlineLow incomeED smokersFaxed referralsQuitline referralQuitline useSecondary endpointsEligible subjectsPrimary outcomeIntervention armMedicaid insuranceNicotine patchNicotine replacementAbstinence ratesBooster callsIntervention subjectsControl armControl subjects