2018
Racial Disparities in Patient Characteristics and Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Graham GN, Jones PG, Chan PS, Arnold SV, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Racial Disparities in Patient Characteristics and Survival After Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e184240. PMID: 30646346, PMCID: PMC6324589, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionWhite patientsBlack patientsMortality rate differencesMortality ratePatient characteristicsMyocardial infarctionPropensity scoreAcute Myocardial Infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registrySelf-identified black patientsObserved survival differencesNational Death IndexTime of admissionLower propensity scoreProspective registryClinical characteristicsCohort studyDeath IndexHighest quintileBlack raceC-statisticSurvival differencesWorse outcomesMAIN OUTCOMEPatients
2013
“I'm Not Just a Heart, I'm a Whole Person Here”: A Qualitative Study to Improve Sexual Outcomes in Women With Myocardial Infarction
Abramsohn EM, Decker C, Garavalia B, Garavalia L, Gosch K, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Lindau ST. “I'm Not Just a Heart, I'm a Whole Person Here”: A Qualitative Study to Improve Sexual Outcomes in Women With Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2013, 2: e000199. PMID: 23885024, PMCID: PMC3828784, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCounselingFearFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedMotivationMyocardial InfarctionPatient Care TeamPhysician-Patient RelationsQualitative ResearchQuality of LifeRegistriesRisk FactorsSexual BehaviorSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalSexual Dysfunctions, PsychologicalSexual PartnersTelephoneTime FactorsConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionFemale sexual functionSexual functionSexual outcomesSexual activityAcute Myocardial Infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registryMost womenPost-MI outcomesLong-term female partnerQualitative telephone interviewsTreating cardiologistCare teamRehabilitation periodSafe resumptionHeart attackSexual concernsTelephone interviewsInfarctionSexual problemsKnowledge of recoveryTranslational researchWomenPartner's fearFemale partners
2011
Cognitive impairment and outcomes in older adult survivors of acute myocardial infarction: Findings from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in acute Myocardial infarction Patients' Health Status registry
Gharacholou SM, Reid KJ, Arnold SV, Spertus J, Rich MW, Pellikka PA, Singh M, Holsinger T, Krumholz HM, Peterson ED, Alexander KP. Cognitive impairment and outcomes in older adult survivors of acute myocardial infarction: Findings from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in acute Myocardial infarction Patients' Health Status registry. American Heart Journal 2011, 162: 860-869.e1. PMID: 22093202, PMCID: PMC3410733, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionQuality of lifeMyocardial infarctionCognitive statusCognitive impairmentAcute Myocardial Infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registryCardiac catheterization ratesCardiac rehabilitation referralRates of hypertensionMost older patientsSurvival 1 yearNormal cognitive functionCognitive function assessmentOlder adult survivorsLess referralCatheterization ratesMulticenter registryOlder patientsCardiac rehabilitationCerebrovascular accidentRehabilitation referralInvasive careMean ageHospital treatmentAMI care