2018
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients Without Acute Myocardial Infarction in China
Lu Y, Zhang H, Wang Y, Zhou T, Welsh J, Liu J, Guan W, Li J, Li X, Zheng X, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients Without Acute Myocardial Infarction in China. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e185446. PMID: 30646292, PMCID: PMC6324328, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5446.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable coronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseSeattle Angina QuestionnairePercutaneous coronary interventionClinical improvementSmall clinical improvementAngina symptomsUnstable anginaArtery diseaseHealth statusCoronary interventionSymptom burdenMyocardial infarctionSAQ scoresSAQ angina frequency scorePatient-reported health statusPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) proceduresSelf-reported health statusAngina frequency scoreMulticenter cohort studyGreater clinical improvementSubstantial clinical improvementIschemic heart diseaseCoronary intervention procedures
2008
The influence of age on health status outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
Ho PM, Eng MH, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Peterson PN, Jones PG, Peterson ED, Alexander KP, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA. The influence of age on health status outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2008, 155: 855-861. PMID: 18440332, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionYears of ageSurvivors of AMIHealth status outcomesOlder patientsBetter HRQLHigh mortalityMyocardial infarctionStatus outcomesSeattle Angina QuestionnaireBaseline health statusHealth-related qualityNumber of patientsInfluence of ageAngina burdenBaseline anginaAngina QuestionnaireAngina symptomsClinical characteristicsProspective cohortYounger patientsMultivariable analysisRisk factorsSpectrum of ageHRQL