2015
Patterns of Use of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in China From 2001 to 2011: China PEACE‐Retrospective AMI Study
Liu J, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Wang Q, Murugiah K, Spatz ES, Li J, Li X, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, Group C. Patterns of Use of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in China From 2001 to 2011: China PEACE‐Retrospective AMI Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001343. PMID: 25713293, PMCID: PMC4345866, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsACEI/ARB therapyAcute myocardial infarctionClass I indicationsARB therapyMyocardial infarctionMortality riskReceptor blockersAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor BlockersEnzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockersChina PEACE-Retrospective AMI StudyChinese AMI patientsClass IIa recommendationRates of therapyAbsence of contraindicationsAngiotensin receptor blockersHigher mortality riskCost-effective therapyIIa recommendationAMI patientsChina PatientRetrospective studyHigh riskPatterns of useChinese guidelinesPatients
1999
Do “America's Best Hospitals” Perform Better for Acute Myocardial Infarction?
Chen J, Radford M, Wang Y, Marciniak T, Krumholz H. Do “America's Best Hospitals” Perform Better for Acute Myocardial Infarction? New England Journal Of Medicine 1999, 340: 286-292. PMID: 9920954, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199901283400407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAspirinFemaleHealth Care SurveysHospitalsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMedicareMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CareQuality of Health CareSeverity of Illness IndexThrombolytic TherapyUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionShort-term mortalityMyocardial infarctionAmerica's Best HospitalsBest HospitalsSurvival advantageLower short-term mortalityBeta-blocker therapyRates of therapyHigh rateOutcomes of patientsUse of aspirinCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectElderly Medicare beneficiariesType of hospitalQuality of hospitalsReperfusion therapyElderly patientsRate of useBypass surgeryCardiac catheterizationCoronary angioplastyMedicare beneficiariesInfarctionAspirin