2023
Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Okafor C, Zhu C, Raparelli V, Murphy T, Arakaki A, D’Onofrio G, Tsang S, Smith M, Lichtman J, Spertus J, Pilote L, Dreyer R. Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2255843. PMID: 36787140, PMCID: PMC9929697, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionYoung adultsHospital readmissionBlack raceMyocardial infarctionRacial differencesCardiac factorsSociodemographic characteristicsBlack individualsOdds of readmissionObservational cohort studyMedical record abstractionRisk of readmissionWhite individualsAdults Aged 18Year of dischargePostdischarge readmissionVIRGO StudyCause readmissionCohort studyPrimary outcomeRecord abstractionMulticenter studyAged 18Male ratio
2021
Impact of Race on the In‐Hospital Quality of Care Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Raparelli V, Benea D, Smith M, Behlouli H, Murphy TE, D’Onofrio G, Pilote L, Dreyer RP. Impact of Race on the In‐Hospital Quality of Care Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021408. PMID: 34431311, PMCID: PMC8649291, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac readmissionMyocardial infarctionHospital qualitySocial determinantsYoung adultsWhite individualsBlack individualsSegment elevation myocardial infarctionCardiac risk factorsMultivariable logistic regressionHigh rateWhite US adultsVIRGO StudyBlack raceAMI careRisk factorsCare scoresHigh prevalenceUS adultsReadmissionLogistic regressionInfarctionImpact of raceRacial disparities