2007
Acute Noncardiac Conditions and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Allen NB, Masoudi FA, Weintraub WS, Krumholz HM. Acute Noncardiac Conditions and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2007, 116: 1925-1930. PMID: 17923572, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.722090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNoncardiac conditionsHospital mortalityMyocardial infarctionConcomitant conditionsCommon concomitant conditionsHours of admissionIn-Hospital MortalityMedical record reviewTime of admissionEvidence-based therapiesClinical characteristicsHospital admissionMultivariable analysisRecord reviewSevere pneumoniaPrognostic importanceUS CentersInfarctionDisease severityPatientsAdmissionMortalityStudy sampleMarked increase
2006
Acute, Severe Noncardiac Conditions in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Lichtman JH, Fathi A, Radford MJ, Lin Z, Loeser CS, Krumholz HM. Acute, Severe Noncardiac Conditions in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Medicine 2006, 119: 843-850. PMID: 17000215, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNoncardiac conditionsHospital mortalityPrognostic importanceMyocardial infarctionMortality riskYale-New Haven HospitalExcessive mortality riskHospital mortality riskSubgroup of patientsSubset of patientsRisk-adjusted analysisRisk of deathMultivariable logistic modelCardiac severityInitial therapyConsecutive patientsClinical presentationMultivariable analysisMedical historyPatientsPatient recordsMortalityMarked increaseInfarction