2018
Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, treatment, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries 1999–2014
Goldsweig AM, Wang Y, Forrest JK, Cleman MW, Minges KE, Mangi AA, Aronow HD, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, treatment, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries 1999–2014. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 92: 1104-1115. PMID: 29513365, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionVentricular septal ruptureTimely primary PCIMortality ratePrimary PCIPercutaneous repairSeptal ruptureMyocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyUnadjusted mortality ratesUnrepaired patientsVSR repairFatal complicationCohort studyAnnual incidenceMedicare feeService beneficiariesPatientsIncidenceStudy periodMortalityHospitalizationInfarctionRepairPCI
2007
Opening of Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Use of Coronary Revascularization in Medicare Beneficiaries
Nallamothu BK, Rogers MA, Chernew ME, Krumholz HM, Eagle KA, Birkmeyer JD. Opening of Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Use of Coronary Revascularization in Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA 2007, 297: 962-968. PMID: 17341710, DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.9.962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCardiac Care FacilitiesCardiology Service, HospitalCatchment Area, HealthCoronary Artery BypassHealth Care SurveysHealth Services Needs and DemandHospitals, GeneralHumansLinear ModelsMedicareMyocardial RevascularizationPractice Patterns, Physicians'Program DevelopmentReimbursement, IncentiveUnited StatesUtilization ReviewConceptsHospital referral regionsPopulation-based ratesSpecialty cardiac hospitalsCardiac hospitalTotal revascularizationCoronary revascularizationGeneral HospitalMedicare beneficiariesCardiac programAnnual population-based ratesAcute myocardial infarctionCost-efficient careMyocardial infarctionAdjusted ratesRevascularizationReferral regionsProcedure utilizationHospitalCABGPCIPatientsLinear regression modelsRegression modelsRelative increaseHealth care market