2017
Life's Simple 7 and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Ogunmoroti O, Oni E, Michos ED, Spatz ES, Allen NB, Rana JS, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Aronis KN, Blumenthal RS, Veledar E, Szklo M, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Life's Simple 7 and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2017, 6: e005180. PMID: 28655734, PMCID: PMC5669160, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.005180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexCholesterolDiet, HealthyExerciseFemaleHealthy LifestyleHeart FailureHumansIncidenceKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProtective FactorsRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorSmoking CessationTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsSimple 7 (LS7) metricsIncident heart failureHeart failureMulti-Ethnic StudyLS7 metricsHazard ratioSimple 7Cardiovascular healthBurden of HFLife's Simple 7 (LS7) metricsIncidence of HFIdeal cardiovascular healthProportional hazard ratiosLife's Simple 7American Heart AssociationRace/ethnicityLS7 scoreHeart AssociationIncidence rateCardiovascular diseaseMultiethnic cohortLower riskInadequate scoresIdeal metricsAtherosclerosis
2015
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Women Versus Men
Zusterzeel R, Spatz ES, Curtis JP, Sanders WE, Selzman KA, Piña IL, Bao H, Ponirakis A, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Caños DA, Strauss DG. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Women Versus Men. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2015, 8: s4-s11. PMID: 25714821, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBundle-Branch BlockCardiac Resynchronization TherapyCardiac Resynchronization Therapy DevicesDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHeart Conduction SystemHeart FailureHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMalePropensity ScoreProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesRisk FactorsSex FactorsStroke VolumeTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVentricular Function, LeftConceptsLeft bundle branch blockQRS durationImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorPatient sexDeath riskCardioverter defibrillatorBetter survivalMortality differencesNew York Heart Association class IIILeft ventricular ejection fractionWomen Versus MenCardiac resynchronization therapyVentricular ejection fractionRelative death riskBenefit of CRTLonger QRS durationShorter QRS durationBundle branch blockLower mortality riskEjection fractionHeart failureResynchronization therapyCardiac resynchronizationBranch blockMortality risk