2015
Admission glucose and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction, with and without diabetes, from 2001 to 2011 (the China PEACE-Retrospective Acute Myocardial Infarction Study): a retrospective analysis
Zhao S, Murugiah K, Li X, Li J, Li N, Xu Z, Cheng C, Mao H, Wang Q, Krumholz H, Jiang L, Group O. Admission glucose and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction, with and without diabetes, from 2001 to 2011 (the China PEACE-Retrospective Acute Myocardial Infarction Study): a retrospective analysis. The Lancet 2015, 386: s43. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00624-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionBlood glucose concentrationHospital mortalityMyocardial infarctionChinese patientsMortality riskGlucose concentrationAcute Myocardial Infarction StudyProportion of patientsHospital mortality riskMyocardial Infarction StudyUS National HeartEuglycaemic patientsAdmission glucoseDiabetes statusFamily Planning CommissionHospital admissionPatient characteristicsGlucose categoriesClinical statusBlood InstituteNational HeartNational HealthCardiovascular diseaseRetrospective analysis
2007
Randomized Trial of Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes (Tele-HF): Study Design
Chaudhry SI, Barton B, Mattera J, Spertus J, Krumholz HM. Randomized Trial of Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes (Tele-HF): Study Design. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2007, 13: 709-714. PMID: 17996818, PMCID: PMC2702538, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.06.720.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsHeart failure outcomesHeart failureClinical statusFailure outcomesDecompensated heart failureHeart failure decompensationCare of patientsPrimary care practicesSelf-reported weightUsual careHospital readmissionDaily symptomsRandomized trialsGeneral cardiologyPatient participationHealth behaviorsCare practicesPatientsFrequent monitoringFavorable effectInterventionOutcomesSymptomsTrialsCareSocioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
Bernheim SM, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Bradley EH, Desai RA, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Normand SL, Jones PG, Rahimi A, Krumholz HM. Socioeconomic disparities in outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2007, 153: 313-319. PMID: 17239695, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.10.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionBaseline clinical statusClinical factorsQuality of careLow socioeconomic statusSocioeconomic statusClinical statusMyocardial infarctionMultivariable modelingWorse clinical statusEducation levelSelf-reported household incomeCause mortalityCause rehospitalizationHazard ratioCare measuresObservational studyHousehold incomeRehospitalizationHigh riskUS hospitalsHigh mortalityPatientsMortalitySocioeconomic disparities
2005
Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: A comparison of methods
Spertus J, Peterson E, Conard MW, Heidenreich PA, Krumholz HM, Jones P, McCullough PA, Pina I, Tooley J, Weintraub WS, Rumsfeld JS, Consortium F. Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: A comparison of methods. American Heart Journal 2005, 150: 707-715. PMID: 16209970, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical changesHeart failureWalk testNew York Heart AssociationHeart failure measuresHealth status instrumentsHighest c-statisticClinical deteriorationWalk distanceClinical statusPatient weightC-statisticHeart AssociationExercise testKCCQIndividual patientsNYHAPatientsDisease statusFunctional classClinical medicineLarge improvementStatusDeteriorationOutpatients