2022
Health status outcomes after spontaneous coronary artery dissection and comparison with other acute myocardial infarction: The VIRGO experience
Murugiah K, Chen L, Dreyer RP, Bouras G, Safdar B, Khera R, Lu Y, Spatz ES, Ng VG, Gupta A, Bueno H, Tweet MS, Spertus JA, Hayes SN, Lansky A, Krumholz HM. Health status outcomes after spontaneous coronary artery dissection and comparison with other acute myocardial infarction: The VIRGO experience. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0265624. PMID: 35320296, PMCID: PMC8942215, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous coronary artery dissectionAcute myocardial infarctionAMI patientsCoronary artery dissectionYoung AMI patientsHealth status outcomesHealth status instrumentsSCAD patientsArtery dissectionMyocardial infarctionStatus outcomesPatientsOutcomesHousehold incomeCollege educationInfarction
2018
Time to hospital arrival among patients with acute myocardial infarction in China: a report from China PEACE prospective study
Guan W, Venkatesh AK, Bai X, Xuan S, Li J, Li X, Zhang H, Zheng X, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Time to hospital arrival among patients with acute myocardial infarction in China: a report from China PEACE prospective study. European Heart Journal - Quality Of Care And Clinical Outcomes 2018, 5: 63-71. PMID: 29878087, PMCID: PMC6307335, DOI: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcy022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHospital arrivalSymptom onsetMyocardial infarctionMedical insuranceLower household incomeRural medical insuranceChest discomfortChest painIndex hospitalizationMedian timeMultivariable analysisAMI symptomsProspective studyAssociated FactorsPatients' perceptionsCare seekingAMI hospitalizationPatientsSymptomsHousehold incomeAMI studyHospitalizationInfarctionAverage time
2007
Socioeconomic 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