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
2014
Trends in Aortic Dissection Hospitalizations, Interventions, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2000–2011
Mody PS, Wang Y, Geirsson A, Kim N, Desai MM, Gupta A, Dodson JA, Krumholz HM. Trends in Aortic Dissection Hospitalizations, Interventions, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2000–2011. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 920-928. PMID: 25336626, PMCID: PMC4380171, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001140.Peer-Reviewed Original Research