2023
Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Okafor C, Zhu C, Raparelli V, Murphy T, Arakaki A, D’Onofrio G, Tsang S, Smith M, Lichtman J, Spertus J, Pilote L, Dreyer R. Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2255843. PMID: 36787140, PMCID: PMC9929697, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionYoung adultsHospital readmissionBlack raceMyocardial infarctionRacial differencesCardiac factorsSociodemographic characteristicsBlack individualsOdds of readmissionObservational cohort studyMedical record abstractionRisk of readmissionWhite individualsAdults Aged 18Year of dischargePostdischarge readmissionVIRGO StudyCause readmissionCohort studyPrimary outcomeRecord abstractionMulticenter studyAged 18Male ratio
2021
Disparities in patient engagement with video telemedicine among high-video-use providers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Grady C, Claus E, Bunn D, Pagliaro J, Lichtman J, Bhatt A. Disparities in patient engagement with video telemedicine among high-video-use providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Heart Journal - Digital Health 2021, 2: 691-694. PMID: 36713094, PMCID: PMC8344537, DOI: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztab067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVideo visitsTelemedicine visitsProvider's patientsInsurance patientsPublic insurance patientsNon-Hispanic patientsMultivariable logistic modelPrivate insurance patientsVideo patientPatient demographicsPhone visitsWhite patientsBlack patientsHispanic patientsBlack raceAdministrative databasesUpper quintileHispanic ethnicityPatientsPatient engagementVideo telemedicineCardiovascular practiceOlder agePublic insuranceHealth inequities
2000
Intracranial Hemorrhage Associated With Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Brass L, Lichtman J, Wang Y, Gurwitz J, Radford M, Krumholz H. Intracranial Hemorrhage Associated With Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Stroke 2000, 31: 1802-1811. PMID: 10926938, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.31.8.1802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionThrombolytic therapyIntracranial hemorrhageMyocardial infarctionElderly patientsIntracranial Hemorrhage AssociatedRetrospective cohort studyRisk stratification scaleMain outcome measuresAcute care hospitalsTissue plasminogen activatorExcessive anticoagulationPrior strokeCohort studyOlder patientsBlood pressureHemorrhage AssociatedIndependent predictorsMedical chartsSerious complicationsMedian weightAlternate therapyBlack racePrincipal diagnosisMedicare patients