2021
Impact of Race on the In‐Hospital Quality of Care Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Raparelli V, Benea D, Smith M, Behlouli H, Murphy TE, D’Onofrio G, Pilote L, Dreyer RP. Impact of Race on the In‐Hospital Quality of Care Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021408. PMID: 34431311, PMCID: PMC8649291, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac readmissionMyocardial infarctionHospital qualitySocial determinantsYoung adultsWhite individualsBlack individualsSegment elevation myocardial infarctionCardiac risk factorsMultivariable logistic regressionHigh rateWhite US adultsVIRGO StudyBlack raceAMI careRisk factorsCare scoresHigh prevalenceUS adultsReadmissionLogistic regressionInfarctionImpact of raceRacial disparities
2015
Sex Differences in Reperfusion in Young Patients With ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
D'Onofrio G, Safdar B, Lichtman JH, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, Geda M, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in Reperfusion in Young Patients With ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2015, 131: 1324-1332. PMID: 25792558, PMCID: PMC4652789, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.114.012293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionReperfusion therapyAcute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionProspective observational cohort studyYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyTime guidelinesYoung womenObservational cohort studyProportion of patientsElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionYears of ageSex differencesPatients 18Reperfusion strategyCohort studyCoronary interventionFibrinolytic therapyNeedle timeYounger patientsReperfusion delayRatio of womenReperfusion guidelinesSex disparities