Design and rationale of the comprehensive evaluation of risk factors in older patients with AMI (SILVER-AMI) study
Dodson JA, Geda M, Krumholz HM, Lorenze N, Murphy TE, Allore HG, Charpentier P, Tsang SW, Acampora D, Tinetti ME, Gill TM, Chaudhry SI. Design and rationale of the comprehensive evaluation of risk factors in older patients with AMI (SILVER-AMI) study. BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14: 506. PMID: 25370536, PMCID: PMC4239317, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0506-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHealth status declineOlder patientsRisk factorsGeriatric impairmentsHospital readmissionOlder adultsDetailed medical record abstractionStatus declineDiagnostic study resultsPost-AMI outcomesProportion of patientsProspective cohort studyMedical record abstractionAMI studyHealth status measuresClinical characteristicsCohort studyRecord abstractionAdverse outcomesMyocardial infarctionAcademic hospitalHospital assessmentMultivariable regressionStatus measures