2016
Innovation in Data Abstraction, Education, and Consistent Application of Best Practice Guidelines: Experience and Real-World Results from a University Hospital in a Cost-Centric Environment.
Lakireddy P, Canning P, Lee J, Azrin M, Vashist A. Innovation in Data Abstraction, Education, and Consistent Application of Best Practice Guidelines: Experience and Real-World Results from a University Hospital in a Cost-Centric Environment. Connecticut Medicine 2016, 80: 97-103. PMID: 27024981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Coronary SyndromeCardiac CatheterizationConnecticutCost ControlCost-Benefit AnalysisData CollectionDatabases, FactualDecision MakingDelivery of Health CareEmergency Medical ServicesGuideline AdherenceHospitals, UniversityHumansMyocardial InfarctionOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient Care TeamPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality of Health CareConceptsEmergency medical servicesPractice guidelinesBest practice guidelinesCardiac catheterization laboratory activationAcute coronary syndromeCatheterization laboratory activationCore measuresTask Force recommendationsCoronary syndromeLowest tertilePrehospital activationUniversity HospitalLaboratory activationPatient outcomesEMS roleExpeditious revascularizationMedical servicesHospitalDecision pathwaysCareTask ForceGuidelinesSignificant improvementData abstractionActivation
2005
Noninvasive cardiac imaging in the evaluation of suspected acute coronary syndromes
Vashist A, Abbott B. Noninvasive cardiac imaging in the evaluation of suspected acute coronary syndromes. Expert Review Of Cardiovascular Therapy 2005, 3: 473-486. PMID: 15889975, DOI: 10.1586/14779072.3.3.473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest painCoronary syndromeEmergency departmentAcute ischemiaEmission tomographyCardiac magnetic resonance imagingAcute coronary syndromeSingle photon emission tomographyAppropriate clinical settingCoronary artery diseaseReperfusion-induced cell deathImaging modalitiesRadionuclide perfusion studyNoninvasive cardiac imagingCardiac magnetic resonanceMagnetic resonance imagingPositron emission tomographyNoninvasive imaging modalityArtery diseaseSuch patientsRandomized trialsPrognostic valueDiagnostic dilemmaSubendocardial ischemiaUnnecessary hospitalization