2021
ASSOCIATION OF PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION WITH STROKE, BLEEDING AND MORTALITY IN COMPARISON TO NOACS AMONG PATIENTS WITH AF
Yao X, Van Houten H, Krumholz H, Kent D, Shah N, Abraham N, Graff-Radford J, Alkhouli M, Henk H, Sangaralingham L, Gersh B, Friedman P, Holmes D, Noseworthy P. ASSOCIATION OF PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION WITH STROKE, BLEEDING AND MORTALITY IN COMPARISON TO NOACS AMONG PATIENTS WITH AF. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 286. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)01645-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Systolic Blood Pressure Response in SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) and ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes): A Possible Explanation for Discordant Trial Results
Huang C, Dhruva SS, Coppi AC, Warner F, Li S, Lin H, Nasir K, Krumholz HM. Systolic Blood Pressure Response in SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) and ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes): A Possible Explanation for Discordant Trial Results. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2017, 6: e007509. PMID: 29133522, PMCID: PMC5721802, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.007509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic blood pressure responseBlood pressure responseTreatment groupsCause deathVisit variabilityDiscordant trialsBlood pressure trialStandard treatment groupPressure responseACCORD participantsPressure trialSBP responseHeart failureMean SBPPrimary outcomeSBPDiscordant resultsMean differenceSimilar interventionsTrial resultsTrialsSimilar mean differencesTreatment effectsSignificant differencesStroke
2014
Trends in Hospitalizations and Outcomes for Acute Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, 1999–2011
Krumholz HM, Normand SL, Wang Y. Trends in Hospitalizations and Outcomes for Acute Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, 1999–2011. Circulation 2014, 130: 966-975. PMID: 25135276, PMCID: PMC4171056, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.007787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular diseaseIschemic strokeUnstable anginaHeart failureMyocardial infarctionNational Medicare dataYears of ageQuality of careDemographic subgroupsReadmission outcomesHospitalization ratesMortality overallService patientsCardiovascular conditionsAdjusted ratesHospitalizationMedicare dataMortality rateStrokeMortalityDiseaseAnginaReadmissionInfarction
2001
Baseline Quality Indicator Rates from the National Heart Failure Project: A HCFA Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
Masoudi F, Ralston D, Wolfe P, Havernek E, Shah V, Krumholz H, Ordin D. Baseline Quality Indicator Rates from the National Heart Failure Project: A HCFA Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2001, 7: 53-56. PMID: 11828138, DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2001.990870.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Heart Failure ProjectHeart Failure ProjectQuality indicator ratesHealth Care Financing AdministrationHeart failureMedicare beneficiariesIndicator ratesAcute myocardial infarctionQuality improvement projectPeer review organizationsMyocardial infarctionBreast cancerInpatient feeFailure ProjectCareReview organizationsImprovement projectFailureInfarctionPneumoniaDiabetesStrokeCancerAdministrationQuality indicators
2000
The National Heart Failure Project: A Health Care Financing Administration Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
Masoudi F, Ordin D, Delaney R, Krumholz H, Havranek E. The National Heart Failure Project: A Health Care Financing Administration Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2000, 6: 337-339. PMID: 12189341, DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2000.80175.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality improvement projectHealth Care Financing AdministrationHeart failureMedicare beneficiariesInpatient heart failure careNational Heart Failure ProjectHeart Failure ProjectHeart failure careAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionBreast cancerCareImprovement projectFailurePneumoniaInfarctionDiabetesFailure ProjectAdministration initiativesStrokeCancerAdministration
1997
Warfarin use among patients with atrial fibrillation.
Brass L, Krumholz H, Scinto J, Radford M. Warfarin use among patients with atrial fibrillation. Stroke 1997, 28: 2382-9. PMID: 9412618, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.28.12.2382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial fibrillationAdditional vascular risk factorsConnecticut Peer Review OrganizationRate of strokeVascular risk factorsStroke preventionWarfarin anticoagulationChart reviewElderly patientsRelative contraindicationPeer review organizationsRisk factorsMedicare patientsAnticoagulationHigh riskPatientsWarfarinFibrillationStrokeContraindicationsAspirinReview organizationsPopulation sampleHospitalizationMonths