2022
Trends in 10-Year Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction
Wang Y, Leifheit EC, Krumholz HM. Trends in 10-Year Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 613-622. PMID: 35507330, PMCID: PMC9069341, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent acute myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionHealth priority areasLong-term outcomesCause mortalityHazard ratioWhite patientsMyocardial infarctionMedicare feeMedicare-MedicaidService beneficiariesInitial acute myocardial infarctionTen-year mortalityShort-term outcomesDemographic subgroupsEligible patientsPatient characteristicsAMI survivorsAcute periodMean ageRecurrence rateSubgroup analysisMAIN OUTCOMEMortality riskAMI admissions
2015
Trends in Cardiac Biomarker Testing in China for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-Retrospective AMI Study
Zhan L, Masoudi FA, Li X, Hu S, Venkatesh AK, Spertus JA, Lin Z, Desai NR, Li J, Krumholz HM, Jiang L, . Trends in Cardiac Biomarker Testing in China for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-Retrospective AMI Study. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0122237. PMID: 25893247, PMCID: PMC4404305, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac biomarker testingProportion of hospitalsBiomarker testingChinese hospitalsDiagnosis of AMIChina PEACE-Retrospective AMI StudyRate of useMiddle-income countriesMyocardial infarctionPractice compliesHigh-income countriesAMI admissionsBiomarker testsUrban hospitalBiomarker useDepressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study
Smolderen KG, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Zhou S, Lichtman JH, Geda M, Bueno H, Beltrame J, Safdar B, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Depressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001424. PMID: 25836055, PMCID: PMC4579927, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionDepressive symptomsLifetime historyMyocardial infarctionRisk factorsYoung acute myocardial infarctionYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyMore cardiovascular risk factorsYoung womenCardiovascular risk factorsTime of admissionAdverse medical outcomesMore depressive symptomsLow socioeconomic profileAMI severityVIRGO StudyCardiovascular riskChart abstractionYounger patientsClinical profileRelevant sex differencesPatient profilesAMI admissionsMedical outcomesPatients
2012
Skilled Nursing Facility Referral and Hospital Readmission Rates after Heart Failure or Myocardial Infarction
Chen J, Ross JS, Carlson MD, Lin Z, Normand SL, Bernheim SM, Drye EE, Ling SM, Han LF, Rapp MT, Krumholz HM. Skilled Nursing Facility Referral and Hospital Readmission Rates after Heart Failure or Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Medicine 2012, 125: 100.e1-100.e9. PMID: 22195535, PMCID: PMC3246370, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesSkilled nursing facilitiesHeart failureHospital-level variationReadmission ratesMyocardial infarctionRate of dischargeHospital-level readmission ratesSubstantial hospital-level variationService Medicare patientsCause readmission rateRisk of readmissionHospital readmission ratesHF admissionsRegression modelsAMI patientsFacility referralPrincipal diagnosisMedicare patientsMedicare claimsClaims dataAMI admissionsAMI hospitalizationNursing facilities
2010
Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measures
Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Masoudi FA, Rathore SS, Ross JS, Drye E, Krumholz HM. Who is missing from the measures? Trends in the proportion and treatment of patients potentially excluded from publicly reported quality measures. American Heart Journal 2010, 160: 943-950.e5. PMID: 21095284, PMCID: PMC3319386, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.06.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMedicaidMedicareMyocardial InfarctionOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsPrognosisQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionProportion of patientsRelative contraindicationAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorTreatment of patientsMedicaid Services core measuresQuality improvement projectPublic reportingCross-sectional analysisMyocardial infarctionMedicare patientsHospital careΒ-blockersAMI admissionsPatientsInsufficient evidenceEnzyme inhibitorsTreatment ratesBetter careContraindicationsMedicaid ServicesData cohortCore measuresTreatmentImprovement project
2009
Determinants of Cardiac Catheterization Use in Older Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Ko DT, Ross JS, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Determinants of Cardiac Catheterization Use in Older Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2009, 3: 54-62. PMID: 20123672, PMCID: PMC3024143, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.109.858456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac CatheterizationChi-Square DistributionComorbidityFemaleHemorrhageHospitalizationHumansLikelihood FunctionsLogistic ModelsMaleMedicareMyocardial InfarctionPatient SelectionPractice Patterns, Physicians'Risk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac catheterization useCardiac catheterizationInappropriate indicationsAMI patientsAppropriate indicationsMyocardial infarctionRisk scoreCardiology/American Heart Association class IBaseline cardiovascular riskOlder Medicare patientsHigh-risk patientsDemographic factorsMore comorbiditiesCardiovascular riskOlder patientsMale sexProcedure indicationFemale sexMedicare patientsAmerican CollegeAMI admissionsMedicare feePatientsCatheterization