2012
Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction.
Bradley EH, Curry LA, Spatz ES, Herrin J, Cherlin EJ, Curtis JP, Thompson JW, Ting HH, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 156: 618-26. PMID: 22547471, PMCID: PMC3386642, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-9-201205010-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionLower risk-standardized mortality ratesMyocardial infarctionNurse championsMortality rateHospital strategiesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesHospital-level factorsIntensive care unitAcute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization laboratoryCross-sectional surveyUnited Health FoundationCare hospitalCare unitCross-sectional designAMI casesAMI volumeCatheterization laboratoryHospital cliniciansHospitalMultivariate analysisPatientsHealth Foundation
2000
Factors associated with delay in reperfusion therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: Analysis of the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
Berger A, Radford M, Krumholz H. Factors associated with delay in reperfusion therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: Analysis of the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. American Heart Journal 2000, 139: 985-992. PMID: 10827378, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.105703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnistreplaseElectrocardiographyFemaleHumansMaleMyocardial InfarctionPatient AdmissionPlasminogen ActivatorsQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsStreptokinaseSurvival RateThrombolytic TherapyTime FactorsTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTreatment FailureUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHospital arrivalElderly patientsMortality rateMyocardial infarctionCardiology/American Heart Association guidelinesAmerican Heart Association guidelinesAdministration of thrombolysisHistory of hypertensionHeart Association guidelinesCooperative Cardiovascular Project databaseCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectCardiac catheterization laboratoryReperfusion therapyClinical characteristicsHeart failureST elevationThrombolytic therapyAssociation guidelinesHospital characteristicsCatheterization laboratoryAmerican CollegeThrombolysisPatientsRapid treatment