2020
Incidence, predictors, and prognostic impact of recurrent acute myocardial infarction in China
Song J, Murugiah K, Hu S, Gao Y, Li X, Krumholz HM, Zheng X, . Incidence, predictors, and prognostic impact of recurrent acute myocardial infarction in China. Heart 2020, 107: 313-318. PMID: 32938773, PMCID: PMC7873426, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecurrent acute myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionPrognostic impactMyocardial infarctionAMI eventsHospital percutaneous coronary interventionInitial acute myocardial infarctionTime-dependent Cox regressionGuideline-based medicationsKaplan-Meier methodologyPercutaneous coronary interventionLog-rank testRenal dysfunctionCardiac eventsCoronary interventionDischarge medicationsInitial admissionChina PatientCox regressionMean ageAge 75AMI ratesHeart rateMortality rateMultivariable modelling
2014
Transfer Rates From Nonprocedure Hospitals After Initial Admission and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Barreto-Filho JA, Wang Y, Rathore SS, Spatz ES, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Transfer Rates From Nonprocedure Hospitals After Initial Admission and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 213-222. PMID: 24296747, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11944.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryRisk-standardized mortality ratesBypass graft surgeryPercutaneous coronary interventionLength of stayMyocardial infarctionElderly patientsGraft surgeryRevascularization ratesCoronary interventionMortality rateLower risk-standardized mortality ratesRate of catheterizationHospital transfer ratesInvasive cardiac proceduresTransfer of patientsRisk-standardized mortalityHospital outcomesInitial admissionMedian lengthService patientsCardiac proceduresHospital differences