2023
Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System
Akioyamen L, Abdel-Qadir H, Han L, Sud M, Mistry N, Alter D, Atzema C, Austin P, Bhatia R, Booth G, Dhalla I, Ha A, Jackevicius C, Kapral M, Krumholz H, Lee D, McNaughton C, Roifman I, Schull M, Sivaswamy A, Tu K, Udell J, Wijeysundera H, Ko D. Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2023, 16: e010063. PMID: 38050754, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionHealth care systemHospital dischargeClinical outcomesSocioeconomic statusFirst acute myocardial infarctionProportional hazards regression modelsCare systemSecondary prevention medicationsWorse clinical outcomesHealth service usePopulation-based studyPrimary care physiciansHealth care useHazards regression modelsGreater long-term riskPrescription medication useSingle-payer health care systemUniversal health care systemLong-term riskLow socioeconomic statusCause mortalityDays postdischargePrevention medications
2018
Prediction of ICU Readmissions Using Data at Patient Discharge
Pakbin A, Rafi P, Hurley N, Schulz W, Krumholz M, Mortazavi J. Prediction of ICU Readmissions Using Data at Patient Discharge. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2018, 00: 4932-4935. PMID: 30441449, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8513181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICU readmissionHigher health care costsSame hospital admissionElectronic health record dataPoor patient outcomesHealth record dataLong-term riskHealth care costsICU dischargeUnplanned readmissionHospital admissionPatient dischargePatient outcomesICU casesClinical careReadmissionCare costsRecord data
2016
Long-Term Risk for Device-Related Complications and Reoperations After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation: An Observational Cohort Study.
Ranasinghe I, Parzynski CS, Freeman JV, Dreyer RP, Ross JS, Akar JG, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Long-Term Risk for Device-Related Complications and Reoperations After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation: An Observational Cohort Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2016, 165: 20-29. PMID: 27135392, DOI: 10.7326/m15-2732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchICD-related complicationsNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryObservational cohort studyDevice-related complicationsICD implantationLong-term riskCohort studyMedicare feeNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator placementCardioverter-defibrillator implantationService claims dataCRT-D devicesSingle-chamber devicesCumulative incidenceNonfatal outcomesICD RegistryService patientsBlack raceFemale sexReoperationAmerican CollegeClaims dataComplications
2013
Risk Factors for Hospital Admission Among Older Persons With Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure Findings From the Cardiovascular Health Study
Chaudhry SI, McAvay G, Chen S, Whitson H, Newman AB, Krumholz HM, Gill TM. Risk Factors for Hospital Admission Among Older Persons With Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure Findings From the Cardiovascular Health Study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 61: 635-642. PMID: 23391194, PMCID: PMC3576871, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure diagnosisIndependent risk factorHospital admissionCardiovascular Health StudyHeart failureGeriatric conditionsRisk factorsMuscle weaknessSlow gaitOlder personsHealth StudyNew diagnosisNew York Heart Association functional class IIICommunity-living older personsDepressed ejection fractionHeart Failure FindingsFunctional class IIIChronic kidney diseaseCause hospital admissionsMedical record reviewRelevant clinical dataLong-term riskDiabetes mellitusEjection fractionKidney disease
2008
Long-term Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Parikh CR, Coca SG, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Long-term Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury After Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 2008, 168: 987-995. PMID: 18474763, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.9.987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere acute kidney injuryAcute kidney injuryAcute myocardial infarctionMild acute kidney injuryModerate acute kidney injuryKidney injuryLong-term riskMyocardial infarctionSeverity of AKIAdjusted hazard ratioLong-term mortalitySerum creatinine levelsLong-term prognosisCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectElderly Medicare patientsHigh-risk groupAssociation of severityHospital mortalityHospital survivorsCause mortalityCardiovascular mortalityCreatinine levelsHazard ratioInpatient mortalityCommon complication