2005
Performance of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) ST-elevation myocardial infarction risk score in a national cohort of elderly patients
Rathore SS, Weinfurt KP, Foody JM, Krumholz HM. Performance of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) ST-elevation myocardial infarction risk score in a national cohort of elderly patients. American Heart Journal 2005, 150: 402-410. PMID: 16169316, PMCID: PMC2790534, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThirty-day mortality rateTIMI scoreElderly patientsMortality rateRisk scoreMyocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk scoreHigh TIMI scoreMyocardial Infarction (TIMI) scoreCommunity-based cohortReperfusion therapyTrial cohortPrognostic discriminationTrial populationNational cohortModest discriminationPatientsUS hospitalsSTEMICohortScore discriminationScoresThrombolysis
2003
JCAHO Accreditation And Quality Of Care For Acute Myocardial Infarction
Chen J, Rathore SS, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. JCAHO Accreditation And Quality Of Care For Acute Myocardial Infarction. Health Affairs 2003, 22: 243-254. PMID: 12674428, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.2.243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccreditationAcute DiseaseAgedCardiology Service, HospitalFemaleHealth Care SurveysHospital MortalityHumansJoint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare OrganizationsMaleMedicareMyocardial InfarctionOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality Assurance, Health CareQuality Indicators, Health CareUnited States
2001
Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age
Mehta R, Rathore S, Radford M, Wang Y, Wang Y, Krumholz H. Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2001, 38: 736-741. PMID: 11527626, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01432-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAge-associated differencesElderly patientsClinical characteristicsAge groupsMyocardial infarctionThirty-day mortality rateMedicare beneficiaries ageOne-year mortalityPrior coronary diseaseProportion of patientsST-segment elevationOlder age groupsSignificant age-associated differencesChest painEffect of ageOlder patientsRenal insufficiencyCoronary diseaseHeart failureHospital admissionPatient characteristicsSuccessive age groupsSymptom onsetDiabetic patients