2016
Temporal Trends in the Risk Profile of Patients Undergoing Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Vora AN, Dai D, Gurm H, Amin AP, Messenger JC, Mahmud E, Mauri L, Wang TY, Roe MT, Curtis J, Patel MR, Dauerman HL, Peterson ED, Rao SV. Temporal Trends in the Risk Profile of Patients Undergoing Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2016, 9: e003070. PMID: 26957417, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.115.003070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk profileCathPCI RegistryHospital admissionPatient riskHigh riskCardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry's CathPCI RegistryNational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryOutpatient percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) proceduresProportion of outpatientsProportion of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionInpatient hospital stayCoronary intervention proceduresPost-PCI complicationsLevel of careOutpatient reimbursementHospital stayCoronary interventionGreater comorbidityOutpatient basisPCI proceduresAmerican CollegeLower riskPatients
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
2009
Association of Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality in Patients ≥65 Years With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Rathore SS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Foody JM, Kosiborod M, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM. Association of Door-to-Balloon Time and Mortality in Patients ≥65 Years With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2009, 104: 1198-1203. PMID: 19840562, PMCID: PMC2790921, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIST-elevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeMyocardial infarctionCoronary interventionAssociation of doorMinutes of admissionSecond-degree fractional polynomialsLogistic regression analysisFractional polynomial modelsMultivariable adjustmentLonger doorMedian doorCurrent guidelinesPatientsMortalityInfarctionRegression analysisFractional polynomialsAssociationInterventionMinutesTreatment
2008
Factors Associated With Longer Time From Symptom Onset to Hospital Presentation for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Ting HH, Bradley EH, Wang Y, Lichtman JH, Nallamothu BK, Sullivan MD, Gersh BJ, Roger VL, Curtis JP, Krumholz HM. Factors Associated With Longer Time From Symptom Onset to Hospital Presentation for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 2008, 168: 959-968. PMID: 18474760, PMCID: PMC4858313, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.9.959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-elevation myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionHospital presentationSymptom onsetPatient subgroupsRisk factorsOnset of symptomsQuality of careRace/ethnicityNational registryPatient responsivenessInfarctionPatientsReference groupSubgroupsWomenMenCareOnsetMinutesPresentationYearsHoursGeometric meanDiabetics