2018
Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, treatment, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries 1999–2014
Goldsweig AM, Wang Y, Forrest JK, Cleman MW, Minges KE, Mangi AA, Aronow HD, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, treatment, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries 1999–2014. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 92: 1104-1115. PMID: 29513365, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionVentricular septal ruptureTimely primary PCIMortality ratePrimary PCIPercutaneous repairSeptal ruptureMyocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyUnadjusted mortality ratesUnrepaired patientsVSR repairFatal complicationCohort studyAnnual incidenceMedicare feeService beneficiariesPatientsIncidenceStudy periodMortalityHospitalizationInfarctionRepairPCI
2013
Adjunctive Pharmacology for Coronary Intervention
Faheem O, Forrest J. Adjunctive Pharmacology for Coronary Intervention. 2013, 143-156. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4528-8_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchST-elevation myocardial infarctionStable coronary plaquesAcute coronary syndromeOral antiplatelet agentsElevation myocardial infarctionArterial thrombus formationAdjunctive pharmacologyRoutine PCIVon Willebrand factorCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionAntiplatelet agentsCoronary plaquesMyocardial infarctionThromboxane A2Plaque ruptureThrombus formationPlatelet activationClot formationPlatelet aggregationWillebrand factorPlateletsPivotal rolePlatelet adhesionInfarction