2012
Sex differences in in-hospital mortality in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction
Hsich E, Grau-Sepulveda M, Hernandez A, Peterson E, Schwamm L, Bhatt D, Fonarow G. Sex differences in in-hospital mortality in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction. American Heart Journal 2012, 163: 430-437.e3. PMID: 22424014, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital mortalityHeart failureRisk factorsHF patientsEjection fractionAcute decompensated heart failureRenal failure/dialysisGuidelines-Heart FailureDecompensated heart failurePrimary end pointPeripheral vascular diseaseSystolic blood pressureCoronary artery diseaseValvular heart diseaseEquation logistic modelsSex differencesMulticenter registryBaseline characteristicsArtery diseaseBlood pressureHospital clusteringHospitalized patientsStudy cohortVascular diseaseHeart disease
2010
Management of Thrombolysis-Associated Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Goldstein J, Marrero M, Masrur S, Pervez M, Barrocas A, Abdullah A, Oleinik A, Rosand J, Smith E, Dzik W, Schwamm L. Management of Thrombolysis-Associated Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage. JAMA Neurology 2010, 67: 965-969. PMID: 20697046, PMCID: PMC3690951, DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic intracerebral hemorrhageIntra-arterial thrombolysisHospital mortalityIntracerebral hemorrhageHealth Stroke Scale scoreIntravenous tissue plasminogen activatorGuidelines-Stroke databaseStroke Scale scoreAcute ischemic strokeMultivariable logistic regressionFresh frozen plasmaTissue plasminogen activatorMulticenter registryAcute strokeDevastating complicationIschemic strokeIndependent predictorsThrombolytic therapyFrozen plasmaAppropriate treatmentRetrospective analysisPatientsScale scoreCoagulopathyThrombolysis