2020
Having a Primary Care Provider is the Strongest Predictor of Successful Follow-up of Participants in a Clinical Trial
Friedman S, Cunningham C, Lin J, Haramati L, Levsky J. Having a Primary Care Provider is the Strongest Predictor of Successful Follow-up of Participants in a Clinical Trial. The Journal Of The American Board Of Family Medicine 2020, 33: 431-439. PMID: 32430375, DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.03.190018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care physiciansClinical trialsCare providersHigher Charlson Comorbidity Index scoresMultivariate analysisCharlson Comorbidity Index scoreProspective randomized control trialBivariate analysisComorbidity Index scoreChest pain patientsPrimary care providersHealth care providersRandomized control trialLow socioeconomic statusSocioeconomic status scoresHealth care systemPain patientsPatient characteristicsCare physiciansInsurance statusStatus scoreMedical historyFollow-upControl trialIndex score
2018
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Stress Echocardiography in Acute Chest Pain A Randomized Controlled Trial
Levsky J, Haramati L, Spevack D, Menegus M, Chen T, Mizrachi S, Brown-Manhertz D, Selesny S, Lerer R, White D, Tobin J, Taub C, Garcia M. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Stress Echocardiography in Acute Chest Pain A Randomized Controlled Trial. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2018, 11: 1288-1297. PMID: 29909113, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.03.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAngina PectorisClinical Decision-MakingComparative Effectiveness ResearchComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseEchocardiography, StressEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedMultidetector Computed TomographyPatient AdmissionPatient SelectionPredictive Value of TestsRadiation DosageRadiation ExposureTreatment OutcomeTriageConceptsCoronary CTACardiovascular eventsHospital lengthAcute chest pain patientsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsRadiation exposureMedian hospital lengthAdverse cardiovascular eventsMedian ED lengthChest pain patientsCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department useSerum troponin levelsChest pain triageCTA patientsPrimary endpointSafety endpointSecondary endpointsPatient ageTroponin levelsArtery diseaseED lengthPain patientsSE patientsStress echocardiography