2022
Young Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Risk Prediction Model for 1-Year Hospital Readmission
Dreyer R, Arakaki A, Raparelli V, Murphy T, Tsang S, D’Onofrio G, Wood M, Wright C, Pilote L. Young Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Risk Prediction Model for 1-Year Hospital Readmission. CJC Open 2022, 5: 335-344. PMID: 37377522, PMCID: PMC10290947, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2022.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionRisk prediction modelHospital readmissionYoung womenMyocardial infarctionYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyObstructive coronary artery diseaseRisk of readmissionCongestive heart failureProspective observational studyCoronary artery diseaseYoung female patientHospital readmission riskHospital complicationsHospital stayYounger patientsArtery diseaseClinical factorsHeart failureFemale patientsReadmission riskObservational studyModest discriminationHigh riskDepressive symptoms
2016
Microvascular Dysfunction as Opposed to Conduit Artery Disease Explains Sex-specific Chest Pain in Emergency Department Patients With Low to Moderate Cardiac Risk
Safdar B, Ali A, D’Onofrio G, Katz SD. Microvascular Dysfunction as Opposed to Conduit Artery Disease Explains Sex-specific Chest Pain in Emergency Department Patients With Low to Moderate Cardiac Risk. Clinical Therapeutics 2016, 38: 240-255.e1. PMID: 26778090, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest painControl subjectsMicrovascular dysfunctionArtery diseaseObstructive coronary artery diseaseCommon emergency department presentationConduit vessel functionCoronary artery vasomotionTransient forearm ischemiaAcute chest painCardiac risk factorsPersistent chest painAcute coronary syndromeBrachial artery diameterFramingham risk scoreProspective cohort studyChest pain centerSystolic blood pressureAsymptomatic healthy volunteersCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department presentationsBrachial artery reactivityPeripheral microvascular dysfunctionHigh-resolution ultrasoundArtery dysfunction