2020
Impact of left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants on acute myocardial infarction and heart failure mortality and readmission measures
Brandt EJ, Ross JS, Grady JN, Ahmad T, Pawar S, Bernheim SM, Desai NR. Impact of left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants on acute myocardial infarction and heart failure mortality and readmission measures. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0230734. PMID: 32214363, PMCID: PMC7098556, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular assist deviceHeart transplantation patientsRisk-standardized mortalityHeart transplantationTransplantation patientsAMI cohortReadmission cohortHF cohortVentricular assist deviceAMI mortalityAssist deviceHeart failure mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionHF mortalityLVAD indicationHF patientsLVAD patientsReadmission ratesHeart transplantMyocardial infarctionPrimary diagnosisReadmission measuresMedicare feeChronic supportPatients
2010
National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure
Bernheim SM, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Wang Y, Savage SV, Bhat KR, Ross JS, Desai MM, Merrill AR, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2010, 3: 459-467. PMID: 20736442, PMCID: PMC3027304, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957613.Peer-Reviewed Original Research