2022
Antithrombotic Therapy After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Freeman JV, Higgins AY, Wang Y, Du C, Friedman DJ, Daimee UA, Minges KE, Pereira L, Goldsweig AM, Price MJ, Reddy VY, Gibson D, Doshi SK, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Curtis JP. Antithrombotic Therapy After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 1785-1798. PMID: 35512858, PMCID: PMC9097170, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft atrial appendage occlusionAdverse eventsPivotal trialsWatchman deviceTreatment protocolAntithrombotic strategiesAppendage occlusionLower riskFrailty regressionPercutaneous left atrial appendage occlusionNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryContemporary U.S. practiceDual antiplatelet therapyAtrial appendage occlusionConcomitant aspirinPostprocedure careAdjusted riskAntiplatelet therapyAntithrombotic medicationAntithrombotic therapyAtrial fibrillationAdverse outcomesTrial protocolAntithrombotic agentsMedication strategies
2019
Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries as compared with myocardial infarction and obstructive coronary disease: outcomes in a Medicare population
Dreyer RP, Tavella R, Curtis JP, Wang Y, Pauspathy S, Messenger J, Rumsfeld JS, Maddox TM, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Beltrame JF. Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries as compared with myocardial infarction and obstructive coronary disease: outcomes in a Medicare population. European Heart Journal 2019, 41: 870-878. PMID: 31222249, PMCID: PMC7778433, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionCoronary angiographyComponents of MACENational Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI RegistryNon-obstructive coronary arteriesObstructive coronary artery diseaseAdverse cardiac eventsMajor adverse eventsObservational cohort studyObstructive coronary diseasePrognosis of patientsCoronary artery diseaseMACE componentsMINOCA patientsAdjusted riskCause mortalityPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsAdverse eventsCardiac eventsCathPCI RegistryCohort study
2009
Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort study
Rathore SS, Curtis JP, Chen J, Wang Y, Nallamothu BK, Epstein AJ, Krumholz HM, Registry F. Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort study. The BMJ 2009, 338: b1807. PMID: 19454739, PMCID: PMC2684578, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionCohort studyLower mortalityMultivariable logistic regression modelAssociation of doorIncremental mortality benefitProspective cohort studyNational cohort studyAcute care hospitalsLogistic regression modelsFractional polynomial modelsAdjusted riskLonger doorMedian doorMortality benefitCare hospitalOverall mortalityMAIN OUTCOMEAmerican College