2015
Hospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy
Arnold SV, Li SX, Alexander KP, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Curtis JP, Kosiborod M, Gupta A, Wang TY, Lin H, Dharmarajan K, Strait KM, Lowe TJ, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e002009. PMID: 26077589, PMCID: PMC4599539, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly invasive strategyAnticoagulant strategiesMyocardial infarctionBleeding rateInvasive strategyAcute myocardial infarction patientsOptimal anticoagulant strategyHalf of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction patientsHospital use patternsComparative effectiveness studiesRisk-standardized mortalityChoice of anticoagulantsMedian odds ratioCoronary interventionPatient factorsSystemic anticoagulationHospital variabilityInfarction patientsPrincipal diagnosisOdds ratioMultivariate regression modelPatterns of useAssessing Hospital Performance for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Samadashvili Z, Hannan EL, Cozzens K, Walford G, Jacobs AK, Berger PB, Holmes DR, Venditti FJ, Curtis J. Assessing Hospital Performance for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care 2015, 53: 245-252. PMID: 25675402, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesNon-PCI hospitalsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionED transfersMyocardial infarctionMortality rateAcute myocardial infarction patientsMedicaid ServicesEmergency department transfersHospital outlier statusRisk-adjusted hospitalMyocardial infarction patientsQuality of careHospital quality assessmentDepartment transfersCoronary interventionPCI hospitalsInfarction patientsInpatient transfersHospitalDifferent hospitals
2009
All-Cause Readmission and Repeat Revascularization After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Cohort of Medicare Patients
Curtis JP, Schreiner G, Wang Y, Chen J, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG, Krumholz HM. All-Cause Readmission and Repeat Revascularization After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Cohort of Medicare Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2009, 54: 903-907. PMID: 19712799, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionReadmission ratesRevascularization proceduresCause readmissionCoronary interventionPCI proceduresMortality rateIndex percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarction patientsCause readmission rateIndex PCI procedureMedian readmission rateDays of dischargeRepeat revascularization proceduresMyocardial infarction patientsNon-AMI patientsPCI patientsRepeat revascularizationRevascularization ratesPrimary outcomeInfarction patientsSuch readmissionsMedicare patientsRetrospective analysisReadmission