2023
Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Zhu C, Dreyer R, Li F, Spatz E, Caraballo‐Cordovez C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit E, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Spertus J, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman J. Impact of Marital Stress on 1‐Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e030031. PMID: 37589125, PMCID: PMC10547344, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac-specific qualityGeneric health statusMyocardial infarctionBaseline healthMarital stressHealth outcomesHealth statusWorse patient-reported outcomesMental healthYoung adultsObservational cohort studyPatient-reported outcomesSocioeconomic factorsWorse mental healthReadmission 1Cause readmissionCohort studyYounger patientsRoutine screeningDepressive symptomsGreater oddsAnginaMale participantsOutcomesAssociation of short-term hospital-level outcome metrics with 1-year mortality and recurrence for US Medicare beneficiaries with ischemic stroke
Wang Y, Leifheit E, Goldstein L, Lichtman J. Association of short-term hospital-level outcome metrics with 1-year mortality and recurrence for US Medicare beneficiaries with ischemic stroke. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0289790. PMID: 37561680, PMCID: PMC10414659, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic strokeInverse probability weightsStroke patientsCause mortalityOutcome metricsLower riskUS hospitalsBetter long-term outcomesRecurrent stroke rateIschemic stroke recurrenceIschemic stroke patientsLong-term outcomesUS Medicare beneficiariesPerformance categoriesIntermediate hospitalsRecurrent strokeStroke recurrenceCohort studyClinical factorsRecurrence ratePrincipal diagnosisPatient riskStroke rateReadmission measuresCox modelAssociation of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Okafor C, Zhu C, Raparelli V, Murphy T, Arakaki A, D’Onofrio G, Tsang S, Smith M, Lichtman J, Spertus J, Pilote L, Dreyer R. Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2255843. PMID: 36787140, PMCID: PMC9929697, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionYoung adultsHospital readmissionBlack raceMyocardial infarctionRacial differencesCardiac factorsSociodemographic characteristicsBlack individualsOdds of readmissionObservational cohort studyMedical record abstractionRisk of readmissionWhite individualsAdults Aged 18Year of dischargePostdischarge readmissionVIRGO StudyCause readmissionCohort studyPrimary outcomeRecord abstractionMulticenter studyAged 18Male ratio
2009
The joint contribution of sex, age and type of myocardial infarction on hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction
Champney K, Frederick P, Bueno H, Parashar S, Foody J, Merz C, Canto J, Lichtman J, Vaccarino V, Investigators F. The joint contribution of sex, age and type of myocardial infarction on hospital mortality following acute myocardial infarction. Heart 2009, 95: 895. PMID: 19147625, PMCID: PMC3065924, DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.155804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-ST elevation MIST-elevation MIElevation myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionNSTEMI patientsNon-ST elevation myocardial infarctionST-elevation myocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyExcess mortality riskShort-term mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionSex-related differencesHospital mortalityUnadjusted RRHospital deathCohort studyPatient ageExcess riskNational registryHospital participantsMAIN OUTCOMEMortality riskOlder womenAge 50Better survival
2000
Intracranial Hemorrhage Associated With Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Brass L, Lichtman J, Wang Y, Gurwitz J, Radford M, Krumholz H. Intracranial Hemorrhage Associated With Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Stroke 2000, 31: 1802-1811. PMID: 10926938, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.31.8.1802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionThrombolytic therapyIntracranial hemorrhageMyocardial infarctionElderly patientsIntracranial Hemorrhage AssociatedRetrospective cohort studyRisk stratification scaleMain outcome measuresAcute care hospitalsTissue plasminogen activatorExcessive anticoagulationPrior strokeCohort studyOlder patientsBlood pressureHemorrhage AssociatedIndependent predictorsMedical chartsSerious complicationsMedian weightAlternate therapyBlack racePrincipal diagnosisMedicare patients