2020
Revascularization Practices and Outcomes in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Who Presented With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock in the US, 2009-2018
Khera R, Secemsky EA, Wang Y, Desai NR, Krumholz HM, Maddox TM, Shunk KA, Virani SS, Bhatt DL, Curtis J, Yeh RW. Revascularization Practices and Outcomes in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Who Presented With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock in the US, 2009-2018. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1317-1327. PMID: 32833024, PMCID: PMC9377424, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCohort StudiesCoronary VesselsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPatient DischargePercutaneous Coronary InterventionRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsShock, CardiogenicST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionMultivessel percutaneous coronary interventionMultivessel coronary artery diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseCulprit vessel percutaneous coronary interventionCardiogenic shockHospital mortalityArtery diseaseMyocardial infarctionCohort studyPrimary outcomeHospital variationPCI strategyMedicare beneficiariesUnderwent multivessel PCISignificant hospital variationElevation myocardial infarctionSubset of patientsHigh-risk populationRecent evidenceHospital complicationsPCI useRevascularization practice
2015
Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: the Role of Hospital Quality
Khera R, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Rosenthal GE, Girotra S. Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: the Role of Hospital Quality. Current Cardiology Reports 2015, 17: 29. PMID: 25894800, PMCID: PMC4780328, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-015-0587-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac surgeryHospital qualityRacial disparitiesEarly postoperative phaseLow-quality hospitalsWhite patientsPostoperative phasePoor outcomeWorse outcomesExcess mortalityHospital careMinority patientsHigh mortalityPatientsSurgeryHealth conditionsRecent evidenceOutcomesMortalityLong termSocioeconomic backgroundEthnic minoritiesHospitalDisparitiesFactors