Robert McNamara
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My research has centered on evaluating the use of evidence-based medicine on the diagnosis and management of patients with
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Current projects include evaluating differences in the treatment and outcome of patients with myocardial infarction among different countries, designing ways to evaluate hospital performance in treating patients with acute myocardial infarction through use of the electronic
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Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Echocardiography; International Cooperation; Myocardial Infarction; Global Health; Electronic Health Records
Selected Publications
- Contemporary risk model for inhospital major bleeding for patients with acute myocardial infarction: The acute coronary treatment and intervention outcomes network (ACTION) registry®-Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)®.Desai NR, Kennedy KF, Cohen DJ, Connolly T, Diercks DB, Moscucci M, Ramee S, Spertus J, Wang TY, McNamara RL. Contemporary risk model for inhospital major bleeding for patients with acute myocardial infarction: The acute coronary treatment and intervention outcomes network (ACTION) registry®-Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)®. American Heart Journal 2017, 194: 16-24. PMID: 29223432, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.08.004.
- 2016 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures.Heidenreich PA, Solis P, Estes NA, Fonarow GC, Jurgens CY, Marine JE, McManus DD, McNamara RL. 2016 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults With Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 68: 525-568. PMID: 27364541, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.03.521.
- Development of a Hospital Outcome Measure Intended for Use With Electronic Health Records: 30-Day Risk-standardized Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction.McNamara RL, Wang Y, Partovian C, Montague J, Mody P, Eddy E, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. Development of a Hospital Outcome Measure Intended for Use With Electronic Health Records: 30-Day Risk-standardized Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Medical Care 2015, 53: 818-26. PMID: 26225445, DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000402.
- Standardized Outcome Measurement for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Consensus From the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM).McNamara RL, Spatz ES, Kelley TA, Stowell CJ, Beltrame J, Heidenreich P, Tresserras R, Jernberg T, Chua T, Morgan L, Panigrahi B, Rosas Ruiz A, Rumsfeld JS, Sadwin L, Schoeberl M, Shahian D, Weston C, Yeh R, Lewin J. Standardized Outcome Measurement for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Consensus From the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4 PMID: 25991011, PMCID: PMC4599409, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.001767.
- International comparisons of the management of patients with non-ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States: The MINAP/NICOR, SWEDEHEART/RIKS-HIA, and ACTION Registry-GWTG/NCDR registries.McNamara RL, Chung SC, Jernberg T, Holmes D, Roe M, Timmis A, James S, Deanfield J, Fonarow GC, Peterson ED, Jeppsson A, Hemingway H. International comparisons of the management of patients with non-ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States: The MINAP/NICOR, SWEDEHEART/RIKS-HIA, and ACTION Registry-GWTG/NCDR registries. International Journal Of Cardiology 2014, 175: 240-7. PMID: 24882696, PMCID: PMC4112832, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.270.
- Cardiovascular registry research comes of age.McNamara RL. Cardiovascular registry research comes of age. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2010, 96: 908-10. PMID: 20538664, DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.198069.
- ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Atrial Fibrillation) Developed in Collaboration with the Heart Rhythm Society.Estes NA, Halperin JL, Calkins H, Ezekowitz MD, Gitman P, Go AS, McNamara RL, Messer JV, Ritchie JL, Romeo SJ, Waldo AL, Wyse DG, Bonow RO, DeLong E, Goff DC, Grady K, Green LA, Hiniker A, Linderbaum JA, Masoudi FA, Piña IL, Pressler S, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS. ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Atrial Fibrillation) Developed in Collaboration with the Heart Rhythm Society. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2008, 51: 865-84. PMID: 18294574, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.006.
- Impact of delay in door-to-needle time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.McNamara RL, Herrin J, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Bradley EH, Magid DJ, Rathore SS, Nallamothu BK, Peterson ED, Blaney ME, Frederick P, Krumholz HM. Impact of delay in door-to-needle time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2007, 100: 1227-32. PMID: 17920362, PMCID: PMC2715362, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.05.043.
- Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002.McNamara RL, Herrin J, Bradley EH, Portnay EL, Curtis JP, Wang Y, Magid DJ, Blaney M, Krumholz HM. Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 47: 45-51. PMID: 16386663, PMCID: PMC1475926, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.04.071.
- Achieving quality in cardiovascular imaging: proceedings from the American College of Cardiology-Duke University Medical Center Think Tank on Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging.Douglas P, Iskandrian AE, Krumholz HM, Gillam L, Hendel R, Jollis J, Peterson E, Chen J, Masoudi F, Mohler E, McNamara RL, Patel MR, Spertus J. Achieving quality in cardiovascular imaging: proceedings from the American College of Cardiology-Duke University Medical Center Think Tank on Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 48: 2141-51. PMID: 17113004, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.076.
- Strategies for reducing the door-to-balloon time in acute myocardial infarction.Bradley EH, Herrin J, Wang Y, Barton BA, Webster TR, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Magid DJ, McNamara RL, Parkosewich J, Loeb JM, Krumholz HM. Strategies for reducing the door-to-balloon time in acute myocardial infarction. The New England Journal Of Medicine 2006, 355: 2308-20. PMID: 17101617, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa063117.
Clinical Trials
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Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | CHAMPION-AF Clinical Trial (CHAMPION-AF) |