2016
Reassessment of Cardiac Function and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use Among Medicare Patients With Low Ejection Fraction After Myocardial Infarction
Pokorney SD, Miller AL, Chen AY, Thomas L, Fonarow GC, de Lemos JA, Al-Khatib SM, Velazquez EJ, Peterson ED, Wang TY. Reassessment of Cardiac Function and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use Among Medicare Patients With Low Ejection Fraction After Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2016, 135: 38-47. PMID: 27881561, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.022359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDatabases, FactualDefibrillators, ImplantableFemaleHeart VentriclesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMedicareMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial RevascularizationProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesRetrospective StudiesStroke VolumeSurvival RateTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonographyUnited StatesConceptsLow ejection fractionEjection fractionICD implantationMyocardial infarctionMI admissionsRevascularization statusImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) useACTION Registry-GWTGICD implantation ratesMultivariable Cox modelPost-MI patientsYears of ageImplantation rateCardiac functionMedicare patientsCox modelPatientsAdmissionHigher likelihoodInfarctionImplantationAssociationYearsStatusICD
2015
Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru
Burroughs Peña M, Romero KM, Velazquez EJ, Davila-Roman VG, Gilman RH, Wise RA, Miranda JJ, Checkley W. Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru. Hypertension 2015, 65: 1134-1140. PMID: 25753976, PMCID: PMC4466100, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureBiomass fuel useHousehold air pollutionVital capacityFuel smokeHigher systolic blood pressurePopulation-based cohort studyDaily exposureHigher diastolic blood pressureBiomass fuel usersBlood pressure outcomesElevated blood pressureHigh blood pressureBiomass fuel smokeMultivariable regression modelsCardiovascular preventionCohort studyLung functionPressure outcomesEffect modificationHigher likelihoodHypertensionFuel users