2016
Predicting Outcomes Over Time in Patients With Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, or Both Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
Lopes RD, Pieper KS, Stevens SR, Solomon SD, McMurray JJ, Pfeffer MA, Leimberger JD, Velazquez EJ. Predicting Outcomes Over Time in Patients With Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, or Both Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003045. PMID: 27353607, PMCID: PMC4937254, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.003045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular systolic dysfunctionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionIntegrated discrimination improvementSystolic dysfunctionCardiovascular deathMultivariable Cox proportional hazardsAcute Myocardial Infarction trialNet reclassification improvement indexNonfatal heart failureMyocardial Infarction trialNonfatal myocardial infarctionPredictors of mortalityPatient informationBaseline heart rateAcute myocardial infarctionCox proportional hazardsCreatinine clearanceHospital arrivalHospital dischargeIndex hospitalizationPatient characteristicsOverall mortalityIndex eventClinical events
2013
Early Echocardiographic Deformation Analysis for the Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death and Life-Threatening Arrhythmias After Myocardial Infarction
Ersbøll M, Valeur N, Andersen MJ, Mogensen UM, Vinther M, Svendsen JH, Møller JE, Kisslo J, Velazquez EJ, Hassager C, Søgaard P, Køber L. Early Echocardiographic Deformation Analysis for the Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death and Life-Threatening Arrhythmias After Myocardial Infarction. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2013, 6: 851-860. PMID: 23850252, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedArrhythmias, CardiacDeath, Sudden, CardiacDefibrillators, ImplantableDenmarkEchocardiographyElectric CountershockFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionPredictive Value of TestsPrimary PreventionProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsStroke VolumeTreatment OutcomeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsGlobal longitudinal strainAcute myocardial infarctionSudden cardiac deathMalignant ventricular arrhythmiasMyocardial infarctionNet reclassification indexVentricular arrhythmiasCardiac deathAddition of GLSMeasurement of GLSSCD/VAsChronic ischemic heart failureNovel echocardiographic parametersPrimary composite endpointPrimary composite outcomeIschemic heart failureEchocardiographic parametersPrimary endpointComposite outcomeHospital dischargeLate complicationsMultivariate adjustmentComposite endpointHeart failureRisk stratification
2005
Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both
Solomon SD, Zelenkofske S, McMurray JJ, Finn PV, Velazquez E, Ertl G, Harsanyi A, Rouleau JL, Maggioni A, Kober L, White H, Van de Werf F, Pieper K, Califf RM, Pfeffer MA. Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both. New England Journal Of Medicine 2005, 352: 2581-2588. PMID: 15972864, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa043938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionVentricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular dysfunctionMyocardial infarctionCardiac arrestSudden deathVentricular dysfunctionEjection fractionHeart failureLeft ventricular systolic functionHigh-risk patientsVentricular systolic functionSudden unexpected deathAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac causesHospital dischargeSystolic functionPercent confidence intervalsUnexpected deathHigh riskInfarctionPatientsResuscitationDysfunctionDeath