2008
Relation of Mortality to Failure to Prescribe Beta Blockers Acutely in Patients With Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Following Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the VALsartan In Acute myocardial iNfarcTion trial [VALIANT] Registry)
Piccini JP, Hranitzky PM, Kilaru R, Rouleau JL, White HD, Aylward PE, Van de Werf F, Solomon SD, Califf RM, Velazquez EJ. Relation of Mortality to Failure to Prescribe Beta Blockers Acutely in Patients With Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Following Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the VALsartan In Acute myocardial iNfarcTion trial [VALIANT] Registry). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2008, 102: 1427-1432. PMID: 19026290, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAgedClinical Trials as TopicDeath, Sudden, CardiacDrug PrescriptionsFemaleHospital MortalityHumansIncidenceLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionPractice Patterns, Physicians'RegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTachycardia, VentricularTime FactorsVentricular FibrillationConceptsSustained VT/ventricular fibrillationVT/ventricular fibrillationBeta-blocker therapyAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureVentricular fibrillationBeta blockersVentricular tachycardiaMyocardial infarctionAcute beta-blocker therapyOral beta blockadeBeta-blocker useHospital mortality rateSustained ventricular arrhythmiasMultivariable logistic regressionSustained ventricular tachycardiaRelation of mortalityBeta blockadeHospital mortalityHospital deathKillip classificationBaseline characteristicsVentricular arrhythmiasEarly mortalityWorse outcomes
2004
An international perspective on heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction complicating myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry
Velazquez EJ, Francis GS, Armstrong PW, Aylward PE, Diaz R, O'Connor CM, White HD, Henis M, Rittenhouse LM, Kilaru R, van Gilst W, Ertl G, Maggioni AP, Spac J, Weaver WD, Rouleau JL, McMurray JJ, Pfeffer MA, Califf RM. An international perspective on heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction complicating myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry. European Heart Journal 2004, 25: 1911-1919. PMID: 15522470, DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital heart failureVentricular systolic dysfunctionHeart failureMyocardial infarctionBaseline variablesSystolic dysfunctionMI patientsConsecutive MI patientsBaseline risk factorsHospital mortality rateMI populationAcute myocardial infarctionEarly myocardial infarctionLong-term riskHospital mortalityCardiovascular eventsHospital deathHazard ratioLonger hospitalisationBaseline presenceMedical therapySuch patientsContemporary incidenceMore complicationsRisk factors