2016
Editor’s Choice-Sex differences in young patients with acute myocardial infarction: A VIRGO study analysis
Bucholz EM, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, Lindau ST, D’Onofrio G, Geda M, Spatz ES, Beltrame JF, Lichtman JH, Lorenze NP, Bueno H, Krumholz HM. Editor’s Choice-Sex differences in young patients with acute myocardial infarction: A VIRGO study analysis. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care 2016, 6: 610-622. PMID: 27485141, PMCID: PMC5459677, DOI: 10.1177/2048872616661847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionYoung womenTime of AMIST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionHigh clinical risk scoreSegment elevation myocardial infarctionChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseYoung AMI patientsCardiovascular risk factorsClinical risk scorePre-hospital delayProspective cohort studyCongestive heart failureElevation myocardial infarctionObstructive pulmonary diseaseHigh-risk populationYoung menMental health statusElectrocardiogram findingsMorbid obesityCardiovascular riskCohort studyRenal failureYounger patientsDiabetes Mellitus and Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Older Patients With Heart Failure
Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Masoudi FA, Bao H, Spatz ES, Fonarow GC. Diabetes Mellitus and Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Older Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2016, 9: e004132. PMID: 27489243, DOI: 10.1161/circep.116.004132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac resynchronization therapyDevice-related complicationsDiabetes mellitusResynchronization therapyHeart failureHazard ratioOlder patientsHigh riskHeart failure-related readmissionsImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistryImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryDiabetes mellitus statusCardioverter-defibrillator therapyCause readmissionMellitus statusDefibrillator implantationRenal failureProcedural complicationsCardiac resynchronizationDevice implantationQRS durationOdds ratioMellitusSimilar risk
2015
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: e001767. PMID: 25991011, PMCID: PMC4599409, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.001767.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHealth Outcomes MeasurementOutcome measurementsMyocardial infarctionCoronary artery disease outcomesPatient-reported health statusCoronary artery bypassPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary artery diseasePatient-centered outcomesStandardized outcome measurementsLongitudinal outcomesCardiovascular hospital admissionsAsymptomatic CADAcute complicationsArtery bypassCoronary interventionRenal failureArtery diseaseHospital admissionInternational Working GroupRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseDisease outcomeOutcome measures