2019
Application of the VIRGO taxonomy to differentiate acute myocardial infarction in young women
Sciria CT, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Safdar B, Krumholz HM, Spatz ES. Application of the VIRGO taxonomy to differentiate acute myocardial infarction in young women. International Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 288: 5-11. PMID: 31031078, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.03.054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseCardiac catheterizationYoung womenNon-obstructive coronary artery diseaseSingle-center retrospective chart reviewYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyObstructive coronary artery diseaseRetrospective chart reviewAcute myocardial infarctionProportion of womenUniversal definitionIndex admissionChart reviewArtery diseaseConsecutive womenMyocardial infarctionTreatment strategiesCatheterizationMore young womenType 2Type 1Class IType 4BWomenPatient studies
2016
Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations
Spatz ES, Lipska KJ, Dai Y, Bao H, Lin Z, Parzynski CS, Altaf FK, Joyce EK, Montague JA, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Drye EE. Risk-standardized Acute Admission Rates Among Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure as a Measure of Quality of Accountable Care Organizations. Medical Care 2016, 54: 528-537. PMID: 26918404, PMCID: PMC5356461, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure measuresAccountable care organizationsAcute admission ratesHeart failureAdmission ratesNational ratesUnplanned hospital admissionsHeart failure cohortRisk-adjustment variablesPopulation-based measuresCare organizationsOutcome measure developmentIntraclass correlation coefficientHospital admissionDiabetes measuresFailure cohortChronic conditionsMedicare feeDiabetesService beneficiariesPatientsMeet criteriaMeasures of qualitySocioeconomic statusPerformance categories
2015
The Variation in Recovery
Spatz ES, Curry LA, Masoudi FA, Zhou S, Strait KM, Gross CP, Curtis JP, Lansky AJ, Soares Barreto-Filho JA, Lampropulos JF, Bueno H, Chaudhry SI, D'Onofrio G, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Murugiah K, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. The Variation in Recovery. Circulation 2015, 132: 1710-1718. PMID: 26350057, PMCID: PMC4858327, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.016502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetAlgorithmsAortic DissectionClassificationCoronary DiseaseDiagnostic Techniques, CardiovascularFemaleHumansMaleMedical RecordsMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionMyocardiumOxygen ConsumptionPhenotypePlaque, AtheroscleroticProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsSex FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseArtery diseaseClinical phenotypeNonobstructive coronary artery diseaseYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyObstructive coronary artery diseaseYoung womenType 2 acute myocardial infarctionBiological disease mechanismsSubset of patientsThird universal definitionUnique clinical phenotypeCulprit lesionClinical characteristicsMyocardial infarctionTherapeutic efficacyUniversal definitionStudy participantsPatientsSupply-demand mismatchYoung adultsDisease mechanismsPatient studiesCurrent classification schemes
2014
Sex-Specific Mortality Risk by QRS Morphology and Duration in Patients Receiving CRT Results From the NCDR
Zusterzeel R, Curtis JP, Caños DA, Sanders WE, Selzman KA, Piña IL, Spatz ES, Bao H, Ponirakis A, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Strauss DG. Sex-Specific Mortality Risk by QRS Morphology and Duration in Patients Receiving CRT Results From the NCDR. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 64: 887-894. PMID: 25169173, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.1162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft bundle branch blockNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryLonger QRS durationQRS durationQRS morphologyHazard ratioMortality riskBetter survivalCardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantationImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistrySex-specific mortality risksCRT-D implantationCRT-D patientsBundle branch blockLower mortality riskSex differencesComparator groupBranch blockData registryBetter outcomesPatientsLower mortalitySurvival curvesMortalityWomen