2019
Predicting 6-Month Mortality for Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Cohort Study.
Dodson JA, Hajduk AM, Geda M, Krumholz HM, Murphy TE, Tsang S, Tinetti ME, Nanna MG, McNamara R, Gill TM, Chaudhry SI. Predicting 6-Month Mortality for Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Cohort Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2019, 172: 12-21. PMID: 31816630, PMCID: PMC7695040, DOI: 10.7326/m19-0974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPost-AMI mortalityFunctional impairmentOlder adultsCohort studyMean ageMyocardial infarctionPatient-reported health statusNet reclassification improvement indexProspective cohort studyParticipants' mean ageFinal risk modelMobility impairmentsGood discriminatory abilityRisk modelChart reviewHospital dischargePrognostic utilityBlood InstituteClinical variablesNational HeartHigh prevalenceHealth statusMortalityYounger counterparts
2018
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients Without Acute Myocardial Infarction in China
Lu Y, Zhang H, Wang Y, Zhou T, Welsh J, Liu J, Guan W, Li J, Li X, Zheng X, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients Without Acute Myocardial Infarction in China. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e185446. PMID: 30646292, PMCID: PMC6324328, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5446.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable coronary artery diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseSeattle Angina QuestionnairePercutaneous coronary interventionClinical improvementSmall clinical improvementAngina symptomsUnstable anginaArtery diseaseHealth statusCoronary interventionSymptom burdenMyocardial infarctionSAQ scoresSAQ angina frequency scorePatient-reported health statusPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) proceduresSelf-reported health statusAngina frequency scoreMulticenter cohort studyGreater clinical improvementSubstantial clinical improvementIschemic heart diseaseCoronary intervention proceduresSex Differences in Omega‐3 and ‐6 Fatty Acids and Health Status Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VIRGO Study
Lu Y, Ding Q, Xu X, Spatz ES, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Caulfield M, Nasir K, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in Omega‐3 and ‐6 Fatty Acids and Health Status Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VIRGO Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e008189. PMID: 29848494, PMCID: PMC6015388, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.008189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHealth status scoresArachidonic acidVIRGO StudyStatus scoreMyocardial infarctionHealth statusPoorer health status outcomesYoung menPatient-reported health statusYoung womenOmega-3 fatty acidsSex differencesPatient-reported outcomesFatty acidsHealth status outcomesCardiovascular outcomesClinical characteristicsAdjusted analysisAMI patientsRisk factorsUS adultsStatus outcomesOmega-3Women 1
2015
Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes)
Qian F, Parzynski CS, Chaudhry SI, Hannan EL, Shaw BA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes). JACC Heart Failure 2015, 3: 531-538. PMID: 26160368, PMCID: PMC8635169, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported health statusKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHeart failureBlack patientsHealth statusHF hospitalizationRacial differencesBaseline KCCQ scoresClinical laboratory valuesPatient-reported outcomesSignificant racial differencesKCCQ scoresHF admissionsPatient demographicsWhite patientsLaboratory valuesPropensity score methodsPatientsHospitalizationOutcome evidenceMonthsLinear mixed modelsBaselineTrialsStatus