2021
Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Lu Y, Valero-Elizondo J, Massey D, Annapureddy AR, Roy B, Riley C, Murugiah K, Onuma O, Nunez-Smith M, Forman HP, Nasir K, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018. JAMA 2021, 326: 637-648. PMID: 34402830, PMCID: PMC8371573, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.9907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessFair health statusSelf-reported health statusCare accessHealth statusWhite individualsEthnic differencesLatino/HispanicNational Health Interview Survey dataSerial cross-sectional studySelf-reported functional limitationsBlack individualsHealth Interview Survey dataLow incomeCross-sectional studyCross-sectional survey studyInterview Survey dataSelf-reported raceSelf-report measuresMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsFunctional limitationsPercentage of peopleSignificant decreaseAdults180-day readmission risk model for older adults with acute myocardial infarction: the SILVER-AMI study
Dodson JA, Hajduk AM, Murphy TE, Geda M, Krumholz HM, Tsang S, Nanna MG, Tinetti ME, Ouellet G, Sybrant D, Gill TM, Chaudhry SI. 180-day readmission risk model for older adults with acute myocardial infarction: the SILVER-AMI study. Open Heart 2021, 8: e001442. PMID: 33452007, PMCID: PMC7813425, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001442.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionReadmission risk modelSelf-reported health statusMyocardial infarctionFunctional mobilityOlder adultsHealth statusDays of AMIFirst diastolic blood pressureChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIschemic ECG changesProspective cohort studyDiastolic blood pressureObstructive pulmonary diseaseLength of stayInitial heart rateFinal risk modelSILVER-AMI StudyRisk modelInitial hemoglobinCohort studyReadmission ratesBlood pressureEjection fractionHeart failure
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 procedures
2002
Differences between African Americans and whites in the outcome of heart failure: Evidence for a greater functional decline in African Americans
Vaccarino V, Gahbauer E, Kasl SV, Charpentier PA, Acampora D, Krumholz HM. Differences between African Americans and whites in the outcome of heart failure: Evidence for a greater functional decline in African Americans. American Heart Journal 2002, 143: 1058-1067. PMID: 12075264, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAnalysis of VarianceBlack PeopleCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansIncomeMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CareProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesQuality of Health CareSocioeconomic FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsGreater functional declineHeart failureCare indicatorsFunctional declineAfrican AmericansSelf-reported health statusSigns of decompensationDecompensated heart failureHistory of hypertensionProspective cohort studyVentricular ejection fractionDaily living functionAfrican American patientsDaily living functioningRenal insufficiencyBaseline characteristicsCohort studyConsecutive patientsEjection fractionHospital admissionFunctional statusAmerican patientsPoor courseLiving functioningHigh risk