2012
CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS OF PRACTICE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING DEFIBRILLATION TESTING VERSUS THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERGO TESTING AT THE TIME OF INITIAL IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER IMPLANTATION: ANALYSIS OF THE NCDR ICD REGISTRY
Russo A, Wang Y, Curtis J, Al-Khatib S, Lampert R. CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS OF PRACTICE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING DEFIBRILLATION TESTING VERSUS THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERGO TESTING AT THE TIME OF INITIAL IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER IMPLANTATION: ANALYSIS OF THE NCDR ICD REGISTRY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2012, 59: e704. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)60705-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010
Krumholz HM, Herrin J, Miller LE, Drye EE, Ling SM, Han LF, Rapp MT, Bradley EH, Nallamothu BK, Nsa W, Bratzler DW, Curtis JP. Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010. Circulation 2011, 124: 1038-1045. PMID: 21859971, PMCID: PMC3598634, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.044107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeCoronary interventionMedian timeST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionHigher median timeCharacteristics of patientsPercentage of patientsTimeliness of treatmentYears of ageRegistry studyMyocardial infarctionInpatient measuresPatientsHospital groupMedicaid ServicesCalendar yearInterventionMinutesMedianGroupYearsPercentageInfarction