2015
Depressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study
Smolderen KG, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Zhou S, Lichtman JH, Geda M, Bueno H, Beltrame J, Safdar B, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Depressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e001424. PMID: 25836055, PMCID: PMC4579927, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionDepressive symptomsLifetime historyMyocardial infarctionRisk factorsYoung acute myocardial infarctionYoung AMI Patients (VIRGO) studyMore cardiovascular risk factorsYoung womenCardiovascular risk factorsTime of admissionAdverse medical outcomesMore depressive symptomsLow socioeconomic profileAMI severityVIRGO StudyCardiovascular riskChart abstractionYounger patientsClinical profileRelevant sex differencesPatient profilesAMI admissionsMedical outcomesPatients
2013
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Cardioprotective Medications Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease An Analysis of the American College of Cardiology's NCDR PINNACLE Registry
Subherwal S, Patel MR, Tang F, Smolderen KG, Jones WS, Tsai TT, Ting HH, Bhatt DL, Spertus JA, Chan PS. Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Cardioprotective Medications Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease An Analysis of the American College of Cardiology's NCDR PINNACLE Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 62: 51-57. PMID: 23643497, PMCID: PMC3912073, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseAntiplatelet therapyLow socioeconomic statusSocioeconomic statusCardioprotective medicationsPINNACLE RegistryPAD patientsPractice sitesClinical characteristicsArtery diseaseTreatment disparitiesTreatment of PADQuintile of SESPotential treatment disparitiesSecondary preventive medicationsSecondary preventive treatmentPatients' clinical characteristicsSecondary preventive measuresPatient's zip codeZip codesLowest SES quintileHighest SES quintileStatin medicationCardiovascular riskPreventive medications