2021
Relation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (from the Yale COVID-19 Cardiovascular Registry)
Pareek M, Singh A, Vadlamani L, Eder M, Pacor J, Park J, Ghazizadeh Z, Heard A, Cruz-Solbes AS, Nikooie R, Gier C, Ahmed ZV, Freeman JV, Meadows J, Smolderen KGE, Lampert R, Velazquez EJ, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Relation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (from the Yale COVID-19 Cardiovascular Registry). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2021, 146: 99-106. PMID: 33539857, PMCID: PMC7849530, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.01.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular risk factorsCoronavirus disease 2019Risk factorsHigher troponin TCardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular eventsHospitalized patientsLaboratory findingsMental statusDisease 2019Multivariable binary logistic regression analysisTroponin TMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPre-existing cardiovascular diseaseHigher C-reactive proteinCOVID-19 positive patientsPredictors of MACEPrevious ventricular arrhythmiaUse of P2YAdverse cardiovascular eventsProspective cohort studyTertiary care centerC-reactive proteinBinary logistic regression analysisPoor prognostic marker
2015
Insurance and Prehospital Delay in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Chen SI, Wang Y, Dreyer R, Strait KM, Spatz ES, Xu X, Smolderen KG, Desai NR, Lorenze NP, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Insurance and Prehospital Delay in Patients ≤55 Years With Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 1827-1832. PMID: 26541907, PMCID: PMC5323057, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.09.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPrehospital delayInsurance statusMyocardial infarctionSpanish patientsGender differencesHealth care systemUS patientsProspective studyUS cohortUS womenPatientsUniversal insuranceCare systemWomenSignificant gender differencesInfarctionMenInsurance groupsHoursStatusAssociationLarge proportionDifferencesCohort
2013
Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients Aged >70 Years Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Williams JB, Alexander KP, Morin JF, Langlois Y, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Smolderen K, Arnold SV, Eisenberg MJ, Pilote L, Monette J, Bergman H, Smith PK, Afilalo J. Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients Aged >70 Years Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 111: 137-142. PMID: 23245838, PMCID: PMC3677723, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor morbidityCardiac surgeryHigh preoperative anxietyPreoperative anxietyHospital AnxietyDepression ScaleThoracic surgeonsProspective multicenter cohort studyMultivariable logistic regression analysisPatient-reported anxietyMulticenter cohort studyPredictors of mortalityTertiary care hospitalType of surgeryMain outcome measuresRisk of mortalityDepression Scale scoresPrimary predictor variableLogistic regression analysisPatients AgedPostoperative mortalityCause mortalityFrailty assessmentIndex hospitalizationCohort study