2014
Hospital Variation in the Use of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging and Its Association With Downstream Testing, Interventions, and Outcomes
Safavi KC, Li SX, Dharmarajan K, Venkatesh AK, Strait KM, Lin H, Lowe TJ, Fazel R, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variation in the Use of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging and Its Association With Downstream Testing, Interventions, and Outcomes. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, 174: 546-553. PMID: 24515551, PMCID: PMC5459406, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNoninvasive cardiac imagingDownstream testingReadmission ratesRevascularization proceduresCardiac imagingHospital variationCardiac ischemiaProportion of patientsNoninvasive imagingLower readmission ratesPrincipal discharge diagnosisCross-sectional studyCardiac biomarker testsQ4 hospitalsChest discomfortCoronary angiographyCoronary diseaseDischarge diagnosisCoronary angiogramEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionSame hospitalCurrent guidelinesInpatient wards
2012
Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidoses in Older North Americans
Dharmarajan K, Maurer MS. Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidoses in Older North Americans. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2012, 60: 765-774. PMID: 22329529, PMCID: PMC3325376, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03868.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac amyloidosesCardiac amyloidosisOlder personsSupportive medical careCongestive heart failureDisease-modifying agentsTTR cardiac amyloidosisConduction system diseaseSenile cardiac amyloidosisHeart failureUnderdiagnosed disorderAmyloid depositionRestrictive cardiomyopathyClinical registryDisease progressionCommon causeParkinson's diseaseSystem diseasesElderly adultsAlzheimer's diseaseMedical careExtracellular depositionDiseaseCardiac imagingAmyloidosis