2019
Usefulness of Social Support in Older Adults After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the SILVER-AMI Study)
Green YS, Hajduk AM, Song X, Krumholz HM, Sinha SK, Chaudhry SI. Usefulness of Social Support in Older Adults After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (from the SILVER-AMI Study). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 125: 313-319. PMID: 31787249, PMCID: PMC7003680, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.10.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPost-AMI outcomesMyocardial infarctionIndependent associationMedical Outcomes Study Social Support SurveySocial supportOlder AMI patientsSocial Support SurveyParticipants 75 yearsLow emotional supportLow social supportImportant social determinantInitial hospitalizationOlder patientsDevelopment of interventionsAMI patientsMultivariable analysisMean ageMultivariable regressionHealth outcomesSupport SurveyInformational supportReadmissionSocial determinantsOlder adults
2014
Design and rationale of the comprehensive evaluation of risk factors in older patients with AMI (SILVER-AMI) study
Dodson JA, Geda M, Krumholz HM, Lorenze N, Murphy TE, Allore HG, Charpentier P, Tsang SW, Acampora D, Tinetti ME, Gill TM, Chaudhry SI. Design and rationale of the comprehensive evaluation of risk factors in older patients with AMI (SILVER-AMI) study. BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14: 506. PMID: 25370536, PMCID: PMC4239317, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0506-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHealth status declineOlder patientsRisk factorsGeriatric impairmentsHospital readmissionOlder adultsDetailed medical record abstractionStatus declineDiagnostic study resultsPost-AMI outcomesProportion of patientsProspective cohort studyMedical record abstractionAMI studyHealth status measuresClinical characteristicsCohort studyRecord abstractionAdverse outcomesMyocardial infarctionAcademic hospitalHospital assessmentMultivariable regressionStatus measures