2010
The relationship between systolic blood pressure on admission and mortality in older patients with heart failure
Vidán MT, Bueno H, Wang Y, Schreiner G, Ross JS, Chen J, Krumholz HM. The relationship between systolic blood pressure on admission and mortality in older patients with heart failure. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2010, 12: 148-155. PMID: 20083624, PMCID: PMC2807767, DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdmission systolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureHeart failureBlood pressureOlder patientsNational Heart Failure ProjectHigher systolic blood pressureInitial systolic blood pressureHeart Failure ProjectMultivariable logistic regressionPrevious hypertensionSBP 90Ventricular dysfunctionClinical factorsIndependent associationOdds ratioMedicare patientsMortality ratePatientsMmHgLogistic regressionMortalityAdmissionSubgroupsInverse relationship
2001
Predicting one-year mortality among elderly survivors of hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project
Krumholz H, Chen J, Chen Y, Wang Y, Radford M. Predicting one-year mortality among elderly survivors of hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2001, 38: 453-459. PMID: 11499737, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01395-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOne-year mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionPeripheral vascular diseaseCohort of patientsBody mass indexCooperative Cardiovascular ProjectRisk of mortalityDeath one yearPopulation-based sampleSimple risk modelRenal dysfunctionVentricular dysfunctionElderly patientsOlder patientsUrinary incontinenceHeart failureMass indexAcute carePrognostic importanceMean ageVascular diseaseMedical recordsRisk groupsOlder survivors