2020
Impact of left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants on acute myocardial infarction and heart failure mortality and readmission measures
Brandt EJ, Ross JS, Grady JN, Ahmad T, Pawar S, Bernheim SM, Desai NR. Impact of left ventricular assist devices and heart transplants on acute myocardial infarction and heart failure mortality and readmission measures. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0230734. PMID: 32214363, PMCID: PMC7098556, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular assist deviceHeart transplantation patientsRisk-standardized mortalityHeart transplantationTransplantation patientsAMI cohortReadmission cohortHF cohortVentricular assist deviceAMI mortalityAssist deviceHeart failure mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionHF mortalityLVAD indicationHF patientsLVAD patientsReadmission ratesHeart transplantMyocardial infarctionPrimary diagnosisReadmission measuresMedicare feeChronic supportPatients
2014
National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release
Suter LG, Li SX, Grady JN, Lin Z, Wang Y, Bhat KR, Turkmani D, Spivack SB, Lindenauer PK, Merrill AR, Drye EE, Krumholz HM, Bernheim SM. National Patterns of Risk-Standardized Mortality and Readmission After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia: Update on Publicly Reported Outcomes Measures Based on the 2013 Release. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 29: 1333-1340. PMID: 24825244, PMCID: PMC4175654, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2862-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failurePneumonia mortalityMyocardial infarctionMedian risk-standardized mortality rateHospital-level mortalityUnplanned readmission ratePrincipal discharge diagnosisHospital performanceRisk-Standardized MortalityHF mortalityReadmission resultsReadmission ratesDischarge diagnosisOutcome measuresAMI mortalityReadmission measuresPneumoniaMortality rateService MedicareHierarchical logistic modelsMortalityMedicaid ServicesReadmission