Discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy and clinical outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in older patients with diabetes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contemporary impact of heart failure (HF) versus the most common forms of cancer as reflected by related first-ever hospitalizations and subsequent case-fatality rates is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using a national registry in Sweden, we compared the rate of first-ever hospitalization and associated s...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Stewart S,Ekman I,Ekman T,Odén A,Rosengren A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable coronary artery disease does not reduce the risk of death and myocardial infarction compared with optimal medical therapy (OMT), but many patients think otherwise. PCI Choice, a decision aid (DA), was designed for use during the clinical visit and includes ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Coylewright M,Dick S,Zmolek B,Askelin J,Hawkins E,Branda M,Inselman JW,Zeballos-Palacios C,Shah ND,Hess EP,LeBlanc A,Montori VM,Ting HH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking cessation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) decreases the risk of recurrent AMI and mortality by 30% to 50%, but many patients continue to smoke. The association of smoking with angina and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after AMI is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients in 2 US multice...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Buchanan DM,Arnold SV,Gosch KL,Jones PG,Longmore LS,Spertus JA,Cresci S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite improvements in prognosis following myocardial infarction (MI), racial disparities persist. The objective of this study was to examine disparities between Black and White adults in cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure (HF), and mortality after MI and characteris...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Blackston JW,Safford MM,Mefford MT,Freeze E,Howard G,Howard VJ,Naftel DC,Brown TM,Levitan EB

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have demonstrated an association between moderate kidney dysfunction and sudden cardiac death in people with cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study was a longitudinal analysis among 4465 participants from the Cardiovascular Health Study without prevalent cardiovascular disease ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Deo R,Sotoodehnia N,Katz R,Sarnak MJ,Fried LF,Chonchol M,Kestenbaum B,Psaty BM,Siscovick DS,Shlipak MG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radial artery access for coronary angiography and interventions has been promoted for reducing hemostasis time and vascular complications compared with femoral access, yet it can take longer to perform and is not always successful, leading to concerns about its cost. We report a cost-benefit analysis of radi...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Mitchell MD,Hong JA,Lee BY,Umscheid CA,Bartsch SM,Don CW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Translation of evidence-based heart failure (HF) therapies to clinical practice is incomplete and may vary internationally. We examined common measures of quality of care in patients enrolled in the international Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure trial. METHO...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Howlett JG,Ezekowitz JA,Podder M,Hernandez AF,Diaz R,Dickstein K,Dunlap ME,Corbalán R,Armstrong PW,Starling RC,O'Connor CM,Califf RM,Fonarow GC,ASCEND-HF Investigators.

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) use is challenging because of frequent blood monitoring and complex dosing. Therefore, many patients and physicians are reluctant to start VKA. However, it is unclear whether VKA use actually lowers quality of life. We aimed to determine the impact of VKA initiation on quality of ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Kooistra HA,Piersma-Wichers M,Kluin-Nelemans HC,Veeger NJ,Meijer K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early trials evaluating the effect of omega 3 fatty acids (ω-3 FA) reported benefits for mortality and cardiovascular events but recent larger studies trials have variable findings. We assessed the effects of ω-3 FA on cardiovascular and other important clinical outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS:We searched MED...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Kotwal S,Jun M,Sullivan D,Perkovic V,Neal B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reducing hospital readmission after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has the potential to both improve quality and reduce costs. As such, readmission after AMI has been a target of financial penalties through Medicare. However, substantial concern exists about potential adverse effects and efficacious readm...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Wasfy JH,Hidrue MK,Ngo J,Tanguturi VK,Cafiero-Fonseca ET,Thompson RW,Johnson N,McDermott ST,Singh JP,Del Carmen MG,Ferris TG

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of antithrombotic medications after ischemic stroke is recommended for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis and secondary stroke prevention. We assessed the rate of receipt of these therapies among eligible ischemic stroke patients age ≥65 years and determined the effects of age and other patient charact...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Lichtman JH,Naert L,Allen NB,Watanabe E,Jones SB,Barry LC,Bravata DM,Goldstein LB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efforts to improve the quality of care for patients with cardiovascular disease frequently target the decrease of physician-level performance variability. We assessed how variability in providing β-blockers to ambulatory postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients was influenced by physician and patient level ch...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Funkhouser E,Houston TK,Levine DA,Richman J,Allison JJ,Kiefe CI

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly half of Americans with diagnosed hypertension have uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) while some integrated healthcare systems, such as Kaiser Permanente Northern California, have achieved control rates upwards 90%. METHODS AND RESULTS:We adapted Kaiser Permanente's evidence-based treatment protocols i...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Fontil V,Gupta R,Moise N,Chen E,Guzman D,McCulloch CE,Bibbins-Domingo K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac perforation is a feared complication of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead implantation because of the potential for significant morbidity and mortality. Predictors of perforation and the severity of associated adverse events have not been well studied. We sought to identify predictors...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Hsu JC,Varosy PD,Bao H,Dewland TA,Curtis JP,Marcus GM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the widespread availability of effective and affordable therapies, hypertension remains this country's most significant modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Approximately 30% to 50% of individuals with hypertension currently fail to reach guideline-recommended target blood pressure (BP) goals. Alth...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Shah BR,Thomas KL,Elliot-Bynum S,Thomas K,Damon K,Allen LaPointe N,Calhoun SA,Thomas L,Mathews R,Califf RM,Peterson ED

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women have an unexplained worse outcome after myocardial infarction (MI) compared with men in many studies. Depressive symptoms predict adverse post-MI outcomes and are more prevalent among women than men. We examined whether depressive symptoms contribute to women's worse outcomes after MI. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Parashar S,Rumsfeld JS,Reid KJ,Buchanan D,Dawood N,Khizer S,Lichtman J,Vaccarino V,PREMIER Registry Investigators.

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients on dialysis who have an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have an exceedingly poor prognosis, but it is unknown to what extent guideline-recommended interventions and treatments are used and to which benefit. We aimed to assess temporal changes in the use of treatments and survival rates in dialysis...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Szummer K,Lindhagen L,Evans M,Spaak J,Koul S,Åkerblom A,Carrero JJ,Jernberg T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Composite indices of health care performance are an aggregation of underlying individual performance measures and are increasingly being used to rank hospitals. We sought to conduct an observational analysis to determine the influence of the opportunity-based and all-or-none composite performance measures on...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Eapen ZJ,Fonarow GC,Dai D,O'Brien SM,Schwamm LH,Cannon CP,Heidenreich PA,Bhatt DL,Peterson ED,Hernandez AF,Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals.

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Temporal trends in stroke incidence are unclear. We aimed to examine age- and sex-specific temporal trends in incidence of fatal and nonfatal hospitalized stroke in Scotland from 1986 to 2005. METHODS AND RESULTS:Mean age at the time of first stroke was 70.8 (SD, 12.9) years in men and 76.4 (12.9) years in ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Lewsey JD,Jhund PS,Gillies M,Chalmers JW,Redpath A,Kelso L,Briggs A,Walters M,Langhorne P,Capewell S,McMurray JJ,MacIntyre K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As part of state-mandated public reporting of outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in Massachusetts, procedural and clinical data were prospectively collected. Variables associated with higher mortality were audited to ensure accuracy of coding. We examined the impact of adjudication on ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Barringhaus KG,Zelevinsky K,Lovett A,Normand SL,Ho KK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of psychological variables with cardiovascular health might depend on socioeconomic status. We examined the moderating effect of occupational grade on the association between depression and incident cardiac events among middle-aged workers from the GAZEL cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total o...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Lemogne C,Meneton P,Wiernik E,Quesnot A,Consoli SM,Ducimetière P,Nabi H,Empana JP,Hoertel N,Limosin F,Goldberg M,Zins M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women have an increased risk of rehospitalization in the immediate postdischarge period; however, few studies have determined how readmission risk dynamically changes on a day-to-day basis over the full year after hospitalization by sex and how these differences compare with the risk for mortality. METHODS ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Dreyer RP,Dharmarajan K,Hsieh AF,Welsh J,Qin L,Krumholz HM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an alternative therapy for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who are ineligible for pulmonary endarterectomy-the standard therapy. Currently, most reported results of BPA are from relatively small cohorts treated at single centers. The present ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Ogawa A,Satoh T,Fukuda T,Sugimura K,Fukumoto Y,Emoto N,Yamada N,Yao A,Ando M,Ogino H,Tanabe N,Tsujino I,Hanaoka M,Minatoya K,Ito H,Matsubara H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent proposals suggest that risk-stratified analyses of clinical trials be routinely performed to better enable tailoring of treatment decisions to individuals. Trial data can be stratified using externally developed risk models (eg, Framingham risk score), but such models are not always available. We soug...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Burke JF,Hayward RA,Nelson JP,Kent DM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several antiplatelet medications used during and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are contraindicated for specific patient groups. A broad assessment of contraindicated medication use and associated clinical outcomes is not well described. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using national Veterans Affairs Cl...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Barnes GD,Stanislawski MA,Liu W,Barón AE,Armstrong EJ,Ho PM,Klein A,Maddox TM,Nallamothu BK,Rumsfeld JS,Tsai TT,Bradley SM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many countries, a majority of stroke patients are not assessed for long-term functional outcome owing to limited resources and time. We investigated whether automatic assessment of the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) based on a mobile phone questionnaire may serve as an alternative to mRS assessments at clini...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Cooray C,Matusevicius M,Wahlgren N,Ahmed N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As new techniques emerge to quantify patients' health status, new opportunities are created to validate patient-reported outcome questionnaires. The Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ), a widely used coronary artery disease-specific health status tool, has not been validated against daily records of angina fr...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Arnold SV,Kosiborod M,Li Y,Jones PG,Yue P,Belardinelli L,Spertus JA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percent time in therapeutic range (TTR) and international normalized ratio (INR) variability both measure warfarin control and are associated with outcomes independently. Here, we examine the advantages of a warfarin composite measure (WCM), which summarizes the 2 when measuring patient outcomes. We also exa...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Razouki Z,Burgess JF Jr,Ozonoff A,Zhao S,Berlowitz D,Rose AJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data have shown that preprocedural statin therapy reduces periprocedural myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, whether preprocedural statins improve clinical outcomes in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been established. We aimed to evaluate ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Ko DT,Wijeysundera HC,Yun L,Austin PC,Cantor WJ,Tu JV

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current guidelines recommend surgical revascularization (coronary artery bypass graft [CABG]) over percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease. Few data are available describing revascularization patterns among these patients in the sett...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Pandey A,McGuire DK,de Lemos JA,Das SR,Berry JD,Brilakis ES,Banerjee S,Marso SP,Barsness GW,Simon DN,Roe M,Goyal A,Kosiborod M,Amsterdam EA,Kumbhani DJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00