Preparedness and Mutuality Affect Quality of Life for Patients With Mechanical Circulatory Support and Their Caregivers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was a preplanned secondary outcome of the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study. The trial previously reported that Ginkgo biloba had no effect on the primary outcome, incident dementia. METHODS AND RESULTS:The double-blind trial randomly assigned 3069 participants over 75 years of ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Kuller LH,Ives DG,Fitzpatrick AL,Carlson MC,Mercado C,Lopez OL,Burke GL,Furberg CD,DeKosky ST,Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study Investigators.

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical prediction models (CPMs) estimate the probability of clinical outcomes and hold the potential to improve decision making and individualize care. For patients with cardiovascular disease, there are numerous CPMs available although the extent of this literature is not well described. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Wessler BS,Lai Yh L,Kramer W,Cangelosi M,Raman G,Lutz JS,Kent DM

更新日期：2015-07-01 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:In patients presenting with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces mortality when compared with fibrinolysis. In other forms of coronary artery disease (CAD), however, it has been controversial whether PCI reduces mortality. In this meta-analysis, we exam...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Chacko L,P Howard J,Rajkumar C,Nowbar AN,Kane C,Mahdi D,Foley M,Shun-Shin M,Cole G,Sen S,Al-Lamee R,Francis DP,Ahmad Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 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:Propensity-score matching is frequently used in the cardiology literature. Recent systematic reviews have found that this method is, in general, poorly implemented in the medical literature. The study objective was to examine the quality of the implementation of propensity-score matching in the general cardi...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Austin PC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term exposure to particulate matter <2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5) and ozone has been associated with the development and progression of cardiovascular disease and, in the case of PM2.5, higher cardiovascular mortality. Whether exposure to PM2.5 and ozone is associated with patients' health status and qual...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Malik AO,Jones PG,Chan PS,Peri-Okonny PA,Hejjaji V,Spertus JA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of stroke early supported discharge (ESD) services has been recommended in many countries' clinical guidelines, based on clinical trial evidence. This is the first observational study to investigate the effectiveness of ESD service models operating in real-world conditions, at scale. METHODS ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Fisher RJ,Byrne A,Chouliara N,Lewis S,Paley L,Hoffman A,Rudd A,Robinson T,Langhorne P,Walker MF

更新日期：2020-08-01 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: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:Cardiovascular prevention guidelines use estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk based on the pooled cohort equations to guide treatment decisions and engage patients in shared decision-making. We sought to determine patient perceived versus actual risk of atherosclerotic CVD and ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Navar AM,Wang TY,Li S,Mi X,Li Z,Robinson JG,Virani SS,Peterson ED

更新日期：2021-01-01 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:Prior studies of the impact of psychiatric comorbidity on outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have frequently relied on inpatient secondary diagnosis codes. This study compared associations between psychiatric comorbidity and AMI outcomes that were derived using secondary diagnosis codes and cod...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Abrams TE,Vaughan-Sarrazin M,Rosenthal GE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetes are frequently admitted for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on antihyperglycemic agents but may be discharged without glucose-lowering therapy. We examined the frequency of this practice and evaluated the associated outcomes of readmission and mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS:We condu...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Lipska KJ,Wang Y,Kosiborod M,Masoudi FA,Havranek EP,Krumholz HM,Inzucchi SE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is publicly reporting hospital-level risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). We provide patterns of hospital performance, based on these measures. METHODS AND RESULTS:We cal...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Krumholz HM,Merrill AR,Schone EM,Schreiner GC,Chen J,Bradley EH,Wang Y,Wang Y,Lin Z,Straube BM,Rapp MT,Normand SL,Drye EE

更新日期：2009-09-01 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:The impact of polyvascular disease (peripheral arterial disease [PAD] and cerebrovascular disease [CVD]) on long-term cardiovascular outcomes among older patients with acute myocardial infarction has not been well studied. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction aged...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Subherwal S,Bhatt DL,Li S,Wang TY,Thomas L,Alexander KP,Patel MR,Ohman EM,Gibler WB,Peterson ED,Roe MT

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: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:Some patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) do not undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) despite demonstrated symptomatic and survival advantages and despite unequivocal guideline recommendations for surgical evaluation. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 3 large tertiary care institutions (university, ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Bach DS,Siao D,Girard SE,Duvernoy C,McCallister BD Jr,Gualano SK

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:The burden of cardiovascular disease as a chronic illness increasingly requires patients to assume more responsibility for their self-management. Patient education is believed to be an essential component of cardiovascular care; however, there is limited evidence about specific therapeutic patient education ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Barnason S,White-Williams C,Rossi LP,Centeno M,Crabbe DL,Lee KS,McCabe N,Nauser J,Schulz P,Stamp K,Wood K,American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Coun

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to the public health emergency created by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, American Heart Association volunteers and staff aimed to rapidly develop and launch a resource for the medical and research community to expedite scientific advancement through shared learning, quality imp...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Alger HM,Rutan C,Williams JH 4th,Walchok JG,Bolles M,Hall JL,Bradley SM,Elkind MSV,Rodriguez F,Wang TY,Morrow DA,Das SR,de Lemos JA

更新日期：2020-08-01 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 Hospital management practices are associated with cardiovascular process of care measures and patient outcomes. However, management practices related to acute cardiac care in India has not been studied. Methods and Results We measured management practices through semistructured, in-person interviews with ho...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Yoo SGK,Davies D,Mohanan PP,Baldridge AS,Charles PM,Schumacher M,Bhalla S,Devarajan R,Hirschhorn LR,Prabhakaran D,Huffman MD

更新日期：2019-05-01 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:Heart failure guidelines recommend routine monitoring of serum potassium, and renal function in patients treated with a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA). How these recommendations are implemented in high-risk patients or according to setting of drug initiation is poorly characterized. METHODS AND...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Cooper LB,Hammill BG,Peterson ED,Pitt B,Maciejewski ML,Curtis LH,Hernandez AF

更新日期：2017-01-01 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:RCTs (randomized controlled trials) are the preferred source of evidence to support professional societies' guidelines. The fragility index (FI), defined as the minimum number of patients whose status would need to switch from nonevent to event to render a statistically significant result nonsignificant, qua...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Gaudino M,Hameed I,Biondi-Zoccai G,Tam DY,Gerry S,Rahouma M,Khan FM,Angiolillo DJ,Benedetto U,Taggart DP,Girardi LN,Crea F,Ruel M,Fremes SE

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using electronic health records data to predict events and onset of diseases is increasingly common. Relatively little is known, although, about the tradeoffs between data requirements and model utility. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined the performance of machine learning models trained to detect prediagnost...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Ng K,Steinhubl SR,deFilippi C,Dey S,Stewart WF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00