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:Clear and consistent definitions of hypertension and hypertension control are crucial to guide diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance. A variety of surveillance definitions are in frequent use, resulting in variation of reported hypertension prevalence and control, even when based on the same data set. METH...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Crim MT,Yoon SS,Ortiz E,Wall HK,Schober S,Gillespie C,Sorlie P,Keenan N,Labarthe D,Hong Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common and costly problem among older persons. The frequency of AF increases with age, but representative national data about incidence and prevalence are limited. We examined the annual incidence, prevalence, and mortality associated with AF among older persons. METHODS AND RE...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Piccini JP,Hammill BG,Sinner MF,Jensen PN,Hernandez AF,Heckbert SR,Benjamin EJ,Curtis LH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry was recently linked with longitudinal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) claims data. The degree to which this linked cohort is representative of the overall CathPCI Registry and CMS PCI populations is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:CathPCI Registr...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Brennan JM,Peterson ED,Messenger JC,Rumsfeld JS,Weintraub WS,Anstrom KJ,Eisenstein EL,Milford-Beland S,Grau-Sepulveda MV,Booth ME,Dokholyan RS,Douglas PS,Duke Clinical Research Institute DEcIDE Team.

更新日期：2012-01-01 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- Although older patients frequently undergo percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), frailty, comorbidity, and quality of life are seldom part of risk prediction approaches. We assessed their incremental prognostic value over and above the risk factors in the Mayo Clinic risk score. METHODS AND RESULTS- P...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Singh M,Rihal CS,Lennon RJ,Spertus JA,Nair KS,Roger VL

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND- In 2008, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommended a 2-step screening method, consisting of the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) followed by the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), for identifying depression in cardiovascular patients. The accuracy and prognostic value of this sc...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Elderon L,Smolderen KG,Na B,Whooley MA

更新日期：2011-09-01 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:Whether apolipoprotein B (apoB) or non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) adds to the predictive power of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) for cardiovascular risk remains controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS:This meta-analysis is based on all the published epidemiological studies that con...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Sniderman AD,Williams K,Contois JH,Monroe HM,McQueen MJ,de Graaf J,Furberg CD

更新日期：2011-05-01 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: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: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:In patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), catheter ablation maintains sinus rhythm more effectively than antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs), but its effect on symptoms and quality of life (QOL) has not been fully characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS:We evaluated symptoms and QOL in a multicenter, randomi...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Reynolds MR,Walczak J,White SA,Cohen DJ,Wilber DJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 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:Whether measuring and reporting of coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) might lead to changes in cardiovascular risk management is not established. In this observational study, we examined whether high baseline CACS were associated with the initiation as well continuation of new lipid-lowering medication (L...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Nasir K,McClelland RL,Blumenthal RS,Goff DC Jr,Hoffmann U,Psaty BM,Greenland P,Kronmal RA,Budoff MJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 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:The 2007 update to the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women recommend a simplified approach to risk stratification. We assigned Women's Health Initiative participants to risk categories as described in the guideline and evaluated clinical event rates with...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Hsia J,Rodabough RJ,Manson JE,Liu S,Freiberg MS,Graettinger W,Rosal MC,Cochrane B,Lloyd-Jones D,Robinson JG,Howard BV,Women's Health Initiative Research Group.

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to tobacco smoke is associated with markers of preclinical atherosclerosis in adults, but its effect on arterial structure in adolescents is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Healthy 13-year-old adolescents from the atherosclerosis prevention trial STRIP were studied. Maximum carotid and aortic intima-m...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Kallio K,Jokinen E,Saarinen M,Hämäläinen M,Volanen I,Kaitosaari T,Rönnemaa T,Viikari J,Raitakari OT,Simell O

更新日期：2010-03-01 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: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: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:As recently demonstrated, random allocation to rosuvastatin results in large relative risk reductions for first cardiovascular events among apparently healthy men and women with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol but elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. However, whether the ...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Ridker PM,MacFadyen JG,Fonseca FA,Genest J,Gotto AM,Kastelein JJ,Koenig W,Libby P,Lorenzatti AJ,Nordestgaard BG,Shepherd J,Willerson JT,Glynn RJ,JUPITER Study Group.

更新日期：2009-11-01 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: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:Angina in patients with coronary artery disease is associated with worse quality of life; however, the relationship between angina frequency and resource utilization is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using data from the MERLIN-TIMI 36 trial, we assessed the association between the extent of angina after an ac...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Arnold SV,Morrow DA,Lei Y,Cohen DJ,Mahoney EM,Braunwald E,Chan PS

更新日期：2009-07-01 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:The effects of lifestyle changes and evolving treatment practices on coronary disease incidence rates, demographic and clinical profile, and the short-term outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction have not been well characterized. The purpose of this study was to examine multidecade...

journal_title：Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

authors： Floyd KC,Yarzebski J,Spencer FA,Lessard D,Dalen JE,Alpert JS,Gore JM,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：2009-03-01 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: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