2010 Publications

  • Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure
    … England Journal of …, 2010
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  • Trends in length of stay and short-term outcomes among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure, 1993-2006
    Jama, 2010
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  • Recent national trends in readmission rates after heart failure hospitalization
    Circulation: Heart …, 2010
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  • Hospital volume and 30-day mortality for three common medical conditions
    … England Journal of …, 2010
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  • Cumulative exposure to ionizing radiation from diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac imaging procedures: a population-based analysis
    Journal of the American …, 2010
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  • National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure: update on publicly reported outcomes measures …
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2010
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  • Geriatric conditions and subsequent mortality in older patients with heart failure
    Journal of the American …, 2010
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  • Health care insurance, financial concerns in accessing care, and delays to hospital presentation in acute myocardial infarction
    Jama, 2010
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  • Recent declines in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries: progress and continuing challenges
    Circulation, 2010
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  • Informed consent to promote patient-centered care
    Jama, 2010
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  • Meta-analysis: effects of percutaneous coronary intervention versus medical therapy on angina relief
    Annals of internal …, 2010
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  • Variation in recovery: role of gender on outcomes of young AMI patients (VIRGO) study design
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2010
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  • Automated external defibrillators and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest
    Jama, 2010
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  • ACCF/AHA new insights into the methodology of performance measurement
    Journal of the American …, 2010
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  • The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk‐standardized 30‐day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia
    Journal of hospital …, 2010
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  • Optimizing statin treatment for primary prevention of coronary artery disease
    Annals of internal …, 2010
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  • Is same-hospital readmission rate a good surrogate for all-hospital readmission rate?
    Medical care, 2010
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  • Delay from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
    Archives of internal …, 2010
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  • Beyond insurance coverage: usual source of care in the treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Data from the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition …
    American heart …, 2010
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  • Variation in hospital mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction
    The American journal of …, 2010
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  • Responding to an FDA warning—geographic variation in the use of rosiglitazone
    … England Journal of …, 2010
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  • The relationship between systolic blood pressure on admission and mortality in older patients with heart failure
    European journal of …, 2010
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  • Blueprint for the dissemination of evidence-based practices in health care
    Issue Brief (Commonw …, 2010
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  • Putting ad hoc PCI on pause
    Jama, 2010
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  • Discontinuation of antihyperglycemic therapy and clinical outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in older patients with diabetes
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2010
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  • Thirty-day outcomes in Medicare patients with heart failure at heart transplant centers
    Circulation: Heart …, 2010
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  • Importance of measuring glycosylated hemoglobin in patients with myocardial infarction and known diabetes mellitus
    The American journal of …, 2010
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2011 Publications

  • Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010
    Circulation, 2011
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  • An administrative claims measure suitable for profiling hospital performance based on 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with acute myocardial …
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2011
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  • National and regional trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-2008
    Jama, 2011
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  • National trends in use of computed tomography in the emergency department
    Annals of emergency …, 2011
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  • Trends in comorbidity, disability, and polypharmacy in heart failure
    The American journal of …, 2011
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  • What distinguishes top-performing hospitals in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates? A qualitative study
    Annals of internal …, 2011
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  • Cardiac care for older adults: time for a new paradigm
    Journal of the American …, 2011
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  • Association of door-in to door-out time with reperfusion delays and outcomes among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention
    Jama, 2011
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  • Operator experience and carotid stenting outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries
    Jama, 2011
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  • Development, validation, and results of a measure of 30‐day readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia
    Journal of Hospital …, 2011
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  • Use of medical imaging procedures with ionizing radiation in children: a population-based study
    … of pediatrics & …, 2011
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  • Racial disparities in health literacy and access to care among patients with heart failure
    Journal of cardiac …, 2011
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  • An administrative claims model for profiling hospital 30-day mortality rates for pneumonia patients
    PloS one, 2011
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  • Cognitive impairment and outcomes in older adult survivors of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the translational research investigating underlying disparities …
    American heart …, 2011
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  • Translational research investigating underlying disparities in acute myocardial infarction patients' health status (TRIUMPH) design and rationale of a prospective …
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2011
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  • The American Heart Association's recommendations for expanding the applications of existing and future clinical registries: a policy statement from the American Heart …
    Circulation, 2011
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  • Hospital-wide (all-condition) 30-day risk-standardized readmission measure
    New Haven …, 2011
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  • US cardiologist workforce from 1995 to 2007: modest growth, lasting geographic maldistribution especially in rural areas
    Health …, 2011
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  • Statin use in outpatients with obstructive coronary artery disease
    Circulation, 2011
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  • Use of fibrates in the United States and Canada
    Jama, 2011
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  • Generic atorvastatin and health care costs
    The New England …, 2011
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  • 30-day readmission for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions in New York state
    JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2011
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  • National performance on door-in to door-out time among patients transferred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention
    Archives of internal …, 2011
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  • Patterns of moderate and vigorous physical activity in obese and overweight compared with non‐overweight children
    International Journal of …, 2011
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  • Survival after acute myocardial infarction (SAMI) study: the design and implementation of a positive deviance study
    American heart journal, 2011
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  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation …
    The Journal of Thoracic …, 2011
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  • Angina frequency after myocardial infarction and quality of life in older versus younger adults: the Prospective Registry Evaluating Myocardial Infarction: Event and …
    American heart …, 2011
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  • A model for dissemination and independent analysis of industry data
    Jama, 2011
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  • Gender differences in presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes for patients with AMI in a lower-middle income country: evidence from Egypt
    PloS one, 2011
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2012 Publications

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American …
    Journal of the American …, 2012
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  • Trends in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest
    … England Journal of …, 2012
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  • Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association
    Circulation, 2012
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  • Duration of resuscitation efforts and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study
    The Lancet, 2012
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  • Publication of NIH funded trials registered in ClinicalTrials. gov: cross sectional analysis
    Bmj, 2012
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  • Role of intensive glucose control in development of renal end points in type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Archives of internal …, 2012
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  • Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: a national study
    Journal of the American …, 2012
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  • Regulatory review of novel therapeutics—comparison of three regulatory agencies
    … England Journal of …, 2012
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  • A validated prediction tool for initial survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest
    Archives of internal …, 2012
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  • Body mass index and mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients
    The American journal of …, 2012
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  • Hospital strategies for reducing risk-standardized mortality rates in acute myocardial infarction
    Annals of internal …, 2012
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  • Comparison of hospital risk-standardized mortality rates calculated by using in-hospital and 30-day models: an observational study with implications for hospital …
    Annals of internal …, 2012
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  • Factors associated with 30-day readmission rates after percutaneous coronary intervention
    Archives of internal …, 2012
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  • Three reasons to abandon low-density lipoprotein targets: an open letter to the Adult Treatment Panel IV of the National Institutes of Health
    Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality …, 2012
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  • Preoperative serum brain natriuretic peptide and risk of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery
    Circulation, 2012
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  • Sharing of clinical trial data among trialists: a cross sectional survey
    Bmj, 2012
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  • Use and effectiveness of intra-aortic balloon pumps among patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the National …
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2012
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  • Promoting transparency in pharmaceutical industry–sponsored research
    American Journal of …, 2012
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  • Patterns and loss of sexual activity in the year following hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (a United States National Multisite Observational Study)
    The American journal of …, 2012
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  • Skilled nursing facility referral and hospital readmission rates after heart failure or myocardial infarction
    The American journal of …, 2012
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  • Physical function and independence 1 year after myocardial infarction: observations from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in recovery …
    American heart …, 2012
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  • Recent trends in hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction
    The American journal of …, 2012
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  • Financial stress and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
    PloS one, 2012
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  • Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equal
    Health …, 2012
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  • Open science and data sharing in clinical research: basing informed decisions on the totality of the evidence
    Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2012
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  • Loneliness and living alone: Comment on “loneliness in older persons” and “living alone and cardiovascular risk in outpatients at risk of or with atherothrombosis”
    Archives of internal medicine, 2012
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  • Avoidance of generic competition by Abbott Laboratories' fenofibrate franchise
    Archives of internal …, 2012
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  • Development of 2 registry-based risk models suitable for characterizing hospital performance on 30-day all-cause mortality rates among patients undergoing …
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2012
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  • Correlations among risk‐standardized mortality rates and among risk‐standardized readmission rates within hospitals
    Journal of hospital …, 2012
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  • Appropriate and inappropriate imaging rates for prostate cancer go hand in hand by region, as if set by thermostat
    Health …, 2012
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  • Hospital patterns of use of positive inotropic agents in patients with heart failure
    Journal of the American …, 2012
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  • Building hospital management capacity to improve patient flow for cardiac catheterization at a cardiovascular hospital in Egypt
    The Joint Commission …, 2012
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2013 Publications

  • Post-hospital syndrome–a condition of generalized risk
    The New England journal of medicine, 2013
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  • 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart …
    Journal of the American …, 2013
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  • 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation …
    Journal of the American …, 2013
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  • Diagnoses and timing of 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia
    Jama, 2013
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  • Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia
    Jama, 2013
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  • Hospital strategies associated with 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2013
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  • 2013 ACCF/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes and coronary …
    Circulation, 2013
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  • Mixed methods in biomedical and health services research
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2013
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  • HbA1c and Risk of Severe Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes and Aging Study
    Diabetes …, 2013
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  • Quality of discharge practices and patient understanding at an academic medical center
    JAMA internal …, 2013
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  • Risk factors for hospital admission among older persons with newly diagnosed heart failure: findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Journal of the American …, 2013
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  • National trends in heart failure hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction for Medicare beneficiaries: 1998–2010
    Circulation, 2013
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  • Trends in aortic valve replacement for elderly patients in the United States, 1999-2011
    Jama, 2013
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  • Comparison of clinical interpretation with visual assessment and quantitative coronary angiography in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in …
    Circulation, 2013
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  • Long-term outcomes in elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest
    … England Journal of …, 2013
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  • National trends in heart failure hospital stay rates, 2001 to 2009
    Journal of the American …, 2013
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  • A high risk of hospitalization following release from correctional facilities in Medicare beneficiaries: a retrospective matched cohort study, 2002 to 2010
    JAMA internal medicine, 2013
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  • Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: retrospective cohort study
    Bmj, 2013
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  • Time to publication among completed clinical trials
    JAMA internal …, 2013
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  • Ushering in a new era of open science through data sharing: the wall must come down
    Jama, 2013
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  • Hospital readmission performance and patterns of readmission: retrospective cohort study of Medicare admissions
    Bmj, 2013
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  • Trends in hospitalization rates and outcomes of endocarditis among Medicare beneficiaries
    Journal of the American …, 2013
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  • Variations in health care, patient preferences, and high-quality decision making
    Jama, 2013
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  • Variation exists in rates of admission to intensive care units for heart failure patients across hospitals in the United States
    Circulation, 2013
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  • Comprehensive quality of discharge summaries at an academic medical center
    Journal of hospital …, 2013
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  • Achieving the potential of health care performance measures
    Timely Anal Immed Health Pol, 2013
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  • “I'm not just a heart, I'm a whole person here”: a qualitative study to improve sexual outcomes in women with myocardial infarction
    Journal of the …, 2013
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  • Dominance of furosemide for loop diuretic therapy in heart failure: time to revisit the alternatives?
    Journal of the American …, 2013
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  • Prevalence of traditional cardiac risk factors and secondary prevention among patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI): variation by age, sex, and …
    Journal of women's …, 2013
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  • The China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (China PEACE) retrospective study of acute myocardial infarction: study design
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2013
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  • Sexual activity and function among middle-aged and older men and women with hypertension
    Journal of …, 2013
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  • Hospital-based, acute care use among patients within 30 days of discharge after coronary artery bypass surgery
    The Annals of thoracic …, 2013
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  • A historic moment for open science: the Yale University Open Data Access project and medtronic
    Annals of internal …, 2013
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  • Hospital collaboration with emergency medical services in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: perspectives from key hospital staff
    Annals of emergency …, 2013
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  • Features of high quality discharge planning for patients following acute myocardial infarction
    Journal of general …, 2013
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  • Regional density of cardiologists and rates of mortality for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2013
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  • Parental immigration status is associated with children's health care utilization: Findings from the 2003 new immigrant survey of US legal permanent residents
    Maternal and child …, 2013
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  • Determinants of fluoroscopy time for invasive coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the NCDR®
    Catheterization and …, 2013
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  • Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome
    PloS one, 2013
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  • Network news: powering clinical research
    Science translational …, 2013
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  • Promoting publication of rigorous qualitative research
    … : Cardiovascular Quality and …, 2013
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  • 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation …
    Journal of the …, 2013
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2014 Publications

  • Trends in hospitalizations and outcomes for acute cardiovascular disease and stroke, 1999–2011
    Circulation, 2014
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  • Increasing value and reducing waste: addressing inaccessible research
    The Lancet, 2014
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  • Big data and new knowledge in medicine: the thinking, training, and tools needed for a learning health system
    Health Affairs, 2014
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  • Trends in acute myocardial infarction in young patients and differences by sex and race, 2001 to 2010
    Journal of the American …, 2014
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  • Clinical trial evidence supporting FDA approval of novel therapeutic agents, 2005-2012
    Jama, 2014
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  • National trends in US hospital admissions for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia among Medicare beneficiaries, 1999 to 2011
    JAMA internal …, 2014
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  • National trends in patient safety for four common conditions, 2005–2011
    … England Journal of …, 2014
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  • Impact of coronary artery calcium on coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the Multi-Ethnic Study of …
    European heart …, 2014
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  • Sex differences in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction: a systematic review
    Circulation, 2014
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  • Urinary biomarkers of AKI and mortality 3 years after cardiac surgery
    Journal of the …, 2014
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  • Effect of low perceived social support on health outcomes in young patients with acute myocardial infarction: results from the variation in recovery: role of gender on …
    Journal of the …, 2014
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  • National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: update on …
    Journal of general …, 2014
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  • Variation in hospital-level risk-standardized complication rates following elective primary total hip and knee arthroplasty
    JBJS, 2014
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  • Risk adjustment of ischemic stroke outcomes for comparing hospital performance: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association …
    Stroke, 2014
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  • Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: a retrospective …
    PLoS …, 2014
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  • Reporting of results in ClinicalTrials. gov and high-impact journals
    Jama, 2014
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  • Hospital variation in the use of noninvasive cardiac imaging and its association with downstream testing, interventions, and outcomes
    JAMA internal …, 2014
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  • Reducing the trauma of hospitalization
    Jama, 2014
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  • Approaches to enhancing radiation safety in cardiovascular imaging: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association
    Circulation, 2014
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  • Age and sex differences in inhospital complication rates and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention procedures: evidence from the NCDR®
    American heart …, 2014
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  • Development and use of an administrative claims measure for profiling hospital-wide performance on 30-day unplanned readmission
    Annals of internal …, 2014
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  • Trends in left ventricular assist device use and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2004–2011
    Open …, 2014
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  • Trends in aortic dissection hospitalizations, interventions, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries in the United States, 2000–2011
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2014
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  • The new cholesterol and blood pressure guidelines: perspective on the path forward
    JAMA, 2014
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  • Sexual activity and counseling in the first month after acute myocardial infarction among younger adults in the United States and Spain: a prospective, observational …
    Circulation, 2014
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  • Place of residence and outcomes of patients with heart failure: analysis from the telemonitoring to improve heart failure outcomes trial
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2014
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  • National trends in recurrent AMI hospitalizations 1 year after acute myocardial infarction in Medicare beneficiaries: 1999–2010
    Journal of the …, 2014
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  • Open access to clinical trials data
    Jama, 2014
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  • Strategies to reduce 30-day readmissions in older patients hospitalized with heart failure and acute myocardial infarction
    Current geriatrics reports, 2014
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  • Considering the role of socioeconomic status in hospital outcomes measures
    Annals of internal medicine, 2014
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  • Design and rationale of the comprehensive evaluation of risk factors in older patients with AMI (SILVER-AMI) study
    BMC Health Services …, 2014
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  • Predictors of clinical trial data sharing: exploratory analysis of a cross-sectional survey
    Trials, 2014
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  • Sea change in open science and data sharing: leadership by industry
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2014
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  • Design and rationale of gulf locals with acute coronary syndrome events (Gulf Coast) registry
    The open …, 2014
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  • High incarceration rates among black men enrolled in clinical studies may compromise ability to identify disparities
    Health …, 2014
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  • Readmission rates and long-term hospital costs among survivors of an in-hospital cardiac arrest
    … Quality and Outcomes, 2014
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  • Hospital variation in risk-standardized hospital admission rates from US EDs among adults
    The American Journal of …, 2014
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  • Contemporary data about hospital strategies to reduce unplanned readmissions: what has changed?
    JAMA internal …, 2014
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