2021
Adherence to Acute Care Measures Affects Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: The Florida Stroke Registry
Gardener H, Rundek T, Lichtman J, Leifheit E, Wang K, Asdaghi N, Romano JG, Sacco RL. Adherence to Acute Care Measures Affects Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: The Florida Stroke Registry. Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2021, 30: 105586. PMID: 33412397, PMCID: PMC7880890, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsFloridaGuideline AdherenceHealthcare DisparitiesHospital MortalityHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsIschemic StrokeMaleMedicarePatient ReadmissionPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorSmoking CessationThrombolytic TherapyTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAcute care measuresFlorida Stroke RegistryHospital readmissionCare measuresStatin therapyRace/ethnicityStroke RegistryAntithrombotic therapyIschemic strokeAntithrombotic useStroke careIntravenous alteplase treatmentMedicare beneficiaries ageAcute stroke careIschemic stroke patientsLong-term mortalityVascular risk factorsRace/ethnic disparitiesFull study populationAlteplase treatmentDVT prophylaxisEligible patientsAnticoagulation therapyCessation counselingStatin use
2015
Sex Differences in Cardiac Risk Factors, Perceived Risk, and Health Care Provider Discussion of Risk and Risk Modification Among Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction The VIRGO Study
Leifheit-Limson EC, D’Onofrio G, Daneshvar M, Geda M, Bueno H, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Lichtman JH. Sex Differences in Cardiac Risk Factors, Perceived Risk, and Health Care Provider Discussion of Risk and Risk Modification Among Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction The VIRGO Study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 66: 1949-1957. PMID: 26515996, PMCID: PMC4628727, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.08.859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac risk factorsAcute myocardial infarctionHealth care provider discussionsRisk modificationRisk factorsHeart diseaseHealth care providersProvider discussionsVIRGO StudyYounger patientsMyocardial infarctionCare providersSignificant cardiac risk factorsYoung AMI patientsPatients age 18Heart disease riskRisk factor prevalenceSelf-perceived riskModified Poisson regressionSex differencesFactor prevalenceAMI patientsCardiac riskSpanish hospitalsProvider feedback