2007
Certificate of Need Regulation and Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Ross JS, Ho V, Wang Y, Cha SS, Epstein AJ, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Certificate of Need Regulation and Cardiac Catheterization Appropriateness After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2007, 115: 1012-1019. PMID: 17283258, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.658377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionCardiac catheterizationHospital coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryLower ratesUS acute care hospitalsCardiac catheterization capabilitiesChart-abstracted dataBypass graft surgeryDay of admissionAcute care hospitalsComplex medical careQuality of careGraft surgeryCatheterization ratesClinical characteristicsCON regulationsHospital characteristicsMedicare patientsRetrospective analysisCatheterizationHealthcare costsFull cohort
2002
Sex differences in cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction: the role of procedure appropriateness.
Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction: the role of procedure appropriateness. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2002, 137: 487-93. PMID: 12230349, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-6-200209170-00008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac catheterization useAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac catheterizationMyocardial infarctionMultivariable adjustmentEquivocal indicationsSex differencesProcedure useChart-abstracted dataLower crude ratesRisk-standardized ratesU.S. acute care hospitalsDays of hospitalizationAcute care hospitalsClinical guidelinesHospital characteristicsMedicare patientsCrude rateInappropriate treatmentRetrospective analysisCatheterizationInfarctionPatientsElderly personsWomen