2020
The impact of sex, gender and healthcare system on quality of care among young adults with acute myocardial infarction
Raparelli V, Pilote L, Behlouli H, Dziura J, Bueno H, D'Onofrio G, Krumholz H, Dreyer R. The impact of sex, gender and healthcare system on quality of care among young adults with acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2020, 41: ehaa946.3175. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionQuality of careYoung adultsMyocardial infarctionHealthcare systemHigher risk factor burdenRisk factor burdenPost-discharge carePhases of careMultipayer systemImpact of sexSystem-level factorsHospital phaseAMI careCare scoresSingle-payer systemCareWomenCanadian InstituteSexAdultsMenInfarctionHospitalLinear regression models
2013
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 Atherosclerosis
Silverman MG, Blaha MJ, Krumholz HM, Budoff MJ, Blankstein R, Sibley CT, Agatston A, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. 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 Atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal 2013, 35: 2232-2241. PMID: 24366919, PMCID: PMC4150068, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery calciumCoronary heart disease eventsRisk factor burdenHeart disease eventsMulti-Ethnic StudyCAC 0Artery calciumRF burdenEvent ratesDisease eventsAbsence of CACDistribution of CACTraditional risk factor burdenCHD event ratesElevated event rateHigh CAC burdenFramingham risk scoreLow HDL cholesterolLow event ratesCAC burdenCHD eventsCAC scoreHDL cholesterolLDL cholesterolCigarette smokingPrevalence of Traditional Cardiac Risk Factors and Secondary Prevention Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Variation by Age, Sex, and Race
Leifheit-Limson EC, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Jones SB, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM, Lichtman JH. Prevalence of Traditional Cardiac Risk Factors and Secondary Prevention Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Variation by Age, Sex, and Race. Journal Of Women's Health 2013, 22: 659-666. PMID: 23841468, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.3962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanBody Mass IndexCounselingDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHospitalizationHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionLife StyleMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionObesityPrevalenceProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSecondary PreventionSex FactorsSmokingSmoking CessationSocioeconomic FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsCardiac risk factorsAcute myocardial infarctionSecondary prevention effortsTraditional cardiac risk factorsLipid-lowering medicationsRisk factorsWhite patientsAMI patientsMyocardial infarctionPrevention effortsGreater risk factor burdenMultiple cardiac risk factorsRisk factor burdenYoung black patientsYoung white patientsSecondary prevention strategiesRisk factor prevalenceHigh-risk subgroupsMultiple risk factorsBlack womenAge-sex groupsOlder patientsSecondary preventionYounger patientsFactor prevalence