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Author(s):
Haytham Mously
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Nischay Shah
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Zachary Zuzek
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Joris van den Hurk
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3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death worldwide.1 With an estimated 7.6 million global deaths due to coronary heart disease in 2005,2 the size of the burden placed on society cannot be understated. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the classic ‘heart attack,’ will be the classification given to many of these deaths. In its most life-threatening form, AMI is identified…
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ESC 23: The RIGHT Study
Author(s):
Yan Yan
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Gilles Montalescot
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6 months ago
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Author(s):
John S Rumsfeld
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Gregory J Dehmer
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Ralph G Brindis
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3 years ago
High-quality healthcare is that which increases “the likelihood of desired health outcomes and is consistent with standards of health care.”1 Inherent in such a definition is the critical role of measurement of patient outcomes and the ‘standards of healthcare,’ such as those reflected in evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.2 Unfortunately, when the quality of healthcare in the US is…
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Author(s):
Larry A Allen
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John S Rumsfeld
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3 years ago
Hospital readmissions contribute significant clinical and economic burden to patients and payers.1 Nearly 20 % of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, with heart failure listed as the most common reason for readmission.2 Based on a more than twofold variation in institutional readmission rates adjusted for patient clinical characteristics,3 preventable…
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Author(s):
Robert F Riley
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James M McCabe
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3 years ago
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the US, with ischemic heart disease comprising almost half of these deaths based on the most recent 2013 mortality data.1 While there have been reports of declining rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from various registries and Medicare beneficiary reports, coronary heart disease remained the underlying cause of death in one out of seven…
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Author(s):
Neal W White Jr
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3 years ago
Hospital to Home (H2H) is a national quality improvement initiative of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). It builds on the success of the ACC Door-to-Balloon Alliance for Quality and the IHI 100K Lives and 5 Million Lives campaigns. The goal of the H2H initiative is to reduce 30-day all-cause readmission rates for patients discharged with…
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Author(s):
Rhian E Davies
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J Dawn Abbott
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3 years ago
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Clinical Syndromes
Stable Angina
The primary benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over medical therapy in patients with stable angina is the improved quality of life. The PCI in stable angina (ORBITA) trial was the first sham-controlled trial of PCI where 200 medically optimized patients with single vessel disease were randomized to PCI or…
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Author(s):
Jaime A Hernandez-Montfort
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Diana Miranda
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Varinder Kaur Randhawa
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Karthiek R Narala
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Thomas A LaLonde
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Sohail Hassan
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et al
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3 years ago
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects approximately 26 million people in the US.1 CKD is considered a coronary risk equivalent and also a risk factor for progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD).2 Cardiovascular death rates are 10–30 times higher in dialysis patients than in the general population.3 This increase in CKD patients is multifactorial and is now mainly considered via two pathways:…
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