April 30th, 2012
Certain Hospital Management Strategies Associated With Higher MI Survival Rates
Betsy Bradley, Ph.D. and John Ryan, MD
John Ryan interviews Elizabeth Bradley about the hospital management strategies that can reduce 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction.
February 15th, 2012
Mortality-Risk Calculators for AMI and Heart Failure Patients
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Two mortality-risk calculators – one for patients with acute MI and another for those with heart failure – are now available for free at www.mortalityscore.org. The calculators are based on risk models produced by our research group at Yale for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The models are derived from Medicare administrative-claims […]
January 17th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Weekly Review: Week of January 16th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include acute MI and potassium levels, cardiac arrest during long-distance running, the anticoagulant idrabiotaparinux, and managing hypertension in the very elderly.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- A Novel Agent Fails to Improve Outcomes in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
- Persistent Symptoms After Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis
- Is Diltiazem Safe in Patients with AF Taking Apixaban or Rivaroxaban?
- Does Lowering High Childhood Lipid Levels Prevent Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Adulthood?
- Self-Expanding Supraannular Valve vs. Balloon-Expandable Valve in TAVR for Small Aortic Annulus