Cost-effectiveness of initial stress cardiovascular MR, stress SPECT or stress echocardiography as a gate-keeper test, compared with upfront invasive coronary …

H Thom, NEJ West, V Hughes, M Dyer, M Buxton… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To compare outcomes and cost-effectiveness of various initial imaging strategies
in the management of stable chest pain in a long-term prospective randomised trial. Setting …

Regional differences in process of care and outcomes for older acute myocardial infarction patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada

DT Ko, HM Krumholz, Y Wang, JAM Foody… - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Previous comparisons of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treatment between
the United States and Canada are limited because they compared selected patients from …

Intensive medical therapy versus coronary angioplasty for suppression of myocardial ischemia in survivors of acute myocardial infarction: a prospective, randomized …

HA Dakik, NS Kleiman, JA Farmer, ZX He, JA Wendt… - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Patients who have inducible ischemia after acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
generally undergo coronary angiography with the intent to revascularize. Whether this …

Biology or bias: practice patterns and long-term outcomes for men and women with acute myocardial infarction

DA Alter, CD Naylor, PC Austin, JV Tu - Journal of the American College of …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: The goal of our study was to examine how age and gender affect the use of
coronary angiography and the intensity of cardiac follow-up care within the first year after …

Influence of payor on use of invasive cardiac procedures and patient outcome after myocardial infarction in the United States

MJ Sada, WJ French, DM Carlisle, NC Chandra… - Journal of the American …, 1998 - jacc.org
Objectives. We sought to determine the influence of payor status on the use and
appropriateness of cardiac procedures. Background. The use of invasive procedures affects …

[图书][B] Pathology of the heart and sudden death in forensic medicine

V Fineschi, G Baroldi, MD Silver - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Addressing the pathology of the heart and cardiovascular system from a forensic
perspective, Pathology of the Heart and Sudden Death in Forensic Investigations guides the …

Role of non-invasive imaging in the management of coronary artery disease: an assessment of likely change over the next 10 years. A report from the British …

AH Gershlick, M de Belder, J Chambers, D Hackett… - Heart, 2007 - heart.bmj.com
Coronary angiography has been the gold standard for determining the severity, extent and
prognosis of coronary atheromatous disease for the past 15–20 years. However, established …

Long-term MI outcomes at hospitals with or without on-site revascularization

DA Alter, CD Naylor, PC Austin, JV Tu - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextMany studies have found that patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are
admitted to hospitals with on-site revascularization facilities have higher rates of invasive …

Effect of pediatric surgical practice on the treatment of children with appendicitis

ER Kokoska, RK Minkes, ML Silen, JC Langer… - …, 2001 - publications.aap.org
Objective. Acute appendicitis in children is managed by both general surgeons (GSs) and
pediatric surgeons (PSs). Our objective was to investigate the economics of surgical care …

Long-term mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction in the United States and Canada: comparison of patients enrolled in Global Utilization of Streptokinase …

P Kaul, PW Armstrong, WC Chang, CD Naylor… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—In a previous substudy of the GUSTO-I trial, we observed better functional and
quality-of-life outcomes among patients in the United States (US patients) compared with …