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| JoAnne M FoodySummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Safety and efficacy of ezetimibe/simvastatin combination versus atorvastatin alone in adults ≥65 years of age with hypercholesterolemia and with or at moderately high/high risk for coronary heart disease (the VYTELD study)JoAnne M Foody
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 106:1255-63. 2010..In conclusion, ezetimibe/simvastatin provided significantly greater improvements in key lipid parameters and higher attainment of LDL cholesterol targets than atorvastatin, with comparable tolerability...- The utility of observational studies in clinical decision making: lessons learned from statin trialsJoAnne M Foody
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Faulkner Hospitals, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Postgrad Med 122:222-9. 2010.... - A large observational study of cardiovascular outcomes associated with atorvastatin or simvastatin therapy in hypertensive patients without prior cardiovascular diseaseJoAnne M Foody
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Ther 18:110-6. 2011..As with all observational studies, the study is subject to certain limitations, and the findings should be regarded as hypothesis generating... - Loss of early gains in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment among high-risk patientsJoAnne M Foody
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Clin Lipidol 4:126-32. 2010..Guidelines recommend a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) measurement of <70 mg/dL as a reasonable goal in high-risk patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) or atherosclerotic vascular disease (AVD)... - Cardiovascular outcomes among patients newly initiating atorvastatin or simvastatin therapy: a large database analysis of managed care plans in the United StatesJoAnne M Foody
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
Clin Ther 30:195-205. 2008.... - The Office on Women's Health initiative to improve women's heart health: program description, site characteristics, and lessons learnedJoAnne M Foody
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:507-16. 2010.... 
Persistence of atorvastatin and simvastatin among patients with and without prior cardiovascular diseases: a US managed care studyJoAnne M Foody
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 24:1987-2000. 2008..Therefore, we assessed patient persistence with atorvastatin and simvastatin in primary and secondary prevention patients enrolled in managed care...- Race and renal impairment in heart failure: mortality in blacks versus whitesGrace L Smith
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn 06520, USA
Circulation 111:1270-7. 2005..Distinct morbidity and mortality burdens in black versus white patients underscore the importance of improving patient risk-stratification, defining optimal therapies, and exploring physiological underpinnings of racial differences... 
Socioeconomic status, treatment, and outcomes among elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the National Heart Failure ProjectSaif S Rathore
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8088, USA
Am Heart J 152:371-8. 2006..Prior studies have reported conflicting findings concerning the association of socioeconomic status (SES), treatment, and outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF)...- Effect of statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and beta blockers on survival in patients >or=65 years of age with heart failure and preserved left ventricular systolic functionRahman Shah
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Am J Cardiol 101:217-22. 2008.... - A large observational study of cardiovascular outcomes associated with atorvastatin or simvastatin therapy in diabetic patients without prior cardiovascular diseaseJoAnne M Foody
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 82:e13-5. 2008..88, 95% ci 0.80-0.97, p=0.01)... - Troponin-positive, MB-negative patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: An undertreated but high-risk patient group: Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network-Get With ThMichael C Kontos
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Am Heart J 160:819-25. 2010..How this affects treatment and outcomes has not been well described... - Serum urea nitrogen, creatinine, and estimators of renal function: mortality in older patients with cardiovascular diseaseGrace L Smith
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn 06520, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1134-42. 2006..Only MDRD eGFR was less adequate in quantifying risks for patients with mild impairment. Novel estimators, such as the Mayo eGFR, may play an important role in outcomes' prognostication for these patients... - Prior aspirin use and outcomes in elderly patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarctionEdward L Portnay
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 46:967-74. 2005..Prior aspirin use tended to reduce all-cause or coronary artery disease readmissions at one month or six months. CONCLUSIONS: Prior aspirin use is not a marker of increased mortality in patients > or =65 years old hospitalized with MI... - Sex and racial differences in outcomes and guideline-based management of troponin-only-positive acute myocardial infarction in older personsRahman Shah
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8025, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 16:97-105. 2007..Similarly, in settings of equal care, sex and race seem to have no impact on the outcomes for older patients with troponin-only-positive AM... - The prognostic value of vasodilator myocardial perfusion imaging in octogenariansJeptha P Curtis
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8017, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 13:239-45, quiz 246-7. 2004..Appropriately selected octogenarians with abnormal vasodilator SPECT imaging may benefit from more aggressive management of their cardiac disease... - Love your heart: a pilot community-based intervention to improve the cardiovascular health of African American womenFatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ethn Dis 22:416-21. 2012..While small, our study suggests that targeted community-based interventions focusing on personal and group wellness have the power to reduce health disparities and improve cardiovascular health for African American women... - Community-level cardiovascular risk factors impact geographic variation in cardiovascular disease hospitalizations for womenFatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Community Health 38:451-7. 2013..This finding suggests that interventions to reduce CVD should be tailored to the unique risk profile and needs of high-risk communities... - Hypertension prevalence and prescribing trends in older US adults: 1999-2004Farhan Aslam
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02130, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 12:75-81. 2010..Women, patients 85 years and older, and nonwhite patients were less likely to be treated with antihypertensive medications, and significant geographic variation existed in treatment... - Association of troponin status with guideline-based management of acute myocardial infarction in older personsRahman Shah
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8017, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:1621-8. 2007..Little is known, however, regarding the association of troponin status with guideline-based therapies in older patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)... - Performance of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) ST-elevation myocardial infarction risk score in a national cohort of elderly patientsSaif S Rathore
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8088, USA
Am Heart J 150:402-10. 2005..Our findings highlight the difficulties in applying risk scores developed in randomized controlled trial cohorts to elderly patients... - Use of anticoagulant agents and risk of bleeding among patients admitted with myocardial infarction: a report from the NCDR ACTION Registry--GWTG (National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry--GMitul B Kadakia
TIMI Study Group, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 3:1166-77. 2010..The aim of this study was to evaluate anticoagulant use patterns and bleeding risk in a contemporary population of patients with acute coronary syndrome... - High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in young Hispanic women: findings from the national Sister to Sister campaignFatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Metab Syndr Relat Disord 11:81-6. 2013..We sought to better understand the epidemiology of metabolic syndrome in Hispanic women using data from a large, community-based health screening program... - Sex differences in use of coronary revascularization in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction: a tale of two therapiesSaif S Rathore
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Chest 124:2079-86. 2003.... - Relation Between Time of Symptom Onset of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Patient Baseline Characteristics: From the National Cardiovascular Data RegistryOwen Mogabgab
Cardiology Division Mogabgab, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas Cardiovascular Medicine Division Wiviott, Antman, Foody, Sabatine, Cannon, Giugliano, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Duke Clinical Research Institute Wang, LI, Durham, North Carolina on behalf of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Clin Cardiol 36:222-7. 2013..The relation between patient characteristics and timing of STEMI may provide insight into the biological processes responsible for this phenomenon... - Patterns and prognostic implications of low high-density lipoprotein levels in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromesMatthew T Roe
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Eur Heart J 29:2480-8. 2008..We sought to determine the prevalence and prognostic significance of low HDL cholesterol levels in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS)... - Race, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failureSaif S Rathore
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn 06520-8025, USA
JAMA 289:2517-24. 2003.... - Comparison of lipid profiles and attainment of lipid goals in patients <65 years versus patients ≥65 years (from the Lipid Treatment Assessment Project [L-TAP] 2)Fatima Rodriguez
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 109:1738-42. 2012..They were more likely to attain their LDL cholesterol goal, perhaps because of greater statin use, different risk profiles, or survival bias... - Adherence with single-pill amlodipine/atorvastatin vs a two-pill regimenBimal V Patel
MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc San Diego, CA, USA
Vasc Health Risk Manag 4:673-81. 2008..61-3.10) vs other CCB + other statin (all p<0.0001). Single-pill amlodipine/atorvastatin may provide clinical benefits through improving adherence, offering clinicians a practical solution for cardiovascular risk management... - Effects of statin use on muscle strength, cognition, and depressive symptoms in older adultsJoseph V Agostini
Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:420-5. 2007..To determine the relationship between hydroxymethyl glutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (statin) use and proximal muscle strength, cognition, and depression in older adults... - C-reactive protein and coronary heart diseaseJoAnne M Foody
N Engl J Med 351:295-8; author reply 295-8. 2004 - Insulin-sensitizing antihyperglycemic drugs and mortality after acute myocardial infarction: insights from the National Heart Care ProjectSilvio E Inzucchi
Section of Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8020, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1680-9. 2005..We sought to determine the impact of these insulin sensitizers on outcomes in diabetic patients after hospitalization with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)... - Thiazolidinediones, metformin, and outcomes in older patients with diabetes and heart failure: an observational studyFrederick A Masoudi
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology MC 0960, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Circulation 111:583-90. 2005..Whether this results in adverse outcomes is unknown... - Development of a tool for eliciting patient priority from among competing cardiovascular disease, medication-symptoms, and fall injury outcomesMary E Tinetti
Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8025, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:730-6. 2008..To develop a choice task for eliciting priorities in the face of competing cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, medication-related symptoms, and fall injuries... - Delay in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: effect on quality of care and its assessmentLouis G Graff
Qualidigm, Middletown, CT
Acad Emerg Med 13:931-8. 2006..Delay in diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may affect quality of care and its assessment... - Trends in acute myocardial infarction in 4 US states between 1992 and 2001: clinical characteristics, quality of care, and outcomesFrederick A Masoudi
Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Circulation 114:2806-14. 2006..Long-term trends in the clinical characteristics, quality of care, and outcomes for AMI over time from the health system perspective in geographically diverse populations are not well known... - Risks associated with statin therapy: a systematic overview of randomized clinical trialsAmir Kashani
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
Circulation 114:2788-97. 2006.... - Regional differences in process of care and outcomes for older acute myocardial infarction patients in the United States and Ontario, CanadaDennis T Ko
Division of Cardiology, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Circulation 115:196-203. 2007.... - AdherenceJoAnne M Foody
Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:271-5. 2007 - Review of side-effect profile of combination ezetimibe and statin therapy in randomized clinical trialsAmir Kashani
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Am J Cardiol 101:1606-13. 2008..Additional trials are necessary to ensure that results of clinical trials are consistent with routine clinical practice, particularly in older patients with more co-morbid conditions and patients on higher statin doses... - Health outcome priorities among competing cardiovascular, fall injury, and medication-related symptom outcomesMary E Tinetti
Department of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, New Haven, Connecticut 06504, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1409-16. 2008..To determine the priority that older adults with coexisting hypertension and fall risk give to optimizing cardiovascular outcomes versus fall- and medication symptom-related outcomes... - Metformin and thiazolidinedione use in Medicare patients with heart failureFrederick A Masoudi
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Colorado, USA
JAMA 290:81-5. 2003..Further studies to establish the safety and effectiveness of this practice are needed to ensure optimal care of patients with diabetes and heart failure...