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| Saul BleckerSummaryAffiliation: New York University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Heart failure–associated hospitalizations in the United StatesSaul Blecker
Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 61:1259-67. 2013..This study sought to characterize temporal trends in hospitalizations with heart failure as a primary or secondary diagnosis...
Comorbid diabetes and end-of-life expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failureSaul Blecker
Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
J Card Fail 18:41-6. 2012..We examined the association of diabetes with expenditures, hospitalizations, and procedures among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure during the last 6 months of life...
Hospice care and resource utilization in Medicare beneficiaries with heart failureSaul Blecker
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Med Care 49:985-91. 2011..Although hospice use may be increasing among heart failure patients, its association with both cost and intensity of care in this population has not been well examined...
High-normal albuminuria and risk of heart failure in the communitySaul Blecker
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 58:47-55. 2011..Albuminuria has been associated with cardiovascular risk, but the relationship of high-normal albuminuria to subsequent heart failure has not been well established...
The association of hemoglobin a1c with incident heart failure among people without diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyKunihiro Matsushita
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Diabetes 59:2020-6. 2010..This study sought to investigate an association of HbA1c (A1C) with incident heart failure among individuals without diabetes and compare it to fasting glucose...
Left ventricular dysfunction as a risk factor for cardiovascular and noncardiovascular hospitalizations in African AmericansSaul Blecker
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am Heart J 160:488-95. 2010..We assessed whether left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction was associated with increased risk of both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular hospitalizations in a community sample of African Americans...
