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Economic evaluation of clopidogrel plus aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in Canada for patients with established cardiovascular disease: Results from the CHARISMA trialJersey Chen
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Can J Cardiol 27:222-31. 2011..However, the economic implications of such a strategy for the Canadian health care system are unknown...- Incidence of heart failure or cardiomyopathy after adjuvant trastuzumab therapy for breast cancerJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 60:2504-12. 2012..The purpose of this study was to estimate heart failure (HF) and cardiomyopathy (CM) rates after adjuvant trastuzumab therapy and chemotherapy in a population of older women with early-stage breast cancer... 
Skilled nursing facility referral and hospital readmission rates after heart failure or myocardial infarctionJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Am J Med 125:100.e1-9. 2012....- Differences in patient survival after acute myocardial infarction by hospital capability of performing percutaneous coronary intervention: implications for regionalizationJersey Chen
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8017, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:433-9. 2010..Whether regionalization will improve outcomes depends in part on the magnitude of existing differences in outcomes between PCI and non-PCI hospitals within the same health care region... - Recent declines in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries: progress and continuing challengesJersey Chen
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Circulation 121:1322-8. 2010..Amid recent efforts to reduce cardiovascular risk, whether rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the United States have declined for elderly patients is unknown... - National and regional trends in heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, 1998-2008Jersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
JAMA 306:1669-78. 2011..It is not known whether recent declines in ischemic heart disease and its risk factors have been accompanied by declines in heart failure (HF) hospitalization and mortality... - Do imaging studies performed in physician offices increase downstream utilization?: an empiric analysis of cardiac stress testing with imagingJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 4:630-7. 2011..The goal of this study was to compare patterns of downstream testing and procedures after stress testing with imaging performed at physician offices versus at hospital-outpatient facilities.. - Cumulative exposure to ionizing radiation from diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac imaging procedures: a population-based analysisJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:702-11. 2010..The purpose of this study was to describe radiation exposure from cardiac imaging procedures over time in a general population... - Relationship between hospital readmission and mortality rates for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumoniaHarlan M Krumholz
Department of Internal Medicine Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 1 Church St, Ste 200, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
JAMA 309:587-93. 2013..The evaluation of hospital performance as measured by RSMRs and RSRRs has not been well characterized... - Cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events: results from the CHARISMA trialJersey Chen
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Value Health 12:872-9. 2009.... - Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging proceduresReza Fazel
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
N Engl J Med 361:849-57. 2009..The growing use of imaging procedures in the United States has raised concerns about exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation in the general population... - Based on key measures, care quality for Medicare enrollees at safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals was almost equalJoseph S Ross
Section of General Internal Medicine at Yale University s School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1739-48. 2012..For heart failure mortality, there was no difference between safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals. These findings suggest that safety-net hospitals are performing better than many would have expected... 
Development of 2 registry-based risk models suitable for characterizing hospital performance on 30-day all-cause mortality rates among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventionJeptha P Curtis
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 5:628-37. 2012..To date, however, we lack a methodology to monitor and improve national hospital 30-day mortality rates among patients undergoing PCI...- Mortality and readmission for patients with heart failure among U.S. News & World Report's top heart hospitalsGregory K Mulvey
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:558-65. 2009..The rankings of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report are influential, but the performance of ranked hospitals in caring for patients with routine cardiac conditions such as heart failure is not known... - Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmissionHarlan M Krumholz
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:407-13. 2009..We provide patterns of hospital performance, based on these measures... - Use and effectiveness of intra-aortic balloon pumps among patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data RegistryJeptha P Curtis
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8017, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 5:21-30. 2012..We examined hospital variation in IABP use among high risk PCI patients, and determined the association of IABP use on mortality in this population... - All-cause readmission and repeat revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention in a cohort of medicare patientsJeptha P Curtis
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 54:903-7. 2009..The purpose of this study was to report on the all-cause readmission and repeat revascularization rates after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)... - Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006Harlan M Krumholz
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 1 Church St, Ste 200, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
JAMA 302:767-73. 2009..However, little has been reported about improvements in hospital short-term mortality rates or reductions in between-hospital variation in short-term mortality rates... - Association of door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with ST elevation myocardial infarction: national cohort studySaif S Rathore
Yale University School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, 316 ESH, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
BMJ 338:b1807. 2009.... - An administrative claims measure suitable for profiling hospital performance on the basis of 30-day all-cause readmission rates among patients with heart failurePatricia S Keenan
Section of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8088, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 1:29-37. 2008..We present a model approved by the National Quality Forum for the purpose of public reporting of hospital-level readmission rates by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services... - Regional variation in the treatment and outcomes of myocardial infarction: investigating New England's advantageHarlan M Krumholz
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn 06520-8088, USA
Am Heart J 146:242-9. 2003..This pattern is independent of patient or provider characteristics, suggesting other factors likely contribute to better short-term outcomes in New England... - Evaluation of a consumer-oriented internet health care report card: the risk of quality ratings based on mortality dataHarlan M Krumholz
Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208025, New Haven, CT 06520-8025, USA
JAMA 287:1277-87. 2002..Limitations in discrimination may undermine the value of health care quality ratings for patients or payers and may lead to misperceptions of hospitals' performance... - Thirty-day outcomes in Medicare patients with heart failure at heart transplant centersScott L Hummel
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich 48109 5853, USA
Circ Heart Fail 3:244-52. 2010..However, their overall performance has not previously been evaluated in a broad population of elderly patients with heart failure, many of whom are not transplant candidates... - JCAHO accreditation and quality of care for acute myocardial infarctionJersey Chen
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:243-54. 2003..These findings support current efforts to incorporate quality of care in accreditation decisions... - Association of physician certification and outcomes among patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorJeptha P Curtis
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520 8017, USA
JAMA 301:1661-70. 2009..Allowing nonelectrophysiologists to perform implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) procedures is controversial. However, it is not known whether outcomes of ICD implantation vary by physician specialty... - Myocardial infarction and quality of careJersey Chen
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
CMAJ 179:875-6. 2008 - How useful is computed tomography for screening for coronary artery disease? Screening for coronary artery disease with electron-beam computed tomography is not usefulJersey Chen
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Circulation 113:125-46; discussion 125-46. 2006 - The association between blood pressure and mortality in patients with heart failureTobias T Lee
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am Heart J 151:76-83. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: In patients with systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction < or = 0.45) and New York Heart Association classes II and III symptoms, lower SBPs and DBPs were associated with greater mortality...