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Racial differences in the prevalence and outcomes of atrial fibrillation among patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Fonarow, GC; Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; Liang, L; Peterson, Eric David; Piccini, Jonathan Paul Sr; Thomas, Kevin Lindsey; ... (8 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-09-26)

BACKGROUND: The intersection of heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is common, but the burden of AF among black patients with HF is poorly characterized. We sought to determine the prevalence of AF, characteristics, ...

Patterns of care quality and prognosis among hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease.

Ovbiagele, B; Schwamm, LH; Smith, EE; Grau-Sepulveda, Maria; Saver, JL; Bhatt, DL; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; ... (9 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2014-06-05)

BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about the quality of care and outcomes for hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We examined quality of care and in-hospital prognoses among patients ...

Short- and long-term rehospitalization and mortality for heart failure in 4 racial/ethnic populations.

Bhatt, DL; Eapen, Zubin John; Fonarow, GC; Heidenreich, Paul A; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; Krim, SR; Liang, Li; ... (11 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2014-10-16)

BACKGROUND: The degree to which outcomes following hospitalization for acute heart failure (HF) vary by racial and ethnic groups is poorly characterized. We sought to compare 30-day and 1-year rehospitalization and mortality ...

Comparison of performance achievement award recognition with primary stroke center certification for acute ischemic stroke care.

Fonarow, GC; Liang, L; Smith, EE; Reeves, MJ; Saver, JL; Xian, Y; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; ... (10 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-10-14)

BACKGROUND: Hospital certification and recognition programs represent 2 independent but commonly used systems to distinguish hospitals, yet they have not been directly compared. This study assessed acute ischemic stroke ...

Association Between Comorbidities and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With and Without an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention.

Al-Khatib, Sana Mustapha; Anstrom, Kevin J; Bhatt, DL; Curtis, Lesley H; Fonarow, GC; Heidenreich, Paul A; Hellkamp, Anne; ... (12 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-08-06)

BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is associated with improved outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF), but whether this association holds among older patients with multiple comorbid illnesses ...

A risk score for in-hospital death in patients admitted with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.

Dai, D; Fonarow, GC; Hernandez, Adrian Felipe; Olson, DaiWai M; Peterson, Eric David; Reeves, MJ; Saver, JL; ... (10 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-01-28)

BACKGROUND: We aimed to derive and validate a single risk score for predicting death from ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from 333 865 stroke ...