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Contemporary trends and predictors of postacute service use and routine discharge home after stroke.

Prvu Bettger, Janet; McCoy, L; Smith, EE; Fonarow, GC; Schwamm, LH; Peterson, Eric David (J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-02-23)

BACKGROUND: Returning home after the hospital is a primary aim for healthcare; however, additional postacute care (PAC) services are sometimes necessary for returning stroke patients to their pre-event status. Recent trends ...

Perception Versus Actual Performance in Timely Tissue Plasminogen Activation Administration in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Britz, GW; Constable, M; Cox, M; Fonarow, GC; Lin, CB; Olson, DaiWai M; Peterson, Eric David; ... (9 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-07-22)

BACKGROUND: Timely thrombolytic therapy can improve stroke outcomes. Nevertheless, the ability of US hospitals to meet guidelines for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) remains suboptimal. What is unclear is ...

Early adoption of dabigatran and its dosing in US patients with atrial fibrillation: results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Ansell, J; Chang, P; Ezekowitz, MD; Fonarow, GC; Gersh, Bernard John; Holmes, DaJuanicia; Hylek, EM; ... (15 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2013-11-25)

BACKGROUND: Dabigatran is a novel oral anticoagulant approved for thromboprophylaxis in atrial fibrillation. Adoption patterns of this new agent in community practice are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied patterns ...

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, ...