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Cognitive Function: Is There More to Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation Than Stroke?

Cao, L; Hayden, Kathleen M; Newby, Laura Kristin; Pokorney, SD; Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen Anne (J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-08-03)

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in U.S. Community Practice--Results From Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF).

Chang, P; Gersh, Bernard John; Holmqvist, Fredrik Nils; Hong, SJ; Kowey, Peter R; Naccarelli, GV; ORBIT-AF Investigators; ... (12 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-05-21)

BACKGROUND: The characteristics of patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation and subsequent outcomes in community practice are not well described. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed ...

Platelet aggregation and mental stress induced myocardial ischemia: Results from the Responses of Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment (REMIT) study.

Becker, RC; Boyle, SH; Harrison, Robert W; Jiang, Wei; Kuhn, C; O'Connor, Christopher Michael; Ortel, TL; ... (11 authors) (Am Heart J, 2015-04)

BACKGROUND: Mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI) is common in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and associated with a poorer cardiovascular prognosis. Platelet hyperactivity is an important factor in ...

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 ...

Ventricular conduction and long-term heart failure outcomes and mortality in African Americans: insights from the Jackson Heart Study.

Ahmad, T; Choudhary, G; Curtis, Lesley H; DeVore, Adam David; Dunlay, SM; Eapen, Zubin John; Greiner, Melissa A; ... (14 authors) (Circ Heart Fail, 2015-03)

BACKGROUND: QRS prolongation is associated with adverse outcomes in mostly white populations, but its clinical significance is not well established for other groups. We investigated the association between QRS duration and ...

Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF).

AbouEzzeddine, OF; Anstrom, Kevin J; Bart, BA; DeVore, Adam David; Dunlay, SM; Felker, G Michael; Goldsmith, SR; ... (15 authors) (Circ Heart Fail, 2015-07)

BACKGROUND: Congestion is the most frequent cause for hospitalization in acute decompensated heart failure. Although decongestion is a major goal of acute therapy, it is unclear how the clinical components of congestion ...

Torsemide versus furosemide in heart failure patients: insights from Duke University Hospital.

Anstrom, Kevin J; Buggey, J; DeVore, Adam David; Eisenstein, EL; Ersbøll, MK; Fiuzat, M; Mentz, Robert John; ... (10 authors) (J Cardiovasc Pharmacol, 2015-05)

Furosemide has historically been the primary loop diuretic in heart failure patients despite data suggesting potential advantages with torsemide. We used the Duke Echocardiography Lab Database to investigate patients admitted ...

Relationship Between Cancer and Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Chiswell, K; Clare, RM; Hagstrom, E; Hess, Connie Ng; Hirsch, BR; James, SK; ... (13 authors) (J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-07-06)

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease and cancer increasingly coexist, yet relationships between cancer and long-term cardiovascular outcomes post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are not well studied. METHODS AND RESULTS: ...