Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Outcomes"

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    • Development of a Charge Adjustment Model for Cardiac Catheterization 

      Brennan, Andrew; Gauvreau, Kimberlee; Connor, Jean; O’Connell, Cheryl; David, Sthuthi; Almodovar, Melvin; DiNardo, James; Banka, Puja; Mayer, John E.; Marshall, Audrey C.; Bergersen, Lisa (Springer US, 2014)
      A methodology that would allow for comparison of charges across institutions has not been developed for catheterization in congenital heart disease. A single institution catheterization database with prospectively collected ...

    • Endogenous tissue plasminogen activator and risk of recurrent cardiac events after an acute coronary syndrome in the MIRACL study 

      Kinlay, Scott; Schwartz, Gregory Richard; Olsson, Anders G.; Rifai, Nader; Bao, Weihang; Libby, Peter; Ganz, Peter (Elsevier BV, 2009)
      Objective To examine the relationship of baseline tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) to early cardiovascular risk after an acute coronary syndrome, and the effect of intensive statin therapy. Methods We measured ...

    • The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates 

      Studenski, Stephanie A.; Peters, Katherine W.; Alley, Dawn E.; Cawthon, Peggy M.; McLean, Robert R.; Harris, Tamara B.; Ferrucci, Luigi; Guralnik, Jack M.; Fragala, Maren S.; Kenny, Anne M.; Kiel, Douglas P.; Kritchevsky, Stephen B.; Shardell, Michelle D.; Dam, Thuy-Tien L.; Vassileva, Maria T. (Oxford University Press, 2014)
      Background. Low muscle mass and weakness are common and potentially disabling in older adults, but in order to become recognized as a clinical condition, criteria for diagnosis should be based on clinically relevant ...

    • Goals in Geriatric Assessment: Are We Measuring the Right Outcomes? 

      Bradley, E. H.; Bogardus, S. T.; van Doorn, C.; Williams, C. S.; Cherlin, E.; Inouye, Sharon (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2000)
      Previous evaluative studies of outpatient geriatric assessment have focused on a limited set of outcomes related to functioning, health services utilization, and costs. The purpose of this study was to identify important ...

    • Higher risk of death and stroke in patients with persistent vs. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results from the ROCKET-AF Trial 

      Steinberg, Benjamin A.; Hellkamp, Anne S.; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Patel, Manesh R.; Breithardt, Günter; Hankey, Graeme J.; Becker, Richard C.; Singer, Daniel E.; Halperin, Jonathan L.; Hacke, Werner; Nessel, Christopher C.; Berkowitz, Scott D.; Mahaffey, Kenneth W.; Fox, Keith A.A.; Califf, Robert M.; Piccini, Jonathan P. (Oxford University Press, 2014)
      Aim Anticoagulation prophylaxis for stroke is recommended for at-risk patients with either persistent or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). We compared outcomes in patients with persistent vs. paroxysmal AF receiving ...

    • The New Zealand 1986 very low birth weight cohort as young adults: mapping the road ahead 

      Darlow, Brian A.; Horwood, L. John; Woodward, Lianne J.; Elliott, John M.; Troughton, Richard W.; Elder, Mark J.; Epton, Michael J.; Stanton, Josh D.; Swanney, Maureen P.; Keenan, Ross; Melzer, Tracy R.; McKelvey, Victoria A.; Levin, Karelia; Meeks, Margaret G.; Espiner, Eric A.; Cameron, Vicky A; Martin, Julia (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Very low birth weight (less than 1500 g) is associated with increased morbidity and costs of health care in childhood. Emerging evidence suggests these infants face a range of health and social problems as young ...