Curriculum Vitae John Spertus, md mph facc faha

Spertus JA, Jones PG. Development and Validation of a Short Version of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(5):469-476. PMCID: 4885562.

Arnold SV, Jang JS, Tang F, Graham G, Cohen DJ, Spertus JA, Predication of residual angina after percutaneous coronary intervention. Euro Heart J, 2015;1:23-30.

Spatz ES, Curry LA, Masoudi FA, Zhou S, Strait KM, Gross CP, Curtis JP, Lansky AJ, Soares Barreto-Filho JA, Lampropulos JF, Bueno H, Chaudhry SI, D'Onofrio G, Safdar B, Dreyer RP, Murugiah K, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. The Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) Classification System: A Taxonomy for Young Women With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2015;132(18):1710-1718. PMCID: 4858327.

Kent DM, Ruthazer R, Decker C, Jones PG, Saver JL, Bluhmki E, Spertus JA. Development and validation of a simplified Stroke-Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument. Neurology. 2015;85(11):942-949. PMCID: 4567461.

Buchanan DM, Arnold SV, Gosch KL, Jones PG, Longmore LS, Spertus JA, Cresci S. Association of Smoking Status With Angina and Health-Related Quality of Life After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(5):493-500. PMCID: 4703446.

Zhang L, Desai NR, Li J, Hu S, Wang Q, Li X, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Nuti SV, Wang S, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. National Quality Assessment of Early Clopidogrel Therapy in Chinese Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in 2006 and 2011: Insights From the China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)-Retrospective AMI Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(7). PMCID:4608074.

Swiger KJ, Martin SS, Tang F, Blaha MJ, Blumenthal RS, Alexander KP, Arnold SV, Spertus JA. Cognitive and Physical Function by Statin Exposure in Elderly Individuals Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Clin Cardiol. 2015;38(8):455-461.

Qian F, Parzynski CS, Chaudhry SI, Hannan EL, Shaw BA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes: Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes). JACC Heart Fail. 2015;3(7):531-538.

El-Refai M, Hrobowski T, Peterson EL, Wells K, Spertus JA, Williams LK, Lanfear DE. Race and association of angiotensin converting enzyme/angiotensin receptor blocker exposure with outcome in heart failure. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2015;16(9):591-596. PMCID: 4330118.

Dreyer RP, Ranasinghe I, Wang Y, Dharmarajan K, Murugiah K, Nuti SV, Hsieh AF, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in the Rate, Timing and Principal Diagnoses of 30-Day Readmissions in Younger Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2015; 32(3):158-166.

Stolker JM, Badawi O, Spertus JA, Nasir A, Kennedy KF, Harris IH, Franey CS, Hsu VD, Ripple GR, Howell GH, Lem VM, Chan PS. Intensive Care Units With Low Versus High Volume of Myocardial Infarction: Clinical Outcomes, Resource Utilization, and Quality Metrics. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(6). PMCID: 4599521.

Kramer DB, Matlock DD, Buxton AE, Goldstein NE, Goodwin C, Green AR, Kirkpatrick JN, Knoepke C, Lampert R, Mueller PS, Reynolds MR, Spertus JA, Stevenson LW, Mitchell SL. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use in Older Adults: Proceedings of a Hartford Change AGEnts Symposium. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(4):437-446. PMCID: 4512855.

Guan W, Murugiah K, Downing N, Li J, Wang Q, Ross JS, Desai NR, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Li X, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. National Quality Assessment Evaluating Spironolactone Use During Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in China: China Patient-centered Evaluation Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE)-Retrospective AMI Study, 2001, 2006, and 2011. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(6). PMCID: 4599529.

Freeman JV, Simon DN, Go AS, Spertus J, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Hylek EM, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Thomas LE, Chang P, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Association Between Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Patient Outcomes: Results From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF). Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(4):393-402.

Basch E, Spertus J, Adams Dudley R, Wu A, Chuahan C, Cohen P, Smith ML, Black N, Crawford A, Christensen K, Blake K, Goertz C. Methods for Developing Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures (PRO-PMs). Value Health. 2015;18(4):493-504.

Arnold SV, Li SX, Alexander KP, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Curtis JP, Kosiborod M, Gupta A, Wang TY, Lin H, Dharmarajan K, Strait KM, Lowe TJ, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(6). PMCID: 4599539.

Je HG, Kim BH, Cho KI, Jang JS, Park YH, Spertus J. Correlation between Patient-Reported Symptoms and Ankle-Brachial Index after Revascularization for Peripheral Arterial Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2015;16(5):11355-11368. PMCID: 4463704.

Jang JS, Buchanan DM, Gosch KL, Jones PG, Sharma PK, Shafiq A, Grodzinsky A, Fendler TJ, Graham G, Spertus JA. Association of smoking status with health-related outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015;8(5). PMCID: 4435805.

Hawkins BM, Kennedy KF, Aronow HD, Nguyen LL, White CJ, Rosenfield K, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Yeh RW. Hospital variation in carotid stenting outcomes. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015;8(6):858-863.

Gupta A, Chui P, Zhou S, Spertus JA, Geda M, Lorenze N, Lee I, G DO, Lichtman JH, Alexander KP, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Frequency and Effects of Excess Dosing of Anticoagulants in Patients Am J Cardiol. 2015;116(1):1-7. PMCID: 4466069.

Eapen ZJ, Tang F, Jones PG, Maddox TM, Oetgen WJ, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Heidenreich PA, Peterson ED, Drozda JP, Jr. Variation in performance measure criteria significantly affects cardiology practice rankings: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence Registry. Am Heart J. 2015;169(6):847-853.

Chan PS, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Curtis LH, Li Y, Hammill BG, Nallamothu BK. Effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in survivors of inhospital cardiac arrest. Am Heart J. 2015;169(6):870-878 e871. PMCID: 4451609.

Bradley SM, Chan PS, Hartigan PM, Nallamothu BK, Weintraub WS, Sedlis SP, Dada M, Maron DJ, Kostuk WJ, Berman DS, Teo KK, Mancini GB, Boden WE, Spertus JA. Validation of the Appropriate Use Criteria for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease (from the COURAGE Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2015;116(2):167-173.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Lipska KJ, Tang F, Goyal A, McGuire DK, Cresci S, Maddox TM, Kosiborod M. Association between diabetes mellitus and angina after acute myocardial infarction: analysis of the TRIUMPH prospective cohort study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2015;22(6):779-787. PMCID: 4199926.

Zhan L, Masoudi FA, Li X, Hu S, Venkatesh AK, Spertus JA, Lin Z, Desai NR, Li J, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Trends in Cardiac Biomarker Testing in China for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-Retrospective AMI Study. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0122237. PMCID: 4404305.

Fendler TJ, Spertus JA, Gosch KL, Jones PG, Bruce JM, Nassif ME, Flint KM, Dunlay SM, Allen LA, Arnold SV. Incidence and predictors of cognitive decline in patients with left ventricular assist devices. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(3):285-291. PMCID: 4418227.

Dreyer RP, Wang Y, Strait KM, Lorenze NP, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Gender Differences in the Trajectory of Recovery in Health Status Among Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients (VIRGO) Study. Circulation. 2015;131(22):1971-1980. PMCID: 4657729.

Arnold SV, Stolker JM, Lipska KJ, Jones PG, Spertus JA, McGuire DK, Inzucchi SE, Goyal A, Maddox TM, Lind M, Gumber D, Shore S, Kosiborod M. Recognition of incident diabetes mellitus during an acute myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(3):260-267. PMCID: 4439264.

Vassileva CM, McNeely C, Spertus J, Markwell S, Hazelrigg S. Hospital volume, mitral repair rates, and mortality in mitral valve surgery in the elderly: An analysis of US hospitals treating Medicare fee-for-service patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015;149(3):762-768 e761.

Spertus JA, Decker C, Gialde E, Jones PG, McNulty EJ, Bach R, Chhatriwalla AK. Precision medicine to improve use of bleeding avoidance strategies and reduce bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: prospective cohort study before and after implementation of personalized bleeding risks. BMJ. 2015;350:h1302. PMCID: 4462518.

Smolderen KG, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Zhou S, Lichtman JH, Geda M, Bueno H, Beltrame J, Safdar B, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Depressive Symptoms in Younger Women and Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(4). PMCID: 4579927.

Shore S, Jones PG, Maddox TM, Bradley SM, Stolker JM, Arnold SV, Parashar S, Peterson P, Bhatt DL, Spertus J, Ho PM. Longitudinal persistence with secondary prevention therapies relative to patient risk after myocardial infarction. Heart. 2015;101(10):800-807. PMCID: 4871817.

Ranasinghe I, Shojaee A, Bikdeli B, Gupta A, Chen R, Ross JS, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Poorly cited articles in peer-reviewed cardiovascular journals from 1997 to 2007: analysis of 5-year citation rates. Circulation. 2015;131(20):1755-1762. PMCID: 4560203.

D'Onofrio G, Safdar B, Lichtman JH, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, Geda M, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Sex Differences in Reperfusion in Young Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VIRGO Study. Circulation. 2015;131(15):1324-1332. PMCID: 4652789.

Liu J, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Wang Q, Murugiah K, Spatz ES, Li J, Li X, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Patterns of use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers among patients with acute myocardial infarction in China from 2001 to 2011: China PEACE-Retrospective AMI Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(2): e001343. PMCID: 4345866.

Lichtman JH, Leifheit-Limson EC, Watanabe E, Allen NB, Garavalia B, Garavalia LS, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Curry LA. Symptom recognition and healthcare experiences of young women with acute myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(2 Suppl 1):S31-38. PMCID: 4801001.

Zheng X, Dreyer RP, Hu S, Spatz ES, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Nasir K, Li X, Li J, Wang S, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. Age-specific gender differences in early mortality following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in China. Heart, 2015;101(5):349-355. PMCID: 4453015.

Brilakis ES, Banerjee S, Karmpaliotis D, Lombardi WL, Tsai TT, Shunk KA, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Holmes DR, Jr., Grantham JA. Procedural Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report From the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). JACC Cardiovasc Interv, 2015;8(2):245-253.

Xu X, Bao H, Strait K, Spertus JA, Lichtman JH, D'Onofrio G, Spatz E, Bucholz EM, Geda M, Lorenze NP, Bueno H, Beltrame JF, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in perceived stress and early recovery in young and middle-aged patients with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation, 2015;131(7):614-623. PMCID:4652932.

Arnold SV, Smolderen KG, Kennedy KF, Li Y, Shore S, Stolker JM, Wang TY, Jones PG, Zhao Z, Spertus JA. Risk factors for rehospitalization for acute coronary syndromes and unplanned revascularization following acute myocardial infarction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4(2): e 001352. PMCID: 4345868.

Grady KL, Naftel DC, Myers S, Dew MA, Weidner G, Spertus JA, Idrissi K, Lee HB, McGee EC, Kirklin JK. Change in health-related quality of life from before to after destination therapy mechanical circulatory support is similar for older and younger patients: Analyses from INTERMACS. J Heart Lung Transplant, 2015;34(2):213-221. PMCID: 4329289.

Spertus JA, Bach R, Bethea C, Chhatriwalla A, Curtis JP, Gialde E, Guerrero M, Gosch K, Jones PG, Kugelmass A, Leonard BM, McNulty EJ, Shelton M, Ting HH, Decker C: Improving the process of informed consent for percutaneous coronary intervention: Patient Outcomes from the Patient Risk Information Services Manager (ePRISM) study. Am Heart J. 2015; 169(2):234-241 e231. PMCID: 4315511.

Trivedi R, Gerrity M, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Sun H, McDonell M, Doak M, Lucas L, Fihn SD. Angina Symptom Burden Associated with Depression Status Among Veterans with Ischemic Heart Disease. Ann Behav Med, 2015;49(1):58-65.

Hess CN, Rao SV, McCoy LA, Neely ML, Singh M, Spertus JA, Krone RJ, Weaver WD, Peterson ED. Identification of hospital outliers in bleeding complications after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 2015;8(1):15-22. PMCID: 4303523.

Li J, Li X, Wang Q, Hu S, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in China from 2001 to 2011 (the China PEACE-Retrospective Acute Myocardial Infarction Study): a retrospective analysis of hospital data. Lancet. 2015;385(9966):441-451. PMCID: 4415374.

Hamo CE, Heitner JF, Pfeffer MA, Kim HY, Kenwood CT, Assmann SF, Solomon SD, Boineau R, Fleg JL, Spertus JA, Lewis EF. Baseline distribution of participants with depression and impaired quality of life in the treatment of preserved cardiac function heart failure with an aldosterone antagonist trial. Circ Heart Fail. 2015;8(2):268-277.

Do R, Stitziel NO, Won HH, Jorgensen AB, Duga S, Angelica Merlini P, Kiezun A, Farrall M, Goel A, Zuk O, Guella I, Asselta R, Lange LA, Peloso GM, Auer PL, Girelli D, Martinelli N, Farlow DN, DePristo MA, Roberts R, Stewart AF, Saleheen D, Danesh J, Epstein SE, Sivapalaratnam S, Hovingh GK, Kastelein JJ, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Erdmann J, Shah SH, Kraus WE, Davies R, Nikpay M, Johansen CT, Wang J, Hegele RA, Hechter E, Marz W, Kleber ME, Huang J, Johnson AD, Li M, Burke GL, Gross M, Liu Y, Assimes TL, Heiss G, Lange EM, Folsom AR, Taylor HA, Olivieri O, Hamsten A, Clarke R, Reilly DF, Yin W, Rivas MA, Donnelly P, Rossouw JE, Psaty BM, Herrington DM, Wilson JG, Rich SS, Bamshad MJ, Tracy RP, Cupples LA, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, Spertus JA, Cresci S, Hartiala J, Tang WH, Hazen SL, Allayee H, Reiner AP, Carlson CS, Kooperberg C, Jackson RD, Boerwinkle E, Lander ES, Schwartz SM, Siscovick DS, McPherson R, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Abecasis GR, Watkins H, Nickerson DA, Ardissino D, Sunyaev SR, O'Donnell CJ, Altshuler D, Gabriel S, Kathiresan S: Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction. Nature. 2015; 518(7537):102-106. PMCID: 4319990.

Aronow HD, Gurm HS, Blankenship JC, Czeisler CA, Wang TY, McCoy LA, Neely ML, Spertus JA. Middle-of-the-Night Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and its Association With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes Performed the Following Day: An Analysis From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015; 8(1 Pt A):49-56.

Li Q, Lin Z, Masoudi FA, Li J, Li X, Hernandez-Diaz S, Nuti SV, Li L, Wang Q, Spertus JA, Hu FB, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. National trends in hospital length of stay for acute myocardial infarction in China. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2015;15:9. PMCID: 4360951.

Bennett KK, Buchanan DM, Jones PG, Spertus JA. Socioeconomic status, cognitive-emotional factors, and health status following myocardial infarction: testing the Reserve Capacity Model. J Behav Med. 2015;38(1):110-121.

Depta JP, Lenzini PA, Lanfear DE, Wang TY, Spertus JA, Bach RG, Cresci S. Clinical outcomes associated with proton pump inhibitor use among clopidogrel-treated patients within CYP2C19 genotype groups following acute myocardial infarction. Pharmacogenomics J. 2015;15(1):20-25. PMCID: 4287459.

Wang Y, Lichtman JH, Dharmarajan K, Masoudi FA, Ross JS, Dodson JA, Chen J, Spertus JA, Chaudhry SI, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. National trends in stroke after acute myocardial infarction among Medicare patients in the United States: 1999 to 2010. Am Heart J, 2015;169(1):78-85 e74. PMCID: 4824179.

Martin SS, Khokhar AA, May HT, Kulkarni KR, Blaha MJ, Joshi PH, Toth PP, Muhlestein JB, Anderson JL, Knight S, Li Y, Spertus JA, Jones SR. HDL cholesterol subclasses, myocardial infarction, and

mortality in secondary prevention: the lipoprotein investigators collaborative. Eur Heart J, 2015; 36(1): 22-30. PMCID: 4286318.

Dreyer RP, van Zitteren M, Beltrame JF, Fitridge R, Denollet J, Vriens PW, Spertus JA, Smolderen KG. Gender differences in health status and adverse outcomes among patients with peripheral arterial disease. J Am Heart Assoc, 2015;4(1):e000863. PMCID: 4330046.

Lindau ST, Abramsohn EM, Bueno H, D'Onofrio G, Lichtman JH, Lorenze NP, Mehta Sanghani R, Spatz ES, Spertus JA, Strait K, Wroblewski K, Zhou S, Krumholz HM. Sexual activity and counseling in the first month after acute myocardial infarction among younger adults in the United States and Spain: a prospective, observational study. Circulation. 2014;130(25):2302-2309. PMCID: 4322946.

Tsai TT, Patel UD, Chang TI, Kennedy KF, Masoudi FA, Matheny ME, Kosiborod M, Amin AP, Weintraub WS, Curtis JP, Messenger JC, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. Validated Contemporary Risk Model of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Cath-PCI Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3(6). PMCID: 4338731.

Vassileva C M, Ghazanfari N, Spertus J, McNeely C, Markwell S, Hazelrigg S. Heart failure readmission after mitral valve repair and replacement: five-year follow-up in the medicare population. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014;98(5):1544-1550.

Clements MA, Lind M, Raman S, Patton SR, Lipska KJ, Fridlington AG, Tang F, Jones PG, Wu Y, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M. Age at diagnosis predicts deterioration in glycaemic control among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2014;2(1):e000039. PMCID:4212563.

Arnold SV, Lipska KJ, Inzucchi SE, Li Y, Jones PG, McGuire DK, Goyal A, Stolker JM, Lind M, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M. The reliability of in-hospital diagnoses of diabetes mellitus in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2014;2(1):e000046. PMCID:4242083.

Stitziel NO, Won HH, Morrison AC, Peloso GM, Do R, Lange LA, Fontanillas P, Gupta N, Duga S, Goel A, Farrall M, Saleheen D, Ferrario P, Konig I, Asselta R, Merlini PA, Marziliano N, Notarangelo MF, Schick U, Auer P, Assimes TL, Reilly M, Wilensky R, Rader DJ, Hovingh GK, Meitinger T, Kessler T, Kastrati A, Laugwitz KL, Siscovick D, Rotter JI, Hazen SL, Tracy R, Cresci S, Spertus J, Jackson R, Schwartz SM, Natarajan P, Crosby J, Muzny D, Ballantyne C, Rich SS, O'Donnell CJ, Abecasis G, Sunyaev S, Nickerson DA, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Austin E, Ye Z, Kullo IJ, Weeke PE, Shaffer CM, Bastarache LA, Denny JC, Roden DM, Palmer C, Deloukas P, Lin DY, Tang ZZ, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Danesh J, Marrugat J, Elosua R, Ardissino D, McPherson R, Watkins H, Reiner AP, Wilson JG, Altshuler D, Gibbs RA, Lander ES, Boerwinkle E, Gabriel S, Kathiresan S. Inactivating mutations in NPC1L1 and protection from coronary heart disease. NEJM. 2014;371(22):2072-2082. PMCID: 4335708.

Vigen R, Spertus JA, Maddox TM, Ho PM, Jones PG, Arnold SV, Masoudi FA, Bradley SM. Hospital-Level Variation in Angina and Mortality at 1 Year After Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(6):851-856. PMCID: 4492517.

Phadnis MA, Shireman TI, Wetmore JB, Rigler SK, Zhou X, Spertus JA, Ellerbeck EF, Mahnken JD. Estimation of Drug Effectiveness by Modeling Three Time-dependent Covariates: An Application to Data on Cardioprotective Medications in the Chronic Dialysis Population. Stat Biopharm Res. 2014;6(3):229-240. PMCID:4203430.

Kim BH, Cho KI, Spertus J, Park YH, Je HG, Shin MS, Lee JH, Jang JS. Peripheral artery questionnaire improves ankle brachial index screening in symptomatic patients with peripheral artery disease. Int J Clin Pract. 2014;68(12):1488-1495.

Chan PS, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Curtis LH, Li Y, Hammill BG, Spertus JA. Readmission rates and long-term hospital costs among survivors of an in-hospital cardiac arrest. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(6):889-895. PMCID: 4241155.

Bucholz EM, Strait KM, Dreyer RP, Geda M, Spatz ES, Bueno H, Lichtman JH, D'Onofrio G, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Effect of Low Perceived Social Support on Health Outcomes in Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young AMI Patients) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3(5):e001252.

Arnold SV, Kosiborod M, Li Y, Jones PG, Yue P, Belardinelli L, Spertus JA. Comparison of the Seattle Angina Questionnaire With Daily Angina Diary in the TERISA Clinical Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(6):844-850.

Safley DM, Grantham JA, Hatch J, Jones PG, Spertus JA. Quality of life benefits of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic occlusions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;84(4):629-634. PMCID: 4277434.

Arnold SV, McGuire DK, Spertus JA, Li Y, Yue P, Ben-Yehuda O, Belardinelli L, Jones PG, Olmsted A, Chaitman BR, Kosiborod M. Effectiveness of ranolazine in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic stable angina according to baseline hemoglobin A1c. Am Heart J. 2014;168(4):457-465 e452.

Wasfy JH, Strom JB, Waldo SW, O'Brien C, Wimmer NJ, Zai AH, Luttrell J, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Normand SL, Mauri L, Yeh RW. Clinical preventability of 30-day readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3(5):e001290. PMCID: 4323776.

Seymour CW, Cooke CR, Heckbert SR, Spertus JA, Callaway CW, Martin-Gill C, Yealy DM, Rea TD, Angus DC. Prehospital intravenous access and fluid resuscitation in severe sepsis: an observational cohort study. Crit Care. 2014;18(5):533. PMCID: 4212132.

Arnold SV, Lipska KJ, Li Y, McGuire DK, Goyal A, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M. Prevalence of glucose abnormalities among patients presenting with an acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2014;168(4):466-470 e461. PMCID: 4180044.

Smith CE, Piamjariyakul U, Wick JA, Spertus JA, Russell C, Dalton KM, Elyachar A, Vacek JL, Reeder KM, Nazir N, Ellerbeck EF. Multidisciplinary Group Clinic Appointments: The Self-Management and Care of Heart Failure (SMAC-HF) Trial. Circ Heart Fail. 2014;7(6):888-894. PMCID: 4241146.

Mark DB, Knight JD, Velazquez EJ, Wasilewski J, Howlett JG, Smith PK, Spertus JA, Rajda M, Yadav R, Hamman BL, Malinowski M, Naik A, Rankin G, Harding TM, Drew LA, Desvigne-Nickens P, Anstrom KJ. Quality-of-Life Outcomes With Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2014;161(6):392-399. PMCID:4182862.

Beatty AL, Spertus JA, Whooley MA. Frequency of Angina Pectoris and Secondary Events in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study). Am J Cardiol. 2014;114(7):997-1002. PMCID: 4163066.

Stolker JM, Spertus JA, Cohen DJ, Jones PG, Jain KK, Bamberger E, Lonergan BB, Chan PS. Rethinking composite end points in clinical trials: insights from patients and trialists. Circulation. 2014;130(15):1254-1261. PMCID: 4275445.

Kureshi F, Jones PG, Buchanan DM, Abdallah MS, Spertus JA. Variation in patients' perceptions of elective percutaneous coronary intervention in stable coronary artery disease: cross sectional study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2014;349:g5309. PMCID: 4157615.

Bradley SM, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Nallamothu BK, Chan PS, Patel MR, Bryson CL, Malenka DJ, Rumsfeld JS. Patient selection for diagnostic coronary angiography and hospital-level percutaneous coronary intervention appropriateness: insights from the national cardiovascular data registry. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(10):1630-1639. PMCID: 4276416.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Lipska KJ, Lanfear DE, Tang F, Grodzinsky A, McGuire DK, Gore MO, Goyal A, Maddox TM, Kosiborod M. Type of beta-blocker use among patients with versus without diabetes after myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2014;168(3):273-279 e271. PMCID:4151261.

Chan PS, Jones PG, Arnold SA, Spertus JA. Development and validation of a short version of the Seattle angina questionnaire. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(5):640-647. PMCID: 4282595.

Arnold SV, Kosiborod M, McGuire DK, Li Y, Yue P, Ben-Yehuda O, Spertus JA. Effects of ranolazine on quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus and stable angina. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(8):1403-1405.

Salisbury AC, Reid KJ, Marso SP, Amin AP, Alexander KP, Wang TY, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M. Blood transfusion during acute myocardial infarction: association with mortality and variability across hospitals. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(8):811-819.

Shireman TI, Phadnis MA, Wetmore JB, Zhou X, Rigler SK, Spertus JA, Ellerbeck EF, Mahnken JD. Antihypertensive Medication Exposure and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients. Am J Nephrol. 2014;40(2):113-122. PMCID: 4175183.

Bikdeli B, Wayda B, Bao H, Ross JS, Xu X, Chaudhry SI, Spertus JA, Bernheim SM, Lindenauer PK, Krumholz HM. Place of residence and outcomes of patients with heart failure: analysis from the telemonitoring to improve heart failure outcomes trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(5):749-756.

Kosiborod M, Arnold SV, Spertus JA, McGuire DK, Yue P, Ben-Yehuda O, Belardinelli L, Chaitman BR. Reply: In Regard to the TERISA Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(4):420-421.

Gupta A, Wang Y, Spertus JA, Geda M, Lorenze N, Nkonde-Price C, D'Onofrio G, Lichtman JH, Krumholz HM. Trends in acute myocardial infarction in young patients and differences by sex and race, 2001 to 2010. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(4):337-345.PMCID: 4415523.

Gruberg L, Jeremias A, Rundback JH, Anderson HV, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Rosenfield KA. Impact of Glomerular filtration rate on clinical outcomes after carotid artery revascularization in 11,832 patients from the CARE registry((R)). Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;84(2):246-254.

Jayaram N, Spertus JA, Nadkarni V, Berg RA, Tang F, Raymond T, Guerguerian AM, Chan PS. Hospital variation in survival after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(4):517-523. PMCID: 4276414.

Jain KK, Hauptman PJ, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Bateman TM, Jacobson AF, Stolker JM. Incremental utility of iodine-123 meta-iodobenzylguanidine imaging beyond established heart failure risk models. J Card Fail. 2014;20(8):577-583.

Wimmer NJ, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Anderson HV, Curtis JP, Weintraub WS, Singh M, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Yeh RW. Clinical prediction model suitable for assessing hospital quality for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3(3):e000728.

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Girotra S, Cram P, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Li Y, Jones PG, Chan PS. Hospital Variation in Survival Trends for In-hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3(3):e000871. PMCID: 4309112.

Chamberlain AM, Manemann SM, Dunlay SM, Spertus JA, Moser DK, Berardi C, Kane RL, Weston SA, Redfield MM, Roger VL: Self-rated health predicts healthcare utilization in heart failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014; 3(3):e000931. PMCID: 4309095.

Maddox TM, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Tang F, Jones P, Ho PM, Bradley SM, Tsai TT, Bhatt DL, Peterson PN. Variations in coronary artery disease secondary prevention prescriptions among outpatient cardiology practices: insights from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;63(6):539-546. PMCID: 3990248.

Abdallah MS, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Kennedy KF, Arnold SV, Chan PS. Symptoms and angiographic findings of patients undergoing elective coronary angiography without prior stress testing. Am J Cardiol.2014;114(3):348-354. PMCID: 4275109.

Cresci S, Depta JP, Lenzini PA, Li AY, Lanfear DE, Province MA, Spertus JA, Bach RG. Cytochrome p450 gene variants, race, and mortality among clopidogrel-treated patients after acute myocardial infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014;7(3):277-286. PMCID:4104276.

Arnold SV, Kosiborod M, Tang F, Zhao Z, McCollam PL, Birt J, Spertus JA. Changes in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels After Discharge for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Real-World Patient Population. Am J Epidemiol. 2014;179(11):1293-1300. PMCID: 4036213.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Lipska KJ, Tang F, Goyal A, McGuire DK, Cresci S, Maddox TM, Kosiborod M. Association between diabetes mellitus and angina after acute myocardial infarction: analysis of the TRIUMPH prospective cohort study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014. PMCID: 4199926.

Sauser K, Spertus JA, Pierchala L, Davis E, Pang PS. Quality of life assessment for acute heart failure patients from emergency department presentation through 30 days after discharge: A pilot study with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire. J Card Fail. 2014;20(5):378 e311-375.

Chen LS, Bach RG, Lenzini PA, Spertus JA, Bierut LJ, Cresci S. CHRNA5 Variant Predicts Smoking Cessation in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014;16(9):1224-1231. PMCID: 4155476.

Abdallah MS, Kosiborod M, Tang F, Karrowni WY, Maddox TM, McGuire DK, Spertus JA, Arnold SV. Patterns and predictors of intensive statin therapy among patients with diabetes mellitus after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2014;113(8):1267-1272. PMCID: 4275115.

Katzan IL, Spertus J, Bettger JP, Bravata DM, Reeves MJ, Smith EE, Bushnell C, Higashida RT, Hinchey JA, Holloway RG, Howard G, King RB, Krumholz HM, Lutz BJ, Yeh RW. Risk adjustment of ischemic stroke outcomes for comparing hospital performance: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2014;45(3):918-44.

Kramer DB, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Normand SL, Noseworthy PA, Buxton AE, Josephson ME, Zimetbaum PJ, Mitchell SL, Reynolds MR. Mortality risk following replacement implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation at end of battery life: results from the NCDR. Heart Rhythm. 2014;11(2):216-21. PMCID: 4001927.

Mastenbroek MH, Versteeg H, Zijlstra W, Meine M, Spertus JA, Pedersen SS. Disease-specific health status as a predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Eur J Heart Fail. 2014; 16(4):384-393.

Spatz ES, Sheth SD, Gosch KL, Desai MM, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Usual source of care and outcomes following acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med. 2014;29(6):862-869. PMCID: 4026492.

Tsai TT, Patel UD, Chang TI, Kennedy KF, Masoudi FA, Matheny ME, Kosiborod M, Amin AP, Messenger JC, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. Contemporary Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the NCDR Cath-PCI Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;7(1):1-9. PMCID: 4122507.

Salisbury AC, Reid KJ, Amin AP, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M. Variation in the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Anemia During Hospitalization With Acute Myocardial Infarction (Data from 57 US Hospitals). Am J Cardiol. 2014;113(7):1130-1136.

Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Hayes SW, Bates ER, Maron DJ, Teo K, Sedlis SP, Chaitman BR, Weintraub WS, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Dada M, Booth DC, Boden WE. Predicting Outcome in the COURAGE Trial (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation): Coronary Anatomy Versus Ischemia. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;7(2):195-201.

Arnold SV, Kosiborod M, Tang F, Zhao Z, Maddox TM, McCollam PL, Birt J, Spertus JA. Patterns of statin initiation, intensification, and maximization among patients hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2014;129(12):1303-1309. PMCID: 4103689.

Arnold SV, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Li Y, Jones PG, Spertus JA. Derivation and validation of a risk standardization model for benchmarking hospital performance for health-related quality of life outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2014;129(3):313-20. PMCID:4103693.

Sauser K, Spertus JA, Pierchala L, Davis E, Pang PS. Quality of Life Assessment for Acute Heart Failure Patients from Emergency Department Presentation Through 30 Days After Discharge: A pilot study with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire. J Card Fail. 2014;20(1):18-22.

Wasfy JH, Strom JB, O'Brien C, Zai AH, Luttrell J, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Zelevinsky K, Normand SL, Mauri L, Yeh RW. Causes of short-term readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Interv, 2014;7(1):97-103.

Chen LM, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Tang F, Chan PS. Association Between a Hospital's Quality Performance for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Common Medical Conditions. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6(6):700-7. PMCID: 4465597.

Peterson PN, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Tang F, Jones PG, Ezekowitz JA, Allen LA, Masoudi FA, Maddox TM. Practice-level Variation in Use of Recommended Medications Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: Insights From the NCDR PINNACLE Program. Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6(6):1132-8. PMCID: 3894058.

Parashar S, Kella D, Reid KJ, Spertus JA, Tang F, Langberg J, Vaccarino V, Kontos MC, Lopes RD, Lloyd MS. New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Relation to Admission Biomarkers (from the TRIUMPH Registry). Am J Cardiol. 2013;112(9):1390-5. PMCID: 4323174.

Joseph SM, Novak E, Arnold SV, Jones PG, Khattak H, Platts AE, Davila-Roman V, Mann DL, Spertus JA. Comparable Performance of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6(6):1139-46.

Abdallah MS, Wang K, Magnuson EA, Spertus JA, Farkouh ME, Fuster V, Cohen DJ. Quality of life after PCI vs CABG among patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2013;310(15):1581-90. PMCID: 4370776.

Al Badarin FJ, Spertus JA, Gosch KL, Buchanan DM, Chan PS. Initiation of statin therapy after acute myocardial infarction is not associated with worsening depressive symptoms: Insights from the Prospective Registry Evaluating Outcomes After Myocardial Infarctions: Events and Recovery (PREMIER) and Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registries. Am Heart J. 2013;166(5):879-86. PMCID: 3908456.

Miller AL, Gosch K, Daugherty SL, Rathore S, Peterson PN, Peterson ED, Ho PM, Chan PS, Lanfear DE, Spertus JA, Wang TY. Failure to reassess ejection fraction after acute myocardial infarction in potential implantable cardioverter/defibrillator candidates: Insights from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in acute Myocardial infarction Patients' Health Status (TRIUMPH) registry. Am Heart J. 2013;166(4):737-743. PMCID: 3801420.

Flint KM, Matlock DD, Sundareswaran KS, Lindenfeld J, Spertus JA, Farrar DJ, Allen LA. Pre-operative health status and outcomes after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013;32(12):1249-54. PMCID: 3838487.

Sedlis SP, Jurkovitz CT, Hartigan PM, Kolm P, Goldfarb DS, Lorin JD, Dada M, Maron DJ, Spertus JA, Mancini GB, Teo KK, Boden WE, Weintraub WS. Health Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease Treated With Optimal Medical Therapy or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Post Hoc Findings from the COURAGE Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2013;112(11):1703-8.

Chan PS, Rao SV, Bhatt DL, Rumsfeld JS, Gurm HS, Nallamothu BK, Cavender MA, Kennedy K, Spertus JA. Patient and Hospital Characteristics Associated with Inappropriate Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013; 62(24):2274-2281. PMCID: 3864986.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Lei Y, Green P, Kirtane AJ, Kapadia S, Thourani VH, Herrmann HC, Beohar N, Zajarias A, Mack MJ, Leon MB, Cohen DJ. How to Define a Poor Outcome After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Observations From the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013; 6(5):591-7. PMCID: 4251553.

Masoudi FA, Ponirakis A, Yeh RW, Maddox TM, Beachy J, Casale PN, Curtis JP, De Lemos J, Fonarow G, Heidenreich P, Koutras C, Kremers M, Messenger J, Moussa I, Oetgen WJ, Roe MT, Rosenfield K, Shields TS, Spertus JA, Wei J, White C, Young CH, Rumsfeld JS. Cardiovascular Care Facts: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry - 2011. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013; 62(21):1931-47.

Rao SV, McCoy LA, Spertus JA, Krone RJ, Singh M, Fitzgerald S, Peterson ED. An Updated Bleeding Model to Predict the Risk of Post-Procedure Bleeding Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report Using an Expanded Bleeding Definition From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2013;6(9):897-904.

Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Bates ER, Chaitman BR, Sedlis SP, Maron DJ, Kostuk WJ, Spertus JA, Teo KK, Dada M, Knudtson M, Berman DS, Booth DC, Boden WE, Weintraub WS. Prognostic importance of coronary anatomy and left ventricular ejection fraction despite optimal therapy: Assessment of residual risk in the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation Trial. Am Heart J. 2013;166(3):481-7.

Wetmore JB, Ellerbeck EF, Mahnken JD, Phadnis MA, Rigler SK, Spertus JA, Zhou X, Mukhopadhyay P, Shireman TI. Stroke and the "Stroke Belt" in Dialysis: Contribution of Patient Characteristics to Ischemic Stroke Rate and Its Geographic Variation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013;24(12):2053-61. PMCID: 3839545.

Brennan JM, Curtis JP, Dai D, Fitzgerald S, Khandelwal AK, Spertus JA, Rao SV, Singh M, Shaw RE, Ho KK, Krone RJ, Weintraub WS, Weaver WD, Peterson ED. Enhanced Mortality Risk Prediction With a Focus on High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results From 1,208,137 Procedures in the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2013;6(8):790-9.

Bin Abdulhak AA, Khan AR, Tleyjeh IM, Spertus JA, Sanders SU, Steigerwalt KE, Garbati MA, Bahmaid RA, Wimmer AP. Safety and efficacy of interrupted dabigatran for peri-procedural anticoagulation in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Europace. 2013;15(10):1412-20.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Daugherty SL, Maddox TM, Li Y, Dodson JA, Chan PS. Beyond medication prescription as performance measures: optimal secondary prevention medication dosing after acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62(19):1791-801. PMCID: 3819453.

Acharjee S, Boden WE, Hartigan PM, Teo KK, Maron DJ, Sedlis SP, Kostuk W, Spertus JA, Dada M, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS. Low Levels of High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis from the COURAGE Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62(20):1826-33.

Venkitachalam L, McGuire DK, Gosch K, Lipska K, Inzucchi SE, Lind M, Goyal A, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Jones PG, Kosiborod M. Temporal trends and hospital variation in the management of severe hyperglycemia among patients with acute myocardial infarction in the United States. Am Heart J. 2013;166(2):315-324.

Dorian P, Burk C, Mullin CM, Bubien R, Godejohn D, Reynolds MR, Lakkireddy DR, Wimmer AP, Bhandari A, Spertus J. Interpreting changes in quality of life in atrial fibrillation: How much change is meaningful? Am Heart J. 2013;166(2):381-387. e8.

Borden WB, Spertus JA, Mushlin AI, Roe MT, McCoy LA, Redberg RF. Antianginal therapy before percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013;6(4):436-43.

Abramsohn EM, Decker C, Garavalia B, Garavalia L, Gosch K, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Lindau ST. "I'm Not Just a Heart, I'm a Whole Person Here": A Qualitative Study to Improve Sexual Outcomes in Women With Myocardial Infarction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013;2(4):e000199. PMCID: 3828784.

Karrowni W, Li Y, Jones PG, Cresci S, Abdallah MS, Lanfear DE, Maddox TM, McGuire DK, Spertus JA, Horwitz PA. Insulin Resistance Is Associated With Significant Clinical Atherosclerosis in Nondiabetic Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013;33(9):2245-2251. PMCID: 3855677.

Leifheit-Limson EC, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Jones SB, Vaccarino V, Krumholz HM, Lichtman JH. Prevalence of Traditional Cardiac Risk Factors and Secondary Prevention Among Patients Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Variation by Age, Sex, and Race. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013;22(8):659-66.

Payvar S, Spertus JA, Miller AB, Casscells SW, Pang PS, Zannad F, Swedberg K, Maggioni AP, Reid KJ, Gheorghiade M. Association of low body temperature and poor outcomes in patients admitted with worsening heart failure: a substudy of the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan (EVEREST) trial. Eur J Heart Fail. 2013;15(12):1382-9.