Curriculum Vitae John Spertus, md mph facc faha

Spertus J, Dorian P, Bubien R, Lewis S, Godejohn D, Reynolds MR, Lakkireddy DR, Wimmer AP, Bhandari A, Burk C. Development and Validation of the Atrial Fibrillation Effect on QualiTy-of-Life (AFEQT) Questionnaire in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophiol. 2011;4(1):15-25.

Garavalia L, Garavalia B, Spertus JA, Decker C. Medication Discussion Questions (MedDQ): Developing a Guide to Facilitate Patient-Clinician Communication About Heart Medications. J Cardiovasc Nur. 2011;26(4):E12-E19. PMCID: 3114190.

Garavalia L, Ho PM, Garavalia B, Foody JM, Kruse H, Spertus JA, Decker C. Clinician-patient discord: exploring differences in perspectives for discontinuing clopidogrel. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2011;10(1):50-55. PMCID: 2932847.

Lanfear DE, Peterson EL, Campbell J, Phatak H, Wu D, Wells K, Spertus JA, Williams LK. Relation of worsened renal function during hospitalization for heart failure to long-term outcomes and rehospitalization. Am J Cardiol. 2011;107(1):74-78. PMCID: 3016846.

Longmore RB, Yeh RW, Kennedy KF, Anderson HV, White CJ, Longmore LS, Rosenfield K, Ho KK, Spertus JA. Clinical referral patterns for carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: results from the Carotid Artery Revascularization and Endarterectomy Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2011;4(1):88-94.

Beitelshees AL, Johnson JA, Hames ML, Gong Y, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Wu J, Cresci S, Ma CX, Pepine CJ, Province MA, Spertus JA, McLeod HL. Aromatase Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Survival among Patients with Cardiovascular Disease in a Sex-Specific Manner. PLoS One. 2010;5 (12):e15180. PMCID: 3000815.

Amin AP, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Lan X, Buchanan DM, Decker C, Masoudi FA. The prognostic importance of worsening renal function during an acute myocardial infarction on long-term mortality. Am Heart J. 2010;160(6):1065-1071.

Fonarow GC, Gregory T, Driskill M, Stewart MD, Beam C, Butler J, Jacobs AK, Meltzer NM, Peterson ED, Schwamm LH, Spertus JA, Yancy CW, Tomaselli GF, Sacco RL. Hospital certification for optimizing cardiovascular disease and stroke quality of care and outcomes. Circulation. 2010;122 (23):2459-2469.

Lichtman JH, Lorenze NP, D'Onofrio G, Spertus JA, Lindau ST, Morgan TM, Herrin J, Bueno H, Mattera JA, Ridker PM, Krumholz HM. Variation in recovery: Role of gender on outcomes of young AMI patients (VIRGO) study design. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010;3(6):684-693. PMCID: 3064946.

Chaudhry SI, Mattera JA, Curtis JP, Spertus JA, Herrin J, Lin Z, Phillips CO, Hodshon BV, Cooper LS, Krumholz HM. Telemonitoring in patients with heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(24):2301-2309. PMCID: 3237394.

Chan PS, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Cram P, Berg RA, Peberdy MA, Nadkarni V, Mancini ME, Nallamothu BK. Automated external defibrillators and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA. 2010;304(19):2129-2136.

Spertus JA, Bonow RO, Chan P, Diamond GA, Drozda JP, Jr., Kaul S, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Normand SL, Peterson ED, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS. ACCF/AHA New Insights Into the Methodology of Performance Measurement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;56 (21):1767-1782.

Ormiston JA, Abizaid A, Spertus J, Fajadet J, Mauri L, Schofer J, Verheye S, Dens J, Thuesen L, Dubois C, Hoffmann R, Wijns W, Fitzgerald PJ, Popma JJ, Macours N, Cebrian A, Stoll HP, Rogers C, Spaulding C. Six-Month Results of the NEVO RES-ELUTION I (NEVO RES-I) Trial: A Randomized, Multicenter Comparison of the NEVO Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent With the TAXUS Liberte Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions. Circ Cardiovasc Inter. 2010;3(6):556-564.

Ting HH, Chen AY, Roe MT, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Sullivan MD, DeLong ER, Bradley EH, Krumholz HM, Peterson ED. Delay from symptom onset to hospital presentation for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170 (20):1834-1841.

Spertus JA, Bonow RO, Chan P, Diamond GA, Drozda JP, Jr., Kaul S, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Normand SL, Peterson ED, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, DeLong E, Erwin JP, 3rd, Goff DC, Jr., Grady K, Green LA, Heidenreich PA, Jenkins KJ, Loth AR, Peterson ED, Shahian DM. ACCF/AHA new insights into the methodology of performance measurement: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on performance measures. Circulation. 2010;122 (20):2091-2106.

Assimes TL, Holm H, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Thorleifsson G, Voight BF, Erdmann J, Willenborg C, Vaidya D, Xie C, Patterson CC, Morgan TM, Burnett MS, Li M, Hlatky MA, Knowles JW, Thompson JR, Absher D, Iribarren C, Go A, Fortmann SP, Sidney S, Risch N, Tang H, Myers RM, Berger K, Stoll M, Shah SH, Thorgeirsson G, Andersen K, Havulinna AS, Herrera JE, Faraday N, Kim Y, Kral BG, Mathias RA, Ruczinski I, Suktitipat B, Wilson AF, Yanek LR, Becker LC, Linsel-Nitschke P, Lieb W, Konig IR, Hengstenberg C, Fischer M, Stark K, Reinhard W, Winogradow J, Grassl M, Grosshennig A, Preuss M, Schreiber S, Wichmann HE, Meisinger C, Yee J, Friedlander Y, Do R, Meigs JB, Williams G, Nathan DM, Macrae CA, Qu L, Wilensky RL, Matthai WH, Jr., Qasim AN, Hakonarson H, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler L, Lindsay JM, Waksman R, Knouff CW, Waterworth DM, Walker MC, Mooser VE, Marrugat J, Lucas G, Subirana I, Sala J, Ramos R, Martinelli N, Olivieri O, Trabetti E, Malerba G, Pignatti PF, Guiducci C, Mirel D, Parkin M, Hirschhorn JN, Asselta R, Duga S, Musunuru K, Daly MJ, Purcell S, Eifert S, Braund PS, Wright BJ, Balmforth AJ, Ball SG, Ouwehand WH, Deloukas P, Scholz M, Cambien F, Huge A, Scheffold T, Salomaa V, Girelli D, Granger CB, Peltonen L, McKeown PP, Altshuler D, Melander O, Devaney JM, Epstein SE, Rader DJ, Elosua R, Engert JC, Anand SS, Hall AS, Ziegler A, O'Donnell CJ, Spertus JA, Siscovick D, Schwartz SM, Becker D, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Schunkert H, Samani NJ, Quertermous T. Lack of Association Between the Trp719Arg Polymorphism in Kinesin-Like Protein-6 and Coronary Artery Disease in 19 Case-Control Studies. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;56(19):1552-1563 PMCID: 3084526.

Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Pina IL, Spertus J, Masoudi FA, DeLong E, Erwin JP, 3rd, Goff DC, Jr., Grady K, Green LA, Heidenreich PA, Jenkins KJ, Loth AR, Peterson ED, Shahian DM. Reprint--AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 update: performance measures on cardiac rehabilitation for referral to cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention services: a report of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Cardiac Rehabilitation). Phys Ther. 2010;90(10):1373-1382.

Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Pina IL, Spertus J. AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 Update: Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services Endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Physical Therapy Association, the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association, the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the Inter-American Heart Foundation, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;56(14):1159-1167.

Cresci S, Huss JM, Beitelshees AL, Jones PG, Minton MR, Dorn GW, Kelly DP, Spertus JA, McLeod HL. A PPARalpha promoter variant impairs ERR-dependent transactivation and decreases mortality after acute coronary ischemia in patients with diabetes. PLoS One. 2010;5(9):e12584. PMCID: 2933242.

Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Pina IL, Spertus J. AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 Update: Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services: A Report of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Cardiac Rehabilitation). J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2010;30(5):279-288.

Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Pina IL, Spertus J. AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 Update: Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services. A Report of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Cardiac Rehabilitation). Circulation. 2010;122(13):1342-1350.

Parashar S, Reid KJ, Spertus JA, Shaw LJ, Vaccarino V. Early menopause predicts angina after myocardial infarction. Menopause. 2010;17(5):938-945. PMCID: 3088434.

Chaitman BR, Hartigan PM, Booth DC, Teo KK, Mancini GB, Kostuk WJ, Spertus JA, Maron DJ, Dada M, O'Rourke RA, Weintraub WS, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Boden WE. Do Major Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease in the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation Trial Differ by Healthcare System? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010;3(5):476-483.

Chan PS, Oetgen WJ, Buchanan D, Mitchell K, Fiocchi FF, Tang F, Jones PG, Breeding T, Thrutchley D, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. Cardiac Performance Measure Compliance in Outpatients The American College of Cardiology and National Cardiovascular Data Registry's PINNACLE (Practice Innovation And Clinical Excellence) Program. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;56(1):8-14. PMCID: 2922046.

Smolderen KG, Spertus JA, Vriens PW, Kranendonk S, Nooren M, Denollet J. Younger women with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease are at increased risk of depressive symptoms. J Vasc Surg. 2010;52(3):637-644.

Carter MD, Lee JH, Buchanan DM, Peterson ED, Tang F, Reid KJ, Spertus JA, Valtos J, O'Keefe JH. Comparison of Outcomes Among Moderate Alcohol Drinkers Before Acute Myocardial Infarction to Effect of Continued Versus Discontinuing Alcohol Intake After the Infarct. Am J Cardiol. 2010;105(12):1651-1654.

Marso SP, Amin AP, House JA, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Rao SV, Cohen DJ, Messenger JC, Rumsfeld JS. Association between use of bleeding avoidance strategies and risk of periprocedural bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. JAMA. 2010;303(21):2156-2164.

Cheema A, Khalid A, Wimmer A, Bartone C, Chow T, Spertus JA, Chan PS. Fragmented QRS and Mortality Risk in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2010;3(4):339-344.

Salisbury AC, Alexander KP, Reid KJ, Masoudi FA, Rathore SS, Wang TY, Bach RG, Marso SP, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M. Incidence, Correlates, and Outcomes of Acute, Hospital-Acquired Anemia in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010;3(4):337-346. PMCID: 3384714.

Chan PS, Khumri T, Chung ES, Ghio S, Reid KJ, Gerritse B, Nallamothu BK, Spertus JA. Echocardiographic dyssynchrony and health status outcomes from cardiac resynchronization therapy: insights from the PROSPECT trial. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010;3(5):451-460.

Peterson ED, Dai D, DeLong ER, Brennan JM, Singh M, Rao SV, Shaw RE, Roe MT, Ho KK, Klein LW, Krone RJ, Weintraub WS, Brindis RG, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. Contemporary mortality risk prediction for percutaneous coronary intervention: results from 588,398 procedures in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(18):1923-1932.

Smolderen KG, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Tang F, Ross JS, Ting HH, Alexander KP, Rathore SS, Chan PS. Health care insurance, financial concerns in accessing care, and delays to hospital presentation in acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2010;303(14):1392-1400. PMCID: 3020978.

Grantham JA, Jones PG, Cannon L, Spertus JA. Quantifying the Early Health Status Benefits of Successful Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization: Results From the FlowCardia's Approach to Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization (FACTOR) Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcome. 2010; 3(3):284-290.

Stolker JM, Sun D, Conaway DG, Jones PG, Masoudi FA, Peterson PN, Krumholz HM, Kosiborod M, Spertus JA. Importance of measuring glycosylated hemoglobin in patients with myocardial infarction and known diabetes mellitus. Am J Cardiol. 2010;105(8):1090-1094. PMCID: 2856846.

Stolker JM, McCullough PA, Rao S, Inzucchi SE, Spertus JA, Maddox TM, Masoudi FA, Xiao L, Kosiborod M. Pre-procedural glucose levels and the risk for contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary angiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(14):1433-1440.

Maron DJ, Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Hartigan PM, Calfas KJ, Mancini GB, Spertus JA, Dada M, Kostuk WJ, Knudtson M, Harris CL, Sedlis SP, Zoble RG, Title LM, Gosselin G, Nawaz S, Gau GT, Blaustein AS, Bates ER, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Chaitman BR, Weintraub WS, Teo KK. Intensive Multifactorial Intervention for Stable Coronary Artery Disease Optimal Medical Therapy in the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation) Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(13):1348-1358.

Anderson HV, Rosenfield KA, White CJ, Ho KK, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Tang F, Cates CU, Jaff MR, Koroshetz WJ, Katzan IL, Hopkins LN, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG. Clinical features and outcomes of carotid artery stenting by clinical expert consensus criteria: A report from the CARE registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010;75(4):519-525.

Leifheit-Limson EC, Reid KJ, Kasl SV, Lin H, Jones PG, Buchanan DM, Parashar S, Peterson PN, Spertus JA, Lichtman JH. The Role of Social Support in Health Status and Depressive Symptoms After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for a Stronger Relationship Among Women. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010;3(2):143-150. PMCID: 3016989.

Dunlay SM, Gheorghiade M, Reid KJ, Allen LA, Chan PS, Hauptman PJ, Zannad F, Maggioni AP, Swedberg K, Konstam MA, Spertus JA. Critical elements of clinical follow-up after hospital discharge for heart failure: insights from the EVEREST trial. Eur J Heart Fail. 2010;12(4):367-374.

Chan PS, Oetgen WJ, Spertus JA. The Improving Continuous Cardiac Care (IC(3)) program and outpatient quality improvement. Am J Med. 2010;123(3):217-219.

Beitelshees AL, Finck BN, Leone TC, Cresci S, Wu J, Province MA, Fabbrini E, Kirk E, Zineh I, Klein S, Spertus JA, Kelly DP. Interaction between the UCP2 -866 G>A polymorphism, diabetes, and beta-blocker use among patients with acute coronary syndromes. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2010; 20(4):231-238. PMCID: 2842450.

Zhang Z, Mahoney EM, Kolm P, Spertus J, Caro J, Willke R, Weintraub WS. Cost Effectiveness of Eplerenone in Patients with Heart Failure after Acute Myocardial Infarction Who were Taking Both ACE Inhibitors and beta-Blockers: Subanalysis of the EPHESUS. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2010;10(1):55-63.

Ross JS, Chen J, Lin Z, Bueno H, Curtis JP, Keenan PS, Normand SL, Schreiner G, Spertus JA, Vidan MT, Wang Y, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Recent national trends in readmission rates after heart failure hospitalization. Circ Heart Fail. 2010;3(1):97-103. PMCID: 2830811.

Smolderen KG, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Buchanan DM, Krumholz HM, Denollet J, Vaccarino V, Chan PS. The Association of Cognitive and Somatic Depressive Symptoms With Depression Recognition and Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009;2(4):328-337. PMCID: 2779543.

Singh M, Peterson ED, Roe MT, Ou FS, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Anderson HV, Klein LW, Ho KK Holmes DR. Trends in the association between age and in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: national cardiovascular data registry experience. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2009; 2(1):20-26.

Peterson ED, Spertus JA, Cohen DJ, Hlatky MA, Go AS, Vickrey BG, Saver JL Hinton PC. Vision and Creation of the American Heart Association Pharmaceutical Roundtable Outcomes Research Centers. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009;2(6):663-670.

Mancini GB, Bates ER, Maron DJ, Hartigan P, Dada M, Gosselin G, Kostuk W, Sedlis SP, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Berger PB, Spertus J, Mavromatis K, Knudtson M, Chaitman BR, O'Rourke RA, Weintraub WS, Teo K, Boden WE. Quantitative Results of Baseline Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the COURAGE Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009;2(4):320-327.

Chan PS, Nallamothu BK, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Bartone C, Kereiakes DJ, Chow T. Impact of age and medical comorbidity on the effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009;2(1):16-24.

Sedlis SP, Jurkovitz CT, Hartigan PM, Goldfarb DS, Lorin JD, Dada M, Maron DJ, Spertus JA, Mancini GB, Teo KK, O'Rourke RA, Boden WE, Weintraub WS. Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with stable coronary artery disease and chronic kidney disease. Am J Cardiol. 2009;104(12):1647-1653.

Flynn KE, Lin L, Ellis SJ, Russell SD, Spertus JA, Whellan DJ, Pina IL, Fine LJ, Schulman KA, Weinfurt KP. Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure. Am Heart J. 2009;158(4 Supp):S64-71. PMCID: 2805910.

Teo KK, Sedlis SP, Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Dada M, Gupta V, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS. Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients with stable coronary disease: a pre-specified subset analysis of the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive druG Evaluation) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;54(14):1303-8.

Redberg RF, Benjamin EJ, Bittner V, Braun LT, Goff DC, Jr., Havas S, Labarthe DR, Limacher MC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Mora S, Pearson TA, Radford MJ, Smetana GW, Spertus JA, Swegler EW. ACCF/AHA 2009 performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association task force on performance measures (writing committee to develop performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease): developed in collaboration with the american academy of family physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association: endorsed by the American College of Preventive Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and Society for Women's Health Research. Circulation. 2009;120(13):1296-336.

Redberg RF, Benjamin EJ, Bittner V, Braun LT, Goff DC, Jr., Havas S, Labarthe DR, Limacher MC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Mora S, Pearson TA, Radford MJ, Smetana GW, Spertus JA, Swegler EW. ACCF/AHA 2009 performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease) developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association Endorsed by the American College of Preventive Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, and Society for Women's Health Research. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;54(14):1364-405.

Maron DJ, Spertus JA, Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Sedlis SP, Bates ER, Kostuk WJ, Dada M, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Teo KK, O'Rourke RA, Weintraub WS, Boden WE. Impact of an initial strategy of medical therapy without percutaneous coronary intervention in high-risk patients from the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation (COURAGE) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2009;104(8):1055-62.

Chan PS, Nichol G, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Nallamothu BK. Racial differences in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA. 2009;302(11):1195-201. PMCID: 2795316.

Beltrame JF, Weekes AJ, Morgan C, Tavella R, Spertus JA. The prevalence of weekly angina among patients with chronic stable angina in primary care practices: The Coronary Artery Disease in General Practice (CADENCE) Study. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(16):1491-9.

Curtis JP, Schreiner G, Wang Y, Chen J, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG, Krumholz HM. All-cause readmission and repeat revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention in a cohort of medicare patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;54(10):903-7.

Garavalia L, Garavalia B, Spertus JA, Decker C. Exploring patients' reasons for discontinuance of heart medications. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2009;24(5):371-9. PMCID: 3351271.

Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Drye EE, Spertus JA, Ross JS, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Lichtman JH, Havranek EP, Masoudi FA, Radford MJ, Han LF, Rapp MT, Straube BM, Normand SL. Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006. JAMA. 2009;302(7):767-73. PMCID: 3349070.

Chan PS, Nichol G, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK. Hospital variation in time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(14):1265-73.

Frutkin AD, Lindsey JB, Mehta SK, House JA, Spertus JA, Cohen DJ, Rumsfeld JS, Marso SP. Drug-eluting stents and the use of percutaneous coronary intervention among patients with class I indications for coronary artery bypass surgery undergoing index revascularization: analysis from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009; 2(7):614-21.

Mehta SK, Frutkin AD, Lindsey JB, House JA, Spertus J, Rao SV, F O, Roe MT, ED P, Marso SP. Bleeding in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Development of a Clinical Risk Algorithm from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Intervent. 2009; 2(3):222-229.

Peterson PN, Ambardekar AV, Jones PG, Krumholz HM, Schelbert E, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA. Increased Mortality among Survivors of Myocardial Infarction with Kidney Dysfunction: the Contribution of Gaps in the use of Guideline-Based Therapies. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2009; 9(1):29. PMCID: 2716301.

Floriano PN, Christodoulides N, Miller CS, Ebersole JL, Spertus J, Rose BG, Kinane DF, Novak MJ, Steinhubl S, Acosta S, Mohanty S, Dharshan P, Yeh CK, Redding S, Furmaga W, McDevitt JT. Use of Saliva-Based Nano-Biochip Tests for Acute Myocardial Infarction at the Point of Care: A Feasibility Study. Clin Chem. 2009;55(8):1530-1538.

Boden WE, O’Rourke RA, Teo KK, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Sedis SP, Dada M, Labedi M, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS. Impact of optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention on long-term cardiovascular end points in patients with stable coronary artery disease (from the COURAGE Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2009;140(1);1-4.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Ciechanowski PS, Soine LA, Jordan-Keith K, Caldwell JH, Sullivan MD. Psychosocial Modulators of Angina Response to Myocardial Ischemia. Circulation. 2009;120(2):126-133.

Grantham JA, Marso SP, Spertus J, House J, Holmes DR, Jr., Rutherford BD. Chronic total occlusion angioplasty in the Unites States. JACC Cardiovasc Inter. 2009;2(6):479-486.

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Xiao L, Cohen DJ. The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease: results from the PREMIER registry. Am Heart J. 2009;157(6):1042-9.

Shearer GC, Pottala JV, Spertus JA, Harris WS. Red blood cell fatty acid patterns and acute coronary syndrome. PLoS ONE. 2009;4(5):e5444. PMCID: 2673680.

Mark DB, Knight JD, Velazquez EJ, Howlett JG, Spertus JA, Djokovic LT, Harding TM, Rankin GR, Drew LA, Szygula-Jurkiewicz B, Adlbrecht C, Anstrom KJ. Quality of life and economic outcomes with surgical ventricular reconstruction in ischemic heart failure: results from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial. Am Heart J. 2009;157(5):837-44, 844 e1-3. PMCID: 2694042.

Conard MW, Haddock CK, Poston WS, Spertus JA. The impact of smoking status on the health status of heart failure patients. Congest Heart Fail. 2009;15(2):82-6.

Chan PS, Birkmeyer JD, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK. Racial and gender trends in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among Medicare beneficiaries between 1997 and 2003. Congest Heart Fail. 2009;15(2):51-7. PMCID: 2921372.

Kosiborod M, Inzucchi SE, Goyal A, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Xiao L, Spertus JA. Relationship between spontaneous and iatrogenic hypoglycemia and mortality in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2009;301(15):1556-64.

Kosiborod M, Inzucchi SE, Spertus JA, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM. Elevated admission glucose and mortality in elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure. Circulation. 2009;119(14):1899-907.

Flynn KE, Pina IL, Whellan DJ, Lin L, Blumenthal JA, Ellis SJ, Fine LJ, Howlett JG, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Kraus WE, Miller NH, Schulman KA, Spertus JA, O'Connor CM, Weinfurt KP. Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2009;301(14):1451-9. PMCID: 2690699.

Patel MR, Dehmer GJ, Hirshfeld JW, Smith PK, Spertus JA. ACCF/SCAI/STS/AATS/AHA/ASNC 2009 Appropriateness Criteria for Coronary Revascularization: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriateness Criteria Task Force, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Endorsed by the American Society of Echocardiography, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Circulation. 2009;119(9):1330-52.

Kosiborod M, Inzucchi SE, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Goyal A, Xiao L, Jones PG, Fiske S, Spertus JA. Glucose normalization and outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(5):438-46.