Curriculum Vitae John Spertus, md mph facc faha

Spertus J. Outcomes of Concomitant Acute Kidney Injury and Hospital Acquired Anemia in Patients With Myocardial Infarction: The TRIUMPH Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):194.

Khariton Y, Pokharel Y, Nassif M, Tang Y, Jones P, Arnold S, Spertus J. Impact of Serial Heart Failure Health Status on Clinical Outcomes in HFpEF: A Static or Dynamic Phenomenon? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):891.

Guan W, Venkatesh A, Bai X, Xuan S, Li J, Zheng X, Xi L, Zhang H, Masoudi F, Spertus J, Krumholz H, Jiang L. Time to Acute Care Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in China: A Report From China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events Prospective Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):232.

Pokharel Y, Sharma P, Qintar M, Tang Y, Jones P, Dreyer R, Spertus J. High-Sensitivity C-reactive Protein and Health Status Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):1822.

Pokharel Y, Khariton Y, Nassif M, Tang Y, Jones P, Arnold S, Spertus J. Current More Important Than Past: Interpreting Serial Heart Failure Specific Health Status in Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):910.

Salisbury A, Saxon J, Sapontis J, Gosch K, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Qintar M, Kirtane A, Spertus J, Cohen D, Grantham J. Association of Stress Test Risk Classification With Health Status Change After Chronic Total Occlusion PCI: Insights From the OPEN-CTO Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):1316.

Verma D, Spertus J, Yeh R, Lombardi W, Sapontis J, Grantham J, Pershad A. Impact of Sex on Physical Limitation & Patient Health Status After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Propensity Matched Substudy of OPEN-CTO Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(11_S):1324.

Alapati V, Tang F, Charlap E, Chan P, Heidenreich P, Jones P, Spertus J, Srinivas V, Kizer J. Higher Heart Rate is Associated With Increased Three-Year Mortality in Hospital Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A17561.

Bhardwaj B, Pokharel Y, Tang Y, Towheed A, Qintar M, Kulkarni K, Martin S, Virani S, Spertus J. Small, Dense LDL Has Protective Association for Long-Term Mortality After Myocardial Infarction Compared With Large, Buoyant LDL Particles: Insights From the TRIUMPH Study. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A19135.

Dreyer R, Tavella R, Curtis J, Wang Y, Pauspathy S, Messenger J, Rumsfeld J, Maddox T, Krumholz H, Spertus J, Beltrame J. Prognosis of Patients With Myocardial Infarction With Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries as Compared With Obstructive Coronary Disease. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A13384. 

Dreyer R, Tang Y, Lu Y, Jones P, Buchanan D, Mazure C, McKee S, Geda M, D'Onofrio G, Lichtman J, Bueno H, Spertus J, Krumholz H. Sex Differences in Persistent Smoking Among Young Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the VIRGO Study (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients). Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A19514.

Flint K, Kennedy K, Arnold S, Spertus J, Dodson J, Cresci S, Alexander K. Association of Gait Speed and Cardiac Rehabilitation With Death and Disability Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A13870.

Hammad T, Jones P, Smolderen K, Spertus J, Patel M, Aronow H, Shishehbor M. The Majority of Patients Presenting With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease Report Atypical Symptoms Findings From the PORTRAIT Registry. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A20116.

Johnston A, Jones W, Gosch K, Patel M, Vemulapalli S, Aronow H, Abbott D, Shishebor M, Spertus J, Smolderen K. Association Between Ankle-Brachial Index Values, Symptom Classification, and PAD-Specific Health Status in Patients With Intermittent Claudication. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A18159. 

Kolte D, Roumia M, Smolderen K, Wang J, Jones P, Spertus J, Hiatt W, Hirsch A, Aronow H, Soukas P, Abbott J. Factors Associated With Referral to Exercise Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease: Insights From the PORTRAIT Registry. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A20126.

Kutty S, Jones P, Karels Q, Joseph N, Spertus J, Chan P. Effect of Medical Emergency Teams in Pediatric Hospitals on Hospital Mortality. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A19404.

Lu Y, Lu J, Cheng X, Mu L, Wang X, Li X, Linderman G, Zhang H, Zhao H, Spatz E, Wu C, Su M, Liu J, Spertus J, Masoudi F, Krumholz H, Jiang L. Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Control Among 384000 Chinese Adults: Pilot Results From the China PEACE Million Persons Project. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A12498.

Nassif M, Abraham W, Cleland J, Jones P, Schaber D, Sherfesee L, Tang Y, Young J, Spertus J. Predictors of Quality-of-Life Benefit After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A19925.

Omer M, Qintar M, Tang F, Spertus J, Smolderen K. Health Status Profiles in Patients Presenting for Specialty Care With New Versus Worsening Symptoms of Peripheral Arterial Disease: Insights From the PORTRAIT Study. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A20080.

Pokharel Y, Wang J, Hiatt W, Safley D, Friedell M, Spertus J, Smolderen K. Patterns and Predictors of Invasive Treatment Referral in Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the PORTRAIT Study. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A18984.

Qintar M, Omer M, Tang F, Arnold S, Spertus J, Salisbury A. The Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Native Coronary Arteries versus Bypass Grafts on Health Status Outcomes. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A15051.

Rohde S, Zribi R, Wang Y, Arnold S, Bernheim S, Dinkler J, Jones P, Lin Z, Loh K, Searfoss R, Singleton E, Spertus J, Suter L, Curtis J. Hospital Variation in Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Stable Coronary Artery Disease Population Undergoing Non-Emergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A19640.

Roumia M, Kolte D, Aronow H, Soukas P, Smolderen K, Spertus J, Gosch K, Nolthenius R, Dreyer R, Abbott D. Sex Differences in Health Status Outcomes in Patients With Symptomatic PAD. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A19959.

Saxon J, Smolderen K, Spertus J, Gosch K, Patel M, Hirsch A, Safley D. Adherence to ACC/AHA Treatment Guidelines for PAD Across Treatment Sites: Insight From the PORTRAIT Registry. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A17323.

Shafiq A, Gosch K, Spertus J, Salisbury A. Relationship Between Long-Term Bleeding Risk and Choice Between Drug-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents: Insights From the PRISM Study. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A14337

Towheed A, Qintar M, Tang F, Salisbury A, Spertus J, Arnold S. Association of De-Escalation of Anti-Anginal Medications With Angina After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circ. 2016;134(Suppl_1):A15026.

Jaffer F, Grantham JA, Sapontis J, Spertus J, Gosch K, Jones P, Bruckel J, Lombardi W, Yeh R. Interrelationship between depression, angina, and dyspnea before and after CTO PCI in the OPEN CTO Registry. JACC, 68(18_S), 2016:B116-B117.

Salisbury A, Sapontis J, Grantham JA, Qintar M, Gosch K, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Spertus J, Cohen D, Kosiborod M. Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion PCI in Patients with Diabetes – Insights from the OPEN CTO Registry. JACC, 68(18_S), 2016:B105-B106.

Sapontis J, Spertus J, Yeh R, Cohen D, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Nicholson W, Pershad A, Wyman RM, Spaedy T, Cook S, Doshi P, Federici R, Thompson C, Nugent K, Gosch K, Marso S, Grantham JA. Redefining Success in Hybrid Chronic Total Occlusion Angioplasty. JACC, 68(18_S), 2016:B124-B125.

Qintar M, Sapontis J, Grantham JA, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Gosch K, Spertus J, Salisbury A, Arnold S. Dyspnea Among Patients with Chronic Total Occlusions Selected for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Prevalence and Predictors of Improvement. JACC, 68(18_S), 2016:B123.

Amin A, Calderon P, Crimmins-Reda P, Spertus J. A Patient-centered Approach to Reduce Contrast Volume During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A111

Beckman A, Bucholz E, Zhang W, Xu X, Dreyer R, Strait K, Spatz E, Spertus J, Krumholz H. Sex Differences in Financial Barriers and the Relationship to Recovery After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A7.

Fonarow G, Albert N, Butler J, Chan W, Duffy C, Hernandez A, Patterson J, Spertus J, Turner S, Johnson K, Williams F. The Development of an Observational Registry of Treatment Patterns in US Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF). Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A255.

Kramer D, Reynolds M, Normand S, Parzynski C, Spertus J, Curtis J, Mor V. Hospice Use Following Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillation Implantation in Older Patients: Results from the NCDR. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A8.

Nassif M, Cohen D, Arnold S, Qintar M, Farkouh M, Fuster V, Spertus J. Comparison of Patient Reported Angina with Provider Assigned Canadian Cardiovascular Society Angina Class Before and After Revascularization. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A11.

Pokharel Y, Tang F, Nambi V, Bittner V, Hira R, Nasir K, Chan P, Maddox T, Borden W, Spertus J, Petersen L, DeBakey M, Ballantyne C, Virnai S, DeBakey M. Statin Use Before and After the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guideline. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A14.

Qintar M, Spertus J, Gosch K, Kureshi F, Shafiq A, Arnold S.Effect of Under-recognition on Angina Treatment in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease in Cardiology Outpatients: Seeing Eye to Eye is Key. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A1.

Shafiq A, Pokarel Y, Qintar M, Kennedy K, Spertus J, Amin A. A Novel Method for Estimating the Optimal Contrast Amount Needed to Minimize Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A110.

Simon D, Thomas L, O'Brien E, Fonarow G, Gersh B, Kowey P, Reiffel J, Naccarelli G, Spertus J, Peterson E, Piccini J. Clinically Important Difference in the Atrial Fibrillation Effect on QualiTy-of-Life (AFEQT) Score: Results from the ORBIT-AF Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A130.

Smolderen K, Hirsch A, Decker C, Sepucha K, Jones P, Stone N, Scott K, Spertus J. Preferences for Shared Decision Making in International Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease: Insights From the PORTRAIT Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9,A16.

Arnold S, Afilalo J, Spertus J, Tang Y, Baron S, Jones P, Reardon M, Yakubov S, Adams D, Cohen D. Prediction of Poor Outcome After TAVR: External Validation of an Existing Model. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):2166.

Belov D, Sidhu M, Hartigan P, Maron D, Mancini G, Spertus J, Teo K, Sedlis S, Chaitman B, Weintraub W, Brown D, Boden W. Effect of Percutaneous Revascularization Added to Optimal Medical Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, or Reduced Systolic Function: A Post Hoc Analysis of the COURAGE Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):2147.

Fendler T, Spertus J, Kennedy K, Chan P. Association Between Hospital Rates of Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Favorable Neurological Survival Among Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):811.

Jang J, Tang F, Jones P, Cohen D, Arnold S, Shafiq A, Graham G, Spertus J. Assessment of Benefits With Drug-Eluting Stents Use According to the Risk of Bleeding and Target Vessel Revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):433.

Noyes A, Abbott J, Gosch K, Smolderen K, Spertus J, Hyder O, Soukas P, Shishehbor M, Aronow H. Association Between Patient Characteristics and Baseline Health Status Among an International Cohort of Claudicants: An Analysis From the Patient- Centered Outcomes Related to Treatment Practices in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Investigating Trajectories (PORTRAIT) Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):2263.

Roumia M, Aronow H, Soukas P, Gosch K, Smolderen K, Spertus J, J. Abbott. Sex Differences in Disease Specific Health Status Measures in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 201;67(13_S):2276.

Sidhu M, Lavelle M, Hartigan P, Maron D, Mancini G, Spertus J, Teo K, Sedlis S, Chaitman B, Weintraub W, Boden W. Association Between Blood Pressure Variability and Long Term Survival in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the COURAGE Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):2157.

Qintar M, Chhatriwalla AK, Ashraf JM, Buchanan DM, Tang F, Jones P, Spertus JA. Beyond Restenosis - Patients’ Preferences for Drug Eluting versus Bare Metal Stents. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A11774

Randolph TC, Simon DN, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Factors Associated With Quality of Life in Atrial Fibrillation: Results From the ORBIT-AF Registry. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A14332

Orme NM, Lennon RJ, Lewis BR, Gulati R, Sandhu G, Spertus J, Roger VL, Singh M. The Impact of Frailty on Cause Specific Mortality Among Elderly Patients Undergoing PCI. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A12414

Pokharel Y, Gosch K, Grodzinsky A, Nambi V, Chan P, Kosiborod M, Spertus J, Ballantyne C, Petersen L, Virani S. Frequency and Practice Level Variation in Statin Use Among Patients With Diabetes: Insights From the NCDR® PINNACLE Registry. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A12446

Lu Y, Dreyer R, Herbert P, Caulfield M, Murugiah K, Geda M, Jackson EA, Lichtman J, Lorenze N, D'Onofrio G, Spatz E, Spertus J, Krumholz H. Sex Differences in Lipid Phenotypes Among Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A12317

Jayaram N, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Vincent RN, Martin GR, Curtis JP, Nykanen D, Moore P, Bergersen L. Refinement of a Risk-Standardization Model for Adverse Outcomes Following Congenital Cardiac Catheterization: Insights From from the NCDR® IMPACTTM Registry. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A13473

Jayaram N, Beekman RH, Benson L, Holzer R, Jenkins K, Kennedy KF, Martin GR, Moore JW, Ringel R, Rome J, Spertus JA, Vincent R, Bergersen L. Adjusting for Risk Associated With Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization: A Report From the NCDR IMPACT Registry. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3).

Grodzinsky A, Kosiborod M, Beltrame J, Gosch K, Jones PG, Spertus JA, Alexander KP, Shafiq A, Arnold SV. Predictors of Physician Under-recognition of Angina in Outpatients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A18360

Chui PW, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Ho V, Spertus JA, Gurm HS, Curtis JP. Association of State Certificate of Need Regulations With the Appropriateness of PCI Procedures. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A18805

Arnold SV, Jones PG, Allen LA, Cohen DJ, Fendler TJ, Holtz JE, Aggarwal S, Spertus JA. Identifying Patients at High Risk for Poor Global Outcome After Left Ventricular Assist Device for Destination Therapy: Results From the INTERMACS Registry. Circulation. 2015;132(Suppl 3):A11601

Du X, Pi Y, Dreyer RP, Li J, Li X, Downing NS, Li L, Feng F, Zhan L, Zhang H, Guan W, Xu X, Li S-X, Lin Z, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. The China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE) Prospective Study of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Study Design. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A377.

Fendler T, Spertus JA, Gosch K, Jones P, Bruce JM, Nassif M, Flint K, Dunlay S, Allen L, Arnold S. Incidence and Predictors of Cognitive Decline in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist DevicesConcurrent. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A1.

Fendler TJ, Nassif ME, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, LaRue SJ, Vader JM, Silvestry SC, Joseph SM, Arnold SV. Frequency and Assessment of Poor Global Outcome in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A225.

Flint K, Tang F, Jones P, Fendler T, Spertus J, Allen L. Health Status and Outcomes Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A8.

Grady KL, Jones P, Andrei A, Naftel DC, Myers S, Dew MA, Idrissi K, Weidner G, Wissman S, Kirklin JK, Spertus J. Approaches to Missing Data Due to Illness Severity in Health-related Quality of Life Assessment. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A277.

Grodzinsky A, Arnold S, Tang F, Jones PG, McGuire DK, Goyal A, Spertus JA, Jang J, Beltrame J, Kosiborod M. Residual Angina Following Elective PCI in Patients with Diabetes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A171.

Gupta BP, Grady K, Fendler T, Jones P, Spertus J. Variation of Quality of Life Data Collection Across INTERMACS Sites. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A276.

Kureshi F, Shafiq A, Arnold S, Gosch K, Breeding K, Jones PG, Spertus JA. The Prevalence and Management of Angina Among Stable CAD Patients in Outpatient Cardiology Practices in the United States: Insights From the Angina Prevalence and Provider Evaluation of Angina Relief (APPEAR) Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A111.

Li K, Dreyer RP, Li X, Du X, Downing NS, Li L, Feng F, Zhang H, Zhan L, Guan W, Xu X, Li S-X, Lin Z, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. The China Patient-Centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (PEACE) Prospective Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Study Design. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A278.

Shafiq A, Kureshi F, Arnold S, Gosch K, Breeding T, Jones P, Spertus J. Patient and Physician Discordance in Reporting Symptoms of Angina: Insights from the Angina Prevalence and Provider Evaluation of Angina Relief (APPEAR) Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A7.

Shafiq A, Jang J, Kureshi F, Valle J, Gosch K, Jones P, Bach R, Cohen D, Spertus J. Treatment Variations in Early Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Nstemi Patients Who Are at Risk for Undergoing CABG. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A227.

Smolderen L, Spertus J, Gosch K, Dreyer RP, D'Onofrio G, Lichtman JH, Geda M, Beltrame J, Safdar B, Krumholz HM. Predictors of Depression Recognition and Site Variability in Depression Recognition in Young AMI Survivors. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A308.

Smolderen K, Kennedy K, Arnold S, Chan P, Jang J, Jones P, Cohen DJ, Zhao Z, Spertus J. Cost of Care Implications for Unstable Angina and Coronary Revascularization Readmissions Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A341.

Ye S, Haynes N, Spertus JA, Alcantara C, Shaffer JA, Moise N, Kronish I, Davidson KW. How Much Information Do Patients Prefer When Discussing Cholesterol Lowering Medications? Results From an Internet Based Nationally Representative Survey. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A333.

Zheng X, Curtis J, Hu S, Yang Y, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Li J, Dharmarajan K, Li X, Downing N, Yeh RW, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. National Trends in Use of Radial Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in China: 2001-2011. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:A161.

Arnold S, Jang J, Tang F, Graham G, Cohen D, Spertus J. Prediction of Angina after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S), A52.

Arnold S, Spertus J, Vemulapalli S, Dai D, O'Brien S, Baron S, Kirtane A, Mack M, Green P, Reynolds M, Rumsfeld J, Cohen D. Association of Disease-Specific Health Status with Long-Term Mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A1949.

Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Minges K, Desai N, Kim N, Desai M, Spertus J, Masoudi F, Nallamothu B, Goldhaber S, Krumholz H. Use of Advanced Therapies for Acute Pulmonary Embolism and Related Outcomes Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries from 1999 to 2010. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A2128.

Dreyer R, Wang Y, Strait K, Lorenze N, D'Onofrio G, Bueno H, Lichtman, J, Spertus J, Krumholz H. Sex Differences in 12-Month Health Status in Young Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from the VIRGO Study (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes of Young Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A6.

Hamburger R, Winchester D, Spertus J, Al-Ani M, Mahmoud A. Utility of the Diamond-Forrester Classification in Stratifying Acute Chest Pain in an Academic Chest Pain Center. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A145.

Hattler B, Carr B, Spertus J, Messenger J, Rumsfeld J, Ebrahimi R, Bishawi M, Almassi H, Collins J, Grover F, Shroyer A. Patient-Reported Symptoms and Revascularization Status After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Diabetics and Non-Diabetics. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A1659.

Jang J, Buchanan D, Gosch K, Jones P, Sharma P, Shafiq A, Grodzinsky A, Fendler T, Graham G, Spertus J. Association of Smoking Status with Health-Related Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A1424.

Karrowni W, Kennedy K, Jones P, Valle J, Abdallah M, Daugherty S, Maddox T, Spertus J, Arnold S. Obesity Paradox Among Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Interaction with Time. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A31.

Nzuki A, Dreyer R, Spertus J, Krumholz H, Kennedy K, Nkonde-Price C, Graham G, Daugherty S, Buchanan D, Chan P. Sex Differences in 1-Year Health Status Following an Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A81.

Pitts R, Daugherty S, Tang F, Ho M, Tsai T, Spertus J, Rumsfeld J, Maddox T.

Patterns of Secondary Prevention Therapies at Discharge and Follow-up Among Post-MI Patients with and without Obstructive CAD. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10_S): A1389.

Shafiq, A, Kureshi F, Jang J, Fendler T, Gosch K, Jones P, Bach R, Cohen D,