Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is characterized by the clinical triad of
chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, asthma, and an intolerance to medications that …

PURPOSE: While the risk of stroke after myocardial infarction (MI) is increased compared
with the risk among those without MI, the magnitude of this risk remains unclear. Although …

Background—Considerable variability in mortality risk exists among patients with ST-
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Complex multivariable models identify independent …

Quality differentiation is especially important in the hospital industry, where the choices of
Medicare patients are unaffected by prices. Unlike previous studies that use geographic …

ContextThe Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score for ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a simple integer score for bedside risk assessment of …

Objective: We sought to evaluate current physician use of therapeutic hypothermia after
cardiac arrest, to ascertain reasons for nonadoption of this treatment, and to determine …

Complete blood count is the most widely available laboratory datum in the early in-hospital
period after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We assessed the clinical utility of …

Aims We sought to assess the incidence of and prognostic factors for heart failure (HF)
hospitalization among survivors of high-risk acute myocardial infarction (MI). Methods and …

Background Little is known about the relationship between ejection fraction (EF) and clinical
outcomes among older patients with myocardial infarction in contemporary clinical practice …

Background Although there are multiple methods of risk stratification for ST‐elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI), this study presents a prospectively validated method for …