Improving medication adherence in coronary heart disease

LL Zullig, K Ramos, HB Bosworth - Current cardiology reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review was to synthesize research findings
from recently published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) targeting any phase of …

Machine learning‐based prediction of heart failure readmission or death: implications of choosing the right model and the right metrics

SE Awan, M Bennamoun, F Sohel… - ESC heart …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Machine learning (ML) is widely believed to be able to learn complex hidden
interactions from the data and has the potential in predicting events such as heart failure …

Feature selection and transformation by machine learning reduce variable numbers and improve prediction for heart failure readmission or death

SE Awan, M Bennamoun, F Sohel, FM Sanfilippo… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The prediction of readmission or death after a hospital discharge for heart
failure (HF) remains a major challenge. Modern healthcare systems, electronic health …

Machine learning risk prediction model for acute coronary syndrome and death from use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in administrative data

J Lu, L Wang, M Bennamoun, I Ward, S An, F Sohel… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Our aim was to investigate the usefulness of machine learning approaches on linked
administrative health data at the population level in predicting older patients' one-year risk of …

Operationalization and validation of a novel method to calculate adherence to polypharmacy with refill data from the Australian pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) …

I Arnet, M Greenland, MW Knuiman… - Clinical …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Electronic health care data contain rich information on medicine use from which
adherence can be estimated. Various measures developed with medication claims data …

Cardioprotective medication adherence in Western Australians in the first year after myocardial infarction: restricted cubic spline analysis of adherence-outcome …

M Greenland, MW Knuiman, J Hung, L Nedkoff… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Adherence to cardioprotective medications following myocardial infarction (MI) is commonly
assessed using a binary threshold of 80%. We investigated the relationship between …

Frailty, and not medicines with anticholinergic or sedative effects, predicts adverse outcomes in octogenarians admitted for myocardial infarction: Population‐level …

D Lopez, DB Preen, C Etherton‐Beer… - … Journal on Ageing, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine independent associations between the use of medicines with
anticholinergic or sedative effects and frailty with outcomes of length of stay (LOS), coronary …

Secondary preventive medication use in a prevalent population‐based cohort of acute coronary syndrome survivors

AS Gunnell, J Hung, MW Knuiman… - Cardiovascular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Describe the dispensing patterns for guideline‐recommended medications during 2008
in people with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and how dispensing varies by gender and …

Effect of frailty on initiation of statins following incident acute coronary syndromes in patients aged≥ 75 years

D Lopez, L Nedkoff, T Briffa, DB Preen… - Maturitas, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Statin use for preventing recurrent acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is low in
older people due to many clinical factors, including frailty. Using the recently developed …

[HTML][HTML] Warfarin use and mortality, stroke, and bleeding outcomes in a cohort of elderly patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

H Joseph, K Matthew, N Lee - Journal of atrial fibrillation, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims To determine exposure to warfarin and the associated outcomes in a population of
older patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) Methods Cohort study of patients …