Search results for "Myocardial infarction"
CAD testing associated with improved outcomes in new-onset heart failure
A retrospective cohort study found that risk for heart failure readmission or all-cause mortality was lower in patients hospitalized with new-onset heart failure who underwent coronary artery disease (CAD) testing within 90 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/cad-testing-associated-with-improved-outcomes-in-new-onset-heart-failure.htm
31 Jan 2024
No significant effect seen from routine oxygen therapy in normoxic patients with MI
A subgroup analysis of the DETO2X-AMI trial compared death, rehospitalization with myocardial infarction (MI), and heart failure in patients who had low-normal or high-normal oxygen saturation after MI and were assigned to oxygen therapy or ambient air.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/18/3.htm
18 Dec 2019
Hospitals with more postdischarge ED visits have fewer readmissions, study finds
The analysis of Medicare data found wide variation among the hospitals in their ED visit rates among patients recently hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/21/3.htm
21 Mar 2018
Fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction
The new definition replaces the term necrosis with the concept of myocardial injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/coding-corner-fourth-universal-definition-of-myocardial-infarction.htm
15 Dec 2018
Medicare readmission penalties don't reflect hospitals' overall readmission rates
Readmission rates for Medicare patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia differed from those for non-Medicare patients with those conditions and Medicare patients with other conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/28/4.htm
28 Mar 2018
High-sensitivity troponin testing improved processes, outcomes, hospital studies find
One study found that implementation of high-sensitivity testing reduced five-year mortality among patients with nonischemic myocardial injury, while another showed that it increased serial troponin testing but not hospital admissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/high-sensitivity-troponin-testing-improved-processes-outcomes-hospital-studies-find.htm
6 Dec 2023
Study finds no mortality benefit from use of oxygen in all patients with suspected ACS
Providing oxygen at 6 L/min to 8 L/min by face mask to all patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus only if oxygen saturation was less than 90% did not improve outcomes in a pragmatic, cluster-randomized, crossover trial in New Zealand.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/10/4.htm
10 Mar 2021
Chinese medicine reduced cardiac events after STEMI, trial finds
The randomized trial found fewer major cardiac and cerebrovascular events at 30 days and one year after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients given Tongxinluo for a year compared to those who were given a placebo.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/25/chinese-medicine-reduced-cardiac-events-after-stemi-trial-finds.htm
25 Oct 2023
Malnutrition common among patients with ACS, linked to worse outcomes
A retrospective study of Spanish patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) found that while worse malnutrition scores were most strongly related to a lower body mass index, moderate or severe malnourishment was seen in between 8.4% and 36.7% of overweight and obese patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/4.htm
12 Aug 2020
No significant difference in outcomes with liberal, restrictive transfusion in acute MI
In a randomized trial of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and anemia, a hemoglobin cutoff below 10 g/dL for transfusion was associated with an insignificant reduction in risk of MI or death at 30 days versus a cutoff of 7 or 8 g/dL.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/no-significant-difference-in-outcomes-with-liberal-restrictive-transfusion-in-acute-mi.htm
15 Nov 2023