Search Results - "Riba, Arthur L."
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Trends and disparities in referral to cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention
Published in The American heart journal (01-03-2011)“…Background Despite the known benefits of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease, referral rates to rehabilitation programs remain low…”
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The association between guideline-based treatment instructions at the point of discharge and lower 1-year mortality in Medicare patients after acute myocardial infarction: The American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) initiative in Michigan
Published in The American heart journal (01-09-2007)“…Background The American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) initiative for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been shown to…”
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Evidence-Based Performance and Quality Improvement in the Acute Cardiac Care Setting
Published in Critical care clinics (2008)“…This article was originally planned to appear in the October 2007 issue of Critical Care Clinics. The goal of this article is to summarize the indicators,…”
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Guideline-based standardized care is associated with substantially lower mortality in medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction : The American college of cardiology's guidelines applied in practice (GAP) projects in Michigan
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (04-10-2005)“…We sought to assess the impact of the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) project for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care,…”
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Contemporary use of prasugrel in clinical practice: insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium
Published in Circulation Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (01-05-2013)“…Prasugrel is a recently approved thienopyridine for use in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. There are no…”
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A randomized trial comparing primary angioplasty with a strategy of short-acting thrombolysis and immediate planned rescue angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction: the PACT trial
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-12-1999)“…OBJECTIVES The study evaluated the efficacy and safety of a short-acting reduced-dose fibrinolytic regimen to promote early infarct-related artery (IRA)…”
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Safety of contemporary percutaneous peripheral arterial interventions in the elderly insights from the BMC2 PVI (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium Peripheral Vascular Intervention) registry
Published in JACC. Cardiovascular interventions (01-06-2011)“…This study sought to evaluate the effect of age on procedure type, periprocedural management, and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing lower-extremity…”
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Impact of Congestive Heart Failure in Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-06-2006)“…The presence of congestive heart failure (CHF) has been associated with treatment disparities and worse outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation…”
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Safety of Contemporary Percutaneous Peripheral Arterial Interventions in the Elderly
Published in JACC. Cardiovascular interventions (01-06-2011)“…Objectives This study sought to evaluate the effect of age on procedure type, periprocedural management, and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing…”
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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use patterns and disclosure to physicians in acute coronary syndromes patients
Published in Complementary therapies in medicine (01-03-2005)“…This study assessed the frequency and types of CAM therapies used by patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes for general health purposes and…”
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Taking the ACC/AHA Guidelines for care of acute myocardial infarction to the bedside: The GAP projects in southeastern Michigan
Published in The American heart journal (01-11-2004)“…The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Guidelines Applied to Practice (GAP) initiative is a quality improvement (QI)…”
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Sex differences in the application of evidence-based therapies for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction: the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice projects in Michigan
Published in Archives of internal medicine (1960) (12-06-2006)“…Studies have shown that women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are less likely to receive evidence-based care compared with men. The American College of…”
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Taking the national guideline for care of acute myocardial infarction to the bedside: developing the guideline applied in practice (GAP) initiative in Southeast Michigan
Published in The Joint Commission journal on quality improvement (01-01-2002)“…The Guideline Applied in Practice (GAP) program was developed in 2000 to improve the quality of care by improving adherence to clinical practice guidelines…”
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A rapid-cycle collaborative model to promote guidelines for acute myocardial infarction
Published in Joint Commission journal on quality and safety (01-09-2003)“…This American College of Cardiology (ACC) Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) collaborative in Michigan represented ACC's…”
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Unsuspected Substantial Pericardial Effusions Detected by Echocardiography
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (06-12-1976)“…In a consecutive series of 1,225 routine echocardiograms, a pericardial effusion (PE) was present in 15% and was considered substantial in 10%. Sixty-one…”
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Radionuclide angiographic exercise left ventricular performance in chronic aortic regurgitation: relationship to resting echographic ventricular dimensions and systolic wall stress index
Published in The American heart journal (01-04-1982)“…Forty-five patients with chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) underwent first-pass radionuclide angiocardiography (RNA) at rest and during upright bicycle…”
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Guideline-Based Standardized Care Is Associated With Substantially Lower Mortality in Medicare Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (04-10-2005)“…We sought to assess the impact of the American College of Cardiology’s Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) project for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care,…”
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846-5 Improvement initiatives should specifically target patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction who undergo coronary artery bypass surgery before hospital discharge: Lessons from the guidelines applied in practice projects
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