Virtual Heart Care

Background: Racial disparities in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment contributes to inequities in survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Whether

Introduction: In 2013, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) introduced a program setting minimum physician productivity targets for specialty practices based

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves patients’ overall health. However, the benefits of CR after discharge in elderly patients with cardiovascular

Background: The usage of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in the treatment of heart failure (HF) has shown to reduce mortality

Background: Best Practice Advisories (BPAs) within electronic health record (EHR) systems can inform clinician decision-making and improve patient care. Their

Developing and implementing analytical models for predicting mortality or readmission related outcomes among heart failure (HF) patients are challenging. In

Background: Following the legalization/decriminalization of recreational cannabis use in the United States, an associated increase in the cardiac-deaths has been

Background: The relationship between frailty status and laboratory measurements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains unclear. We investigated which laboratory measurements

Purpose: Elevated lipoprotein(a), Lpa, has quickly emerged as an independent cardiovascular disease risk factor with increased risk for adverse atherosclerotic

Background: Approximately 1/3 of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients develop chronic thromboembolic disease (CTED), a condition in which a patient’s