Abstract 328: Heart Failure Quality Improvement at the Las Vegas VA
Background: Recently there has been a push to prevent patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure from being readmitted to
Read moreBackground: Recently there has been a push to prevent patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure from being readmitted to
Read moreIntroduction: The incidence of cardiovascular (CV) disease among pregnant women is rising in the United States (US). Data on racial
Read moreBackground: Short and long sleep are risk factors for coronary artery disease. One of the mechanistic pathways is likely through
Read moreIntroduction: Radial artery access has been adopted widely around the world as standard best practice for coronary angiography with or
Read moreObjectives: California collects clinical data on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries and has published a hospital level risk-adjusted performance
Read moreIntroduction: For the New York City 911 system stroke population, we sought to create and monitor a system for identifying
Read moreBackground: It is unclear how revascularization strategy (medical management vs percutaneous coronary intervention vs coronary artery bypass surgery), affects 90-day
Read moreBackground: Non-inferiority trials are increasing in cardiovascular medicine, with approval of many drugs and devices on the basis of such
Read moreIntroduction: While inflammation is associated with worse cardiovascular (CV) prognosis, the relative prognostic importance of circulating immune cell populations for
Read moreBackground: Evidence suggests that including the patient in the decision-making process leads to better health outcomes. The objective of this
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