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Off-hour admission and outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions
Conclusions Patients who were admitted during off-hours did not have higher mortality or readmission rates as compared with ones admitted during regular hours at an academic medical center.
Source: American Heart Journal - December 9, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Clinical outcomes of hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus
Background: Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) involves minimally invasive left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary artery grafting combined with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of non–left anterior descending vessels. The safety and efficacy of HCR among diabetic patients are unknown.Methods: Patients with diabetes were included who underwent HCR at a US academic center between October 2003 and September 2013. These patients were matched 1:5 to similar patients treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using a propensity score (PS)-matching algorithm. Conditional logistic...
Source: American Heart Journal - July 14, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ralf E. Harskamp, Patrick F. Walker, John H. Alexander, Ying Xian, Henry A. Liberman, Robbert J. de Winter, Thomas A. Vassiliades, Eric D. Peterson, John D. Puskas, Michael E. Halkos Tags: Diabetes and Metabolism Source Type: research