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Abstract 374: Quality Improvement Program to Optimize Pre-Operative Evaluation of Elective Cardiovascular Surgery Patients Reduces Complications and Improves Length of Stay Session Title: Poster Session III
Conclusions: A standardized pre-operative evaluation protocol in combination with prophylactic amiodarone in appropriate patients was associated with lower overall complications and a reduction in post-operative AF and LOS. Standardized protocols may enable health care providers to optimize pre-operative management of elective surgery patients and improve care quality and outcomes.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - June 2, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Porten, B. R., Strauss, C. E., Mueller, J. J., Garberich, R. F., Sun, B. C., Abdelhadi, R. H., Henry, T. D. Tags: Session Title: Poster Session III Source Type: research

Abstract 166: Developing the Veterans Affairs Cardiac Risk Score Session Title: Poster Session I
Conclusion: We demonstrated that an EHR in a specific population could risk-stratify patients as well those from as organized cohort studies and greatly improve calibration. Further, our finding that the ASCVD score greatly underpredicted in our population, while previous work have reported the ASCVD over-predictind in other cohorts, suggests that rather than arguing about which risk tool is best, our patients may be better served by us focusing on calibrating CV risk tools for our specific patient population using their EHR data.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - April 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sussman, J. B., Wiitala, W., Hofer, T., Zawitowski, M., Vijan, S., Hayward, R. Tags: Session Title: Poster Session I Source Type: research