Harlan M. Krumholz

TL;DR: A review examines the strategies for reducing door-to-balloon time and for selecting the appropriate reperfusion therapy, especially when a delay is unavoidable, among patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

TL;DR: Although isolated systolic hypertension was associated with increased LV mass in men and women, the geometric pattern of increasedLV mass differed by sex; although women demonstrated a pattern of concentric hypertrophy, an eccentric pattern was observed in men.

TL;DR: In this article, a self-administered survey to chief residents at 324 accredited US internal medicine residency programs outside of New York State was conducted to characterize the systems by which patient information is transferred between resident physicians in internal medicine residencies and to determine the impact of resident work-hour regulations on the frequency of transfers.

TL;DR: A low KCCQ score is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in outpatients with heart failure, and remained significantly associated with survival free of HF hospitalization.