Yongfei Wang

TL;DR: Imaging procedures are an important source of exposure to ionizing radiation in the United States and can result in high cumulative effective doses of radiation, which increased with advancing age and were higher in women than in men.

TL;DR: Blood transfusion is associated with a lower short-term mortality rate among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction if the hematocrit on admission is 30.0 percent or lower and may be effective in patients with a hematOCrit as high as 33.1 percent or higher on admission.

TL;DR: Worsening renal function occurs frequently among hospitalized HF patients and is associated with significantly worse outcomes and clinical characteristics available at hospital admission can be used to identify patients at increased risk for developing WRF.

TL;DR: Several specific hospital strategies are associated with a significant reduction in the door-to-balloon time in the management of myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation.

TL;DR: In a cohort of outpatients with established HF, higher BMIs were associated with lower mortality risks; overweight and obese patients had lower risk of death compared with those at a healthy weight.