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Declining mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Fihn SD, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Lowy E, Popescu I, Maynard C, Rosenthal GE, Sales AE, Rumsfeld J, Piñeros S, McDonell MB, Helfrich CD, Rusch R, Jesse R, Almenoff P, Fleming B, Kussman M.

BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2009 Aug 31;9:44.PMID: 19719849 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Vaginal symptoms in postmenopausal women: self-reported severity, natural history, and risk factors.

Huang AJ, Moore EE, Boyko EJ, Scholes D, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Fihn SD.

Menopause. 2009 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19574936 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Women veterans and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction.

Wheeler S, Bowen JD, Maynard C, Lowy E, Sun H, Sales AE, Smith NL, Fihn SD.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 May;18(5):613-8.PMID: 19392640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Exogenous estrogen and urinary incontinence.

Jackson SL, Fihn SD.

J Urol. 2009 May;181(5):1989-91. Epub 2009 Mar 14. No abstract available. PMID: 19286197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors following acute coronary syndrome.

Ho PM, Maddox TM, Wang L, Fihn SD, Jesse RL, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS.

JAMA. 2009 Mar 4;301(9):937-44.PMID: 19258584 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

ACC/AHA 2008 performance measures for adults with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures for ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Developed in Collaboration With the American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Emergency Physicians Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Hospital Medicine.

Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Bachelder BL, Fesmire FM, Fihn SD, Foody JM, Ho PM, Kosiborod MN, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Emergency Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Hospital Medicine.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Dec 9;52(24):2046-99. No abstract available. PMID: 19056000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

ACC/AHA 2008 performance measures for adults with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to develop performance measures for ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction): developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Emergency Physicians: endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Hospital Medicine.

Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Bachelder BL, Fesmire FM, Fihn SD, Foody JM, Ho PM, Kosiborod MN, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures; American Academy of Family Physicians; American College of Emergency Physicians; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Hospital Medicine.

Circulation. 2008 Dec 9;118(24):2596-648. Epub 2008 Nov 10. No abstract available. PMID: 19001027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Performance of comorbidity, risk adjustment, and functional status measures in expenditure prediction for patients with diabetes.

Maciejewski ML, Liu CF, Fihn SD.

Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan;32(1):75-80. Epub 2008 Oct 22.PMID: 18945927 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Cause of death in Washington state veterans hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in the veterans health administration.

Maynard C, Lowy E, McDonell M, Fihn SD.

Popul Health Metr. 2008 Jul 23;6:3.PMID: 18647422 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

A review of interventions and system changes to improve time to reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

McDermott KA, Helfrich CD, Sales AE, Rumsfeld JS, Ho PM, Fihn SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Aug;23(8):1246-56. Epub 2008 May 6.PMID: 18459014 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Sexual intercourse and risk of symptomatic urinary tract infection in post-menopausal women.

Moore EE, Hawes SE, Scholes D, Boyko EJ, Hughes JP, Fihn SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May;23(5):595-9. Epub 2008 Feb 12.PMID: 18266044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Incidence of death and acute myocardial infarction associated with stopping clopidogrel after acute coronary syndrome.

Ho PM, Peterson ED, Wang L, Magid DJ, Fihn SD, Larsen GC, Jesse RA, Rumsfeld JS.

JAMA. 2008 Feb 6;299(5):532-9. Erratum in: JAMA. 2008 May 28;299(20):2390. PMID: 18252883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Urinary incontinence and urinary tract infection: temporal relationships in postmenopausal women.

Moore EE, Jackson SL, Boyko EJ, Scholes D, Fihn SD.

Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Feb;111(2 Pt 1):317-23.PMID: 18238968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

2007 chronic angina focused update of the ACC/AHA 2002 guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Writing Group to develop the focused update of the 2002 guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina.

Fraker TD Jr, Fihn SD; 2002 Chronic Stable Angina Writing Committee; American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association, Gibbons RJ, Abrams J, Chatterjee K, Daley J, Deedwania PC, Douglas JS, Ferguson TB Jr, Gardin JM, O'Rourke RA, Williams SV, Smith SC Jr, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Halperin JL, Hunt SA, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lytle BW, Nishimura R, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Dec 4;50(23):2264-74. No abstract available. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Dec 4;50(23):e1. Pasternak, Richard C [removed]. PMID: 18061078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

2007 chronic angina focused update of the ACC/AHA 2002 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Writing Group to develop the focused update of the 2002 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina.

Fraker TD Jr, Fihn SD, Gibbons RJ, Abrams J, Chatterjee K, Daley J, Deedwania PC, Douglas JS, Ferguson TB Jr, Fihn SD, Fraker TD Jr, Gardin JM, O'Rourke RA, Williams SV, Smith SC Jr, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Halperin JL, Hunt SA, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lytle BW, Nishimura R, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW; American College of Cardiology; American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Writing Group.

Circulation. 2007 Dec 4;116(23):2762-72. Epub 2007 Nov 12. No abstract available. Erratum in: Circulation. 2007 Dec 4;116(23):e558. Pasternak, Richard C [removed]. PMID: 17998462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clopidogrel and long-term outcomes after stent implantation for acute coronary syndrome.

Ho PM, Fihn SD, Wang L, Bryson CL, Lowy E, Maynard C, Magid DJ, Peterson ED, Jesse RL, Rumsfeld JS.

Am Heart J. 2007 Nov;154(5):846-51. Epub 2007 Oct 24.PMID: 17967588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coronary revascularization: new evidence, new challenges.

Gibbons RJ, Fihn SD.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Nov 20;147(10):732-4. Epub 2007 Oct 15. No abstract available. PMID: 17938384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Severe mental illness and mortality of hospitalized ACS patients in the VHA.

Plomondon ME, Ho PM, Wang L, Greiner GT, Shore JH, Sakai JT, Fihn SD, Rumsfeld JS.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Sep 18;7:146.PMID: 17877804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Inpatient and follow-up cardiology care and mortality for acute coronary syndrome patients in the Veterans Health Administration.

Ho PM, Luther SA, Masoudi FA, Gupta I, Lowy E, Maynard C, Sales AE, Peterson ED, Fihn SD, Rumsfeld JS.

Am Heart J. 2007 Sep;154(3):489-94.PMID: 17719295 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Screening for problem drinking : Comparison of CAGE and AUDIT.

Bradley KA, Bush KR, McDonell MB, Malone T, Fihn SD; the Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project (ACQUIP).

J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Jun;13(6):379-88.PMID: 17551799 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A refill adherence algorithm for multiple short intervals to estimate refill compliance (ReComp).

Bryson CL, Au DH, Young B, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.

Med Care. 2007 Jun;45(6):497-504.PMID: 17515776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simvastatin was cost effective across a broad range of risk and age groups.

Bryson CL, Fihn SD.

Evid Based Med. 2007 Apr;12(2):58. No abstract available. PMID: 17400650 [PubMed]Related articles

Complementary and alternative medicine use among Veterans Affairs outpatients.

Micek MA, Bradley KA, Braddock CH 3rd, Maynard C, McDonell M, Fihn SD.

J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Mar;13(2):190-3. No abstract available. PMID: 17388760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simvastatin was cost-effective across a broad range of risk and age groups.

Bryson CL, Fihn SD.

ACP J Club. 2007 Mar-Apr;146(2):50. No abstract available. PMID: 17335173 [PubMed]Related articles

Discontinuation of medications 1 month after an acute myocardial infarction increased risk for death at 12 months.

Bryson CL, Fihn SD.

ACP J Club. 2007 Mar-Apr;146(2):47. No abstract available. PMID: 17335170 [PubMed]Related articles

Predictors of urinary incontinence in a prospective cohort of postmenopausal women.

Jackson SL, Scholes D, Boyko EJ, Abraham L, Fihn SD.

Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct;108(4):855-62.PMID: 17012446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The use of percutaneous coronary intervention in black and white veterans with acute myocardial infarction.

Maynard C, Sun H, Lowy E, Sales AE, Fihn SD.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2006 Aug 21;6:107.PMID: 16923183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The prevalence and outcomes of in-hospital acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health System.

Maynard C, Lowy E, Rumsfeld J, Sales AE, Sun H, Kopjar B, Fleming B, Jesse RL, Rusch R, Fihn SD.

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jul 10;166(13):1410-6.PMID: 16832007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Update in general internal medicine.

Knight CL, Fihn SD.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Jul 4;145(1):52-61. Review. No abstract available. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2006 Dec 19;145(12):936. PMID: 16818929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Treatment delay associated with alternative medicine use among veterans with head and neck cancer.

Davis GE, Bryson CL, Yueh B, McDonell MB, Micek MA, Fihn SD.

Head Neck. 2006 Oct;28(10):926-31.PMID: 16755583 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Depression diagnosis and antidepressant treatment among depressed VA primary care patients.

Liu CF, Campbell DG, Chaney EF, Li YF, McDonell M, Fihn SD.

Adm Policy Ment Health. 2006 May;33(3):331-41.PMID: 16755394 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Moving implementation science forward.

Fihn SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Feb;21 Suppl 2:S65-6. No abstract available. PMID: 16637963 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Toward a VA Women's Health Research Agenda: setting evidence-based priorities to improve the health and health care of women veterans.

Yano EM, Bastian LA, Frayne SM, Howell AL, Lipson LR, McGlynn G, Schnurr PP, Seaver MR, Spungen AM, Fihn SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Mar;21 Suppl 3:S93-101.PMID: 16637953 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Differences in health care utilization at the end of life among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and patients with lung cancer.

Au DH, Udris EM, Fihn SD, McDonell MB, Curtis JR.

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Feb 13;166(3):326-31.PMID: 16476873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The impact of patient self-testing of prothrombin time for managing anticoagulation: rationale and design of VA Cooperative Study #481--the Home INR Study (THINRS).

Matchar DB, Jacobson AK, Edson RG, Lavori PW, Ansell JE, Ezekowitz MD, Rickles F, Fiore L, Boardman K, Phibbs C, Fihn SD, Vertrees JE, Dolor R.

J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2005 Jun;19(3):163-72.PMID: 16082603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predicting mortality and healthcare utilization with a single question.

DeSalvo KB, Fan VS, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.

Health Serv Res. 2005 Aug;40(4):1234-46.PMID: 16033502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Urinary incontinence and diabetes in postmenopausal women.

Jackson SL, Scholes D, Boyko EJ, Abraham L, Fihn SD.

Diabetes Care. 2005 Jul;28(7):1730-8.PMID: 15983327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Functional status and patient satisfaction: a comparison of ischemic heart disease, obstructive lung disease, and diabetes mellitus.

Fan VS, Reiber GE, Diehr P, Burman M, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2005 May;20(5):452-9.PMID: 15963172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The performance of administrative and self-reported measures for risk adjustment of Veterans Affairs expenditures.

Maciejewski ML, Liu CF, Derleth A, McDonell M, Anderson S, Fihn SD.

Health Serv Res. 2005 Jun;40(3):887-904.PMID: 15960696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adherence to heart-healthy behaviors in a sample of the U.S. population.

Miller RR, Sales AE, Kopjar B, Fihn SD, Bryson CL.

Prev Chronic Dis. 2005 Apr;2(2):A18. Epub 2005 Mar 15.PMID: 15888229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Provider response to computer-based care suggestions for chronic heart failure.

Keeffe B, Subramanian U, Tierney WM, Udris E, Willems J, McDonell M, Fihn SD.

Med Care. 2005 May;43(5):461-5.PMID: 15838410 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Continuity of care and other determinants of patient satisfaction with primary care.

Fan VS, Burman M, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.

J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Mar;20(3):226-33.PMID: 15836525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk of urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria among diabetic and nondiabetic postmenopausal women.

Boyko EJ, Fihn SD, Scholes D, Abraham L, Monsey B.

Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Mar 15;161(6):557-64.PMID: 15746472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Beta-blockers as single-agent therapy for hypertension and the risk of mortality among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Au DH, Bryson CL, Fan VS, Udris EM, Curtis JR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.

Am J Med. 2004 Dec 15;117(12):925-31.PMID: 15629731 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictors of urinary tract infection after menopause: a prospective study.

Jackson SL, Boyko EJ, Scholes D, Abraham L, Gupta K, Fihn SD.

Am J Med. 2004 Dec 15;117(12):903-11.PMID: 15629728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of body weight with condition-specific quality of life in male veterans.

Arterburn DE, McDonell MB, Hedrick SC, Diehr P, Fihn SD.

Am J Med. 2004 Nov 15;117(10):738-46.PMID: 15541323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alcohol-related advice for Veterans Affairs primary care patients: Who gets it? Who gives it?

Burman ML, Kivlahan D, Buchbinder M, Broglio K, Zhou XH, Merrill JO, McDonell MB, Fihn SD, Bradley KA; Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project Investigators.

J Stud Alcohol. 2004 Sep;65(5):621-30.PMID: 15536772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between chronic heart failure and inhaled beta-2-adrenoceptor agonists.

Au DH, Udris EM, Curtis JR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD; ACQUIP Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2004 Nov;148(5):915-20.PMID: 15523327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Primary care management of chronic stable angina and asymptomatic suspected or known coronary artery disease: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians.

Snow V, Barry P, Fihn SD, Gibbons RJ, Owens DK, Williams SV, Mottur-Pilson C, Weiss KB; American College of Physicians; American College of Cardiology Chronic Stable Angina Panel.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Oct 5;141(7):562-7. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2005 Jan 4;142(1):79. PMID: 15466774 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Alcohol screening results in elderly male veterans: association with health status and mortality.

Bridevaux IP, Bradley KA, Bryson CL, McDonell MB, Fihn SD.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Sep;52(9):1510-7.PMID: 15341553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles