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Cost-effectiveness of enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing pharmacological reperfusion: A Canadian analysis of the Enoxaparin and Thrombolysis Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment - Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (ExTRACT-TIMI) 25 trial.

Welsh RC, Sauriol L, Zhang Z, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Theroux P.

Can J Cardiol. 2009 Dec;25(12):e399-405.PMID: 19960133 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Standardized reporting of bleeding complications for clinical investigations in acute coronary syndromes: A proposal from the Academic Bleeding Consensus (ABC) Multidisciplinary Working Group.

Rao SV, Eikelboom J, Steg PG, Lincoff AM, Weintraub WS, Bassand JP, Rao AK, Gibson CM, Petersen JL, Mehran R, Manoukian SV, Charnigo R, Lee KL, Moscucci M, Harrington RA; on behalf of the Academic Bleeding Consensus Multidisciplinary Working Group.

Am Heart J. 2009 Dec;158(6):881-886.e1.PMID: 19958852 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Is initiation of atorvastatin for employees a good buy for employers?

Culler SD, Weintraub WS.

Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 Dec;84(12):1059-61. No abstract available. PMID: 19955241 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Many Americans Have Prediabetes and Should Be Considered for Metformin Therapy.

Rhee MK, Herrick K, Ziemer DC, Vaccarino V, Weintraub WS, Narayan KM, Kolm P, Twombly JG, Phillips LS.

Diabetes Care. 2009 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19808929 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Impact of an initial strategy of medical therapy without percutaneous coronary intervention in high-risk patients from the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation (COURAGE) trial.

Maron DJ, Spertus JA, Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Sedlis SP, Bates ER, Kostuk WJ, Dada M, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Teo KK, O'Rourke RA, Weintraub WS, Boden WE; COURAGE Trial Research Group.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Oct 15;104(8):1055-62. Epub 2009 Aug 28.PMID: 19801024 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of a psychoeducational intervention on depression, anxiety, and health resource use in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients.

Dunbar SB, Langberg JJ, Reilly CM, Viswanathan B, McCarty F, Culler SD, O'Brien MC, Weintraub WS.

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Oct;32(10):1259-71.PMID: 19796343 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients with stable coronary disease: a pre-specified subset analysis of the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive druG Evaluation) trial.

Teo KK, Sedlis SP, Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Dada M, Gupta V, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS; COURAGE Trial Investigators.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29;54(14):1303-8.PMID: 19778673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost effectiveness of enoxaparin in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the ExTRACT-TIMI 25 (Enoxaparin and Thrombolysis Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 25) study.

Marcoff L, Zhang Z, Zhang W, Ewen E, Jurkovitz C, Leguet P, Kolm P, Weintraub WS.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29;54(14):1271-9.PMID: 19778669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence, predictors, and in-hospital outcomes of non-infarct artery intervention during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry).

Cavender MA, Milford-Beland S, Roe MT, Peterson ED, Weintraub WS, Rao SV.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 15;104(4):507-13. Epub 2009 Jun 18.PMID: 19660603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The risk of cardiovascular events in primary care patients following an episode of severe hypertension.

Ewen E, Zhang Z, Kolm P, Jurkovitz C, Jackson J, Fidan D, Weintraub WS.

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2009 Apr;11(4):175-82.PMID: 19614801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention on long-term cardiovascular end points in patients with stable coronary artery disease (from the COURAGE Trial).

Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Teo KK, Maron DJ, Hartigan PM, Sedlis SP, Dada M, Labedi M, Spertus JA, Kostuk WJ, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS; COURAGE Trial Investigators.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jul 1;104(1):1-4. Epub 2009 Apr 16.PMID: 19576311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Glucose challenge test screening for prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes.

Phillips LS, Ziemer DC, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Vaccarino V, Rhee MK, Chatterjee R, Narayan KM, Koch DD.

Diabetologia. 2009 Sep;52(9):1798-807. Epub 2009 Jun 26.PMID: 19557386 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Percutaneous coronary interventions in facilities without cardiac surgery on site: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR).

Kutcher MA, Klein LW, Ou FS, Wharton TP Jr, Dehmer GJ, Singh M, Anderson HV, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub WS, Shaw RE, Sacrinty MT, Woodward A, Peterson ED, Brindis RG; National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 30;54(1):16-24. No abstract available. PMID: 19555835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A longitudinal assessment of coronary interventional program quality: a report from the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

Klein LW, Kolm P, Xu X, Krone RJ, Anderson HV, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG, Weintraub WS.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Feb;2(2):136-43.PMID: 19463415 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The American Heart Association's principles for comparative effectiveness research: a policy statement from the American Heart Association.

Gibbons RJ, Gardner TJ, Anderson JL, Goldstein LB, Meltzer N, Weintraub WS, Yancy CW; American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee.

Circulation. 2009 Jun 9;119(22):2955-62. Epub 2009 May 11. No abstract available. PMID: 19433753 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Determining the in-hospital cost of bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Ewen EF, Zhao L, Kolm P, Jurkovitz C, Fidan D, White HD, Gallo R, Weintraub WS.

J Interv Cardiol. 2009 Jun;22(3):266-73. Epub 2009 Feb 26.PMID: 19298500 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Survival and neurologic recovery in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction resuscitated from cardiac arrest.

Hosmane VR, Mustafa NG, Reddy VK, Reese CL 4th, DiSabatino A, Kolm P, Hopkins JT, Weintraub WS, Rahman E.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Feb 3;53(5):409-15.PMID: 19179198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient health status and costs in heart failure: insights from the eplerenone post-acute myocardial infarction heart failure efficacy and survival study (EPHESUS).

Chan PS, Soto G, Jones PG, Nallamothu BK, Zhang Z, Weintraub WS, Spertus JA.

Circulation. 2009 Jan 27;119(3):398-407. Epub 2009 Jan 12.PMID: 19139382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Re: One year perspective on COURAGE.

Sedlis SP, Boden WE, Weintraub WS, Maron DS, O'Rourke RA, Berman DS, Mancini GB; COURAGE study Investigators.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Feb 15;73(3):428. No abstract available. PMID: 19133682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

ACCF/SCAI/STS/AATS/AHA/ASNC 2009 Appropriateness Criteria for Coronary Revascularization : a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriateness Criteria Task Force, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Endorsed by the American Society of Echocardiography, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

Patel MR, Dehmer GJ, Hirshfeld JW, Smith PK, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Brindis RG, Beckman KJ, Chambers CE, Ferguson TB Jr, Garcia MJ, Grover FL, Holmes DR Jr, Klein LW, Limacher M, Mack MJ, Malenka DJ, Park MH, Ragosta M 3rd, Ritchie JL, Rose GA, Rosenberg AB, Shemin RJ, Weintraub WS, Wolk MJ, Allen JM, Douglas PS, Hendel RC, Peterson ED.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Feb 15;73(3):E1-24.PMID: 19127535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Unrecognized glucose intolerance is not associated with depression. Screening for Impaired Glucose Tolerance study 3 (SIGT 3).

Rhee MK, Musselman D, Ziemer DC, Vaccarino V, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Caudle JM, Varughese RM, Irving JM, Phillips LS.

Diabet Med. 2008 Nov;25(11):1361-5.PMID: 19046230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Is an invasive interventional strategy of value in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes?

Weintraub WS.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Dec;5(12):754-5. Epub 2008 Oct 7.PMID: 18838964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The "metabolic syndrome" is less useful than random plasma glucose to screen for glucose intolerance.

El Bassuoni EA, Ziemer DC, Kolm P, Rhee MK, Vaccarino V, Tsui CW, Kaufman JM, Osinski GE, Koch DD, Narayan KM, Weintraub WS, Phillips LS.

Prim Care Diabetes. 2008 Sep;2(3):147-53. Epub 2008 Jun 11.PMID: 18779039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of PCI on quality of life in patients with stable coronary disease.

Weintraub WS, Spertus JA, Kolm P, Maron DJ, Zhang Z, Jurkovitz C, Zhang W, Hartigan PM, Lewis C, Veledar E, Bowen J, Dunbar SB, Deaton C, Kaufman S, O'Rourke RA, Goeree R, Barnett PG, Teo KK, Boden WE; COURAGE Trial Research Group, Mancini GB.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 14;359(7):677-87.PMID: 18703470 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Health status outcomes after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: results from the Assessment of Cardioversion Using Transesophageal Echocardiography (ACUTE) II Trial.

Elliott DJ, Zhao L, Jasper SE, Lieber EA, Klein AL, Weintraub WS.

Am Heart J. 2008 Aug;156(2):374.e1-6.PMID: 18657673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Utility estimates for decision-analytic modeling in chronic heart failure--health states based on New York Heart Association classes and number of rehospitalizations.

Göhler A, Geisler BP, Manne JM, Kosiborod M, Zhang Z, Weintraub WS, Spertus JA, Gazelle GS, Siebert U, Cohen DJ.

Value Health. 2009 Jan;12(1):185-7. Epub 2008 Jul 18.PMID: 18647251 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Long-term cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel in STEMI patients.

Zhang Z, Kolm P, Mosse F, Jackson J, Zhao L, Weintraub WS.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jul 10;135(3):353-60. Epub 2008 Jun 30.PMID: 18586338 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Endothelial function and aminothiol biomarkers of oxidative stress in healthy adults.

Ashfaq S, Abramson JL, Jones DP, Rhodes SD, Weintraub WS, Hooper WC, Vaccarino V, Alexander RW, Harrison DG, Quyyumi AA.

Hypertension. 2008 Jul;52(1):80-5. Epub 2008 May 26.PMID: 18504327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pharmacoeconomic concepts in antiplatelet therapy: understanding cost-effectiveness analyses using clopidogrel as an example.

Weintraub WS.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Jun;13(2):107-19.PMID: 18495905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

Shaw LJ, Shaw RE, Merz CN, Brindis RG, Klein LW, Nallamothu B, Douglas PS, Krone RJ, McKay CR, Block PC, Hewitt K, Weintraub WS, Peterson ED; American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Investigators.

Circulation. 2008 Apr 8;117(14):1787-801. Epub 2008 Mar 31.PMID: 18378615 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predicting cardiovascular events with coronary calcium scoring.

Weintraub WS, Diamond GA.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 27;358(13):1394-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18367744 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcome of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted to Hospitals With or Without Onsite Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: A TACTICS-TIMI 18 Substudy.

Lakkis N, Tsyboulev V, Gibson CM, Murphy SA, Weintraub WS, Dibattiste PM, Cannon CP; for the TACTICS-TIMI-18 Investigators.

Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2002 Dec;1(4):232-237.PMID: 18340309 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Early Invasive Strategy Improves Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome With Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Report From TACTICS-TIMI 18.

Kugelmass AD, Sadanandan S, Lakkis N, Dibattiste PM, Robertson DH, Demopoulos LA, Gibson CM, Weintraub WS, Murphy SA, Cannon CP; for the TACTICS TIMI-18 Investigators.

Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2006 Sep;5(3):167-172.PMID: 18340233 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Random plasma glucose in serendipitous screening for glucose intolerance: screening for impaired glucose tolerance study 2.

Ziemer DC, Kolm P, Foster JK, Weintraub WS, Vaccarino V, Rhee MK, Varughese RM, Tsui CW, Koch DD, Twombly JG, Narayan KM, Phillips LS.

J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May;23(5):528-35. Epub 2008 Mar 12.PMID: 18335280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Age, BMI, and race are less important than random plasma glucose in identifying risk of glucose intolerance: the Screening for Impaired Glucose Tolerance Study (SIGT 5).

Ziemer DC, Kolm P, Weintraub WS, Vaccarino V, Rhee MK, Caudle JM, Irving JM, Koch DD, Narayan KM, Phillips LS.

Diabetes Care. 2008 May;31(5):884-6. Epub 2008 Feb 29.PMID: 18310308 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Predicting thromboembolism and selecting patients for anticoagulant therapy in atrial fibrillation.

Weintraub WS.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Feb 26;51(8):816-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18294565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention to reduce ischemic burden: results from the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial nuclear substudy.

Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Maron DJ, Mancini GB, Hayes SW, Hartigan PM, Weintraub WS, O'Rourke RA, Dada M, Spertus JA, Chaitman BR, Friedman J, Slomka P, Heller GV, Germano G, Gosselin G, Berger P, Kostuk WJ, Schwartz RG, Knudtson M, Veledar E, Bates ER, McCallister B, Teo KK, Boden WE; COURAGE Investigators.

Circulation. 2008 Mar 11;117(10):1283-91. Epub 2008 Feb 11.PMID: 18268144 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Culprit-only or multivessel revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes: an American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Database Registry report.

Brener SJ, Milford-Beland S, Roe MT, Bhatt DL, Weintraub WS, Brindis RG; American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Database Registry.

Am Heart J. 2008 Jan;155(1):140-6.PMID: 18082505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Establishing the effectiveness of coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction.

Weintraub WS, Ehrenthal D.

Am Heart J. 2008 Jan;155(1):6-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18082482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The corrected values for duration and frequency of angina at baseline in the clinical outcomes utilizing revascularization and aggressive drug evaluation trial.

Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Teo KK, Weintraub WS.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Nov 15;100(10):1604. No abstract available. PMID: 18051252 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes in Canada: a long-term analysis based on the CURE trial.

Kolm P, Yuan Y, Veledar E, Mehta SR, O'Brien JA, Weintraub WS.

Can J Cardiol. 2007 Nov;23(13):1037-42.PMID: 17985004 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acute noncardiac conditions and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Allen NB, Masoudi FA, Weintraub WS, Krumholz HM.

Circulation. 2007 Oct 23;116(17):1925-30. Epub 2007 Oct 8.PMID: 17923572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The pathophysiology and burden of restenosis.

Weintraub WS.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Sep 3;100(5A):3K-9K. Epub 2007 Jun 26. Review.PMID: 17719351 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictors of weight change in overweight patients with myocardial infarction.

Fadl YY, Krumholz HM, Kosiborod M, Masoudi FA, Peterson PN, Reid KJ, Weintraub WS, Buchanan DM, Spertus JA.

Am Heart J. 2007 Oct;154(4):711-7.PMID: 17892997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Utilization of distal embolic protection in saphenous vein graft interventions (an analysis of 19,546 patients in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry).

Mehta SK, Frutkin AD, Milford-Beland S, Klein LW, Shaw RE, Weintraub WS, Krone RJ, Anderson HV, Kutcher MA, Marso SP; American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 1;100(7):1114-8. Epub 2007 Jul 18.PMID: 17884373 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost of Heart Failure in Patients Receiving beta-Blockers and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors.

Weintraub WS, Kawabata H, Tran M, L'italien GJ, Chen RS.

Clin Drug Investig. 2004;24(5):255-64.PMID: 17503887 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Comparison of recovery after mitral valve repair and replacement.

Zhao L, Kolm P, Borger MA, Zhang Z, Lewis C, Anderson G, Jurkovitz CT, Borkon AM, Lyles RH, Weintraub WS.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 May;133(5):1257-63.PMID: 17467438 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identifying heart failure patients at high risk for near-term cardiovascular events with serial health status assessments.

Kosiborod M, Soto GE, Jones PG, Krumholz HM, Weintraub WS, Deedwania P, Spertus JA.

Circulation. 2007 Apr 17;115(15):1975-81. Epub 2007 Apr 9.PMID: 17420346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable coronary disease.

Boden WE, O'Rourke RA, Teo KK, Hartigan PM, Maron DJ, Kostuk WJ, Knudtson M, Dada M, Casperson P, Harris CL, Chaitman BR, Shaw L, Gosselin G, Nawaz S, Title LM, Gau G, Blaustein AS, Booth DC, Bates ER, Spertus JA, Berman DS, Mancini GB, Weintraub WS; COURAGE Trial Research Group.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 12;356(15):1503-16. Epub 2007 Mar 26.PMID: 17387127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Frequency of percutaneous coronary interventions at facilities without on-site cardiac surgical backup--a report from the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR).

Dehmer GJ, Kutcher MA, Dey SK, Shaw RE, Weintraub WS, Mitchell K, Brindis RG; ACC-NCDR.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 1;99(3):329-32. Epub 2006 Nov 29.PMID: 17261392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles