Publications by authors named "B Hurdus"
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients following myocardial infarction (MI) is frequently impaired. We investigated the association of baseline and changes in HRQoL with mortality following MI.
Methods And Results: Nationwide longitudinal study of 9474 patients admitted to 77 hospitals in England as part of the Evaluation of the Methods and Management of Acute Coronary Events study.
Article Synopsis
- - This study aimed to explore how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is linked to serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) in patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD).
- - Researchers analyzed data from 51 studies involving over 134,000 participants and found that lower HRQoL scores are associated with a higher risk of MACCE and all-cause mortality.
- - The findings suggest that regularly assessing HRQoL could improve patient care by helping to identify individuals with IHD who may need targeted interventions to reduce their risk of adverse outcomes.
Cohort profile: Evaluation of the Methods and Management of Acute Coronary Events (EMMACE) Longitudinal Cohort.
Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes
August 2023
Aims: The Evaluation of the Methods and Management of Acute Coronary Events (EMMACE) longitudinal cohort study aims to investigate health trajectories of individuals following hospitalization for myocardial infarction (MI).
Methods And Results: EMMACE is a linked multicentre prospective cohort study of 14 899 patients with MI admitted to 77 hospitals in England who participated in the EMMACE-3 and -4 studies between 1st November 2011 and 24th June 2015. Long-term follow-up of the EMMACE cohorts was conducted through the EMMACE-XL (27th September 2020 to 31st March 2022) and EMMACE-XXL (1st July 2021 to 1st July 2023) studies.
Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is an increasingly recognised complication following anterior myocardial infarction and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Whilst vitamin K antagonists (VKA) remain the only approved therapeutic option to reduce the risk of systemic thromboembolism including stroke, the off-label use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is becoming an attractive alternative.We aimed to improve the diagnosis and management of LV thrombus at a tertiary cardiology centre using quality improvement methodology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To investigate sex-based differences in baseline values and longitudinal trajectories of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a large cohort of myocardial infarction (MI) survivors after adjusting for other important factors.
Design: Longitudinal cohort study.
Setting: Population-based longitudinal study the Evaluation of the Methods and Management of Acute Coronary Events study linked with national cardiovascular registry.