Publications by authors named "Jeremy A Miles"
Introduction: Statins have been commonly used for primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention. We hypothesized that statins may improve in-hospital outcomes for hospitalized patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to its known anti-inflammatory effects.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study at the largest municipal health care system in the United States, including adult patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19 between March 1 and December 1, 2020.
Objectives: To investigate the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 and to describe the characteristics and outcomes for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest within the ICU, compared with non-ICU patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest. Finally, we evaluated outcomes stratified by age.
Data Sources: A systematic review of PubMed, EMBASE, and preprint websites was conducted between January 1, 2020, and December 10, 2020.
Introduction: Red cell distribution (RDW) is associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence. However, its relationship with precursors of AF has not been established. We aim to investigate if association exists between RDW and negative P wave amplitude in V1, a marker of left atrial abnormality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients hospitalized for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are at risk for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). It is unknown whether certain characteristics of cardiac arrest care and outcomes of IHCAs during the COVID-19 pandemic differed compared with a pre-COVID-19 period.
Methods: All patients who experienced an IHCA at our hospital from March 1, 2020 through May 15, 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and those who had an IHCA from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 were identified.
Background: Hyponatremia is a well-established poor prognostic marker in patients with heart failure. Whether the mortality risk is comparable among different races of patients with heart failure and hyponatremia is unknown.
Materials And Methods: Consecutive patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure and an admission sodium level<135 mEq/L from 1/1/2001 through 12/31/10 were identified.
Aims: Loop diuretics have become a mainstay of chronic heart failure management. Furosemide and torsemide are the two most common loop diuretics; nevertheless, there is inconsistent evidence regarding the optimal choice of loop diuretic with respect to clinical outcomes.
Methods: Medline and Cochrane Databases were systemically reviewed for randomized and observational studies comparing patients with chronic heart failure on oral torsemide versus oral furosemide and their association with intermediate-term outcomes (5-12 months) through May 2018.
Background: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has become routine as part of initial stroke workup to assess for sources of emboli. Few studies have looked at other TTE findings such as ejection fraction, wall motion abnormalities, valve disease, pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy and their association with various subtypes of stroke, long-term outcomes of recurrent stroke, and all-cause mortality.
Methods And Results: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging brain imaging and TTE reports were reviewed for 2464 consecutive patients referred for TTE as part of a workup for acute stroke between 1/1/01 and 9/30/07.