2012-05-24T14:56:30Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/coronary-artery-disease.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000124.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>Skills in reading, listing and numeracy may affect the risk of coronary heart disease.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20101320.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>The research goal was to assess the ability of the General Cardiovascular Risk Profile to identify individuals with advanced coronary artery calcification, and determine whether identification is improved with family history.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100157.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

There is little evidence of an association between short- or long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution and venous thromboembolism; and no evidence that hormone therapy is modifing such a link.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080816.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Evaluated criteria for tailoring the decision to perform coronary angiography in specific clinical scenarios are lacking. Appropriateness scores offer prognostically valid criteria for judging which specific patients might benefit from coronary angiography. Patient-specific appropriateness scores help pinpoint areas where judgments diverge and are a promising tool for making guidelines more effective.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080217.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Finds that high-risk coronary artery bypass graft patients are significantly more likely to receive care from high-quality surgeons compared with lower-risk patients.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081223.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>Investigate the possibility that family history beyond early-onset coronary heart disease might contribute to coronary heart disease susceptibility, the authors studied associations between additional family history and the coronary artery calcium score.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070212.html Jan 31, 2007 Jan 31, 2007

<p>Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) hydrolyzes circulating triglycerides (TGs). We previously showed that 3'-end haplotypes in the LPL gene influence atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. This study asked whether these LPL haplotypes influence response to lipid-lowering therapy among 829 subjects from the Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft trial. Lipid profiles were obtained at baseline and 4-5 years after treatment with lovastatin.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070816.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>A family history of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) is a known risk factor for CHD events.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060810.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>Familial risk assessment can stratify risk for early-onset coronary heart disease.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010502.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>These findings support the use of physicians from multiple specialties on appropriateness panels because they represent more divergent views than physicians from a single specialty.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010106.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>Both bypass surgery and angioplasty lead to improved quality of life for patients with chronic stable angina and one- or two-vessel coronary artery disease.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010909.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>Among a large and diverse sample of Medicare beneficiaries in five U.S. states, overuse of PTCA was greater among white men than among other groups, but this difference did not fully account for racial disparities in revascularization. Overuse of cardiac revascularization varied significantly by geographic region.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000016.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

<p>These findings have important implications for clinical decision making for patients with cardiovascular disease.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000050.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

<p>Summarizes prior estimates of race and sex disparities in use of standard tests and therapies for coronary artery disease, and evaluates studies of factors that may contribute to gaps in care.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20001110.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

<p>There is a general lack of health-related research focusing on gender-specific differences within a working population.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990006.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>The objective of this study was to develop review criteria to assess the quality of care for three major chronic diseases: adult asthma, stable angina, and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990503.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>To evaluate the appropriateness of referral following coronary angiography in Sweden.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990404.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of overuse and underuse of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease and to determine whether the socioeconomic status, health insurance, gender, and race/ethnicity of a patient influence the use of diagnostic tests.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990035.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>This study uses hospital discharge data for 1992-1994 to assess differences between HMO and insured non-HMO patients in California and Florida with regard to the quality of the hospitals used for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19970020.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

<p>Examines the appropriateness of intention-to-treat decisions concerning coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for patients with coronary artery disease in the Netherlands.</p>