- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Part I Coronary heart disease
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology, outcomes, and quality of care
- Chapter 2 Lipids and cardiovascular disease
- Chapter 3 Myocardial ischaemia
- Chapter 4 Thrombosis, haemostasis, and platelet biology
- Chapter 5 Medical versus invasive management of coronary heart disease
- Chapter 6 Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Chapter 7 Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Part II Cardiac electrophysiology and heart rhythm disturbances
- Chapter 8 Epidemiology and molecular foundation
- Chapter 9 Atrial fibrillation
- Chapter 10 Interventional electrophysiology
- Chapter 11 Anti-arrhythmic drug therapy
- Part III Heart failure
- Chapter 12 Epidemiology
- Chapter 13 Medical management
- Chapter 14 Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Chapter 15 Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 16 Cardiac failure and transplantation
- Part IV Hypertension
- Chapter 17 Systemic arterial hypertension
- Chapter 18 Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Part V Valvular heart disease
- Chapter 19 Epidemiology and intervention
- Chapter 20 Endocarditis
- Part VI Cardiac imaging
- Chapter 21 Echocardiography
- Chapter 22 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- Chapter 23 Cardiac computed tomography
- Part VII Congenital heart disease
- Chapter 24 Congenital heart disease
- Part VIII Obstetric cardiology
- Chapter 25 Obstetric cardiology
- Part IX Cardiac rehabilitation
- Chapter 26 Cardiac rehabilitation
- Index
(p. 2) (p. 3) Epidemiology, outcomes, and quality of care
- Author(s):
Dr Kim Smolderen
, Dr Amit Amin
, Dr Suzanne Arnold
, Dr Donna Buchanan
, Dr Paul Chan
, Dr David Cohen
, Dr Mikhail Kosiborod
, Dr Nestor Mercado
, Dr Adam Salisbury
, Dr Lakshmi Venkitachalam
, and John Spertus
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199594764.003.0001
The fields of both epidemiology and outcomes research have benefited enormously over the past few decades from improved computing power, better analytic methods, the availability of large datasets, and the study of clinical behaviour. In this chapter, we highlight a small, somewhat subjective, sample of the seminal articles that have laid the foundation for the current state of the art of these scientific disciplines. We sought to capture a broad spectrum of representative articles that reflect ‘growth areas’ of the field. Landmark articles are, generally, those that have spawned numerous investigators to further understand the determinants of patients’ outcomes and how care is currently delivered so that these outcomes can be improved. We not only relied upon the collective experience of the authors, but also surveyed a number of our colleagues in epidemiology and outcomes research to solicit their input. Paring down the numerous excellent suggestions was a challenge and the selected articles are intended to encourage the reader to further explore these disciplines, which will ultimately lead to improvements in the delivery of healthcare and patients’ outcomes.
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Part I Coronary heart disease
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology, outcomes, and quality of care
- Chapter 2 Lipids and cardiovascular disease
- Chapter 3 Myocardial ischaemia
- Chapter 4 Thrombosis, haemostasis, and platelet biology
- Chapter 5 Medical versus invasive management of coronary heart disease
- Chapter 6 Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Chapter 7 Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Part II Cardiac electrophysiology and heart rhythm disturbances
- Chapter 8 Epidemiology and molecular foundation
- Chapter 9 Atrial fibrillation
- Chapter 10 Interventional electrophysiology
- Chapter 11 Anti-arrhythmic drug therapy
- Part III Heart failure
- Chapter 12 Epidemiology
- Chapter 13 Medical management
- Chapter 14 Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Chapter 15 Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy
- Chapter 16 Cardiac failure and transplantation
- Part IV Hypertension
- Chapter 17 Systemic arterial hypertension
- Chapter 18 Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Part V Valvular heart disease
- Chapter 19 Epidemiology and intervention
- Chapter 20 Endocarditis
- Part VI Cardiac imaging
- Chapter 21 Echocardiography
- Chapter 22 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- Chapter 23 Cardiac computed tomography
- Part VII Congenital heart disease
- Chapter 24 Congenital heart disease
- Part VIII Obstetric cardiology
- Chapter 25 Obstetric cardiology
- Part IX Cardiac rehabilitation
- Chapter 26 Cardiac rehabilitation
- Index