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1. Enhancing quality of heart failure care in managed Medicare and Medicaid in North Carolina: results of the North Carolina Achieving Cardiac Excellence (NC ACE) Project

Author

Goff, David C., Massing, Mark W., Bertoni, Alain G., Davis, Jennifer, Ambrosius, Walter T., McArdle, Jill, Duren-Winfield, Vanessa, Sueta, Carla A., and Croft, Janet B.

Subjects
Heart failure -- Care and treatment, ACE inhibitors -- Research, Adrenergic beta blockers -- Research, Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Research, Medical care -- Quality management, Medical care -- Evaluation, Health
Published
2005

2. Income, income inequality, and cardiovascular disease mortality: relations among county populations of the United States, 1985 to 1994

Author

Massing, Mark W., Rosamond, Wayne D., Wing, Steven B., Suchindran, Chirayath M., Kaplan, Berton H., and Tyroler, Herman A.

Subjects
Mortality -- Statistics -- United States, Income distribution -- Health aspects -- Economic aspects -- Statistics, Cardiovascular diseases -- Patient outcomes -- Economic aspects, Health
Abstract

Objectives: Despite the major contribution of cardiovascular disease (CVD) to total mortality, and reports demonstrating strong relations between income and CVD, the joint relations of population-level income and income inequality [...]

Published
2004

3. Heart failure prevalence, incidence, and mortality in the elderly with diabetes

Author

Bertoni, Alain G., Hundley, W. Gregory, Massing, Mark W., Bonds, Denise E., Burke, Gregory L., and Goff, Jr., David C.

Subjects
Aged -- Health aspects, Diabetes -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis, Diabetes in old age -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis, Heart failure -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis, Health, Diagnosis, Risk factors, Health aspects
Abstract

OBJECTIVE--The goal of this study was to determine heart failure prevalence and incidence rates, subsequent mortality, and risk factors for heart failure among older populations in Medicare with diabetes. RESEARCH [...]

Published
2004

4. Lipid testing among patients with diabetes who receive diabetes care from primary care physicians. (Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition)

Author

Massing, Mark W., Henley, Nancy S., Carter-Edwards, Lori, Schenck, Anna P., and Simpson, Ross J.

Subjects
Physician services utilization -- Analysis -- Measurement, Blood lipids -- Measurement -- Analysis, Diabetics -- Care and treatment, Health, Care and treatment, Analysis, Measurement
Abstract

OBJECTIVE -- To identify factors related to lipid testing among patients with diabetes who receive diabetes care from primary care physicians. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METKODS -- North Carolina Medicare claims [...]

Published
2003

5. Trends in lipid management among patients with coronary artery disease: has diabetes received the attention it deserves? (Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition: Original Article)

Author

Massing, Mark W., Foley, Kathleen A., Sueta, Carla A., Chowdhury, Mridul, Biggs, David P., Alexander, Charles M., and Simpson, Ross J.

Subjects
Coronary heart disease -- Care and treatment -- Health aspects, Hyperlipidemia -- Care and treatment -- Health aspects, Cardiac patients -- Health aspects -- Care and treatment, Health, Care and treatment, Health aspects
Abstract

OBJECTIVE--To examine lipid management trends for coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with and without diabetes in order to determine whether those with diabetes are beginning to receive aggressive lipid management [...]

Published
2003

6. Calcium Channel Blockers and Mortality in Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction

Author

Jollis, James G., Simpson, Ross J. Jr, Chowdhury, Mridul K., Cascio, Wayne E., Crouse, John R. III, Massing, Mark W., and Smith, Sidney C. Jr

Subjects
Heart attack -- Drug therapy, Cardiac patients -- Patient outcomes, Calcium channel blockers -- Health aspects, Health
Abstract

Background: Although calcium channel blockers are a useful therapy in relieving angina, lowering blood pressure, and slowing conduction of atrial fibrillation, growing evidence has cast doubt on their safety in patients with coronary disease. Objective: To examine the association between calcium channel blocker therapy at hospital discharge and mortality in a population-based sample of elderly patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction. Design: Retrospective cohort study using data from medical charts and administrative files. Setting: All acute care hospitals in 46 states. Patients: All Medicare patients with a principal diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction consecutively discharged from the hospital alive during 8-month periods between 1994 and 1995 (N = 141 041). Main Outcome Measure: Mortality at 30 days and 1 year. Results: Calcium channel blockers were widely prescribed at hospital discharge to elderly patients with myocardial infarction between 1994 and 1995 (n = 51 921), the most commonly prescribed being diltiazem (n = 21 175), nifedipine (n = 12 670), amlodipine (n = 11 683), and verapamil (n = 3639). After adjusting for illness severity and concomitant medication use, patients who were prescribed calcium channel blockers at hospital discharge did not have increased risk for 30-day or 1-year mortality, with the exception of the few (n = 116) treated with bepridil. Bepridil differs from other calcium channel blockers because of its tendency to prolong repolarization, and its association with proarrhythmic effects in elderly patients. Conclusion: We did not identify a mortality risk in a large consecutive sample of elderly patients with myocardial infarction, which supports the need for additional prospective trials examining calcium channel blocker therapy for ischemic heart disease. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:2341-2348

Published
1999

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