Clinical Risk Assessment: Identifying Patients at High Risk for Heart Failure

References 

1. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2003 Update. American Heart Association . http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/10590179711482003HDSStatsBookREV7-03.pdf 2002; Accessed November 11, 2008.
2. Bolli R, Becker L, Gross G, Mentzer R, Balshaw D, Lathrop DA, et al. Myocardial protection at a crossroads: the need for translation into clinical therapy . Circ Res . 2004;95(2):125–134
   • CrossRef
3. National Center for Health Statistics  . Inpatient surgery. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/insurg.htm May 1, 2003; Accessed November 11, 2008.
4. ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary bypass graft surgery: summary article. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery) . Circulation . 2004;110:1168–1176 http://www.circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/110/9/1168 Accessed November 11, 2008.
5. Jones R , Hannan E , Hammermeister K , et al.   Identification of preoperative variables needed for risk adjustment of short-term mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The Working Group Panel on the Cooperative CABG Database Project . J Am Coll Cardiol . 1996;28(6):1478–1487
   • Abstract
   • Full-Text PDF (1009 KB)
   • CrossRef
6. Rao V , Ivanov J , Weisel RD , Ikonomidis JS , Christakis GT , David TE . Surgery for acquired heart disease: predictors of low cardiac output syndrome after coronary artery bypass . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 1996;112:38–51
   • Abstract
   • Full Text
   • Full-Text PDF (1186 KB)
   • CrossRef
7. O'Connor GT , Birkmeyer JD , Dacey LJ , et al. , Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group    Results of a regional study of modes of death associated with coronary bypass grafting . Ann Thorac Surg . 1998;66(4):1323–1328
   • MEDLINE
   • CrossRef
8. Surgenor SD , O'Connor GT , Lahey SJ , et al. , Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group    Predicting the risk of death from heart failure after coronary artery bypass graft surgery . Anesth Analg . 2001;92(13):596–601
   • MEDLINE
   • CrossRef
9. The Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group . http://www.nnecdsg.org/study_sum.htm 2003; Accessed November 11, 2008.
10. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Chicago, IL: SPSS.
11. Furnary AP . Update on the Portland Protocol (slides with transcript). Selection from: From inpatient to outpatient: practical strategies for optimizing treatment of hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes Mellitus. Slide 9. Medscape Today. . http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570033 Accessed December 29, 2008.
12. Melnyk BM , Fineout-Overholt E . In: Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare . Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005;p. 168–181
13. In:  Petersen C editors. Perioperative Nursing Data Set . 2nd ed rev.. Denver, CO: AORN, Inc; 2007;p. 141–143 158–163.
14. Abiomed Protocol Book [CD] . Danvers, MA: ABIOMED; 2006;