2020
Associations Between Female Sex, Sarcomere Variants, and Clinical Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Lakdawala NK, Olivotto I, Day SM, Han L, Ashley EA, Michels M, Ingles J, Semsarian C, Jacoby D, Jefferies JL, Colan SD, Pereira AC, Rossano JW, Wittekind S, Ware JS, Saberi S, Helms AS, Cirino AL, Leinwand LA, Seidman CE, Ho CY. Associations Between Female Sex, Sarcomere Variants, and Clinical Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Genomic And Precision Medicine 2020, 14: e003062. PMID: 33284039, DOI: 10.1161/circgen.120.003062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertrophic cardiomyopathyClinical outcomesNew York Heart Association IIIImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator utilizationSevere heart failure symptomsHeart failure symptomsReduced ejection fractionRetrospective cohort studyImpact of sexSex-based differencesHCM centersCause mortalityTract obstructionBaseline characteristicsCohort studyEjection fractionHeart failureVentricular arrhythmiasFemale sexHCM patientsMyocardial performanceFailure symptomsInternational registrySarcomere variantsHigh burden
2019
Machine Learning Prediction of Mortality and Hospitalization in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Angraal S, Mortazavi BJ, Gupta A, Khera R, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Jacoby DL, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Machine Learning Prediction of Mortality and Hospitalization in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Failure 2019, 8: 12-21. PMID: 31606361, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHF hospitalizationRisk of mortalityEjection fractionBlood urea nitrogen levelsLogistic regressionPrevious HF hospitalizationHeart failure hospitalizationReduced ejection fractionReceiver-operating characteristic curveRisk of deathBody mass indexBlood urea nitrogenUrea nitrogen levelsHealth status dataMean c-statisticKCCQ scoresTOPCAT trialFailure hospitalizationHeart failureHemoglobin levelsMass indexC-statisticHospitalizationUrea nitrogenMortality