2019
Claims-based cardiovascular outcome identification for clinical research: Results from 7 large randomized cardiovascular clinical trials
Brennan JM, Wruck L, Pencina MJ, Clare RM, Lopes RD, Alexander JH, O'Brien S, Krucoff M, Rao SV, Wang TY, Curtis LH, Newby LK, Granger CB, Patel M, Mahaffey K, Ross JS, Normand SL, Eloff BC, Caños DA, Lokhnygina YV, Roe MT, Califf RM, Marinac-Dabic D, Peterson ED. Claims-based cardiovascular outcome identification for clinical research: Results from 7 large randomized cardiovascular clinical trials. American Heart Journal 2019, 218: 110-122. PMID: 31726314, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2019.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBiomedical ResearchCardiovascular DiseasesCoronary Artery BypassData AccuracyDatabases, FactualFee-for-Service PlansFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInpatientsInsurance Claim ReviewKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMedical Record LinkageMedicareMulticenter Studies as TopicMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial RevascularizationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRetrospective StudiesStrokeUnited StatesConceptsCardiovascular clinical trialsMyocardial infarctionEvent ratesClinical researchRandomized cardiovascular clinical trialsClinical trialsTrial participantsClinical events committee’s adjudicationsOverall cardiovascular event ratesTreatment effectsAnnual event rateCardiovascular event ratesMedicare inpatient claimsClinical trial dataOutcomes of interestSite-reported eventsCase concordanceCardiovascular outcomesRetrospective studyHigher event ratesInpatient claimsClinical dataMedicare claimsClaims dataDuke Database
2013
Hospital-Based, Acute Care Use Among Patients Within 30 Days of Discharge After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Fox JP, Suter LG, Wang K, Wang Y, Krumholz HM, Ross JS. Hospital-Based, Acute Care Use Among Patients Within 30 Days of Discharge After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2013, 96: 96-104. PMID: 23702228, PMCID: PMC3758868, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCaliforniaCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMorbidityPatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PeriodPrognosisRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSurvival RateTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsDays of dischargeAcute care needsCABG surgeryED visit ratesED visitsHospital readmissionReadmission ratesCare needsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryVisit ratesArtery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass surgeryRisk-standardized readmission ratesAcute care ratesHospital 30 daysBypass graft surgeryAcute care useArtery bypass surgeryCongestive heart failureEmergency department visitsEmergency Department DatabasesChest discomfortGraft surgeryBypass surgeryHospital volume
2012
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Hu S, Zheng Z, Yuan X, Wang Y, Normand SL, Ross JS, Krumholz HM. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 214-221. PMID: 22396587, PMCID: PMC3509783, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.111.962365.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedChinaCoronary Artery BypassFemaleHospital MortalityHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CareConceptsChinese Cardiac Surgery RegistryCardiac Surgery RegistryCABG surgeryComplication rateCoronary artery bypass graftCoronary artery bypassMajor complication rateArtery bypass graftCause mortality ratesNational multicenter databaseHospital-level performanceArtery bypassHospital mortalityMediastinal infectionRenal failureConsecutive patientsBypass graftMulticenter databaseMean ageMyocardial infarctionNational registryCABG facilitiesMortality rateSurgeryHospital
2007
Cardiac Certificate of Need regulations and the availability and use of revascularization services
Ho V, Ross JS, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM. Cardiac Certificate of Need regulations and the availability and use of revascularization services. American Heart Journal 2007, 154: 767-775. PMID: 17893007, PMCID: PMC2084214, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.06.031.Peer-Reviewed Original Research