2024
Evaluation of short-term mortality in patients with Medicare undergoing endovascular interventions for chronic limb-threatening ischemia
Cleman J, Romain G, Callegari S, Scierka L, Jacque F, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Evaluation of short-term mortality in patients with Medicare undergoing endovascular interventions for chronic limb-threatening ischemia. Vascular Medicine 2024, 29: 172-181. PMID: 38334045, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x231224335.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic limb-threatening ischemiaPeripheral vascular interventionsAssisted careLimb-threatening ischemiaCongestive heart failureFunctional status variablesCrude mortality ratePredictive variablesMortality rateStatus variablesRandom survival forest modelShort-term mortalityStage 5 chronic kidney diseaseQuality InitiativeRandom survival forestTreatment conversionMedical comorbiditiesShort-term outcomesHarrell's C-indexVascular Quality InitiativeCareDementiaInterventionMortalityRisk stratification
2023
Comparison of lower extremity bypass and peripheral vascular intervention for chronic limb-threatening ischemia in the Medicare-linked Vascular Quality Initiative
Cleman J, Romain G, Grubman S, Guzman R, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Comparison of lower extremity bypass and peripheral vascular intervention for chronic limb-threatening ischemia in the Medicare-linked Vascular Quality Initiative. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 78: 745-753.e6. PMID: 37207790, PMCID: PMC10964324, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic limb-threatening ischemiaLower extremity bypassPeripheral vascular interventionsVascular Quality InitiativeLimb-threatening ischemiaCause mortalityRisk of deathExtremity bypassVascular interventionsQuality InitiativeCox proportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier survival curvesProportional hazards regressionOverall mean ageLogistic regression modelsComparative effectiveness researchKnee poplitealMedicare registryInfrapopliteal arteriesHazards regressionMean ageThirty-dayHispanic ethnicityOutcome dataTreatment groups
2022
Frailty and outcomes following revascularization of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease: Insights from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)
Al-Damluji MS, Smolderen KG, Meng C, Dai F, Nanna MG, Sumpio B, Henke P, Mena-Hurtado C. Frailty and outcomes following revascularization of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease: Insights from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI). Vascular Medicine 2022, 27: 251-257. PMID: 35485400, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x221083701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk Analysis IndexVascular Quality InitiativeLower extremity revascularizationFrailty screening toolsMFI-5Lower extremity peripheral artery diseaseScreening toolFrailty detectionAddition of frailtyPAD risk factorsPeripheral artery diseasePAD populationRevascularization typeVascular cohortMajor amputationPerioperative outcomesArtery diseaseFrailty indexFrailty toolsAdjusted analysisUnplanned amputationRisk factorsHigher oddsPredictive valuePatients
2021
Trends in drug-coated device use for peripheral artery disease: Insights from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)
Pichert MD, Smolderen KG, Castro-Dominguez Y, Jelani QU, Nagpal S, Provance JB, Huang J, Malik AO, Secemsky EA, Derbas LA, Mena-Hurtado CI. Trends in drug-coated device use for peripheral artery disease: Insights from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI). Vascular Medicine 2021, 27: 73-74. PMID: 34610776, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x211043567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPREDICTORS OF DRUG-COATED BALLOON AND DRUG-ELUTING STENT USE IN FEMOROPOPLITEAL ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS. INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE
Dominguez Y, Pichert M, Alabi O, Huang J, Arham A, Brice A, Ahmed Z, Chaar C, Peri-Okonny P, Stacy M, Smolderen K, Hurtado C. PREDICTORS OF DRUG-COATED BALLOON AND DRUG-ELUTING STENT USE IN FEMOROPOPLITEAL ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS. INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 1005. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)02364-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOFF-LABEL USE OF DRUG COATED BALLOONS AND STENTS IN PATIENTS WITH FEMOROPOPLITEAL AND ADVANCED CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE
Dominguez Y, Pichert M, Alabi O, Huang J, Qurat-Ul-Ain J, Arham A, Brice A, Ahmed Z, Chaar C, Stacy M, Turner J, Smolderen K, Hurtado C. OFF-LABEL USE OF DRUG COATED BALLOONS AND STENTS IN PATIENTS WITH FEMOROPOPLITEAL AND ADVANCED CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 1012. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)02371-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFRAILTY AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS IN LOWER-EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE
Al-Damluji M, Smolderen K, Huang J, Guzman R, Nagpal S, Hurtado C. FRAILTY AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS IN LOWER-EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 1230. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)02589-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research