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Illness Perception and the Impact of a Definitive Diagnosis on Women With Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Qualitative Study.
Tseng L, Göç N, Schwann A, Cherlin E, Kunnirickal S, Odanovic N, Curry L, Shah S, Spatz E. Illness Perception and the Impact of a Definitive Diagnosis on Women With Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Qualitative Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2023, 16: 521-529. PMID: 37476997, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive coronary artery diseaseCoronary function testingCoronary artery diseaseInvasive coronary angiographyArtery diseaseCoronary angiographyFunction testingDefinitive diagnosisYale-New Haven HospitalNon-Hispanic blacksMore patient-centered careNew Haven HospitalPatient-centered careStructured telephone interviewQuality of lifeHealth care experiencesNon-Hispanic whitesGroup of womenCoronary functionIllness perceptionsMean ageINOCAUncertain causeMultidisciplinary teamPatient care
2020
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on interventional cardiology training in the United States
Shah S, Castro‐Dominguez Y, Gupta T, Attaran R, Byrum GV, Taleb A, Pettyjohn A, Bartel RC, Szerlip M, Henry TD, Mahmud E, Applegate RJ. Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on interventional cardiology training in the United States. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2020, 96: 997-1005. PMID: 32767717, PMCID: PMC7436398, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29198.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Financial barriers in accessing medical care for peripheral artery disease are associated with delay of presentation and adverse health status outcomes in the United States
Jelani QU, Jhamnani S, Spatz ES, Spertus J, Smolderen KG, Wang J, Desai NR, Jones P, Gosch K, Shah S, Attaran R, Mena-Hurtado C. Financial barriers in accessing medical care for peripheral artery disease are associated with delay of presentation and adverse health status outcomes in the United States. Vascular Medicine 2019, 25: 13-24. PMID: 31603393, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x19872542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleHealth Care CostsHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHumansInsurance, HealthMaleMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPeripheral Arterial DiseaseProspective StudiesQuality of LifeRisk FactorsTime FactorsTime-to-TreatmentUnited StatesConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePeripheral Artery QuestionnaireHealth status outcomesHealth statusArtery diseaseStatus outcomesFinancial barriersGeneral health-related qualityDisease-specific health statusPatient-reported health statusDelay of presentationPatient-reported difficultyVascular specialty clinicsPeripheral arterial diseaseEuroQol-5 DimensionsHealth-related qualityPoor health statusUnited States patientsMulticenter registryMultivariable adjustmentPAD symptomsArterial diseaseTreatment patternsUS patientsLate presentationDrug‐coated balloon versus plain old balloon angioplasty in femoropopliteal disease: An updated meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
Anantha‐Narayanan M, Shah SM, Jelani Q, Garcia S, Ionescu C, Regan C, Mena‐Hurtado C. Drug‐coated balloon versus plain old balloon angioplasty in femoropopliteal disease: An updated meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 94: 139-148. PMID: 30838719, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAmputation, SurgicalAngioplasty, BalloonCardiovascular AgentsCoated Materials, BiocompatibleEquipment DesignFemaleFemoral ArteryHumansLimb SalvageMalePeripheral Arterial DiseasePopliteal ArteryRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeVascular Access DevicesVascular PatencyConceptsTarget vessel revascularizationPeripheral arterial diseaseFemoropopliteal diseaseBalloon angioplastyRate of TVRDrug-coated balloon angioplastyPlain old balloon angioplastyAvailable RCT dataDevice-related mortalityImproved vessel patencyPrimary safety endpointMainstay of therapyCochrane's Q statisticLate lumen lossDrug-coated balloonsRandom-effects modelQ statisticMajor amputationSafety endpointVessel revascularizationDCB groupPopliteal arteryArterial diseaseUse of DCBLumen loss