Featured Publications
Peripheral Artery Disease Screening in the Community and 1-Year Mortality, Cardiovascular Events, and Adverse Limb Events
Smolderen K, Ameli O, Chaisson C, Heath K, Mena-Hurtado C. Peripheral Artery Disease Screening in the Community and 1-Year Mortality, Cardiovascular Events, and Adverse Limb Events. AJPM Focus 2022, 1: 100016. PMID: 37791014, PMCID: PMC10546509, DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2022.100016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor adverse limb eventsPeripheral artery diseaseAdverse limb eventsMajor cardiovascular eventsPeripheral artery disease (PAD) screeningArtery diseaseCardiovascular eventsLimb eventsCause mortalityOne-yearDisease screeningPeripheral vascular interventionsCardiovascular risk managementCause mortality ratesHome health visitsMedicare Advantage beneficiariesCardiovascular medicationsHealth visitsRevascularization proceduresHealthcare utilizationLandmark analysisSimilar riskVascular interventionsClaims dataMortality rate
2024
Variability in short-term mortality following repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms across centers and physicians
Romain G, Wang K, Scierka L, Cleman J, Callegari S, Aboian E, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Variability in short-term mortality following repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms across centers and physicians. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 80: 737-745.e14. PMID: 38729585, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician variablesPhysician volumeRuptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysmMortality riskPhysician levelAbdominal aortic aneurysmShort-term mortalityProcedure volumeMortality outcomesQuality of careAortic aneurysmMedian odds ratioShort-term mortality outcomesRepair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysmMedicare claims dataInfrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysmRuptured abdominal aortic aneurysmVascular Quality Initiative databaseAssociated with short-term mortalityLogistic regression modelsMortality rateCenter-level factorsCare managementClaims dataOdds ratio
2022
Use of linked registry claims data for long term surveillance of devices after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: observational surveillance study
Goodney P, Mao J, Columbo J, Suckow B, Schermerhorn M, Malas M, Brooke B, Hoel A, Scali S, Arya S, Spangler E, Alabi O, Beck A, Gladders B, Moore K, Zheng X, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Sedrakyan A, Organization S, Giles K, Beach J, Clouse W, Stone D, Randall M, Mansukhani N, Wang G, Woo K, Mureebe L, Dalsing M, Maijub J, Chaar C, Duwayri Y, Bertges D, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen K, Berman S, Osborne N, Henke P, Cronenwett J. Use of linked registry claims data for long term surveillance of devices after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: observational surveillance study. The BMJ 2022, 379: e071452. PMID: 36283705, PMCID: PMC9593227, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071452.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairAbdominal aortic aneurysm repairObservational surveillance studyRisk of reinterventionAortic aneurysm repairLong-term outcomesAFX deviceReal-world practiceAneurysm repairTerm outcomesClaims dataCox modelSurveillance studyVascular Quality Initiative registrySurveillance dataLong-term reinterventionAbdominal aortic aneurysmLong-term surveillanceUnited States MedicareReintervention rateMedian agePost-EVARAortic aneurysmAortic endograftsReintervention