2024
Inter-Rater Reliability for the Amputation Endpoint in the National Vascular Quality Initiative
Smolderen K, Romain G, Scierka L, Cleman J, Rahman M, Siddiqui W, Lau F, Mao J, Akhlaghi N, Higaki A, Fowler X, Carroll M, Telma K, Alvermann T, Baribeau V, Goodney P, Mena-Hurtado C. Inter-Rater Reliability for the Amputation Endpoint in the National Vascular Quality Initiative. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024, 17: 622-631. PMID: 38479964, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsElectronic health record reviewAmputation dataPeripheral arterial diseaseInterrater reliabilityVQI registryAcademic health systemTrained data collectorsNational quality registryInter-rater reliabilityEvaluate interrater reliabilityNational reporting systemHealth recordsQuality registryHealth systemCurrent Procedural Terminology codesInter-raterVascular Quality Initiative registryVascular Quality InitiativeProcedural Terminology codesNational Vascular Quality InitiativeRegistryQuality InitiativeAmputationSpearman's rEvaluation 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