2015
Trends in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2007 to 2012
Murugiah K, Wang Y, Desai NR, Spatz ES, Nuti SV, Dreyer RP, Krumholz HM. Trends in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries, 2007 to 2012. JACC Heart Failure 2015, 4: 197-205. PMID: 26746377, PMCID: PMC5323042, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.09.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesReadmission ratesNonwhite patientsHospitalization ratesSecondary diagnosisMedicare feeYears of ageTakotsubo cardiomyopathyWorse outcomesWhite racePatientsService beneficiariesHospitalMortalityTime pointsOutcomesHospitalizationCohortDiagnosisRepresentative dataTakotsuboTTCReadmissionCardiomyopathyYears
2014
Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010
Murugiah K, Wang Y, Dodson JA, Nuti SV, Dharmarajan K, Ranasinghe I, Cooper Z, Krumholz HM. Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 99: 509-517. PMID: 25527425, PMCID: PMC4454375, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve replacementValve replacementHospitalization ratesAnnual Medicare paymentsPrincipal diagnosisOne-year hospitalization rateCommon principal diagnosisRisk of hospitalizationMean lengthGeneral Medicare populationMedicare paymentsPostoperative complicationsHeart failureBlack patientsMedicare patientsHospitalizationMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesMortality ratePatientsStayCumulative daysCumulative lengthCertain subgroupsSurvivors