2022
Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018
Clark K, Reinhardt S, Chouairi F, Miller E, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai N. Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s65. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayHeart transplantationHospital mortalityIndex hospitalizationLVAD implantationLonger median LOSMedian LOSLonger LOSPost-discharge utilizationNational Inpatient SampleHospitalization volumeInpatient mortalityHispanic patientsAsian patientsInpatient SampleHospitalizationMortalityStudy periodUS trendsPatientsTransplantationAdmissionLVADImplantationHigh percentage
2018
Effect of Race on Outcomes Following Early Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography or Standard Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain.
Reinhardt SW, Babatunde A, Novak E, Brown DL. Effect of Race on Outcomes Following Early Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography or Standard Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain. Ethnicity & Disease 2018, 28: 517-524. PMID: 30405295, PMCID: PMC6200301, DOI: 10.18865/ed.28.4.517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary syndromeEmergency department evaluationChest painMedian LOSDepartment evaluationCaucasian patientsDownstream testingMyocardial ischemia/infarctionRadiation exposureDirect ED dischargeStandard ED evaluationAcute chest painRecurrent chest painLength of stayCumulative radiation exposureIschemia/infarctionGreater radiation exposureStandard evaluationEarly CCTAIndex visitCoronary syndromeED dischargeED evaluationED visitsHospital admission