2024
Competing risk analysis to estimate amputation incidence and risk in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease
Callegari S, Smolderen K, Cleman J, Mena-Hurtado C, Romain G. Competing risk analysis to estimate amputation incidence and risk in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease. Vascular Medicine 2024, 29: 496-506. PMID: 39219174, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x241268727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic limb-threatening ischemiaAmputation riskTime-to-event analysisPeripheral arterial diseaseLower-extremity peripheral arterial diseaseCumulative incidence functionCompeting risk analysisAmputation incidenceAmputation dataMedicare claimsLimb-threatening ischemiaVascular Quality Initiative registryMortality riskOutcomes researchPeripheral vascular interventionsArtery diseaseAmputationVascular outcomesCox regressionRiskMortalityCohortVascular interventionsTime-to-event methodsPatientsLong‐Term Mortality Predictors Using a Machine‐Learning Approach in Patients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia After Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Callegari S, Romain G, Cleman J, Scierka L, Jacque F, Smolderen K, Mena‐Hurtado C. Long‐Term Mortality Predictors Using a Machine‐Learning Approach in Patients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia After Peripheral Vascular Intervention. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e034477. PMID: 38761075, PMCID: PMC11179837, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.034477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic limb-threatening ischemiaPeripheral vascular interventionsHealth careLimb-threatening ischemiaMortality predictorsLong-term mortality riskMultidimensional risk factorsBody mass indexLong-term mortality predictorsImprove individualized careVascular interventionsIndividualized careAssisted careBiopsychosocial modelMortality riskCareMass indexRisk factorsMedical comorbiditiesRisk profileInterventionMortality rateChronic kidney diseaseMortalityPredictive variablesEvaluation 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
Community distress and risk of adverse outcomes after peripheral vascular intervention
Schenck C, Strand E, Smolderen K, Romain G, Nagpal S, Cleman J, Blume P, Mena-Hurtado C. Community distress and risk of adverse outcomes after peripheral vascular intervention. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 78: 166-174.e3. PMID: 36944389, PMCID: PMC11146282, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsDistressed Communities IndexMajor amputationRisk of mortalityAdverse outcomesVascular interventionsVascular Quality Initiative databaseDCI scoresCommunity distressCox regression modelTime-dependent receiverCharacteristic curve analysisClinical characteristicsFinal cohortPrimary outcomeClinical outcomesCardiovascular diseasePatientsAmputationZip code dataMortalityRisk categoriesCurve analysisInitiative databaseOutcomes
2021
A new cure model accounting for extra non-cancer mortality: Validation and application to real data
Botta L, Goungounga J, Capocaccia R, Romain G, Colonna M, Gatta G, Boussari O, Jooste V. A new cure model accounting for extra non-cancer mortality: Validation and application to real data. Revue D'Epidémiologie Et De Santé Publique 2021, 69: s24. DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2021.04.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelative riskGeneral populationCancer-specific deathNon-cancer mortalityPatient's relative riskExtra riskCancer survivorsCancer patientsCure modelBreast cancerNet survivalRelative survivalOverall populationIndividual data analysisIndividual dataSame riskCure fractionCancer dataDeathPatientsRiskCancerMortalitySurvivalAge effects