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Examining Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Comorbid Peripheral Artery Disease and Microvascular Disease
Grubman S, Algara M, Smolderen K, Luna P, Walenczyk K, Scierka L, Cleman J, Siddiqui W, Romain G, Mena‐Hurtado C. Examining Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Comorbid Peripheral Artery Disease and Microvascular Disease. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e030710. PMID: 38166496, PMCID: PMC10863818, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsMicrovascular diseaseMinor amputationHospital mortalityCardiac eventsArtery diseaseNational Readmission DatabaseFurther prospective researchNumber of patientsCommon risk factorsMultiple logistic regressionMajor amputationBaseline factorsFinal cohortCox regressionAdverse outcomesPAD groupSecondary diagnosisRisk factorsAnnual admissionsObservational studyPrevalent conditionHigh risk
2024
Multi-modality imaging for assessment of the microcirculation in peripheral artery disease: Bench to clinical practice
Callegari S, Feher A, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinusas A. Multi-modality imaging for assessment of the microcirculation in peripheral artery disease: Bench to clinical practice. American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research And Practice 2024, 42: 100400. PMID: 38779485, PMCID: PMC11108852, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral arterial diseaseMicrovascular diseasePeripheral microcirculationArtery diseaseEvaluation of response to therapyResponse to therapyManagement of peripheral arterial diseaseImprove risk stratificationOutcomes of peripheral artery diseaseAssessment of perfusionPathophysiology of peripheral arterial diseaseRisk of mortalityMolecular imaging studiesMulti-modal imagesPredictors of amputationRisk stratificationPre-clinicalImaging studiesClinical perfusionProcedural treatmentsClinical practicePersonalized managementMicrocirculationDiseasePerfusion
2022
PATIENT PROFILES AND TRENDS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AND MICROVASCULAR DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Algara M, Luna P, Harris K, Tariq W, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. PATIENT PROFILES AND TRENDS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AND MICROVASCULAR DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 1802. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(22)02793-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral artery diseaseArtery diseaseMicrovascular diseaseRetrospective analysisPatient profilesDisease