2024
Epidemiology and risk factors for hyperkalaemia in heart failure
Grobbee D, Filippatos G, Desai N, Coats A, Pinto F, Rosano G, Cleland J, Kammerer J, de Arellano A. Epidemiology and risk factors for hyperkalaemia in heart failure. ESC Heart Failure 2024, 11: 1821-1840. PMID: 38439165, PMCID: PMC11287317, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart failureObservational studyRisk factorsRenin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitorsSevere renal impairmentElevated serum potassiumImpaired renal functionRisk of hyperkalaemiaIncreased risk of mortalityAdverse cardiovascular eventsClinical epidemiological dataFollow-up lengthChronic kidney diseaseRisk of mortalityIdentified risk factorsMild hyperkalaemiaPotassium bindersRenal impairmentConcomitant medicationsHF therapyDiagnosed HFRenal functionSerum potassiumClinical careClinical outcomes
2020
Mortality and readmission in non-ischemic compared with ischemic cardiomyopathies after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation
Freeman J, Bjerre J, Parzynski C, Minges K, Ahmad T, Desai N, Enriquez A, Spatz E, Friedman D, Curtis J, Hlatky M, Higgins A. Mortality and readmission in non-ischemic compared with ischemic cardiomyopathies after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. European Heart Journal 2020, 41: ehaa946.0788. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-ischemic cardiomyopathyImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationPrimary prevention ICDsCardioverter-defibrillator implantationIschemic cardiomyopathyICM patientsNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryCox proportional hazards regression modelPrimary prevention ICD implantationLeft ventricular ejection fractionProportional hazards regression modelsOne-year mortalityHeart failure readmissionVentricular ejection fractionKaplan-Meier curvesHazards regression modelsRisk of mortalityMedian followCause readmissionICD implantationEjection fractionHeart failureHospital readmissionICD RegistryPatient subgroups