2024
Performance of contemporary cardiovascular risk stratification scores in Brazil: an evaluation in the ELSA-Brasil study
Camargos A, Barreto S, Brant L, Ribeiro A, Dhingra L, Aminorroaya A, Bittencourt M, Figueiredo R, Khera R. Performance of contemporary cardiovascular risk stratification scores in Brazil: an evaluation in the ELSA-Brasil study. Open Heart 2024, 11: e002762. PMID: 38862252, PMCID: PMC11168182, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2024-002762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPooled Cohort EquationsELSA-BrasilRisk scoreCardiovascular diseaseCVD eventsCommunity-based cohort studyArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveCVD risk scoreELSA-Brasil studyIncident CVD eventsMiddle-income countriesAdjudicated CVD eventsCardiovascular disease riskCVD scoreCohort EquationsNational guidelinesRisk stratification scoresWhite womenAge/sex groupsCohort studyProspective cohortLMICsSex/race groupsHigher incomeRisk discrimination
2022
Performance of current risk stratification models for predicting mortality in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Siddiqi TJ, Ahmed A, Greene SJ, Shahid I, Usman MS, Oshunbade A, Alkhouli M, Hall ME, Murad MH, Khera R, Jain V, Van Spall HGC, Khan MS. Performance of current risk stratification models for predicting mortality in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal Of Preventive Cardiology 2022, 29: 2027-2048. PMID: 35919956, DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic heart failureLong-term mortalityMid-term mortalityAcute HFHeart failureRisk scoreGeneric inverse variance random effects modelInverse variance random-effects modelCurrent risk stratification modelsExcellent discriminationAcute heart failureRisk stratification modelShort-term mortalityLack of headRandom-effects modelGood discriminationAHF mortalityCause mortalityC-statisticNineteen studiesPatientsMortality predictionSystematic reviewHead comparisonMortality
2021
Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit
Kunitomo Y, Thomas A, Chouairi F, Canavan ME, Kochar A, Khera R, Katz JN, Murphy C, Jentzer J, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Brennan J, Miller PE. Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. American Heart Journal 2021, 238: 85-88. PMID: 33891906, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitRothman IndexCare unitRisk scoreModern cardiac intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreElectronic health recordsCICU mortalityCICU patientsSOFA scoreCICU admissionClinical outcomesEarly prognosticationObservational studyPrognostic abilityAssessment scoresOutcome predictionHealth recordsGood calibrationSuperior discriminationPatientsAdmissionScores