2024
Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Waldron C, Mori M, Krane M, Reinhardt S, Ahmad Y, Kaple R, Forrest J, Geirsson A. Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033324. PMID: 38390804, PMCID: PMC11179864, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere primary mitral regurgitationPrimary mitral regurgitationHeart failure symptomsMitral regurgitationMultidisciplinary evaluationPatient survivalHeart teamFailure symptomsSociety of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityThoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityImprove overall patient survivalCorrection of MRAssociated with lower oddsMultidisciplinary heart teamSurvival of patientsAssociated with higher oddsOverall patient survivalProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyCardiac surgery servicesHistory of MIOptimal treatment decisionsPropensity-score matchingRisk of mortalityStructural cardiology
2015
Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience
Patel NJ, Badheka AO, Jhamnani S, Panaich SS, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Grines CL, Cleman M, Forrest JK. Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2015, 28: 464-471. PMID: 26489974, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter mitral valve repairMitral valve repairNationwide Inpatient Sample databasePeri-procedural complicationsHospital volumeLength of stayHospital mortalityValve repairHospitalization costsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseICD-9-CM procedure codesPercutaneous mitral valve repairEarly US ExperienceHigher hospital volumePost-procedural complicationsCross-sectional studyFirst tertileOverall cohortThird tertilePrimary outcomeSecond tertileTMVR proceduresMitral regurgitationBaseline burdenMean age