2024
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-based heart failure care in New South Wales, Australia: a linked data cohort study
McIntyre D, Quintans D, Kazi S, Min H, He W, Marschner S, Khera R, Nassar N, Chow C. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-based heart failure care in New South Wales, Australia: a linked data cohort study. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24: 1364. PMID: 39516863, PMCID: PMC11545568, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11840-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure careNew South WalesHospital admissionHealth service utilisationAdministrative health recordsPrimary diagnosis of heart failureData cohort studyRate of admissionPre-pandemicHealth of patientsSouth WalesCOVID-19 pandemicHospital utilisationService utilisationHealth recordsED presentationsMortality dataDiagnosis of heart failureCOVID-19 burdenEmergency departmentCohort studyPrimary diagnosisData collectionCareAustralian data
2023
Sex Difference in Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients
Sawano M, Lu Y, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Dreyer R, Lichtman J, D'Onofrio G, Spatz E, Khera R, Onuma O, Murugiah K, Spertus J, Krumholz H. Sex Difference in Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2023, 81: 1797-1806. PMID: 37137590, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleHealth StatusHospitalizationHumansMaleMyocardial InfarctionRisk FactorsSex CharacteristicsSex FactorsConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionNoncardiac hospitalizationsSubdistribution HRYounger patientsMyocardial infarctionSex differencesYoung womenCause-specific hospitalizationsCause of hospitalizationWorse health statusSignificant sex disparityNoncardiovascular hospitalizationsVIRGO StudyIndex episodeAdverse outcomesIncidence rateHospitalizationHigh riskSex disparitiesHealth statusPatientsU.S. hospitalsWomenInfarctionOutcomesTiming of Blood Draws Among Patients Hospitalized in a Large Academic Medical Center
Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Murugiah K, Mortazavi B, Lu Y, Khera R, Krumholz H. Timing of Blood Draws Among Patients Hospitalized in a Large Academic Medical Center. JAMA 2023, 329: 255-257. PMID: 36648476, PMCID: PMC9856620, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.21509.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2022
Rural-Urban Disparities in Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations
Minhas AMK, Sheikh AB, Ijaz SH, Mostafa A, Nazir S, Khera R, Loccoh EC, Warraich HJ. Rural-Urban Disparities in Heart Failure and Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 175: 164-169. PMID: 35577603, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultHeart FailureHospital MortalityHospitalizationHospitals, RuralHumansMyocardial InfarctionUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionHeart failureHospital mortalityUrban hospitalRural hospitalsInflation-adjusted costStudy periodAMI hospitalizationMortality gapNational Inpatient SampleLength of stayAcute myocardial infarction hospitalizationsShorter mean lengthMyocardial infarction hospitalizationsHF hospitalizationCardiovascular outcomesClinical outcomesConsistent decreaseMyocardial infarctionInpatient SampleRural-urban disparitiesCardiovascular careHospitalizationHospitalMean length
2021
Association of COVID-19 Hospitalization Volume and Case Growth at US Hospitals with Patient Outcomes
Khera R, Liu Y, de Lemos JA, Das SR, Pandey A, Omar W, Kumbhani DJ, Girotra S, Yeh RW, Rutan C, Walchok J, Lin Z, Bradley SM, Velazquez EJ, Churchwell KB, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Association of COVID-19 Hospitalization Volume and Case Growth at US Hospitals with Patient Outcomes. The American Journal Of Medicine 2021, 134: 1380-1388.e3. PMID: 34343515, PMCID: PMC8325555, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 hospitalizationHospitalization volumeAmerican Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease RegistryCase volumeUS hospitalsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizationIntensive care unit therapyHospital case fatality ratePoor COVID-19 outcomesCardiovascular Disease RegistryHospital case volumeCase fatality rateCOVID-19 outcomesHospital bed capacityLowest quartilePatient outcomesHospital careHigher oddsTriage strategiesFuture health challengesDisease RegistryMedical treatmentEarly identificationHospitalSignificant associationRepeated cross-sectional analysis of hydroxychloroquine deimplementation in the AHA COVID-19 CVD Registry
Bradley SM, Emmons-Bell S, Mutharasan RK, Rodriguez F, Gupta D, Roth G, Gluckman TJ, Shah RU, Wang TY, Khera R, Peterson PN, Das S. Repeated cross-sectional analysis of hydroxychloroquine deimplementation in the AHA COVID-19 CVD Registry. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 15097. PMID: 34302004, PMCID: PMC8302649, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94203-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Use of hydroxychloroquineActive COVID-19Cross-sectional analysisRandomized trialsIneffective therapyNational registryMedian useClinical careClinical informationDeimplementationU.S. hospitalsOverall proportionLittle dataHydroxychloroquineFurther studiesPatientsRegistryTherapyHospitalTrialsCareAssociation of Kidney Disease With Outcomes in COVID‐19: Results From the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry
Rao A, Ranka S, Ayers C, Hendren N, Rosenblatt A, Alger HM, Rutan C, Omar W, Khera R, Gupta K, Mody P, DeFilippi C, Das SR, Hedayati SS, de Lemos JA. Association of Kidney Disease With Outcomes in COVID‐19: Results From the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e020910. PMID: 34107743, PMCID: PMC8477855, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.020910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsChronic kidney diseaseCardiac eventsKidney diseaseCause mortalityAmerican Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease RegistryCOVID-19Major adverse cardiovascular eventsEnd-stage kidney diseaseCardiovascular Disease RegistryLarge multicenter registryNonfatal heart failureSerial laboratory dataAdverse cardiovascular eventsNonfatal myocardial infarctionKey secondary outcomesCardiovascular disease outcomesPrimary exposure variableNonfatal strokeCardiogenic shockCardiovascular deathCardiovascular eventsCardiovascular outcomesElectronic 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 discriminationPatientsAdmissionScoresAssociation of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers with the Risk of Hospitalization and Death in Hypertensive Patients with Coronavirus Disease‐19
Khera R, Clark C, Lu Y, Guo Y, Ren S, Truax B, Spatz ES, Murugiah K, Lin Z, Omer SB, Vojta D, Krumholz HM. Association of Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers with the Risk of Hospitalization and Death in Hypertensive Patients with Coronavirus Disease‐19. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e018086. PMID: 33624516, PMCID: PMC8403305, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiotensin receptor blockersLower hospitalization riskACE inhibitorsCOVID-19 hospitalizationHospitalization riskHospital mortalityReceptor blockersValidation cohortAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionEnzyme inhibitorsSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionAngiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitorsCoronavirus 2 infectionRisk of hospitalizationCoronavirus disease-19SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 preventionHypertensive patientsInpatient cohortOutpatient cohortContemporary cohortStudy cohortOutpatient studyMedicare group
2020
Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Hendren NS, de Lemos JA, Ayers C, Das SR, Rao A, Carter S, Rosenblatt A, Walchok J, Omar W, Khera R, Hegde AA, Drazner MH, Neeland IJ, Grodin JL. Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19. Circulation 2020, 143: 135-144. PMID: 33200947, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.051936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexClass III obesityHospital deathMechanical ventilationHigh riskVenous thromboembolismObese patientsMass indexObese individualsAmerican Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease RegistryAssociation of BMIMajor adverse cardiac eventsHigher body mass indexCOVID-19Significant body mass indexClass ICardiovascular Disease RegistryGeneralizable patient populationsAdverse cardiac eventsPrimary end pointCOVID-19 prevention strategiesCOVID-19 outcomesCoronavirus disease 2019Public health messagingAdults 51Trends in Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Older Adults in the United States, 1998 to 2017
Mori M, Wang Y, Murugiah K, Khera R, Gupta A, Vallabhajosyula P, Masoudi FA, Geirsson A, Krumholz HM. Trends in Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Older Adults in the United States, 1998 to 2017. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016980. PMID: 33045889, PMCID: PMC7763387, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryFirst-time coronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryGraft surgeryMedicare feeOlder adultsPatient baseline characteristicsData of adultsYear of dischargeProportion of womenService inpatientsIndex surgeryBaseline characteristicsHospital dischargeOlder patientsMedian agePrimary outcomeCox regressionService patientsUnique patientsPatientsSurgeryAnnual declineDemographic subgroupsTemporal Trends in Heart Failure Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries Across Risk Factor Strata, 2011 to 2016
Khera R, Kondamudi N, Zhong L, Vaduganathan M, Parker J, Das SR, Grodin JL, Halm EA, Berry JD, Pandey A. Temporal Trends in Heart Failure Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries Across Risk Factor Strata, 2011 to 2016. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2022190. PMID: 33095250, PMCID: PMC7584929, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure incidenceHF risk factorsHF incidenceClinical Modification codesRisk factorsAcute MIMedicare beneficiariesFailure incidenceHF prevention strategiesRisk factor strataNational cohort studyService Medicare beneficiariesUnique Medicare beneficiariesInternational Statistical ClassificationRace/ethnicityPrior HFPrevalent hypertensionCohort studyIncident HFNinth RevisionPrevious diagnosisCardiovascular conditionsTenth RevisionMAIN OUTCOMEInternational ClassificationFinancial Hardship After Traumatic Injury: Risk Factors and Drivers of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenses
O'Neill KM, Jean RA, Gross CP, Becher RD, Khera R, Elizondo JV, Nasir K. Financial Hardship After Traumatic Injury: Risk Factors and Drivers of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenses. Journal Of Surgical Research 2020, 256: 1-12. PMID: 32663705, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.05.095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolCost of IllnessCross-Sectional StudiesFamilyFemaleFinancial StressHealth ExpendituresHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInsurance, HealthMaleMiddle AgedPrescription DrugsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsTraumatic injuryOOP expensesPocket health expensesExcess financial burdenHealth expensesInpatient costsCatastrophic medical expensesFinancial burdenMultivariable logistic regression analysisMedical expensesHealth care factorsCostly medical conditionsCross-sectional studyMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyLogistic regression analysisPrescription drug costsFinancial hardshipHealth care systemFamily membersTrauma-related disordersPrimary outcomeCare factorsEmergency roomRisk factorsDrug costsRates and Predictors of Patient Underreporting of Hospitalizations During Follow-Up After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Caraballo C, Khera R, Jones PG, Decker C, Schulz W, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Rates and Predictors of Patient Underreporting of Hospitalizations During Follow-Up After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2020, 13: e006231. PMID: 32552061, PMCID: PMC9465954, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionHospitalization eventsMedical recordsLongitudinal multicenter cohort studyMulticenter cohort studyMedical record abstractionDifferent patient characteristicsHealth care eventsPatients' underreportingTRIUMPH registryAccuracy of reportingCohort studyPatient characteristicsRecord abstractionProspective studyClinical studiesClinical investigationHospitalizationPatientsCare eventsInfarctionEvent ratesParticipantsPredictors
2019
Machine Learning Prediction of Mortality and Hospitalization in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Angraal S, Mortazavi BJ, Gupta A, Khera R, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Jacoby DL, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Machine Learning Prediction of Mortality and Hospitalization in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Failure 2019, 8: 12-21. PMID: 31606361, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHF hospitalizationRisk of mortalityEjection fractionBlood urea nitrogen levelsLogistic regressionPrevious HF hospitalizationHeart failure hospitalizationReduced ejection fractionReceiver-operating characteristic curveRisk of deathBody mass indexBlood urea nitrogenUrea nitrogen levelsHealth status dataMean c-statisticKCCQ scoresTOPCAT trialFailure hospitalizationHeart failureHemoglobin levelsMass indexC-statisticHospitalizationUrea nitrogenMortalityNational Trends in Healthcare-Associated Infections for Five Common Cardiovascular Conditions
Miller PE, Guha A, Khera R, Chouairi F, Ahmad T, Nasir K, Addison D, Desai NR. National Trends in Healthcare-Associated Infections for Five Common Cardiovascular Conditions. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 124: 1140-1148. PMID: 31371062, PMCID: PMC7883647, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.06.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayCommon cardiovascular conditionCentral line-associated bloodstream infectionsCatheter-associated urinary tract infectionsLine-associated bloodstream infectionsUrinary tract infectionVentilator-associated pneumoniaClostridium difficile infectionCardiovascular conditionsTract infectionsBloodstream infectionsDifficile infectionOutcome of HAICoronary artery bypassTotal hospital chargesAcute myocardial infarctionSkilled care facilityHealthcare-Associated InfectionsValue-based careHospital mortalityArtery bypassCardiogenic shockHeart failurePropensity matchingAtrial fibrillation
2018
Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality During and After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia
Khera R, Dharmarajan K, Wang Y, Lin Z, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Normand ST, Krumholz HM. Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality During and After Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e182777. PMID: 30646181, PMCID: PMC6324473, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.2777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramAcute myocardial infarctionPostdischarge mortalityHeart failureHRRP announcementReadmissions Reduction ProgramMedicare beneficiariesRisk-adjusted ratesMyocardial infarctionService Medicare beneficiariesReduction programsInterrupted time series frameworkHospital mortalityReduced readmissionsCohort studyPneumonia hospitalizationsReadmission ratesMAIN OUTCOMEPneumoniaMedicare dataHospitalizationHospitalMortalityReadmissionConcomitant harmIncreasing Sepsis Rates in the United States: Results From National Inpatient Sample, 2005 to 2014
Rubens M, Saxena A, Ramamoorthy V, Das S, Khera R, Hong J, Armaignac D, Veledar E, Nasir K, Gidel L. Increasing Sepsis Rates in the United States: Results From National Inpatient Sample, 2005 to 2014. Journal Of Intensive Care Medicine 2018, 35: 858-868. PMID: 30175649, DOI: 10.1177/0885066618794136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnnual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization for High-Need, High-Cost Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases
Nguyen NH, Khera R, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn WJ, Singh S. Annual Burden and Costs of Hospitalization for High-Need, High-Cost Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2018, 16: 1284-1292.e30. PMID: 29474966, PMCID: PMC6056327, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional gastrointestinal disordersChronic liver diseaseInflammatory bowel diseaseHigh-cost patientsCost of hospitalizationGastrointestinal hemorrhageLiver diseasePancreatic diseaseChronic gastrointestinalHospitalization costsAnnual burdenNationwide Readmissions Database 2013Medicare/Medicaid insuranceHigher comorbidity burdenInfection-related hospitalizationNationwide database analysisMultivariate logistic regressionDays/monthLarge rural hospitalPopulation health managementLow-income statusCardiopulmonary causesComorbidity burdenIndex hospitalizationHigh-value care
2017
Administrative Codes for Capturing In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Khera R, Spertus JA, Starks MA, Tang Y, Bradley SM, Girotra S, Chan PS. Administrative Codes for Capturing In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Cardiology 2017, 2: 1275-1277. PMID: 28877294, PMCID: PMC5736791, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.2904.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAdministrative Claims, HealthcareAgedAged, 80 and overCardiopulmonary ResuscitationDatabases, FactualElectric CountershockFemaleHeart ArrestHospitalizationHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMedicareRegistriesTachycardia, VentricularUnited StatesVentricular FibrillationVentricular Flutter