Clinical Prediction Model Suitable for Assessing Hospital Quality for Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
Wimmer NJ, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Anderson HV, Curtis JP, Weintraub WS, Singh M, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Yeh RW. Clinical Prediction Model Suitable for Assessing Hospital Quality for Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e000728. PMID: 24938712, PMCID: PMC4309056, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid artery revascularizationCarotid endarterectomyHospital strokeHospital qualityArtery diseaseCEA scoreNew York Heart Association class IIIHospital risk-adjusted outcomesPrimary end-point eventPrior peripheral artery diseaseContralateral carotid occlusionHospital-level clusteringSymptomatic carotid lesionsPeripheral artery diseaseEnd-point eventsCoronary artery diseaseModerate discriminative abilityRisk-adjusted outcomesClinical prediction modelHierarchical logistic regressionArtery revascularizationEndarterectomy (CARE) RegistryAppropriate risk adjustmentCarotid occlusionDiabetes mellitus