2021
Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Castro-Dominguez YS, Wang Y, Minges KE, McNamara RL, Spertus JA, Dehmer GJ, Messenger JC, Lavin K, Anderson C, Blankinship K, Mercado N, Clary JM, Osborne AD, Curtis JP, Cavender MA. Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 78: 216-229. PMID: 33957239, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionHospital mortalityQuality improvement effortsCoronary interventionDevelopment cohortValidation cohortRisk-standardized mortality ratesHospital risk-standardized mortality ratesBedside risk scoreHigh-risk patientsIn-Hospital MortalityHospital mortality riskRisk of mortalityLevel of consciousnessProcedural urgencyCathPCI RegistryClinical presentationRisk cohortRisk stratificationCardiovascular instabilityCardiac arrestMortality riskRisk scoreClinical acuityClinical relevance
2020
Comparison of Mortality and Readmission in Non-Ischemic Versus Ischemic Cardiomyopathy After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation
Higgins AY, Bjerre J, Parzynski CS, Minges KE, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Enriquez A, Spatz ES, Friedman DJ, Curtis JP, Hlatky MA, Freeman JV. Comparison of Mortality and Readmission in Non-Ischemic Versus Ischemic Cardiomyopathy After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 133: 116-125. PMID: 32862971, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.07.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-ischemic cardiomyopathyImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationCardioverter-defibrillator implantationICM patientsIschemic cardiomyopathyNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryCox proportional hazards regression modelPrimary prevention ICD implantationLeft ventricular ejection fractionProportional hazards regression modelsPrimary prevention ICDsRetrospective cohort studyVentricular ejection fractionKaplan-Meier curvesHazards regression modelsRisk of mortalityComparison of mortalityMedian followCohort studyICD implantationEjection fractionHeart failureHospital readmissionICD RegistryPatient subgroups
2016
Vena Caval Filter Utilization and Outcomes in Pulmonary Embolism Medicare Hospitalizations From 1999 to 2010
Bikdeli B, Wang Y, Minges KE, Desai NR, Kim N, Desai MM, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Nallamothu BK, Goldhaber SZ, Krumholz HM. Vena Caval Filter Utilization and Outcomes in Pulmonary Embolism Medicare Hospitalizations From 1999 to 2010. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 67: 1027-1035. PMID: 26940921, PMCID: PMC5322943, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research