2022
Telehealth care before and during COVID-19: trends and quality in a large health system
Luna P, Lee M, Greeno R, DeLucia N, London Y, Hoffman P, Burg M, Harris K, Spatz ES, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen KG. Telehealth care before and during COVID-19: trends and quality in a large health system. JAMIA Open 2022, 5: ooac079. PMID: 36204596, PMCID: PMC9531686, DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTelehealth visitsQuality of careTelehealth useCOVID-19Cross-sectional observational studyHigher visit volumeCOVID-19 surgeLarge health systemSatisfaction surveyMost patientsPatient satisfactionObservational studyTelehealth carePatient's perspectiveVisit volumeHigh satisfaction ratingsPatient portalsPatient experiencePatientsCare deliveryHealth systemVisitsHigh satisfaction levelsCareGood technical qualityThe association of depression with mortality and major adverse limb event outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Scierka LE, Mena-Hurtado C, Ahmed ZV, Yousef S, Arham A, Grimshaw AA, Harris KM, Burg M, Vriens PW, Heyligers J, Lee M, Yazgan I, Smolderen KG. The association of depression with mortality and major adverse limb event outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 320: 169-177. PMID: 36179780, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse limb eventsPeripheral artery diseaseAssociation of depressionCause mortalityArtery diseaseDepressive symptomsSystematic reviewAdverse limb eventsAdverse prognostic outcomeCoronary artery diseaseRisk of biasImportant comorbidityPoor outcomeAdverse outcomesPrognostic outcomesPooled resultsRisk factorsObservational studyTreatment statusLimb eventsDepression severityPatientsLarger sample sizeMortalityRisk estimates
2021
Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients
Krantz DS, Harris KM, Rogers HL, Whittaker KS, Haigney MCP, Kop WJ. Psychological factors and cardiac repolarization instability during anger in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients. Annals Of Noninvasive Electrocardiology 2021, 26: e12848. PMID: 33813750, PMCID: PMC8293621, DOI: 10.1111/anec.12848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQT variability indexCoronary artery diseaseCardiac repolarization instabilityICD patientsAnger recallArrhythmic vulnerabilityRepolarization instabilityRepolarization labilityHighest QT variability indexImplantable cardioverter defibrillator patientsCardiac repolarization labilitySudden cardiac deathCardioverter-defibrillator patientsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorArtery diseaseCardiac deathICD groupMalignant arrhythmiasDefibrillator patientsHealthy controlsContinuous ECGCardioverter defibrillatorPatientsSelf-rated angerAcute anger
2020
Psychological stress in heart failure: a potentially actionable disease modifier
Harris KM, Jacoby DL, Lampert R, Soucier RJ, Burg MM. Psychological stress in heart failure: a potentially actionable disease modifier. Heart Failure Reviews 2020, 26: 561-575. PMID: 33215323, PMCID: PMC8026548, DOI: 10.1007/s10741-020-10056-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHeart failurePsychological stressHeart failure symptomsHeart failure patientsLife stressorsDisease-related consequencesQuality of lifePatterns of exposureAdverse eventsFailure patientsDisease courseEjection fractionPatients' qualityModifiable factorsPatient subgroupsSymptom exacerbationDaily life stressorsFailure symptomsPathophysiological pathwaysEffective diseaseFunctional limitationsDiminished qualityPatientsActionable pathwaysStress exposureImpact of Mental Stress and Anger on Indices of Diastolic Function in Patients With Heart Failure
Harris KM, Gottdiener JS, Gottlieb SS, Burg MM, Li S, Krantz DS. Impact of Mental Stress and Anger on Indices of Diastolic Function in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2020, 26: 1006-1010. PMID: 32750485, PMCID: PMC7704726, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLV diastolic pressureReduced ejection fractionHeart failureDiastolic functionDiastolic pressureMental stressEjection fractionBaseline E/eTwo-dimensional Doppler echocardiographyEarly LV relaxationAge-adjusted linear regressionLong-term outcomesStress-induced increaseAcute worseningDoppler echocardiographyIschemic cardiomyopathyLV relaxationVentricular functionAnger recallPatientsMental arithmetic taskStress protocolDaily assessmentStress exposureAverage baseline
2016
Psychological stress and short-term hospitalisations or death in patients with heart failure
Endrighi R, Waters AJ, Gottlieb SS, Harris KM, Wawrzyniak AJ, Bekkouche NS, Li Y, Kop WJ, Krantz DS. Psychological stress and short-term hospitalisations or death in patients with heart failure. Heart 2016, 102: 1820. PMID: 27357124, PMCID: PMC5237617, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse eventsCV hospitalisationPsychological stressProspective associationsRisk of AEsShort-term hospitalisationAcute cardiovascular eventsPerceived stressPrior hospitalisationCardiovascular eventsHeart failureHospitalisationImportant target groupHF interventionsPatientsAverage perceived stressStudy periodHigher likelihoodStudy measurementsAssociationTarget groupStandard predictorsAverage levelMonths