2016
Impact of Exercise Programs on Hospital Readmission Following Hospitalization for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review
Goyal P, Delgado D, Hummel SL, Dharmarajan K. Impact of Exercise Programs on Hospital Readmission Following Hospitalization for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2016, 10: 33. PMID: 28713480, PMCID: PMC5507625, DOI: 10.1007/s12170-016-0514-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart failureExercise programReadmission ratesSystematic reviewAmbulatory heart failure patientsReadmission Following HospitalizationHeart failure hospitalizationHeart failure patientsWiley Cochrane LibraryPre-defined criteriaFailure hospitalizationExercise interventionFailure patientsHospital readmissionHospitalization ratesCochrane LibraryPrincipal diagnosisOvid MEDLINEInclusion criteriaOutpatient facilitiesHigh riskMetropolitan hospitalExercise frequencyPatientsDetection bias
2014
Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010
Murugiah K, Wang Y, Dodson JA, Nuti SV, Dharmarajan K, Ranasinghe I, Cooper Z, Krumholz HM. Trends in Hospitalizations Among Medicare Survivors of Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States From 1999 to 2010. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 99: 509-517. PMID: 25527425, PMCID: PMC4454375, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic valve replacementValve replacementHospitalization ratesAnnual Medicare paymentsPrincipal diagnosisOne-year hospitalization rateCommon principal diagnosisRisk of hospitalizationMean lengthGeneral Medicare populationMedicare paymentsPostoperative complicationsHeart failureBlack patientsMedicare patientsHospitalizationMedicare populationMedicare beneficiariesMortality ratePatientsStayCumulative daysCumulative lengthCertain subgroupsSurvivors