2022
Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018
Clark K, Reinhardt S, Chouairi F, Miller E, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai N. Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s65. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayHeart transplantationHospital mortalityIndex hospitalizationLVAD implantationLonger median LOSMedian LOSLonger LOSPost-discharge utilizationNational Inpatient SampleHospitalization volumeInpatient mortalityHispanic patientsAsian patientsInpatient SampleHospitalizationMortalityStudy periodUS trendsPatientsTransplantationAdmissionLVADImplantationHigh percentage
2018
Noninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial
Reinhardt SW, Lin CJ, Novak E, Brown DL. Noninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine 2018, 178: 212-219. PMID: 29138794, PMCID: PMC5838790, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsLength of stayAcute chest painAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionChest painClinical evaluationCumulative radiation exposureNoninvasive testingEmergency departmentIndex visitED visitsRadiation exposureDownstream testingCoronary artery bypass surgeryRate of PCILonger LOSShorter LOSMyocardial ischemia/infarctionDirect ED dischargeAdverse cardiac eventsRecurrent chest painSafety end pointArtery bypass surgeryNoninvasive cardiac testing