2023
Early Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Receiving Acute Mechanical Support in the US
Jang S, Webber F, Alam M, Bae J, Aggarwal A, Thomas A, Zarich S, Ahmad T, Miller P, Davila C. Early Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Receiving Acute Mechanical Support in the US. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2023, 2: 101185. PMID: 39131072, PMCID: PMC11308019, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute mechanical circulatory supportStress-induced cardiomyopathyRenal replacement therapyCardiogenic shockIndex hospitalizationReplacement therapyIntra-aortic balloon pumpAggressive hemodynamic supportHospital mortality rateNationwide Readmissions DatabaseMechanical circulatory supportFuture prospective studiesLarge national databaseObserved mortality differencesHospital mortalityMore comorbiditiesHospital deathHemodynamic supportBalloon pumpMembrane oxygenationClinical outcomesCirculatory supportProspective studyAdministrative databasesImpella
2021
Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit
Kunitomo Y, Thomas A, Chouairi F, Canavan ME, Kochar A, Khera R, Katz JN, Murphy C, Jentzer J, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Brennan J, Miller PE. Electronic health record risk score provides earlier prognostication of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit. American Heart Journal 2021, 238: 85-88. PMID: 33891906, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitRothman IndexCare unitRisk scoreModern cardiac intensive care unitSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreElectronic health recordsCICU mortalityCICU patientsSOFA scoreCICU admissionClinical outcomesEarly prognosticationObservational studyPrognostic abilityAssessment scoresOutcome predictionHealth recordsGood calibrationSuperior discriminationPatientsAdmissionScoresTransition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes
Miller PE, Chouairi F, Thomas A, Kunitomo Y, Aslam F, Canavan ME, Murphy C, Daggula K, Metkus T, Vallabhajosyula S, Carnicelli A, Katz JN, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Velazquez EJ, Brennan J. Transition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e018182. PMID: 33412899, PMCID: PMC7955420, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitHospital mortalityCare unitCICU mortalityClinical outcomesModern cardiac intensive care unitSurgical intensive care unitTotal hospital chargesSeverity of illnessMultivariable logistic regressionCICU lengthMultivariable adjustmentRespiratory insufficiencyPrimary outcomeUnique admissionsHospital chargesCardiac arrestSubgroup analysisImproved outcomesMortalityLogistic regressionAdmissionClosed unitStaffing models
2020
Use and outcomes of wearable cardioverter-defibrillators in a large integrated academic health system
Kahn PA, Gruen J, Thomas A, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Use and outcomes of wearable cardioverter-defibrillators in a large integrated academic health system. American Heart Journal 2020, 226: 232-234. PMID: 32811638, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research