2024
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use and Outcomes With WATCHMAN FLX: A SURPASS Analysis of the NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry.
Alli O, Garg J, Boursiquot B, Kapadia S, Yeh R, Price M, Piccini J, Nair D, Hsu J, Gibson D, Allocco D, Christen T, Sutton B, Freeman J. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use and Outcomes With WATCHMAN FLX: A SURPASS Analysis of the NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e036406. PMID: 39575715, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.036406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeft atrial appendage occlusionWatchman FLX implantationBlack patientsHispanic patientsOral anticoagulantsProcedural successRates of 1-year deathWhite patientsAlternative to oral anticoagulationRate of procedural successEthnic minority groupsEthnic minority individualsRate of deathSignificant bleedingWatchman FLXMinority individualsAppendage occlusionAntiplatelet therapyBaseline characteristicsAtrial fibrillationAnalyses assessed differencesMinority groupsPatientsStroke preventionBleeding
2022
Development and validation of an automated algorithm for end point adjudication for a large U.S. national registry
Friedman DJ, Pierre D, Wang Y, Gambone L, Koutras C, Segawa C, Farb A, Vemulapalli S, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Lansky A, Curtis JP, Freeman JV. Development and validation of an automated algorithm for end point adjudication for a large U.S. national registry. American Heart Journal 2022, 254: 102-111. PMID: 36007567, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd point adjudicationCEC adjudicationEnd pointLarge registriesClinical trialsNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryMajor vascular complicationsU.S. National RegistryPost-discharge eventsAgreement rateMajor bleedingNeurologic eventsVascular complicationsNational registryEvent adjudicationData registryRegistryCommittee's evaluationsPercent agreementGold standardAgreement thresholdHospitalTrialsFurther confirmationBleeding
2019
NON VITAMIN K ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Waldron N, Shrader P, Levy J, Allen L, Chan P, Ezekowitz M, Fonarow G, Freeman J, Gersh B, Hylek E, Kowey P, Mahaffey K, Naccarelli G, Reiffel J, Singer D, Steinberg B, Peterson E, Piccini J. NON VITAMIN K ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 547. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)31155-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
B-type natriuretic peptide, disease progression and clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation
Inohara T, Kim S, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. B-type natriuretic peptide, disease progression and clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation. Heart 2018, 105: 370. PMID: 30228248, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-type natriuretic peptideAtrial fibrillationAF progressionBNP levelsMajor bleedingBNP valuesNatriuretic peptideDisease progressionAtrial Fibrillation II registryBiomarker-based risk stratificationElevated BNP valuesBetter Informed TreatmentPersistent atrial fibrillationCox frailty modelCardiovascular outcomesComposite outcomeBNP concentrationsNeurological eventsClinical outcomesOutcomes RegistryRisk stratificationPatient outcomesInformed TreatmentPatientsBleeding
2017
NUISANCE BLEEDING IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE OUTCOMES REGISTRY FOR BETTER INFORMED TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (ORBIT-AF)
O'Brien E, Simon D, Thomas L, Singer D, Kowey P, Naccarelli G, Fonarow G, Reiffel J, Ansell J, Go A, Chan P, Ezekowitz M, Gersh B, Allen L, Freeman J, Mahaffey K, Piccini J, Peterson E, Hylek E. NUISANCE BLEEDING IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE OUTCOMES REGISTRY FOR BETTER INFORMED TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (ORBIT-AF). Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2017, 69: 536. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(17)33925-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research