2024
Long‐Term Mortality Predictors Using a Machine‐Learning Approach in Patients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia After Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Callegari S, Romain G, Cleman J, Scierka L, Jacque F, Smolderen K, Mena‐Hurtado C. Long‐Term Mortality Predictors Using a Machine‐Learning Approach in Patients With Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia After Peripheral Vascular Intervention. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e034477. PMID: 38761075, PMCID: PMC11179837, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.034477.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic limb-threatening ischemiaPeripheral vascular interventionsHealth careLimb-threatening ischemiaMortality predictorsLong-term mortality riskMultidimensional risk factorsBody mass indexLong-term mortality predictorsImprove individualized careVascular interventionsIndividualized careAssisted careBiopsychosocial modelMortality riskCareMass indexRisk factorsMedical comorbiditiesRisk profileInterventionMortality rateChronic kidney diseaseMortalityPredictive variables
2022
Real‐world VASCADE closure device versus manual compression use and outcomes in patients with severe common femoral artery disease
Nagpal S, Scierka LE, Castro‐Dominguez Y, Kansal D, Kunnirickal S, Hussain Y, Love K, Aboian E, Smolderen KG, Mena‐Hurtado C. Real‐world VASCADE closure device versus manual compression use and outcomes in patients with severe common femoral artery disease. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 100: 776-784. PMID: 36129818, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsManual compressionClosure deviceCommon femoral artery diseaseVascular Quality Initiative databaseFemoral artery diseasePropensity-matched cohortPseudoaneurysm rateRetroperitoneal bleedingArtery diseaseRetrospective reviewMean ageBaseline variablesInstitutional databaseNonsignificant reductionNonsignificant decreaseVascular interventionsMortality ratePatientsCompression useCollagen plugDiseaseInitiative databaseProcedural metricsDevice use
2021
Patient representativeness of a peripheral artery disease cohort in a randomized control trial versus a real-world cohort: The CLEVER trial versus the PORTRAIT registry
Scierka LE, Jelani QU, Smolderen KG, Gosch K, Spertus JA, Mena-Hurtado C, Jones P, Dreyer RP. Patient representativeness of a peripheral artery disease cohort in a randomized control trial versus a real-world cohort: The CLEVER trial versus the PORTRAIT registry. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 112: 106624. PMID: 34793986, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptimal medical therapyPeripheral artery diseasePatient characteristicsBaseline patient characteristicsPAD cohortPAD populationPORTRAIT registryExercise therapyPAD patientsPAD symptomsArtery diseaseFinal cohortMedical therapyProspective studyBurdensome diseaseControl trialHealth statusPatientsTherapyCohortCLEVER studyDiseaseMulticenterRevascularizationRCTsAssociation of sleep apnea with outcomes in peripheral artery disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT study
Jelani QU, Mena-Hurtado C, Gosch K, Mohammed M, Labrosciano C, Regan C, Scierka LE, Spertus JA, Nagpal S, Smolderen KG. Association of sleep apnea with outcomes in peripheral artery disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT study. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0256933. PMID: 34506511, PMCID: PMC8432750, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePeripheral Artery QuestionnaireSleep apneaHealth statusArtery diseaseSummary scoresDisease-specific Peripheral Artery QuestionnaireFive-year survival curvesHigh ankle-brachial indexPAQ summary scoreVascular specialty clinicsAnkle-brachial indexLog-rank testSleep apnea statusHealth status outcomesWorse health statusQuality of lifeBetter health statusCause mortalityMultivariable adjustmentPAD symptomsCoronary diseasePeripheral interventionsUS patientsMean age