2022
Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis vs Anticoagulation in Patients With Acute Intermediate-High–risk Pulmonary Embolism
Sadeghipour P, Jenab Y, Moosavi J, Hosseini K, Mohebbi B, Hosseinsabet A, Chatterjee S, Pouraliakbar H, Shirani S, Shishehbor MH, Alizadehasl A, Farrashi M, Rezvani MA, Rafiee F, Jalali A, Rashedi S, Shafe O, Giri J, Monreal M, Jimenez D, Lang I, Maleki M, Goldhaber SZ, Krumholz HM, Piazza G, Bikdeli B. Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis vs Anticoagulation in Patients With Acute Intermediate-High–risk Pulmonary Embolism. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 1189-1197. PMID: 36260302, PMCID: PMC9582964, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.3591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional catheter-directed thrombolysisRV/LV ratioRisk pulmonary embolismCatheter-directed thrombolysisProportion of patientsPulmonary embolismLV ratioMajor bleedingPrimary outcomeRight ventricleClinical trialsIntermediate-high risk pulmonary embolismDefinitive clinical outcome trialsMain safety outcomeMajor gastrointestinal bleedingRV/LVClinical events committeeClinical outcome trialsLarge cardiovascular centresCause mortalityEfficacy outcomesGastrointestinal bleedingMonotherapy groupOutcome trialsSecondary outcomesDirect Oral Anticoagulants vs Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients With Antiphospholipid Syndromes Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Khairani C, Bejjani A, Piazza G, Jimenez D, Monreal M, Chatterjee S, Pengo V, Woller S, Cortes-Hernandez J, Connors J, Kanthi Y, Krumholz H, Middeldorp S, Falanga A, Cushman M, Goldhaber S, Garcia D, Bikdeli B. Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients With Antiphospholipid Syndromes Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 81: 16-30. PMID: 36328154, PMCID: PMC9812926, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirect oral anticoagulantsVitamin K antagonistsVenous thromboembolic eventsArterial thrombotic eventsSubsequent venous thromboembolic eventsThrombotic antiphospholipid syndromeMajor bleedingThrombotic eventsK antagonistsOral anticoagulantsAntiphospholipid syndromeUse of DOACsMain efficacy outcomeMain safety outcomeCochrane Central RegisterAdequate allocation concealmentRandom-effects modelRandom sequence generationThromboembolic eventsCentral RegisterEfficacy outcomesArterial thrombosisControlled TrialsRandomized trialsAllocation concealmentPercutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Comparison to Non‐Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Noseworthy PA, Van Houten HK, Krumholz HM, Kent DM, Abraham NS, Graff‐Radford J, Alkhouli M, Henk HJ, Shah ND, Gersh BJ, Friedman PA, Holmes DR, Yao X. Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Comparison to Non‐Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e027001. PMID: 36172961, PMCID: PMC9673739, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.027001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComposite end pointAtrial appendage occlusionOral anticoagulantsAtrial fibrillationLower riskMajor bleedingSystemic embolismIntracranial bleedingAppendage occlusionNon-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral AnticoagulantsIschemic stroke/systemic embolismK Antagonist Oral AnticoagulantsPrimary composite end pointPropensity score overlap weightingStroke/systemic embolismEnd pointHigh bleeding riskSignificant differencesAntithrombotic regimensBleeding riskCause mortalityBaseline characteristicsComposite outcomeIschemic strokeSecondary outcomes
2021
Intermediate-Dose versus Standard-Dose Prophylactic Anticoagulation in Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: 90-Day Results from the INSPIRATION Randomized Trial
Bikdeli B, Talasaz AH, Rashidi F, Bakhshandeh H, Rafiee F, Rezaeifar P, Baghizadeh E, Matin S, Jamalkhani S, Tahamtan O, Sharif-Kashani B, Beigmohammadi MT, Farrokhpour M, Sezavar SH, Payandemehr P, Dabbagh A, Moghadam KG, Khalili H, Yadollahzadeh M, Riahi T, Abedini A, Lookzadeh S, Rahmani H, Zoghi E, Mohammadi K, Sadeghipour P, Abri H, Tabrizi S, Mousavian SM, Shahmirzaei S, Amin A, Mohebbi B, Parhizgar SE, Aliannejad R, Eslami V, Kashefizadeh A, Dobesh PP, Kakavand H, Hosseini SH, Shafaghi S, Ghazi SF, Najafi A, Jimenez D, Gupta A, Madhavan MV, Sethi SS, Parikh SA, Monreal M, Hadavand N, Hajighasemi A, Maleki M, Sadeghian S, Piazza G, Kirtane AJ, Van Tassell BW, Stone GW, Lip GYH, Krumholz H, Goldhaber SZ, Sadeghipour P. Intermediate-Dose versus Standard-Dose Prophylactic Anticoagulation in Patients with COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: 90-Day Results from the INSPIRATION Randomized Trial. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2021, 122: 131-141. PMID: 33865239, DOI: 10.1055/a-1485-2372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard-dose prophylactic anticoagulationExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationProphylactic anticoagulationIntermediate doseEfficacy outcomesArterial thrombosisCOVID-19Hospital discharge statusMain safety outcomeProphylactic antithrombotic therapyComposite of deathCritically Ill PatientsPrimary efficacy outcomeStandard-dose groupIntermediate-dose groupIntensive care unitCoronavirus disease 2019Cause deathMajor bleedingModified intentionOpen labelAntithrombotic therapyExtrapulmonary manifestationsHospital dischargeThrombotic complicationsEffect of Intermediate-Dose vs Standard-Dose Prophylactic Anticoagulation on Thrombotic Events, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Treatment, or Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
Mazloomzadeh S, Khaleghparast S, Ghadrdoost B, Mousavizadeh M, Baay M, Noohi F, Sharifnia H, Ahmadi A, Tavan S, Malekpour Alamdari N, Fathi M, Soleimanzadeh M, Mostafa M, Davoody N, Zarinsadaf M, Tayyebi S, Farrokhzadeh F, Nezamabadi F, Soomari E, Sadeghipour P, Talasaz A, Rashidi F, Sharif-Kashani B, Beigmohammadi M, Farrokhpour M, Sezavar S, Payandemehr P, Dabbagh A, Moghadam K, Jamalkhani S, Khalili H, Yadollahzadeh M, Riahi T, Rezaeifar P, Tahamtan O, Matin S, Abedini A, Lookzadeh S, Rahmani H, Zoghi E, Mohammadi K, Sadeghipour P, Abri H, Tabrizi S, Mousavian S, Shahmirzaei S, Bakhshandeh H, Amin A, Rafiee F, Baghizadeh E, Mohebbi B, Parhizgar S, Aliannejad R, Eslami V, Kashefizadeh A, Kakavand H, Hosseini S, Shafaghi S, Ghazi S, Najafi A, Jimenez D, Gupta A, Madhavan M, Sethi S, Parikh S, Monreal M, Hadavand N, Hajighasemi A, Maleki M, Sadeghian S, Piazza G, Kirtane A, Van Tassell B, Dobesh P, Stone G, Lip G, Krumholz H, Goldhaber S, Bikdeli B. Effect of Intermediate-Dose vs Standard-Dose Prophylactic Anticoagulation on Thrombotic Events, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Treatment, or Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19 Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. JAMA 2021, 325: 1620-1630. PMID: 33734299, PMCID: PMC7974835, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.4152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnticoagulantsCOVID-19Drug Administration ScheduleEnoxaparinExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFemaleHemorrhageHospitalizationHumansIntensive Care UnitsIranLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioOutcome Assessment, Health CareOxygen Inhalation TherapyPulmonary EmbolismThrombocytopeniaThrombosisTreatment OutcomeVenous ThrombosisConceptsStandard-dose prophylactic anticoagulationIntensive care unitIntermediate-dose groupProphylactic anticoagulationPrimary efficacy outcomeExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationIntermediate doseMajor bleedingProphylaxis groupEfficacy outcomesMembrane oxygenationPrimary outcomeThrombotic eventsArterial thrombosisCare unitSevere thrombocytopeniaCOVID-19Bleeding Academic Research ConsortiumExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatmentPrespecified safety outcomesRoutine empirical useStandard prophylactic anticoagulationAcademic Research ConsortiumMembrane oxygenation treatmentAntithrombotic prophylaxis
2020
Intermediate versus standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation and statin therapy versus placebo in critically-ill patients with COVID-19: Rationale and design of the INSPIRATION/INSPIRATION-S studies
Bikdeli B, Talasaz AH, Rashidi F, Sharif-Kashani B, Farrokhpour M, Bakhshandeh H, Sezavar H, Dabbagh A, Beigmohammadi MT, Payandemehr P, Yadollahzadeh M, Riahi T, Khalili H, Jamalkhani S, Rezaeifar P, Abedini A, Lookzadeh S, Shahmirzaei S, Tahamtan O, Matin S, Amin A, Parhizgar SE, Jimenez D, Gupta A, Madhavan MV, Parikh SA, Monreal M, Hadavand N, Hajighasemi A, Maleki M, Sadeghian S, Mohebbi B, Piazza G, Kirtane AJ, Lip GYH, Krumholz HM, Goldhaber SZ, Sadeghipour P. Intermediate versus standard-dose prophylactic anticoagulation and statin therapy versus placebo in critically-ill patients with COVID-19: Rationale and design of the INSPIRATION/INSPIRATION-S studies. Thrombosis Research 2020, 196: 382-394. PMID: 32992075, PMCID: PMC7513771, DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.09.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard-dose prophylactic anticoagulationKey safety endpointIll patientsProphylactic anticoagulationVenous thromboembolismMajor bleedingSafety endpointCOVID-19Bleeding Academic Research Consortium definitionAcademic Research Consortium definitionsTimes upper normal limitAcute arterial thrombosisExuberant immune responseMacrovascular thrombotic eventsPrespecified secondary analysisCritically Ill PatientsKey secondary endpointVentilator-free daysExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationUpper normal limitNon-inferiority marginReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionCoronavirus disease 2019Transcription-polymerase chain reactionAtorvastatin 20Association of Use of an Intravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-aortic Balloon Pump With In-Hospital Mortality and Major Bleeding Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
Dhruva SS, Ross JS, Mortazavi BJ, Hurley NC, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP, Berkowitz A, Masoudi FA, Messenger JC, Parzynski CS, Ngufor C, Girotra S, Amin AP, Shah ND, Desai NR. Association of Use of an Intravascular Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Device vs Intra-aortic Balloon Pump With In-Hospital Mortality and Major Bleeding Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock. JAMA 2020, 323: 734-745. PMID: 32040163, PMCID: PMC7042879, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.0254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCause of DeathExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFemaleHeart ArrestHeart-Assist DevicesHemorrhageHospital MortalityHumansIntra-Aortic Balloon PumpingMaleMatched-Pair AnalysisMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPropensity ScoreRegistriesRetrospective StudiesShock, CardiogenicST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionConceptsMicroaxial left ventricular assist deviceIntra-aortic balloon pumpLeft ventricular assist deviceAcute myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryCardiogenic shockHemodynamic supportMyocardial infarctionRegistry-based retrospective cohort studyCardiology-National Cardiovascular Data RegistryChest Pain-MI RegistryST-elevation myocardial infarctionMechanical circulatory support devicesGreater hemodynamic supportHospital major bleedingRetrospective cohort studyPropensity-matched pairsCirculatory support devicesVentricular assist deviceClinical laboratory dataHospital mortalityMajor bleedingHospital deathCohort study
2019
Comparison of Machine Learning Methods With National Cardiovascular Data Registry Models for Prediction of Risk of Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Mortazavi BJ, Bucholz EM, Desai NR, Huang C, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA, Shaw RE, Negahban SN, Krumholz HM. Comparison of Machine Learning Methods With National Cardiovascular Data Registry Models for Prediction of Risk of Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e196835. PMID: 31290991, PMCID: PMC6624806, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionMajor bleedingC-statisticCoronary interventionMAIN OUTCOMEIndex percutaneous coronary interventionSubsequent coronary artery bypassPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) proceduresHospital major bleedingMajor bleeding ratesNationwide clinical registryCoronary artery bypassCoronary intervention proceduresComparative effectiveness studiesRisk score modelComplexity of presentationMean c-statisticCoronary angiography dataRegistry modelNCDR modelsArtery bypassBleeding eventsPrediction of riskClinical variablesBleeding rate
2016
China PEACE risk estimation tool for in-hospital death from acute myocardial infarction: an early risk classification tree for decisions about fibrinolytic therapy
Li X, Li J, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Jiang L. China PEACE risk estimation tool for in-hospital death from acute myocardial infarction: an early risk classification tree for decisions about fibrinolytic therapy. BMJ Open 2016, 6: e013355. PMID: 27798032, PMCID: PMC5093680, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarctionFibrinolytic therapyLow-risk groupMyocardial infarctionHospital deathHospital mortalitySegment elevation myocardial infarctionCardiac Events (PEACE) studyHospital death riskComposite of deathElevation myocardial infarctionSystolic blood pressureTime of presentationRelative risk reductionCross-sectional studyBaseline mortality riskAcute reperfusionMajor bleedingReperfusion therapyBlood pressureDerivation cohortStudy cohortChina PatientValidation cohort
2008
An early invasive strategy versus ischemia-guided management after fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis of contemporary randomized controlled trials
Wijeysundera HC, You JJ, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Cantor WJ, Ko DT. An early invasive strategy versus ischemia-guided management after fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis of contemporary randomized controlled trials. American Heart Journal 2008, 156: 564-572.e2. PMID: 18760142, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.04.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCardiac CatheterizationElectrocardiographyFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHemorrhageHumansInjections, IntravenousInpatientsMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial IschemiaMyocardial ReperfusionRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRecurrenceStentsStrokeThrombolytic TherapyConceptsST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionEarly invasive strategyPercutaneous coronary interventionElevation myocardial infarctionFibrinolytic therapyInvasive strategyMajor bleedingSTEMI patientsMyocardial infarctionHospital major bleedingIntravenous fibrinolytic therapyLarge randomized trialsRisk of strokeSignificant reductionCause mortalityEligible trialsCoronary interventionRandomized trialsContemporary trialsStent useInclusion criteriaPatientsReinfarctionTherapyTrials
2004
Efficacy and safety of two unfractionated heparin dosing strategies with tenecteplase in acute myocardial infarction (results from Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic Regimens 2 and 3)
Curtis JP, Alexander JH, Huang Y, Wallentin L, Verheugt FW, Armstrong PW, Krumholz HM, Van de Werf F, Danays T, Cheeks M, Granger CB, Investigators A. Efficacy and safety of two unfractionated heparin dosing strategies with tenecteplase in acute myocardial infarction (results from Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic Regimens 2 and 3). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2004, 94: 279-283. PMID: 15276088, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedConfidence IntervalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationElectrocardiographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeparin, Low-Molecular-WeightHumansIncidenceIntracranial HemorrhagesMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial IschemiaPartial Thromboplastin TimeProbabilityRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival RateTenecteplaseThrombolytic TherapyTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTreatment OutcomeConceptsWeight-adjusted heparinST-elevation myocardial infarctionASSENT-3Myocardial infarctionASSENT-2Major bleedingIntracranial hemorrhageSmall doseFull-dose tenecteplaseLess major bleedingNew thrombolytic regimenOutcomes of patientsAcute myocardial infarctionPartial thromboplastin timeSimilar ratesRefractory ischemiaThrombolytic regimenRecurrent infarctionBaseline characteristicsHemorrhagic complicationsUnfractionated heparinThromboplastin timePatientsInfarctionTenecteplase