2020
Evaluation of Case Volumes of a Heart Transplant Program and Short-term Outcomes After Changes in the United Network for Organ Sharing Donor Heart Allocation System
Mori M, Wilson L, Ali A, Ahmad T, Anwer M, Jacoby D, Geirsson A, Krumholz HM. Evaluation of Case Volumes of a Heart Transplant Program and Short-term Outcomes After Changes in the United Network for Organ Sharing Donor Heart Allocation System. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2017513. PMID: 32945877, PMCID: PMC7501535, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYale-New Haven HospitalHeart transplant programShort-term outcomesHeart transplantHeart transplant volumeNew Haven HospitalDonor heartsPatient selectionRecipient selectionTransplant programsTransplant volumeWaiting listCase volumeDonor heart allocation systemPre-post cohort studyConservative patient selectionUnused donor heartsHeart allocation systemHigher median numberCirculatory assist devicesCohort studyPatient characteristicsMore patientsSingle centerCenter volume
2010
Thirty-Day Outcomes in Medicare Patients With Heart Failure at Heart Transplant Centers
Hummel SL, Pauli NP, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Normand SL, Nallamothu BK. Thirty-Day Outcomes in Medicare Patients With Heart Failure at Heart Transplant Centers. Circulation Heart Failure 2010, 3: 244-252. PMID: 20061519, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.109.884098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplant centersRisk-standardized readmission ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesTransplant centersStandardized mortality ratioHeart failureTransplant hospitalsReadmission ratesMortality rateStandardized readmission ratioMortality ratioMedicare patientsReadmission ratiosMean standardized mortality ratioThirty-day outcomesCoronary artery bypassHeart failure careElderly Medicare patientsElderly Medicare beneficiariesArtery bypassElderly patientsTransplant candidatesMedicare beneficiariesHospitalPatients
2008
ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NA, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO, Smith S, Jacobs A, Adams C, Anderson J, Buller C, Creager M, Ettinger S, Faxon D, Halperin J, Hiratzka L, Hunt S, Krumholz H, Kushner F, Lytle B, Nishimura R, Ornato J, Page R, Riegel B, Tarkington L, Yancy C. ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Heart Rhythm 2008, 5: e1-e62. PMID: 18534360, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities
Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NA, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO, Smith SC, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Faxon DP, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW. ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities. Circulation 2008, 117: e350-e408. PMID: 18483207, DOI: 10.1161/circualtionaha.108.189742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NA, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO, Smith SC, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Faxon DP, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW. ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2008, 51: e1-e62. PMID: 18498951, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.02.032.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Detection of Heart Transplant Rejection in Adults by Echocardiographic Diastolic Indices: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Mena C, Wencker D, Krumholz HM, McNamara RL. Detection of Heart Transplant Rejection in Adults by Echocardiographic Diastolic Indices: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2006, 19: 1295-1300. PMID: 17000376, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.04.029.Peer-Reviewed Original Research