2015
Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Panaich SS, Patel SV, Jhamnani S, Singh V, Pant S, Patel N, Patel N, Arora S, Thakkar B, Manvar S, Dhoble A, Patel A, Savani C, Patel J, Chothani A, Savani GT, Deshmukh A, Grines CL, Curtis J, Mangi AA, Cleman M, Forrest JK. Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 587-594. PMID: 26092276, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationLength of stayShorter LOSNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseInhospital mortality rateAortic valve implantationLower hospitalization costsHospital volumeInhospital mortalityComplication rateValve implantationHospitalization costsMortality rateUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseHigher annual hospital volumeOverall inhospital mortality rateMedian LOSClinical Modification procedure codesMultivariate logistic regression modelAnnual hospital volumeLowest volume quartileLow-volume hospitalsPostprocedural complication rateCost of hospitalizationCross-sectional study
2013
Lower Hospital Volume Is Associated With Higher In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Kontos MC, Wang Y, Chaudhry SI, Vetrovec GW, Curtis J, Messenger J. Lower Hospital Volume Is Associated With Higher In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2013, 6: 659-667. PMID: 24192572, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIHigh-volume hospitalsLow-volume hospitalsPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeCoronary interventionHospital volumeHigher annual hospital volumeHigher In-Hospital MortalityAnnual hospital volumeLow hospital volumeRoutine coronary stentingIn-Hospital MortalityElevation myocardial infarctionMajority of patientsNew pharmacological agentsHospital mortalityCathPCI RegistryMultivariate adjustmentUnadjusted mortalityCoronary stentingMyocardial infarctionCurrent guidelinesPatient visits