2022
Periprocedural Pericardial Effusion Complicating Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Report From the NCDR LAAO Registry
Price MJ, Valderrábano M, Zimmerman S, Friedman DJ, Kar S, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA, Freeman JV. Periprocedural Pericardial Effusion Complicating Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Report From the NCDR LAAO Registry. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: e011718. PMID: 35369701, PMCID: PMC9132377, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.121.011718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial appendage occlusionComposite of deathPericardial effusionAppendage occlusionSystemic embolismOdds ratioEarly postdischarge mortalityDual antiplatelet therapyLow serum albuminMean patient ageAdverse event ratesParoxysmal atrial fibrillationRisk of deathRisk-benefit ratioHospital strokeMean CHAPostdischarge mortalityVASc scoreWATCHMAN procedureAntiplatelet therapyIndex hospitalizationAdverse eventsPatient agePrimary outcomeVentricular functionLongitudinal Outcomes of Subcutaneous or Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Older Patients
Friedman DJ, Qin L, Parzynski C, Heist EK, Russo AM, Ranasinghe I, Zeitler EP, Minges KE, Akar JG, Freeman JV, Curtis JP, Al-Khatib SM. Longitudinal Outcomes of Subcutaneous or Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Older Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 1050-1059. PMID: 35300816, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.12.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder patientsCause readmissionS-ICDNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryDevice removalTransvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillatorTV-ICD patientsRisk of deathS-ICD patientsService Medicare beneficiariesAnderson-Gill modelsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorRepresentative national cohortCompeting-risks modelTV-ICDCardiovascular readmissionCause mortalityICD implantationYounger patientsICD RegistryNonfatal outcomesTransvenous ICDAtrial fibrillationNational cohortCardioverter defibrillator
2020
COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system
Caraballo C, McCullough M, Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Keating C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Malinis M, Kashyap N, Hsiao A, Wilson FP, Curtis JP, Grant M, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T. COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0238829. PMID: 32997657, PMCID: PMC7526909, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsIntegrated health care systemHeart Failure RegistryHealth care systemFailure patientsCOVID-19 infectionCare systemCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionReal-time registryRenin-angiotensin blockersRetrospective chart reviewCoronary artery diseaseRisk of deathCOVID-19 testingAngiotensin blockersMultiple comorbiditiesRespiratory failureChart reviewSymptomatic patientsArtery diseaseHeart failureComorbid conditionsPatient mortalityClinical management
2014
Survival After Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Hess PL, Hellkamp AS, Peterson ED, Sanders GD, Al-Khalidi HR, Curtis LH, Hammill BG, Pun PH, Curtis JP, Anstrom KJ, Hammill SC, Al-Khatib SM. Survival After Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2014, 7: 793-799. PMID: 25038119, PMCID: PMC4206571, DOI: 10.1161/circep.114.001455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCause of DeathChi-Square DistributionComorbidityDeath, Sudden, CardiacDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHeart FailureHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateKidneyLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPatient SelectionPrimary PreventionProportional Hazards ModelsProsthesis DesignRegistriesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic kidney diseasePrimary prevention ICD placementRisk of deathICD placementCKD severityKidney diseaseNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryPrimary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placementGlomerular filtration rate 30Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator candidatesEnd-stage renal diseaseImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator placementSocial Security Death Master FileHeart failure symptomsLow ejection fractionGlomerular filtration rateRate of deathDeath Master FileICD candidacyCKD stageDiabetes mellitusEjection fractionICD RegistryRenal diseaseSerum sodiumRisk Stratification for Long-Term Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Wu C, Camacho FT, King SB, Walford G, Holmes DR, Stamato NJ, Berger PB, Sharma S, Curtis JP, Venditti FJ, Jacobs AK, Hannan EL. Risk Stratification for Long-Term Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2014, 7: 80-87. PMID: 24425588, PMCID: PMC4121885, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.113.000475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCox proportional hazards modelLong-term mortalityProportional hazards modelSimple risk scoreRisk of deathRisk scoreHazards modelCoronary interventionVital statusRisk factorsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryExtreme body mass indexPoint-based risk scorePreprocedural risk factorsSimplified risk scoreUnstable hemodynamic stateBypass graft surgeryLow ejection fractionNational Death IndexBody mass indexPatients' vital statusSeparate risk factorsMultivessel disease
2013
Enhanced Mortality Risk Prediction With a Focus on High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Results From 1,208,137 Procedures in the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry)
Brennan JM, Curtis JP, Dai D, Fitzgerald S, Khandelwal AK, Spertus JA, Rao SV, Singh M, Shaw RE, Ho KK, Krone RJ, Weintraub WS, Weaver WD, Peterson ED, Registry C. Enhanced Mortality Risk Prediction With a Focus on High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Results From 1,208,137 Procedures in the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2013, 6: 790-799. PMID: 23968699, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.03.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseDiscriminant AnalysisFemaleHeart ArrestHospital MortalityHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPercutaneous Coronary InterventionRegistriesReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsShock, CardiogenicTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionRecent cardiac arrestCardiogenic shockInpatient mortalityCardiac arrestPercutaneous Coronary Intervention ResultsBedside risk scoreMain lesion locationHigh-risk patientsChronic total occlusionHigh clinical riskRisk of deathHospital mortality risk modelPre-specified patient subgroupsMortality risk predictionMortality risk modelData collection formRisk prediction modelPCI riskHospital mortalityProcedural mortalityAngiographic predictorsCoronary interventionRisk patientsClinical stability
2011
Age Differences in Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Use in U.S. Individuals
Tsai V, Goldstein MK, Hsia HH, Wang Y, Curtis J, Heidenreich PA, Registry O. Age Differences in Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Use in U.S. Individuals. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2011, 59: 1589-1595. PMID: 21883101, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03542.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD RegistryICD useNonarrhythmic deathHigh riskImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) useHigh comorbid burdenPrior myocardial infarctionRisk of deathHigh-risk individualsRisk stratification systemOlder U.S. adultsYounger age groupsComorbid burdenICD implantationEjection fractionICD recipientsPrimary preventionRetrospective studyMyocardial infarctionMortality riskLower riskAge groupsU.S. adultsYounger groupOlder adults
2004
The association of 6-minute walk performance and outcomes in stable outpatients with heart failure
Curtis J, Rathore S, Wang Y, Krumholz H. The association of 6-minute walk performance and outcomes in stable outpatients with heart failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2004, 10: 9-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2003.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart failureWalk testStable outpatientsDigitalis Investigation Group trialRisk of deathCause mortalityIdentifies patientsMultivariable analysisPrognostic valuePrognostic informationGroup trialsWalk performancePatientsTest distanceMortalityDeathOutpatientsOutcomesFailureAssociationBackgroundWeTrialsMonthsThe association of 6-minute walk performance and outcomes in stable outpatients with heart failure.
Curtis JP, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. The association of 6-minute walk performance and outcomes in stable outpatients with heart failure. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2004, 10: 9-14. PMID: 14966769, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-9164(03)00705-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research