2016
Risk for Hospitalized Heart Failure Among New Users of Saxagliptin, Sitagliptin, and Other Antihyperglycemic Drugs: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Toh S, Hampp C, Reichman ME, Graham DJ, Balakrishnan S, Pucino F, Hamilton J, Lendle S, Iyer A, Rucker M, Pimentel M, Nathwani N, Griffin MR, Brown NJ, Fireman BH. Risk for Hospitalized Heart Failure Among New Users of Saxagliptin, Sitagliptin, and Other Antihyperglycemic Drugs: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2016, 164: 705-14. PMID: 27110660, PMCID: PMC5178978, DOI: 10.7326/m15-2568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalized heart failureMini-Sentinel programCohort studyHeart failureAntihyperglycemic agentsPropensity score-matched analysisDipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitorsNew-user cohort studyU.S. FoodPrior cardiovascular diseaseRetrospective cohort studyPeptidase-4 inhibitorsSubgroup of patientsPrincipal discharge diagnosisDPP-4 inhibitorsSecond-generation sulfonylureasType 2 diabetesLarge cohort studyDisease risk scoreSitagliptin usersStudy drugHazard ratioDischarge diagnosisNinth RevisionResidual confounding
2011
Combined angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and receptor blockade associate with increased risk of cardiovascular death in hemodialysis patients
Chan KE, Ikizler TA, Gamboa JL, Yu C, Hakim RM, Brown NJ. Combined angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and receptor blockade associate with increased risk of cardiovascular death in hemodialysis patients. Kidney International 2011, 80: 978-985. PMID: 21775975, PMCID: PMC3656595, DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAntihypertensive AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansHypertensionKaplan-Meier EstimateKidney Failure, ChronicLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreProportional Hazards ModelsRenal DialysisRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSurvival RateTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsAngiotensin receptor blockersAntihypertensive medicationsARB therapyCardiovascular deathChronic hemodialysisCardiovascular mortalityHazard ratioHemodialysis patientsRisk factorsBaseline cardiovascular risk factorsAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitionLarge dialysis providerCardiovascular risk factorsChronic hemodialysis patientsKaplan-Meier methodMortality hazard ratioAntihypertensive therapyReceptor blockersAntihypertensive agentsCox regressionCerebrovascular mortalityClinical trialsTreatment weightingObservational studyACEI