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The Nevada peripheral artery disease screening effort in a Medicare Advantage population and subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular event risk
Smolderen K, Heath K, Scherr T, Bauzon S, Howell A, Mena-Hurtado C. The Nevada peripheral artery disease screening effort in a Medicare Advantage population and subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular event risk. European Journal Of Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2022, 63: e98. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor adverse cardiovascular event riskPeripheral artery diseaseCardiovascular event riskMedicare Advantage populationArtery diseaseSubsequent mortalityEvent riskMortalityDisease
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The Nevada peripheral artery disease screening effort in a Medicare Advantage population and subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular event risk
Smolderen KG, Heath K, Scherr T, Bauzon SR, Howell AN, Mena-Hurtado C. The Nevada peripheral artery disease screening effort in a Medicare Advantage population and subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular event risk. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2022, 75: 2054-2064.e3. PMID: 35181520, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.01.134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPeripheral artery diseaseUnadjusted hazard ratioLower extremity peripheral artery diseaseHazard ratioMedicare Advantage beneficiariesCause mortalityElectronic medical recordsArtery diseaseMajor adverse cardiovascular event riskAdverse cardiovascular eventsAtherosclerotic risk factorsMedicare Advantage populationCardiovascular event riskAnnual health assessmentPrimary care providersPatients' electronic medical recordsRisk of mortalityScreening resultsPositive screening resultsMACE ratePAD screeningCardiovascular eventsMultivariable adjustmentScreening status