2024
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Faust J, Renton B, Bongiovanni T, Chen A, Sheares K, Du C, Essien U, Fuentes-Afflick E, Haywood T, Khera R, King T, Li S, Lin Z, Lu Y, Marshall A, Ndumele C, Opara I, Loarte-Rodriguez T, Sawano M, Taparra K, Taylor H, Watson K, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2438918. PMID: 39392630, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 public health emergencyNon-HispanicPublic health emergencyOther Pacific IslanderExcess mortalityAlaska NativesUS populationExcess deathsRates of excess mortalityCross-sectional study analyzed dataYears of potential lifeMortality relative riskNon-Hispanic whitesCross-sectional studyPacific IslandersStudy analyzed dataAll-cause mortalityEthnic groupsMortality disparitiesMortality ratioTotal populationDeath certificatesEthnic disparitiesMain OutcomesDecedent ageCause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population
Arun A, Caraballo C, Sawano M, Lu Y, Khera R, Yancy C, Krumholz H. Cause-Specific Mortality Rates Among the US Black Population. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2436402. PMID: 39348122, PMCID: PMC11443349, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanCause of DeathFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityUnited StatesYoung Adult
2021
Association of Kidney Disease With Outcomes in COVID‐19: Results From the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry
Rao A, Ranka S, Ayers C, Hendren N, Rosenblatt A, Alger HM, Rutan C, Omar W, Khera R, Gupta K, Mody P, DeFilippi C, Das SR, Hedayati SS, de Lemos JA. Association of Kidney Disease With Outcomes in COVID‐19: Results From the American Heart Association COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e020910. PMID: 34107743, PMCID: PMC8477855, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.020910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsChronic kidney diseaseCardiac eventsKidney diseaseCause mortalityAmerican Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease RegistryCOVID-19Major adverse cardiovascular eventsEnd-stage kidney diseaseCardiovascular Disease RegistryLarge multicenter registryNonfatal heart failureSerial laboratory dataAdverse cardiovascular eventsNonfatal myocardial infarctionKey secondary outcomesCardiovascular disease outcomesPrimary exposure variableNonfatal strokeCardiogenic shockCardiovascular deathCardiovascular eventsCardiovascular outcomes
2017
Predictors of Death in Adults With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy–Associated Cardiomyopathy
Cheeran D, Khan S, Khera R, Bhatt A, Garg S, Grodin JL, Morlend R, Araj FG, Amin AA, Thibodeau JT, Das S, Drazner MH, Mammen PPA. Predictors of Death in Adults With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy–Associated Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2017, 6: e006340. PMID: 29042427, PMCID: PMC5721845, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.006340.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuchenne muscular dystrophyDMD patientsPrognostic factorsDMD populationCardiac biomarkersHigh-risk cardiovascular populationLower body mass indexAdult DMD patientsHeart failure medicationsPredictors of deathAlanine aminotransferase levelsElevated cardiac biomarkersPoor prognostic factorMaximum inspiratory pressureBody mass indexElectronic medical recordsCardiomyopathy clinicMedian followAminotransferase levelsBaseline characteristicsCardiovascular populationRetrospective cohortConsecutive patientsMass indexWorse prognosis