2022
Trends In US Heart Failure Hospitalizations: Increased Volume And Patient Diversity With Decreased Total Costs, 2008-2018
Reinhardt S, Clark K, Chouairi F, Miller E, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai N. Trends In US Heart Failure Hospitalizations: Increased Volume And Patient Diversity With Decreased Total Costs, 2008-2018. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s109-s110. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverall heart failureHeart failureInpatient mortalityDiagnosis codesHospital costsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIntroduction Heart failureHeart failure hospitalizationPeripheral arterial diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseCoronary artery diseaseNational Inpatient SampleLength of stayUS healthcare costsComorbid diabetesHF hospitalizationHospitalization volumeFailure hospitalizationHF cohortArtery diseaseEjection fractionMedian agePulmonary diseaseArterial diseaseHispanic patients
2021
Clinical phenogroups are more effective than left ventricular ejection fraction categories in stratifying heart failure outcomes
Gevaert AB, Tibebu S, Mamas MA, Ravindra NG, Lee SF, Ahmad T, Ko DT, Januzzi JL, Van Spall HGC. Clinical phenogroups are more effective than left ventricular ejection fraction categories in stratifying heart failure outcomes. ESC Heart Failure 2021, 8: 2741-2754. PMID: 33934542, PMCID: PMC8318507, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseHazard ratioComposite outcomePrimary outcomeAtrial fibrillationHeart diseaseComposite cardiovascular deathEjection fraction categoriesSecondary composite outcomeHeart failure outcomesPrimary composite outcomeObstructive pulmonary diseaseVentricular ejection fractionValvular heart diseaseCoronary heart diseaseGreater prognostic informationDifferent risk categoriesCause deathHF rehospitalizationPredominant comorbiditiesCardiovascular deathHF trialsBaseline characteristicsSecondary outcomes
2012
THE ASSOCIATION OF BETA-BLOCKER USE AND SELECTIVITY WITH OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: FINDINGS FROM THE ORGANIZED PROGRAM TO INITIATE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
Mentz R, Wojdyla D, Fiuzat M, Chiswell K, Ahmad T, Fonarow G, O'Connor C. THE ASSOCIATION OF BETA-BLOCKER USE AND SELECTIVITY WITH OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: FINDINGS FROM THE ORGANIZED PROGRAM TO INITIATE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2012, 59: e862. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)60863-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research