2015
Trends in Incident Hemodialysis Access and Mortality
Malas MB, Canner JK, Hicks CW, Arhuidese IJ, Zarkowsky DS, Qazi U, Schneider EB, Black JH, Segev DL, Freischlag JA. Trends in Incident Hemodialysis Access and Mortality. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 441-448. PMID: 25738981, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.3484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage renal diseaseHemodialysis cathetersArteriovenous fistulaArteriovenous graftsLower mortalityRenal diseaseVascular accessHD outcomesNational Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality InitiativeKidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality InitiativeMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsPrior renal replacement therapyUS Renal Data SystemCox proportional hazards modelArteriovenous fistula useIncident HD patientsInitiation of hemodialysisRetrospective cohort studyRenal replacement therapyProportional hazards modelFistula useCohort studySurvival benefitHD patientsPropensity score-matching technique
2013
Comparison of surgical bypass with angioplasty and stenting of superficial femoral artery disease
Malas M, Enwerem N, Qazi U, Brown B, Schneider E, Reifsnyder T, Freischlag J, Perler B. Comparison of surgical bypass with angioplasty and stenting of superficial femoral artery disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2013, 59: 129-135. PMID: 23891488, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.05.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, BalloonBaltimoreBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationChi-Square DistributionFemaleFemoral ArteryHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPeripheral Arterial DiseasePostoperative ComplicationsProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesRisk FactorsStentsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVascular GraftingVascular PatencyVeinsConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseFemoral-popliteal bypassPercutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stentingJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterAngioplasty/stentingSuperficial femoral arteryReintervention rateTASC CSymptomatic patientsD lesionsMedical managementB lesionsFemoral arteryMedical CenterSuperficial femoral artery diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseFemoral artery diseaseTASC II ARate of reinterventionHigher reintervention rateBest treatment optionSimilar risk factorsProportional hazards modelTerms of patencyFisher's exact test