2024
Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Waldron C, Mori M, Krane M, Reinhardt S, Ahmad Y, Kaple R, Forrest J, Geirsson A. Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033324. PMID: 38390804, PMCID: PMC11179864, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere primary mitral regurgitationPrimary mitral regurgitationHeart failure symptomsMitral regurgitationMultidisciplinary evaluationPatient survivalHeart teamFailure symptomsSociety of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityThoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityImprove overall patient survivalCorrection of MRAssociated with lower oddsMultidisciplinary heart teamSurvival of patientsAssociated with higher oddsOverall patient survivalProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyCardiac surgery servicesHistory of MIOptimal treatment decisionsPropensity-score matchingRisk of mortalityStructural cardiology
2022
Comfort Measures Only in Myocardial Infarction: Prevalence of This Status, Change Over Time, and Predictors From a Nationwide Study
Haghighat L, Reinhardt SW, Saly DL, Lu D, Matsouaka RA, Wang TY, Desai NR. Comfort Measures Only in Myocardial Infarction: Prevalence of This Status, Change Over Time, and Predictors From a Nationwide Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e007610. PMID: 35041476, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.007610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionChest Pain-MI RegistryACTION Registry-GWTGHospital major bleedingIndependent patient characteristicsRetrospective cohort studyHigh-risk patientsMortality risk scoreAggressive initial managementHigh mortality rateMedian odds ratioCMO patientsHospital complicationsMajor bleedingCardiogenic shockCohort studyDiagnostic catheterizationMost patientsNonprivate insurancePatient characteristicsInitial managementProcedural complicationsSuch patientsMale gender
2018
Late Presentation and Missed Opportunities for HIV Diagnosis in Guatemala
Meléndez J, Reinhardt SW, O’Halloran J, Spec A, Alonzo Cordon A, Powderly WG, Mejia Villatoro C. Late Presentation and Missed Opportunities for HIV Diagnosis in Guatemala. AIDS And Behavior 2018, 23: 920-928. PMID: 30426264, PMCID: PMC7397713, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-018-2331-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate presentersHIV diagnosisLarge tertiary referral centerEarly HIV diagnosisRetrospective cohort studyProportion of patientsTertiary referral centerTraditional healthcare settingsMissed opportunityCohort studyReferral centerLate presentationOutpatient careHealthcare settingsPatientsDiagnosisYear rateHigh rateCareRural dwellersMorbidityHIVMortalityProportionAIDS
2017
AIDS-Defining Illnesses at Initial Diagnosis of HIV in a Large Guatemalan Cohort
Reinhardt SW, Spec A, Meléndez J, Cordon A, Ross I, Powderly WG, Villatoro C. AIDS-Defining Illnesses at Initial Diagnosis of HIV in a Large Guatemalan Cohort. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: ofx249. PMID: 29308405, PMCID: PMC5751076, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommon ADIsRural patientsGuatemalan cohortLarge HIV clinicRetrospective cohort studyDisease Control definitionEpidemiology of AIDSHIV clinicCohort studyEsophageal candidiasisHIV diagnosisInitial diagnosisUS CentersHIVPatientsDemographic dataHistoplasmosis diagnosisHistoplasmosisCells/AIDSDiagnosisControl definitionLimited dataSyndromeCohort