Competing risk analysis to estimate amputation incidence and risk in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease.
Callegari S, Smolderen K, Cleman J, Mena-Hurtado C, Romain G. Competing risk analysis to estimate amputation incidence and risk in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease. Vascular Medicine 2024, 1358863x241268727. PMID: 39219174, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x241268727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic limb-threatening ischemiaAmputation riskTime-to-event analysisPeripheral arterial diseaseLower-extremity peripheral arterial diseaseCumulative incidence functionCompeting risk analysisAmputation incidenceAmputation dataMedicare claimsLimb-threatening ischemiaVascular Quality Initiative registryMortality riskOutcomes researchPeripheral vascular interventionsArtery diseaseAmputationVascular outcomesCox regressionRiskMortalityCohortVascular interventionsTime-to-event methodsPatientsExamining Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Comorbid Peripheral Artery Disease and Microvascular Disease
Grubman S, Algara M, Smolderen K, Luna P, Walenczyk K, Scierka L, Cleman J, Siddiqui W, Romain G, Mena‐Hurtado C. Examining Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Comorbid Peripheral Artery Disease and Microvascular Disease. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e030710. PMID: 38166496, PMCID: PMC10863818, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsMicrovascular diseaseMinor amputationHospital mortalityCardiac eventsArtery diseaseNational Readmission DatabaseFurther prospective researchNumber of patientsCommon risk factorsMultiple logistic regressionMajor amputationBaseline factorsFinal cohortCox regressionAdverse outcomesPAD groupSecondary diagnosisRisk factorsAnnual admissionsObservational studyPrevalent conditionHigh risk