2019
The impact of safety‐net burden on in‐hospital outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement
Ando T, Adegbala O, Akintoye E, Briasoulis A, Takagi H. The impact of safety‐net burden on in‐hospital outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 34: 1178-1184. PMID: 31441545, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementSafety-net burdenAortic valve replacementSAVR outcomesValve replacementAcute kidney injuryMajor perioperative complicationsHospital-level characteristicsNationwide Inpatient SampleLength of staySafety-net hospitalNumber of admissionsHospital mortalityNonroutine dischargeValvular surgeryHospital outcomesHospital stayKidney injuryPerioperative complicationsDisadvantaged patientsInpatient SampleHospital costsUnadjusted modelsHospitalPatients
2018
Failure to Rescue, Hospital Volume, and In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Ando T, Adegbala O, Villablanca P, Shokr M, Akintoye E, Briasoulis A, Takagi H, Schreiber T, Grines C, Afonso L. Failure to Rescue, Hospital Volume, and In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 828-832. PMID: 30064862, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationMajor perioperative complicationsAortic valve implantationVolume hospitalsHospital volumePatient mortalityPerioperative complicationsValve implantationTransarterial transcatheter aortic valve implantationNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseCo-morbidity indexGreater hospital volumeIn-Hospital MortalityPatient mortality ratesPercentage of womenHospital mortalityMajor complicationsTAVI procedureHighest quintileMean ageLowest quintileAdjusted ratesMortality rateFourth quintileDifferent hospitals