2018
Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Siddiqui I, Rajagopal S, Brucker A, Chiswell K, Christopher B, Alenezi F, Mandawat A, Rivera D, Arges K, Tapson V, Kisslo J, Velazquez E, Douglas PS, Samad Z. Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 872-878. PMID: 30093068, PMCID: PMC6280670, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.05.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrecapillary pulmonary hypertensionRV global longitudinal strainPulmonary hypertensionEchocardiographic parametersHard outcomesPulmonary arterial hypertension medicationsClass III symptomsREVEAL risk scoreRight heart functionCohort of patientsCumulative incidence rateCurrent clinical guidelinesGlobal longitudinal strainEchocardiographic predictorsHypertension medicationsNT-proBNPTransthoracic echocardiographyWalk distanceUnivariable analysisMean ageClinical guidelinesIncidence rateMultivariable modelSurrogate outcomesRisk score
2014
Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records
Bloomfield GS, Hogan JW, Keter A, Holland TL, Sang E, Kimaiyo S, Velazquez EJ. Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14: 284. PMID: 24886474, PMCID: PMC4046023, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystolic blood pressureLower blood pressureHigher systolic blood pressureCardiovascular risk factorsBlood pressure levelsBlood pressureHigh blood pressureHigher mortality riskMortality rateHazard ratioRisk factorsIncidence rateRetrospective analysisMortality riskLarge HIV treatment programHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionNormal systolic blood pressureProportional hazards regression modelsCox proportional hazards modelAdvanced HIV diseaseNon-communicable causeHIV-seropositive individualsHIV-seropositive adultsImmunodeficiency virus infectionHIV treatment programs