2024
Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Vora A, Pereira L, Du C, Tan Z, Huang C, Friedman D, Wang Y, Faridi K, Lakkireddy D, Zimmerman S, Higgins A, Kapadia S, Curtis J, Freeman J. Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024 PMID: 39474982, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.10.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician certificationAppendage occlusionAdverse eventsPercutaneous left atrial appendage occlusionLong-term oral anticoagulationDischarged patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysisRate of procedural complicationsLeft atrial appendage occlusionCox proportional hazards regression analysisProportional hazards regression analysisRisk of adverse eventsHazards regression analysisIn-hospital deathOral anticoagulantsWatchman FLXNo significant differenceLAAO devicesProcedural complicationsStratify patientsIntracardiac echocardiographyAtrial fibrillationEligible patientsIdentified patientsMultivariable adjustment
2020
Validation of Administrative Claims to Ascertain Outcomes in Pivotal Trials of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Butala NM, Strom JB, Faridi KF, Kazi DS, Zhao Y, Brennan JM, Popma JJ, Shen C, Yeh RW. Validation of Administrative Claims to Ascertain Outcomes in Pivotal Trials of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2020, 13: 1777-1785. PMID: 32682677, PMCID: PMC7444647, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.03.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministrative Claims, HealthcareAgedAged, 80 and overAortic Valve StenosisBioprosthesisClinical Trials as TopicData AccuracyData MiningDatabases, FactualFemaleHealth Services ResearchHeart Valve ProsthesisHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMedicarePostoperative ComplicationsReproducibility of ResultsTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valueValve replacementPivotal trialsAdministrative claimsPredictive valueAortic valve reinterventionProcedural billing codesAcute kidney injuryPermanent pacemaker implantationKappa agreement statisticsBleeding eventsValve reinterventionKidney injuryTrial patientsPacemaker implantationProcedural complicationsOutcome ascertainmentTrial endpointsClinical endpointsMyocardial infarctionInpatient claimsClinical trials