2013
Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients Aged >70 Years Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Williams JB, Alexander KP, Morin JF, Langlois Y, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Smolderen K, Arnold SV, Eisenberg MJ, Pilote L, Monette J, Bergman H, Smith PK, Afilalo J. Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients Aged >70 Years Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 111: 137-142. PMID: 23245838, PMCID: PMC3677723, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor morbidityCardiac surgeryHigh preoperative anxietyPreoperative anxietyHospital AnxietyDepression ScaleThoracic surgeonsProspective multicenter cohort studyMultivariable logistic regression analysisPatient-reported anxietyMulticenter cohort studyPredictors of mortalityTertiary care hospitalType of surgeryMain outcome measuresRisk of mortalityDepression Scale scoresPrimary predictor variableLogistic regression analysisPatients AgedPostoperative mortalityCause mortalityFrailty assessmentIndex hospitalizationCohort study
2012
Self-reported symptoms on questionnaires and anatomic lesions on duplex ultrasound examinations in patients with peripheral arterial disease
van Zitteren M, Vriens PW, Heyligers JM, Burger DH, Nooren MJ, de Fijter WM, Denollet J, Smolderen KG. Self-reported symptoms on questionnaires and anatomic lesions on duplex ultrasound examinations in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2012, 55: 1025-1034.e2. PMID: 22244858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIntermittent ClaudicationLogistic ModelsLower ExtremityMaleMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPain MeasurementPeripheral Arterial DiseaseRisk FactorsSelf ReportSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesUltrasonography, Doppler, DuplexConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseCardiovascular risk factorsDuplex ultrasound examinationDistal lesionsProximal lesionsLesion locationLeg symptomsPatient characteristicsSelf-reported symptomsArterial diseaseRisk factorsUltrasound examinationLower extremity peripheral arterial diseaseVascular surgery outpatient clinicMultivariable logistic regression analysisExertional leg symptomsNew-onset symptomsCardiovascular risk profileSurgery outpatient clinicMain outcome measuresCross-sectional studyFurther diagnostic imagingLogistic regression analysisTailor-made managementPAD subgroups