2012
LOWER HOSPITAL VOLUME IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PCI FOR ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Kontos M, Wang Y, Chaudhry S, Vetrovec G, Messenger J, Curtis J. LOWER HOSPITAL VOLUME IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PCI FOR ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2012, 59: e394. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)60395-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Physician Procedure Volume and Complications of Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation
Freeman JV, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Heidenreich PA, Hlatky MA. Physician Procedure Volume and Complications of Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation. Circulation 2011, 125: 57-64. PMID: 22095828, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.111.046995.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician procedure volumeProcedure volumeHospital mortalityICD implantationHospital characteristicsPhysician specialtyNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator placementInitial ICD implantationRate of complicationsCardioverter-defibrillator implantationHospital procedure volumeClustering of patientsAnnual procedure volumeOutcomes of proceduresVolume of proceduresHierarchical logistic regressionHospital complicationsComplication rateHospital volumePatient characteristicsProcedural complicationsHighest quartileInverse relationshipComplications