2024
Prediction of Health Status in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Intervention for Claudication
Peri-Okonny P, Romain G, Callegari S, Cleman J, Vashist A, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Prediction of Health Status in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Intervention for Claudication. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 110: 314-322. PMID: 39395588, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.08.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth statusPeripheral arterial diseaseEQ-5D VASPeripheral vascular interventionsPredictor of future health statusPredictor of health statusDrug-coated balloonLower extremity peripheral arterial diseaseHealth status outcomesFuture health statusEQ-5D-3LHistory of deep venous thrombosisImprove patient outcomesStatus outcomesPrediction of health statusChronic lung diseaseDeep venous thrombosisPlain balloon angioplastyPatient outcomesDisease managementExtremity interventionsApproach to treatmentSD ageVenous thrombosisBaseline characteristics
2023
Drug‐Coated Balloon and Drug‐Eluting Stent Safety in Patients With Femoropopliteal and Severe Chronic Kidney Disease
Hanna J, Smolderen K, Castro‐Dominguez Y, Romain G, Lee M, Turner J, Mena‐Hurtado C. Drug‐Coated Balloon and Drug‐Eluting Stent Safety in Patients With Femoropopliteal and Severe Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e028622. PMID: 36974774, PMCID: PMC10122876, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.028622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage chronic kidney diseaseChronic kidney diseaseBare metal stentsDrug-eluting stentsDrug-coated balloonsMortality riskAmputation riskKidney diseaseSevere chronic kidney diseaseMajor amputation riskPlain balloon angioplastyDrug-Coated BalloonAmputation outcomesCKD statusAmputation rateCause mortalityBackground PatientsAdjusted analysisBalloon angioplastyFemoropopliteal interventionsDES useBMS useRegistry dataDisease trialsPatients
2022
Patient-level and external factors in the use of drug-coated balloons and drug-eluting stents in femoropopliteal endovascular interventions
Castro-Dominguez Y, Smolderen KG, Pichert M, Alabi O, Romain G, Huang J, Lee M, Ahmed Z, Peri-Okonny PA, Arham A, Brice A, Chaar CO, Stacy MR, Mena-Hurtado C. Patient-level and external factors in the use of drug-coated balloons and drug-eluting stents in femoropopliteal endovascular interventions. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2022, 76: 1675-1680. PMID: 35868423, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.06.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-coated balloonsDrug-eluting stentsBare metal stentsDES useFemoropopliteal endovascular interventionEndovascular interventionMedian odds ratioFemoropopliteal diseaseLesion characteristicsPrimary treatmentChronic kidney disease stage 4Adjusted median odds ratioVascular Quality Initiative registryAppropriate use guidelinesPrior anticoagulant usePatient-level factorsPoor functional statusTrans-Atlantic InterPlain balloon angioplastyPatient-level characteristicsFavorable patency ratesHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsMeta-analysis publicationsRutherford classification