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
2021
Sex Differences in Procedural Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Darden D, Duong T, Du C, Munir MB, Han FT, Reeves R, Saw J, Zeitler EP, Al-Khatib SM, Russo AM, Minges KE, Curtis JP, Freeman JV, Hsu JC. Sex Differences in Procedural Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. JAMA Cardiology 2021, 6: 1275-1284. PMID: 34379072, PMCID: PMC8358791, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.3021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital adverse eventsMajor adverse eventsAdverse eventsAtrial appendage occlusionMajor bleedingPericardial effusionAppendage occlusionAtrial fibrillationSex differencesCongestive heart failureCoronary artery diseaseAdjusted logistic regression analysisParoxysmal atrial fibrillationLogistic regression analysisMultivariable adjusted logistic regression analysesPrior strokeUncontrolled hypertensionHospital outcomesHospital stayMultivariable adjustmentProlonged hospitalBaseline characteristicsCohort studySelect patientsArtery disease
2013
Effectiveness of β-Blockers in Heart Failure With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Chronic Kidney Disease
Chang TI, Yang J, Freeman JV, Hlatky MA, Go AS. Effectiveness of β-Blockers in Heart Failure With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2013, 19: 176-182. PMID: 23482078, PMCID: PMC4126798, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseVentricular systolic dysfunctionΒ-blocker therapyHeart failure hospitalizationIncident heart failureHeart failureKidney diseaseSystolic dysfunctionFailure hospitalizationΒ-blockersLower riskKaiser Permanente Northern California systemLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionLower crude riskCombined end pointΒ-blocker useGlomerular filtration rateAssociation of treatmentMultivariable adjustmentCrude riskMedication effectivenessCox regressionPotential confoundersFiltration rateMethodologic limitations