2024
Racial, ethnic and sex disparity in acute heart failure patients with COVID-19: A nationwide analysis
Hashem A, Khalouf A, Mohamed M, Nayfeh T, Elkhapery A, Zahid S, Altibi A, Thyagaturu H, Kashou A, Anavekar N, Gulati M, Balla S. Racial, ethnic and sex disparity in acute heart failure patients with COVID-19: A nationwide analysis. Heliyon 2024, 10: e34513. PMID: 39157311, PMCID: PMC11327804, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute heart failureImpact of raceNational Inpatient SampleCOVID-19 infectionWhite malesHispanic malesDiagnosis of acute heart failureOutcomes of acute heart failureOdds of cardiac arrestAcute heart failure patientsCOVID-19Sex disparitiesWhite femalesOdds of in-hospital mortalityEthnicityRaceDisparitiesMultivariate logistic regression modelIn-hospital mortalityIn-hospital outcomesHeart failure patientsLogistic regression modelsHispanic ethnicityHeart failureCardiac arrest
2020
Readmission-free period and in-hospital mortality at the time of first readmission in acute heart failure patients—NRD-based analysis of 40,000 heart failure readmissions
Altibi A, Prousi G, Agarwal M, Shah M, Tripathi B, Ram P, Patel B. Readmission-free period and in-hospital mortality at the time of first readmission in acute heart failure patients—NRD-based analysis of 40,000 heart failure readmissions. Heart Failure Reviews 2020, 26: 57-64. PMID: 31897907, DOI: 10.1007/s10741-019-09912-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute heart failureIn-hospital mortalityPercutaneous coronary interventionGroup 1Group 2Group 3Outcomes of acute heart failureMyocardial infarctionAssociated with decreased risk of in-hospital mortalityNon-ST-elevation myocardial infarctionRisk of in-hospital mortalityAssociated with decreased riskST-elevation myocardial infarctionPercentage of patientsAcute kidney injuryAHF casesElevation myocardial infarctionVentricular assist device useMultivariate logistic regressionNational Readmission DatabaseHeart failure readmissionICD-9 codesTime of index admissionTime of readmissionKidney injury