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Twelve-Month Health Status Response Following Peripheral Vascular Intervention for Femoropopliteal Lesions Using Zilver PTX Databases Focusing on the Role of Preprocedural Health Status, Comorbid Risks, and Global Setting
Smolderen K, Romain G, Cleman J, Callegari S, Peri-Okonny P, Mena-Hurtado C. Twelve-Month Health Status Response Following Peripheral Vascular Intervention for Femoropopliteal Lesions Using Zilver PTX Databases Focusing on the Role of Preprocedural Health Status, Comorbid Risks, and Global Setting. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2024 PMID: 39214426, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.08.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMinimal clinically important differenceEQ-5D indexHealth statusPeripheral vascular interventionsPeripheral arterial diseaseEQ-5DNon-respondersValue-based careEuroQol-5D-3LClinically important differenceSecondary data analysisFemoropopliteal peripheral vascular interventionsStable health statusLogistic regression modelsArtery diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseStatus responseTailored resourcesVascular interventionsSingle-arm studyImportant differenceCarotid artery diseaseComorbidity riskEnrolling centersPatient characteristics
2024
Impact of early intervention on health status outcomes in peripheral artery disease patients with chronic total occlusion lesions using the PORTRAIT registry
Cerrud-Rodriguez R, Romain G, Hussain Y, Cleman J, Callegari S, Scierka L, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Impact of early intervention on health status outcomes in peripheral artery disease patients with chronic total occlusion lesions using the PORTRAIT registry. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 80: 780-790.e10. PMID: 38735596, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.04.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral Artery QuestionnairePeripheral arterial diseaseHealth statusChronic total occlusionChronic total occlusion lesionsPAD-specific health statusEarly invasive treatmentMultilevel generalized linear regression modelsPeripheral arterial disease symptomsLower extremity peripheral arterial diseaseBaseline health statusHealth status outcomesInvasive treatmentHealth status trajectoriesNon-invasive treatmentPatients' health statusImpact of early interventionHigh health statusFollow-upPeripheral arterial disease patientsSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseMonths of follow-upPresence of chronic total occlusionNon-invasive treatment strategyStatus outcomesPsychosocial and socioeconomic factors are most predictive of health status in patients with claudication
Scierka L, Peri-Okonny P, Romain G, Cleman J, Spertus J, Fitridge R, Secemsky E, Patel M, Gosch K, Mena-Hurtado C, Smolderen K. Psychosocial and socioeconomic factors are most predictive of health status in patients with claudication. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 79: 1473-1482.e5. PMID: 38266885, PMCID: PMC11180544, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral Artery QuestionnairePeripheral Artery Questionnaire summary scoresPeripheral arterial diseaseHealth statusSummary scoreSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseSocial supportInsurance statusPAD-specific health statusHierarchical multivariable linear regression modelSocioeconomic patient characteristicsLow social supportPeripheral artery disease cohortPeripheral artery questionnaire scoresImprove health statusComparative effectiveness researchDiagnosis of depressionPatient characteristicsMultivariate linear regression modelPrediction of health statusDepression scoresLinear regression modelsAge of patientsDuration of symptomsAnxiety scores
2014
Critical evaluation of stents in the peripheral arterial disease of the superficial femoral artery – focus on the paclitaxel eluting stent
Litsky J, Chanda A, Stilp E, Lansky A, Mena C. Critical evaluation of stents in the peripheral arterial disease of the superficial femoral artery – focus on the paclitaxel eluting stent. Medical Devices Evidence And Research 2014, Volume 7: 149-156. PMID: 24920940, PMCID: PMC4045256, DOI: 10.2147/mder.s45472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuperficial femoral arteryPeripheral arterial diseaseArterial diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseasePercutaneous transluminal balloon angioplastyPreferred initial therapyTransluminal balloon angioplastySelf-expanding nitinol stentsInitial therapyObstructive lesionsSFA diseaseEndovascular managementObstructive diseaseEndovascular treatmentAdequate therapyBalloon angioplastySFA stenosisFemoral arteryDurable resultsClinical practiceLong occlusionsDiseaseNitinol stentsStentsBiomechanical forces