2020
Geographical affiliation with top 10 NIH-funded academic medical centers and differences between mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer
Angraal S, Caraballo C, Kahn P, Bhatnagar A, Singh B, Wilson FP, Fiuzat M, O'Connor CM, Allen LA, Desai NR, Mamtani R, Ahmad T. Geographical affiliation with top 10 NIH-funded academic medical centers and differences between mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer. American Heart Journal 2020, 230: 54-58. PMID: 32950462, PMCID: PMC7734611, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.08.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular mortality ratesMortality rateCardiovascular mortalityCancer mortalityCardiovascular diseaseMedical CenterIndex groupAnnual cardiovascular mortality rateCardiovascular mortality trendsCancer mortality ratesAcademic medical centerBenefit of patientsMortality trendsSociodemographic characteristicsMortalityIncremental benefitComparison groupNIH fundingImplementation scienceNIHHigh rateDiseaseRapid translationAverage declineResearch priorities
2019
Natriuretic Response Is Highly Variable and Associated With 6-Month Survival Insights From the ROSE-AHF Trial
Hodson DZ, Griffin M, Mahoney D, Raghavendra P, Ahmad T, Turner J, Wilson FP, Tang WHW, Rao VS, Collins SP, Mullens W, Testani JM. Natriuretic Response Is Highly Variable and Associated With 6-Month Survival Insights From the ROSE-AHF Trial. JACC Heart Failure 2019, 7: 383-391. PMID: 31047017, PMCID: PMC6501816, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2019.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute decompensated heart failureROSE-AHF trialsSodium excretionNet fluid balanceWorse prognosisFluid balanceHigh-dose loop diuretic therapyNegative net fluid balanceGreater sodium excretionLoop diuretic agentsLoop diuretic therapyDecompensated heart failureDietary sodium intakeDiuretic therapyUrinary sodiumNatriuretic responseHeart failureSodium intakeUrine outputSodium retentionVolume overloadFluid retentionSodium balanceDiuretic agentsPrognostic abilityInsulin resistance and chronic kidney disease progression, cardiovascular events, and death: findings from the chronic renal insufficiency cohort study
Schrauben SJ, Jepson C, Hsu JY, Wilson FP, Zhang X, Lash JP, Robinson BM, Townsend RR, Chen J, Fogelfeld L, Kao P, Landis JR, Rader DJ, Hamm LL, Anderson AH, Feldman HI. Insulin resistance and chronic kidney disease progression, cardiovascular events, and death: findings from the chronic renal insufficiency cohort study. BMC Nephrology 2019, 20: 60. PMID: 30786864, PMCID: PMC6383235, DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1220-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney disease progressionKidney disease progressionCardiovascular eventsHOMA-IRInsulin resistanceCKD progressionCause mortalityDisease progressionChronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort study participantsChronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) StudyCox proportional hazards modelAbsence of diabetesCohort Study participantsHomeostasis model assessmentProportional hazards modelPositive associationBackgroundInsulin resistanceCKD complicationsCardiovascular endpointsCohort studyHemoglobin A1cMetabolic syndromeKidney diseaseC-peptideHazards model