2025
Defining Thresholds for Meaningful Health Status Changes Following Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting
Kluger J, Romain G, Mena‐Hurtado C, Grubman S, Pajarillo C, Cleman J, Scierka L, Smolderen K. Defining Thresholds for Meaningful Health Status Changes Following Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2025, 105: 927-937. PMID: 39789704, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.31410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimal clinically important differenceHealth status changesHealth statusSF-36Visual analog scaleEQ-5DDistribution-based MCIDPhysical component scoreCarotid artery stentingDisease-specific instrumentHealth status improvementTransfemoral carotid artery stentingSymptom statusClinically important differenceTF-CASStatus changesGeneric instrumentsArtery stentingRegistry dataComponent scoresImportant differencePatients no changeStatus improvementAsymptomatic carotid stenosisHealth
2024
Lack of diversity in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: Implications for the Distressed Community Index
Pajarillo C, Romain G, Cleman J, Scierka L, Grubman S, Schenck C, Kluger J, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Lack of diversity in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: Implications for the Distressed Community Index. Vascular Medicine 2024, 30: 27-37. PMID: 39526556, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x241292545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDistressed Communities IndexCommunity distressDistress groupCarotid artery stentingDistressed Communities Index scoreHierarchical Cox regressionCumulative incidence function curvesSocial determinantsNon-Hispanic/LatinoStroke incidenceAccess barriersFine-Gray modelArtery stentingDistressKaplan-Meier survival curvesVascular Quality Initiative databaseZip-codeFine-GrayMortality incidenceCox regressionAssociationAnalyzed patientsNo significant differenceMortalityLack of diversity
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