2019
Challenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions
Tinetti M, Dindo L, Smith CD, Blaum C, Costello D, Ouellet G, Rosen J, Hernandez-Bigos K, Geda M, Naik A. Challenges and strategies in patients’ health priorities-aligned decision-making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0218249. PMID: 31181117, PMCID: PMC6557523, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' health prioritiesMultiple chronic conditionsHealth priorityChronic conditionsPatient prioritiesPatient Priorities CarePrimary care cliniciansCare of patientsCare cliniciansPrimary carePatient outcomesCardiology practicePatientsCare optionsCare PilotCliniciansOlder adultsSerial trialsCarePriority careImplementation teamQualitative studyMultiple conditionsAdditional settingsMultiplicity of problems
2018
National Prescribing Trends for High‐Risk Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults
Rhee TG, Choi YC, Ouellet GM, Ross JS. National Prescribing Trends for High‐Risk Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66: 1382-1387. PMID: 29582410, PMCID: PMC6097908, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyAnticholinergic prescriptionsPhysician specialtyDrug classesPrescribing trendsOffice-based outpatient visitsOffice-based physician visitsAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyMultivariable logistic regression analysisOlder adultsNational prescribing trendsCommon drug classesLogistic regression analysisCross-sectional analysisSpecific physician specialtiesAnticholinergic medicationsPhysician visitsOutpatient visitsQuality prescribingCare SurveyFemale sexStratified analysisSouthern geographic regionsGreater oddsTotal visits
2012
Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on the Risk of First and Recurrent Ventricular Tachyarrhythmic Events in MADIT-CRT
Ouellet G, Huang DT, Moss AJ, Hall WJ, Barsheshet A, McNitt S, Klein H, Zareba W, Goldenberg I. Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on the Risk of First and Recurrent Ventricular Tachyarrhythmic Events in MADIT-CRT. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2012, 60: 1809-1816. PMID: 23040580, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft bundle branch blockVentricular tachyarrhythmic eventsNon-LBBB patientsFirst arrhythmic eventCardiac resynchronization therapyMADIT-CRTResynchronization therapyArrhythmic riskTachyarrhythmic eventsArrhythmic eventsSubsequent heart failureCRT-D therapyBundle branch blockCox proportional hazardsRisk of FirstHeart failureActive treatmentEfficacy analysisBranch blockPatientsProportional hazardsMultivariate analysisTherapyRegression modelingRiskEffectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Diabetic Patients with Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
George J, Barsheshet A, Moss AJ, Martin D, Ouellet G, McNitt S, Goldenberg I. Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Diabetic Patients with Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. Annals Of Noninvasive Electrocardiology 2012, 17: 14-21. PMID: 22276624, PMCID: PMC6932461, DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2011.00476.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonischemic cardiomyopathyDiabetes mellitusProportional hazards regression modelingCardiac resynchronization therapyMADIT-CRTClinical responseEchocardiographic responseNonischemic patientsDiabetic patientsDM patientsResynchronization therapyClinical benefitCardiomyopathyPatientsRegression modelingCRTMellitusResponseTherapyDefibrillator
2009
Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Outcome in Patients Over 40 Years of Age With the Long QT Syndrome
Ouellet G, Moss AJ, Jons C, McNitt S, Mullally J, Fugate T, Goldenberg I, Zareba W, Robinson JL, Registry I. Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Outcome in Patients Over 40 Years of Age With the Long QT Syndrome. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2009, 105: 87-89. PMID: 20102896, PMCID: PMC2813216, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.08.657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ageFirst cardiac eventLong QT syndromeCardiac eventsQTc intervalRisk factorsAdult patientsDiabetes mellitusQT syndromeEnd pointIndependent mortality riskOral diabetic medicationsProlonged QTc intervalImpact of diabetesDevelopment of diabetesBeats/minInternational Long QT Syndrome RegistryCause mortalityDiabetic medicationsOlder patientsStudy populationVentricular repolarizationMortality riskHeart rateCox model