2024
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Death and Hospitalization in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Rosman L, Lampert R, Wang K, Gehi A, Dziura J, Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Brandt C, Sears S, Burg M. Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Death and Hospitalization in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024 PMID: 39570241, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplantable cardioverter-defibrillatorYear of device implantationAll-cause mortalityCardiac resynchronization therapyDeath/HF hospitalizationValidation cohortHeart failureDevice implantationTime of ICD implantationArea under the receiver-operating characteristic curveMedian follow-upReceiver-operating characteristic curvePredicting all-cause mortalityImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator patientsVeterans Health AdministrationPersonalized risk estimatesImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorResynchronization therapyBaseline demographicsICD implantationTraining cohortTrajectories of individual patientsProspective studyComposite outcomeContinuum of risk
2011
Comparative Effectiveness of Ventral vs Dorsal Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Ghogawala Z, Martin B, Benzel EC, Dziura J, Magge SN, Abbed KM, Bisson EF, Shahid J, Coumans JV, Choudhri TF, Steinmetz MP, Krishnaney AA, King JT, Butler WE, Barker FG, Heary RF. Comparative Effectiveness of Ventral vs Dorsal Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2011, 68: 622-631. PMID: 21164373, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0b013e31820777cf.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCervical spondylotic myelopathyFusion surgeryVentral surgeryHospital staySpondylotic myelopathyHR-QOLClinical trialsHospital costsDegenerative cervical spondylotic myelopathyJapanese Orthopaedic Association scale scoreModified Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale scorePilot studyHR-QOL improvementMean hospital costDisease-specific symptomsHealth-related qualityClinical pilot trialPatients age 40Spinal cord dysfunctionHigher hospital costsRandomized clinical trialsDorsal surgeryBaseline demographicsComplication rateCord dysfunction