2019
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Stroke in Young and Middle-Aged Adults
Rosman L, Sico JJ, Lampert R, Gaffey AE, Ramsey CM, Dziura J, Chui PW, Cavanagh CE, Brandt C, Haskell S, Burg MM. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk for Stroke in Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Stroke 2019, 50: 2996-3003. PMID: 31619151, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.026854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackIncident transient ischemic attackPosttraumatic stress disorderEffects of PTSDIschemic strokeIncident strokeHealthcare utilizationIncidence of TIAStress disorderYoung adultsMiddle-aged veteransStroke risk factorsMultivariate Cox modelIschemic stroke riskAge-specific prevention strategiesVeterans Health AdministrationMiddle-aged adultsIschemic attackStroke riskPsychological factorsUnadjusted analysesRisk factorsEffect modificationCox modelPsychiatric disordersMicrovascular Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease and Amputation
Beckman JA, Duncan MS, Damrauer SM, Wells QS, Barnett JV, Wasserman DH, Bedimo RJ, Butt AA, Marconi VC, Sico JJ, Tindle HA, Bonaca MP, Aday AW, Freiberg MS. Microvascular Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease and Amputation. Circulation 2019, 140: 449-458. PMID: 31280589, PMCID: PMC6682431, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.040672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAmputation, SurgicalComorbidityDiabetes ComplicationsDisease SusceptibilityExtremitiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIschemiaKidney DiseasesMaleMicrocirculationMiddle AgedPeripheral Arterial DiseasePeripheral Nervous System DiseasesPrevalenceProcedures and Techniques UtilizationProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRetinal DiseasesRisk FactorsVeteransConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseRisk of amputationMicrovascular diseaseArtery diseaseRisk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCox proportional hazards regressionAdverse limb eventsPrevalent microvascular diseaseCardiovascular risk factorsTraditional risk factorsAging Cohort StudyMultivariable-adjusted analysesProportional hazards regressionLower limb amputationIncident amputationsPrior amputationCohort studyAmputation eventsHazards regressionLarge cohortElevated riskLimb amputationLimb eventsAmputation
2018
Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Beckman JA, Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, So-Armah K, Butt AA, Goetz M, Tindle HA, Sico J, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation 2018, 138: 255-265. PMID: 29535090, PMCID: PMC6050082, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.032647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of PADIncident PAD eventsPeripheral artery diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virusCD4 cell countTraditional atherosclerotic risk factorsPAD risk factorsAtherosclerotic risk factorsPAD eventsRisk factorsCell countUninfected veteransCD4 cellsArtery diseaseHIV infectionHIV statusViral loadCells/Peripheral artery disease eventsPrior peripheral artery diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHIV-1 ribonucleic acidHIV infection statusHIV viral load