2022
Temporal trends and long-term outcomes among recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator in the United States, 2011–2015: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Darden D, Peterson PN, Xin X, Munir MB, Minges KE, Goldenberg I, Poole JE, Feld GK, Birgersdotter-Green U, Curtis JP, Hsu JC. Temporal trends and long-term outcomes among recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator in the United States, 2011–2015: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Heart Rhythm O2 2022, 3: 405-414. PMID: 36097450, PMCID: PMC9463686, DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2022.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term outcomesGuideline-concordant recommendationsHeart failure hospitalizationCardiac resynchronization therapyFailure hospitalizationCause hospitalizationCardiovascular hospitalizationResynchronization therapyNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryCRT-D implantationYear of implantHospital procedural complicationsHospital complicationsHospital outcomesMultivariable adjustmentPatient characteristicsProcedural complicationsDefibrillator recipientsHospitalizationData registryLower riskMedicare beneficiariesMedicare dataOutcomesRecipients
2017
Addition of Blood Pressure and Weight Transmissions to Standard Remote Monitoring of Implantable Defibrillators and its Association with Mortality and Rehospitalization
Al-Chekakie MO, Bao H, Jones PW, Stein KM, Marzec L, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Curtis JP, Akar JG. Addition of Blood Pressure and Weight Transmissions to Standard Remote Monitoring of Implantable Defibrillators and its Association with Mortality and Rehospitalization. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2017, 10: e003087. PMID: 28506978, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.116.003087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure dataImplantable defibrillatorsRemote patient monitoringTransmission of weightHeart failure hospitalizationImpaired ejection fractionCardiac resynchronization therapyCox regression modelRisk of mortalityLogistic regression modelsRoutine weightCause hospitalizationFailure hospitalizationBlood pressureCardiovascular hospitalizationEjection fractionResynchronization therapyRegression modelsDevice implantationService patientsHospital characteristicsIndependent associationImproved outcomesLandmark analysisSimilar risk