2022
Patient-Level Analysis of Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Practice Versus Clinical Trials
Friedman DJ, Du C, Wang Y, Agarwal V, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Holmes DR, Reddy VY, Price MJ, Curtis JP, Freeman JV. Patient-Level Analysis of Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Practice Versus Clinical Trials. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: 950-961. PMID: 35512918, PMCID: PMC9370831, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.02.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegistry patientsHemorrhagic stroke riskIschemic strokeWarfarin patientsTrial patientsStroke riskLAAO patientsClinical practiceMore pericardial effusionsPeriprocedural ischemic strokePropensity-matched analysisAtrial appendage occlusionCox proportional hazardsPatient-level dataFine-Gray modelMore comorbiditiesPROTECT AFNoncardiovascular deathPericardial effusionHemorrhagic strokeAppendage occlusionDevice implantationTrial criteriaClinical trialsSimilar risk
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