2016
Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated With Adoption of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in the United States
Friedman DJ, Parzynski CS, Varosy PD, Prutkin JM, Patton KK, Mithani A, Russo AM, Curtis JP, Al-Khatib SM. Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated With Adoption of the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in the United States. JAMA Cardiology 2016, 1: 900-911. PMID: 27603935, PMCID: PMC5112106, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.2782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillatorPropensity-matched analysisS-ICDHospital outcomesImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorICD implantsComplication rateICD RegistryDFT testingS-ICDsCardioverter defibrillatorNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryHospital complication ratesIn-Hospital OutcomesPrior cardiac arrestLow complication rateS-ICD implantationUse of ICDsSC-ICDICD implantationCardiac arrestMean ageRetrospective analysisMAIN OUTCOMEPatients
2015
Impact of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Lower Extremity Endovascular Interventions (Insights from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample [2006 to 2011])
Arora S, Panaich SS, Patel N, Patel N, Lahewala S, Solanki S, Patel P, Patel A, Manvar S, Savani C, Tripathi B, Thakkar B, Jhamnani S, Singh V, Patel S, Patel J, Bhimani R, Mohamad T, Remetz MS, Curtis JP, Attaran RR, Grines C, Mena CI, Cleman M, Forrest J, Badheka AO. Impact of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Lower Extremity Endovascular Interventions (Insights from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample [2006 to 2011]). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 791-800. PMID: 26100585, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.05.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overEndovascular ProceduresFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospital CostsHospital MortalityHospitals, High-VolumeHospitals, Low-VolumeHumansIncidenceInpatientsLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedPeripheral Arterial DiseasePostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PeriodPrognosisRegistriesRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsPeripheral endovascular interventionsHospitalization costsEndovascular interventionInhospital mortalityAmputation rateHospital volumePrimary outcomeCharlson co-morbidity index scoreUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseLower Extremity Endovascular InterventionsTwo-level hierarchical multivariateNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseHospital volume quartilesCo-morbidity statusHospital procedural volumeLower amputation ratesAppropriate International ClassificationHigh-volume centersAnnual institutional volumeWeekend admissionSecondary outcomesPostprocedural complicationsStudy cohortNinth RevisionVolume centers
2014
In-Hospital Complications Associated With Reoperations of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Steckman DA, Varosy PD, Parzynski CS, Masoudi FA, Curtis JP, Sauer WH, Nguyen DT. In-Hospital Complications Associated With Reoperations of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2014, 114: 419-426. PMID: 24927972, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital complicationsComplication rateRepeat proceduresLead extractionICD proceduresMultivariable adjusted odds ratiosNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryInitial implantImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) proceduresHierarchical multivariable logistic regressionHospital adverse eventsAdjusted odds ratioHigh complication rateMultivariable logistic regressionLarge national cohortImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorHospital deathAdverse eventsICD implantationPatient characteristicsNational cohortOdds ratioProcedural outcomesCardioverter defibrillatorHigh risk
2008
Publicly Reporting Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Outcomes
Hammill SC, Curtis J. Publicly Reporting Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Outcomes. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2008, 1: 235-237. PMID: 19808414, DOI: 10.1161/circep.108.819300.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters