2025
Validation of the WIfI Classification in the Vascular Quality Initiative database
Alameddine D, Satam K, Slade M, Cardella J, Aboian E, Guzman R, Mills J, Chaar C. Validation of the WIfI Classification in the Vascular Quality Initiative database. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2025 PMID: 40056961, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic limb-threatening ischemiaWIfI stageWIfI scoreWIfI classificationLower extremity revascularizationPeripheral vascular interventionsMajor amputationAssociated with major amputationWIfI clinical stagePredicting major amputationPeripheral vascular interventional proceduresAssociated with increased riskVascular Quality InitiativeRegression analysisAmputation groupAmputation resultsCox regression analysisLimb-threatening ischemiaCharacteristics of patientsAfrican AmericansQuality InitiativeAmputationRisk factorsExtremity revascularizationFoot Infection classification
2023
The Utilization of Protamine during Peripheral Vascular Interventions in the VQI
Ali S, Shebl F, Aboian E, Strosberg D, Fischer U, Cardella J, Guzman R, Ochoa Chaar C. The Utilization of Protamine during Peripheral Vascular Interventions in the VQI. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 101: 72-79. PMID: 38110083, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.10.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral vascular interventionsAdjusted rate ratiosProtamine useCardiac complicationsPropensity matchingVascular interventionsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePropensity scoreCharacteristics of patientsPeripheral arterial diseaseCongestive heart failureObstructive pulmonary diseaseMultivariable Poisson regressionUse of protamineSignificant differencesMedical comorbiditiesP2Y12 inhibitorsPerioperative bleedingPerioperative medicationsPerioperative outcomesDistal embolizationPatient comorbiditiesCarotid surgeryHeart failurePulmonary disease
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