2024
Lack of diversity in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: Implications for the Distressed Community Index
Pajarillo C, Romain G, Cleman J, Scierka L, Grubman S, Schenck C, Kluger J, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C. Lack of diversity in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting: Implications for the Distressed Community Index. Vascular Medicine 2024, 30: 27-37. PMID: 39526556, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x241292545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDistressed Communities IndexCommunity distressDistress groupCarotid artery stentingDistressed Communities Index scoreHierarchical Cox regressionCumulative incidence function curvesSocial determinantsNon-Hispanic/LatinoStroke incidenceAccess barriersFine-Gray modelArtery stentingDistressKaplan-Meier survival curvesVascular Quality Initiative databaseZip-codeFine-GrayMortality incidenceCox regressionAssociationAnalyzed patientsNo significant differenceMortalityLack of diversityCompeting risk analysis to estimate amputation incidence and risk in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease
Callegari S, Smolderen K, Cleman J, Mena-Hurtado C, Romain G. Competing risk analysis to estimate amputation incidence and risk in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease. Vascular Medicine 2024, 29: 496-506. PMID: 39219174, PMCID: PMC11575932, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x241268727.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic limb-threatening ischemiaAmputation riskTime-to-event analysisPeripheral arterial diseaseLower-extremity peripheral arterial diseaseCumulative incidence functionCompeting risk analysisAmputation incidenceAmputation dataMedicare claimsLimb-threatening ischemiaVascular Quality Initiative registryMortality riskOutcomes researchPeripheral vascular interventionsArtery diseaseAmputationVascular outcomesCox regressionRiskMortalityCohortVascular interventionsTime-to-event methodsPatientsExamining Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Comorbid Peripheral Artery Disease and Microvascular Disease
Grubman S, Algara M, Smolderen K, Luna P, Walenczyk K, Scierka L, Cleman J, Siddiqui W, Romain G, Mena‐Hurtado C. Examining Outcomes in Patients Admitted With Comorbid Peripheral Artery Disease and Microvascular Disease. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e030710. PMID: 38166496, PMCID: PMC10863818, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsMicrovascular diseaseMinor amputationHospital mortalityCardiac eventsArtery diseaseNational Readmission DatabaseFurther prospective researchNumber of patientsCommon risk factorsMultiple logistic regressionMajor amputationBaseline factorsFinal cohortCox regressionAdverse outcomesPAD groupSecondary diagnosisRisk factorsAnnual admissionsObservational studyPrevalent conditionHigh risk
2016
Clinical Relevance of Rehospitalizations for Unstable Angina and Unplanned Revascularization Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
Shore S, Smolderen KG, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Jones PG, Zhao Z, Wang TY, Arnold SV. Clinical Relevance of Rehospitalizations for Unstable Angina and Unplanned Revascularization Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003129. PMID: 27543798, PMCID: PMC5015270, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.003129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionUnplanned revascularizationUnstable anginaMyocardial infarctionSubsequent rehospitalizationClinical relevanceAcute Myocardial Infarction RegistryProportional hazard Cox regressionUnplanned coronary revascularizationComposite end pointMyocardial Infarction RegistryRehospitalization groupCause mortalityCoronary revascularizationRevascularization groupRehospitalization ratesPropensity matchingCox regressionMean ageClinical trialsRehospitalizationRevascularizationMortality riskHigh riskPatients
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