2023
Association Between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of COVID-19 Pandemic
Bansal K, Majmundar V, Muthyala A, Arun Kumar P, Dasari M, Kasireddy T, Yukselen Z, Singh T, Nakhla M, Anugu V, Desai N, Ganatra S, Dani S. Association Between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of COVID-19 Pandemic. Current Problems In Cardiology 2023, 48: 101881. PMID: 37336310, PMCID: PMC10276487, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101881.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionPsychosocial risk factorsRisk factorsCause readmissionMyocardial infarctionMultivariable hierarchical logistic regressionIndex acute myocardial infarctionCause-specific readmissionsCV risk factorsHeart failure readmissionNationwide Readmissions DatabaseWorse cardiovascular outcomesCOVID-19 time periodCOVID-19 pandemicHierarchical logistic regressionIndex admissionCardiovascular outcomesUnplanned readmissionSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomePrimary diagnosisHigh prevalenceReadmissionPatientsLogistic regression
2020
Mortality and readmission in non-ischemic compared with ischemic cardiomyopathies after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation
Freeman J, Bjerre J, Parzynski C, Minges K, Ahmad T, Desai N, Enriquez A, Spatz E, Friedman D, Curtis J, Hlatky M, Higgins A. Mortality and readmission in non-ischemic compared with ischemic cardiomyopathies after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. European Heart Journal 2020, 41: ehaa946.0788. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-ischemic cardiomyopathyImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationPrimary prevention ICDsCardioverter-defibrillator implantationIschemic cardiomyopathyICM patientsNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryCox proportional hazards regression modelPrimary prevention ICD implantationLeft ventricular ejection fractionProportional hazards regression modelsOne-year mortalityHeart failure readmissionVentricular ejection fractionKaplan-Meier curvesHazards regression modelsRisk of mortalityMedian followCause readmissionICD implantationEjection fractionHeart failureHospital readmissionICD RegistryPatient subgroups