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 regressionPatterns of Care and Outcomes of Ambulatory Endovascular Interventions in Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease
Chaturvedi A, Castro-Dominguez Y, Gertz Z, Lawson B, Chandrika P, Gupta R, Milioglou I, Sung J, Desai N, Vetrovec G, Kochar A, Guha A. Patterns of Care and Outcomes of Ambulatory Endovascular Interventions in Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2023, 194: 17-26. PMID: 36924641, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatterns of careEndovascular interventionCardiovascular eventsLower Extremity Peripheral Arterial DiseaseLower extremity endovascular interventionsChronic kidney diseasePeripheral arterial diseasePeripheral artery diseasePrimary treatment modalityIschemic heart diseaseNon-Medicare insuranceUrban teaching facilityDisease refractoryUncontrolled hypertensionMost patientsArtery diseaseHeart failureArterial diseaseStudy cohortKidney diseaseMean ageNoninvasive managementTreatment modalitiesHeart diseaseFemale gender
2021
Prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in South Asians in the US: A clinical perspective from the National Lipid Association
Kalra D, Vijayaraghavan K, Sikand G, Desai N, Joshi P, Mehta A, Karmally W, Vani A, Sitafalwalla S, Puri R, Duell P, Brown A. Prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in South Asians in the US: A clinical perspective from the National Lipid Association. Journal Of Clinical Lipidology 2021, 15: 402-422. PMID: 33846108, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2021.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseSouth AsiansLack of physical exerciseRates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseCholesterol treatment guidelinesCardiovascular diseasePrevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseNational Lipid AssociationPrevalence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseAge-matched peoplePractical prevention strategiesHealthcare providersPhysical exerciseDietary advicePrevention strategiesDietary factorsEarly screeningRisk enhancementTreatment guidelinesConsensus documentVisceral adiposityExpert consensus documentAsiansClinical perspectiveLipid association