2025
Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Veterans
Varghese M, Wu W, Drwal K, Burg M, Kazi D, Gaffey A, Mattocks K, Brandt C, Bastian L, Gandhi P. Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Veterans. Journal Of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation And Prevention 2025, 45: 78-84. PMID: 40014636, DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiac RehabilitationCOVID-19HumansUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsLocal VA medical centersHome-based CRCardiac rehabilitationVA Medical CenterVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemIn-personImpact of mental healthU.S. veteransIntegrated care networksSecondary prevention interventionsMedical CenterCardiac rehabilitation outcomesImprove exercise capacityRisk of cardiovascular diseaseAttend CRIncreased risk of cardiovascular diseaseRehabilitation outcomesCR utilizationCare networkMental healthPreventive interventionsRacial disparitiesDepressive symptomsHealthcare systemExercise capacityNatriuretic peptide testing in veterans hospitalized with heart failure: Potential differences by sex
Gandhi P, Runels T, Han L, Skanderson M, Bastian L, Brandt C, Hauser R, Feder S, Rodwin B, Farmer M, Bean-Mayberry B, Placide S, Gaffey A, AkgĂĽn K. Natriuretic peptide testing in veterans hospitalized with heart failure: Potential differences by sex. Heart & Lung 2025, 71: 25-31. PMID: 39970822, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2025.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatriuretic peptide testingHeart failure hospitalizationFacility characteristicsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemPeptide testingSex-based differencesFacility-related factorsSex-stratified modelsAssociated with increased likelihoodAssociated with decreased likelihoodHealthcare systemHF diagnosisEjection fractionCardiac comorbiditiesFailure hospitalizationClinical outcomesLogistic regressionAtrial fibrillationHeart failureVeteransClinical covariatesPatientsAdmissionSexAssociation
2016
Prognostic Value of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 7 in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction
Gandhi PU, Chow SL, Rector TS, Krum H, Gaggin HK, McMurray JJ, Zile MR, Komajda M, McKelvie RS, Carson PE, Januzzi JL, Anand IS. Prognostic Value of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 7 in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2016, 23: 20-28. PMID: 27317843, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7Heart failureCause mortalityPrimary outcomeEjection fractionHF eventsInsulin-like growth factorEjection Fraction trialGlomerular filtration rateSigns/symptomsProtein 7Binding protein 7Cardiovascular eventsMultivariable adjustmentSecondary outcomesCardiovascular hospitalizationPrognostic valueFiltration ratePrognostic meritTreatment groupsGrowth factorOutcomesFurther studiesPatientsEGFR
2014
Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device
Enriquez AD, Calenda B, Gandhi PU, Nair AP, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP. Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 64: 1883-1890. PMID: 25444141, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxysmal atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationHF hospitalizationThromboembolic eventsVentricular assist deviceHeartMate IIHMII LVADAssist deviceImpact of AFCox proportional hazards regressionEffect of AFKaplan-Meier survival analysisHigh INR levelsHeart failure hospitalizationMajor bleeding eventsPersistent atrial fibrillationProportional hazards regressionBleeding eventsHMII implantationINR levelsFailure hospitalizationPatient yearsComposite endpointIndependent predictorsClinical outcomes
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