2023
Early Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Receiving Acute Mechanical Support in the US
Jang S, Webber F, Alam M, Bae J, Aggarwal A, Thomas A, Zarich S, Ahmad T, Miller P, Davila C. Early Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Receiving Acute Mechanical Support in the US. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2023, 2: 101185. PMID: 39131072, PMCID: PMC11308019, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute mechanical circulatory supportStress-induced cardiomyopathyRenal replacement therapyCardiogenic shockIndex hospitalizationReplacement therapyIntra-aortic balloon pumpAggressive hemodynamic supportHospital mortality rateNationwide Readmissions DatabaseMechanical circulatory supportFuture prospective studiesLarge national databaseObserved mortality differencesHospital mortalityMore comorbiditiesHospital deathHemodynamic supportBalloon pumpMembrane oxygenationClinical outcomesCirculatory supportProspective studyAdministrative databasesImpella
2022
Thirty-Day and 90-Day Episode of Care Spending Following Heart Failure Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Reinhardt SW, Clark KAA, Xin X, Parzynski CS, Riello R, Sarocco P, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Thirty-Day and 90-Day Episode of Care Spending Following Heart Failure Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e008069. PMID: 35861780, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.121.008069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertensive heart diseaseIndex hospitalizationMedicare beneficiariesPost-acute care spendingService administrative claims dataMedicare Bundled PaymentsHeart failure admissionsHeart failure hospitalizationPrimary discharge diagnosisChronic kidney diseaseAdministrative claims dataCare spendingPostacute care spendingSkilled nursing facilitiesCare Improvement ProgramDrivers of costDiastolic HFHF careHF hospitalizationSystolic HFFailure hospitalizationDischarge diagnosisKidney diseaseObservation staysPostacute careContemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018
Clark K, Reinhardt S, Chouairi F, Miller E, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai N. Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s65. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayHeart transplantationHospital mortalityIndex hospitalizationLVAD implantationLonger median LOSMedian LOSLonger LOSPost-discharge utilizationNational Inpatient SampleHospitalization volumeInpatient mortalityHispanic patientsAsian patientsInpatient SampleHospitalizationMortalityStudy periodUS trendsPatientsTransplantationAdmissionLVADImplantationHigh percentage
2021
Association between Respiratory Failure and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Heart Failure: Analysis of 5 Pooled Clinical Trials
Miller PE, Van Diepen S, Metkus TS, Alviar CL, Rayner-Hartley E, Rathwell S, Katz JN, Ezekowitz J, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Association between Respiratory Failure and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Heart Failure: Analysis of 5 Pooled Clinical Trials. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2021, 27: 602-606. PMID: 33556546, PMCID: PMC8527461, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.01.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute heart failureBaseline ejection fractionMechanical ventilationRespiratory failureHeart failureClinical trialsClinical outcomesHF etiologyHF rehospitalizationEjection fractionAcute HF admissionBaseline diabetes mellitusHF clinical trialsMechanical ventilation groupMechanical ventilation useProportion of patientsChronic lung diseaseMultivariable logistic regressionOriginal clinical trialsCause mortalityHF admissionsIndex hospitalizationMultivariable adjustmentSmoking historyVentilation group