2021
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Jelani QU, Llanos-Chea F, Bogra P, Trejo-Paredes C, Huang J, Provance JB, Turner J, Anantha-Narayanan M, Sheikh AB, Smolderen KG, Mena-Hurtado C. Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Intervention. American Journal Of Nephrology 2021, 52: 845-853. PMID: 34706363, DOI: 10.1159/000519484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComorbid chronic kidney diseaseGuideline-directed medical therapyPeripheral vascular interventionsCritical limb ischemiaMedian odds ratioMedical therapyPrescription ratesVascular interventionsHigh riskUse of GDMTAdjusted median odds ratioVascular Quality Initiative databaseAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorAngiotensin receptor blockersChronic kidney diseaseLower prescription ratesPoor clinical outcomeCKD groupCKD statusAntiplatelet therapyReceptor blockersLimb ischemiaLimb outcomesClinical outcomesMedical management
2020
Level of disease and association with health status in patients presenting with claudication from the PORTRAIT registry
Vogel TR, Braet DJ, Kruse RL, Bath J, Wang J, Gosch K, Smolderen KG. Level of disease and association with health status in patients presenting with claudication from the PORTRAIT registry. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2020, 72: 2017-2026. PMID: 32325227, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.03.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedFemaleFunctional StatusHealth Status IndicatorsHumansIntermittent ClaudicationMaleMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionPeripheral Arterial DiseasePredictive Value of TestsQuality of LifeRegistriesRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePAQ summary scorePeripheral Artery QuestionnaireQuality of lifeAnkle-brachial indexMultilevel diseaseAortoiliac diseaseHealth statusAnatomic levelSummary scoresMedical managementHigh ankle-brachial indexFemoral-popliteal diseaseTreatment of aortoiliacChronic kidney diseaseHistory of diabetesPAQ scoresPeripheral arterial diseaseOverall health statusSimilar health statusHealth status informationStudent's t-testLevel of diseaseRepeated-measures analysisInfrapopliteal disease