2024
Association of Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure with Replacement Therapy with Procedural and Long-Term Outcomes after First Generation Watchman Device: Insights from the NCDR LAAO Registry
Munir M, Tan Z, Pun P, Wang Y, Tandar A, Darden D, Hsu J, Friedman D, Curtis J, Freeman J. Association of Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure with Replacement Therapy with Procedural and Long-Term Outcomes after First Generation Watchman Device: Insights from the NCDR LAAO Registry. Heart Rhythm 2024 PMID: 39515495, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.10.071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseLong-term outcomesLeft atrial appendage occlusionAssociation of chronic kidney diseaseNational Cardiovascular Data Registry LAAO RegistryReplacement therapyAdverse eventsAtrial fibrillationKidney diseaseKidney failureAssociated with higher ratesIn-hospital deathRisk of strokeRate of strokeBilling claimsAF patientsProcedural complicationsAppendage occlusionWatchman deviceMultivariate analysisKFRTHigh riskPatientsRegistryComplications
2005
The Impact of Clinical Trials on the Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy
Kim N, Gross C, Curtis J, Stettin G, Wogen S, Choe N, Krumholz HM. The Impact of Clinical Trials on the Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2005, 20: 1026-1031. PMID: 16307628, PMCID: PMC1490267, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0221.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHormone Replacement TherapyHumansInformation DisseminationInsurance, Pharmaceutical ServicesLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Retrospective StudiesTreatment RefusalUnited StatesConceptsWomen's Health InitiativeHormone replacement therapyHRT useHRT discontinuationReplacement therapyHealth initiativesHormone replacement therapy useLocal practice patternsHRT prescriptionHRT usersMarked regional variationPrescription fillingTherapy useClinical behaviorClinical trialsPractice patternsSubstantial geographic variationTrial publicationsDiscontinuationHealth databasesTrial dataAge groupsRapid effectsWest South CentralTrial results