2010
Trends in Length of Stay and Short-term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006
Bueno H, Ross JS, Wang Y, Chen J, Vidán MT, Normand SL, Curtis JP, Drye EE, Lichtman JH, Keenan PS, Kosiborod M, Krumholz HM. Trends in Length of Stay and Short-term Outcomes Among Medicare Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure, 1993-2006. JAMA 2010, 303: 2141-2147. PMID: 20516414, PMCID: PMC3020983, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayShort-term outcomesHeart failureReadmission ratesHospital mortalityDischarge dispositionRisk ratioThirty-day readmission ratesMortality risk ratioSkilled nursing facilitiesHome care servicesHospital stayOlder patientsUnadjusted analysesMedicare patientsObservational studyMedicare feeNursing facilitiesPatientsStayCare servicesMortalityMarked reductionMean lengthOutcomes
2009
Gender Differences in Procedure-Related Adverse Events in Patients Receiving Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy
Peterson PN, Daugherty SL, Wang Y, Vidaillet HJ, Heidenreich PA, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA. Gender Differences in Procedure-Related Adverse Events in Patients Receiving Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy. Circulation 2009, 119: 1078-1084. PMID: 19221223, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.793463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital adverse eventsImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyMajor adverse eventsAdverse eventsCardioverter-defibrillator therapyICD implantationHigh riskNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryNew York Heart Association functional statusFirst-time ICD implantationAdverse event ratesInvasive cardiac proceduresHeart failureICD RegistryNonischemic cardiomyopathyMultivariable analysisCardiac proceduresUnadjusted analysesFunctional statusHospital characteristicsBiventricular ICDsMultivariable modelEvent ratesPatientsWomen