2015
Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience
Patel NJ, Badheka AO, Jhamnani S, Panaich SS, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Grines CL, Cleman M, Forrest JK. Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2015, 28: 464-471. PMID: 26489974, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter mitral valve repairMitral valve repairNationwide Inpatient Sample databasePeri-procedural complicationsHospital volumeLength of stayHospital mortalityValve repairHospitalization costsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseICD-9-CM procedure codesPercutaneous mitral valve repairEarly US ExperienceHigher hospital volumePost-procedural complicationsCross-sectional studyFirst tertileOverall cohortThird tertilePrimary outcomeSecond tertileTMVR proceduresMitral regurgitationBaseline burdenMean age
2012
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: design, clinical application, and future challenges.
Forrest JK. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: design, clinical application, and future challenges. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2012, 85: 239-47. PMID: 22737052, PMCID: PMC3375667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementSurgical candidatesAortic stenosisTranscatheter valveSevere symptomatic aortic stenosisSymptomatic aortic stenosisAortic valve replacementEdwards SAPIEN valveQuality of lifeSAPIEN valveMedtronic CoreValveValve replacementClinical resultsPatientsClinical applicationStenosisMechanism of deliveryValveCoreValve