2023
Community distress and risk of adverse outcomes after peripheral vascular intervention
Schenck C, Strand E, Smolderen K, Romain G, Nagpal S, Cleman J, Blume P, Mena-Hurtado C. Community distress and risk of adverse outcomes after peripheral vascular intervention. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 78: 166-174.e3. PMID: 36944389, PMCID: PMC11146282, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsDistressed Communities IndexMajor amputationRisk of mortalityAdverse outcomesVascular interventionsVascular Quality Initiative databaseDCI scoresCommunity distressCox regression modelTime-dependent receiverCharacteristic curve analysisClinical characteristicsFinal cohortPrimary outcomeClinical outcomesCardiovascular diseasePatientsAmputationZip code dataMortalityRisk categoriesCurve analysisInitiative databaseOutcomes
2022
Real‐world VASCADE closure device versus manual compression use and outcomes in patients with severe common femoral artery disease
Nagpal S, Scierka LE, Castro‐Dominguez Y, Kansal D, Kunnirickal S, Hussain Y, Love K, Aboian E, Smolderen KG, Mena‐Hurtado C. Real‐world VASCADE closure device versus manual compression use and outcomes in patients with severe common femoral artery disease. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 100: 776-784. PMID: 36129818, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsManual compressionClosure deviceCommon femoral artery diseaseVascular Quality Initiative databaseFemoral artery diseasePropensity-matched cohortPseudoaneurysm rateRetroperitoneal bleedingArtery diseaseRetrospective reviewMean ageBaseline variablesInstitutional databaseNonsignificant reductionNonsignificant decreaseVascular interventionsMortality ratePatientsCompression useCollagen plugDiseaseInitiative databaseProcedural metricsDevice use
2021
FRAILTY AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS IN LOWER-EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE
Al-Damluji M, Smolderen K, Huang J, Guzman R, Nagpal S, Hurtado C. FRAILTY AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS IN LOWER-EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 1230. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)02589-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sheikh AB, Anantha-Narayanan M, Smolderen KG, Jelani QU, Nagpal S, Schneider M, Llanos F, Ionescu C, Regan C, Attaran R, Altin SE, Mena-Hurtado C. Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2020, 54: 413-422. PMID: 32338163, DOI: 10.1177/1538574420920998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsPeriprocedural adverse eventsVascular complicationsAdverse eventsIntravascular ultrasoundPrimary patencyCause mortalityTechnical successMyocardial infarctionObservational studyVascular interventionsEnd pointSimilar patency ratesSimilar primary patencyPrimary end pointRate of reinterventionSecondary end pointsPeripheral arterial diseaseImproved clinical outcomesIVUS groupAmputation rateArterial diseaseClinical outcomesPatency ratesLower risk