2023
Association Between Claims‐Defined Frailty and Outcomes Following 30 Versus 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Findings From the EXTEND‐DAPT Study
Faridi K, Strom J, Kundi H, Butala N, Curtis J, Gao Q, Song Y, Zheng L, Tamez H, Shen C, Secemsky E, Yeh R. Association Between Claims‐Defined Frailty and Outcomes Following 30 Versus 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Findings From the EXTEND‐DAPT Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e029588. PMID: 37449567, PMCID: PMC10382113, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.029588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtended duration dual antiplatelet therapyDuration dual antiplatelet therapyNet adverse clinical eventsDual antiplatelet therapyAdverse clinical eventsPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary interventionClinical eventsNonfrail patientsAntiplatelet therapyFrail patientsClaims dataMonths of DAPTClaims-based indexYears of ageMajor bleedingCause mortalityMultivariable adjustmentOlder patientsDAPT studyResults PatientsBackground FrailtyMyocardial infarctionClinical trialsMedicare claims
2022
Antithrombotic Therapy After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Freeman JV, Higgins AY, Wang Y, Du C, Friedman DJ, Daimee UA, Minges KE, Pereira L, Goldsweig AM, Price MJ, Reddy VY, Gibson D, Doshi SK, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Curtis JP. Antithrombotic Therapy After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 1785-1798. PMID: 35512858, PMCID: PMC9097170, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft atrial appendage occlusionAdverse eventsPivotal trialsWatchman deviceTreatment protocolAntithrombotic strategiesAppendage occlusionLower riskFrailty regressionPercutaneous left atrial appendage occlusionNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryContemporary U.S. practiceDual antiplatelet therapyAtrial appendage occlusionConcomitant aspirinPostprocedure careAdjusted riskAntiplatelet therapyAntithrombotic medicationAntithrombotic therapyAtrial fibrillationAdverse outcomesTrial protocolAntithrombotic agentsMedication strategiesPeriprocedural Pericardial Effusion Complicating Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Report From the NCDR LAAO Registry
Price MJ, Valderrábano M, Zimmerman S, Friedman DJ, Kar S, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA, Freeman JV. Periprocedural Pericardial Effusion Complicating Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Report From the NCDR LAAO Registry. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: e011718. PMID: 35369701, PMCID: PMC9132377, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.121.011718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial appendage occlusionComposite of deathPericardial effusionAppendage occlusionSystemic embolismOdds ratioEarly postdischarge mortalityDual antiplatelet therapyLow serum albuminMean patient ageAdverse event ratesParoxysmal atrial fibrillationRisk of deathRisk-benefit ratioHospital strokeMean CHAPostdischarge mortalityVASc scoreWATCHMAN procedureAntiplatelet therapyIndex hospitalizationAdverse eventsPatient agePrimary outcomeVentricular function
2020
Use of Administrative Claims Data to Estimate Treatment Effects for 30 Versus 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Faridi KF, Tamez H, Strom JB, Song Y, Butala NM, Shen C, Secemsky EA, Mauri L, Curtis JP, Gibson CM, Yeh RW. Use of Administrative Claims Data to Estimate Treatment Effects for 30 Versus 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation 2020, 142: 306-308. PMID: 32687440, PMCID: PMC7374757, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.047729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual antiplatelet therapyPercutaneous coronary interventionAdministrative claims dataAntiplatelet therapyCoronary interventionClaims dataTreatment effects