2015
Defibrillator implantations for primary prevention in the United States: Inappropriate care or inadequate documentation: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data ICD Registry
Kaiser DW, Tsai V, Heidenreich PA, Goldstein MK, Wang Y, Curtis J, Turakhia MP, Registry C. Defibrillator implantations for primary prevention in the United States: Inappropriate care or inadequate documentation: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data ICD Registry. Heart Rhythm 2015, 12: 2086-2093. PMID: 25982720, PMCID: PMC4770888, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulticenter Unsustained Tachycardia TrialMulticenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation TrialICD RegistryPrimary preventionICD implantationInclusion criteriaNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryMultivariate analysisImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationAtrioventricular conduction diseaseFirst-time ICDPrimary prevention ICDsPrior cardiac transplantationHeart Failure TrialPrimary prevention trialsProportion of patientsCardioverter-defibrillator implantationAppropriate use criteriaSudden cardiac deathCardiac transplantationDefibrillator implantationMADIT-IIPatient characteristicsYounger patientsCardiac death
2013
Survival of Patients Receiving a Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Clinical Practice vs Clinical Trials
Al-Khatib SM, Hellkamp A, Bardy GH, Hammill S, Hall WJ, Mark DB, Anstrom KJ, Curtis J, Al-Khalidi H, Curtis LH, Heidenreich P, Peterson ED, Sanders G, Clapp-Channing N, Lee KL, Moss AJ. Survival of Patients Receiving a Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Clinical Practice vs Clinical Trials. JAMA 2013, 309: 55-62. PMID: 23280225, PMCID: PMC3638257, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.157182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary prevention ICDsPrimary prevention clinical trialsTrial-eligible patientsSurvival of patientsPrevention clinical trialsClinical trialsICD RegistrySCD-HeFTClinical practiceRegistry patientsMADIT-IISimilar patientsNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryPrimary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillatorsSurvival rateImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyMADIT II criteriaMADIT II patientsSCD-HeFT criteriaCardioverter-defibrillator therapyClinical trial patientsLarge national registryRandomized clinical trialsProportional hazards modelImplantable cardioverter defibrillator
2009
Use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention in the community: Do women and men equally meet trial enrollment criteria?
Daugherty SL, Peterson PN, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Heidenreich PA, Lindenfeld J, Vidaillet HJ, Masoudi FA, behalf of the NCDR O. Use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention in the community: Do women and men equally meet trial enrollment criteria? American Heart Journal 2009, 158: 224-229. PMID: 19619698, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrial enrollment criteriaPrimary prevention ICD implantationEnrollment criteriaICD implantationMADIT-IIMultivariable analysisPrimary preventionTrial criteriaNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryPrimary prevention ICD placementImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationSCD-HeFT trialsCardioverter-defibrillator implantationSudden cardiac deathImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorDefibrillator implantationSCD-HeFTYounger patientsCardiac deathICD RegistryICD placementNational cohortCardioverter defibrillatorOlder womenPatients