2024
Real-World Experience and Outcomes With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Protected Versus Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the Veteran Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Program
Gonzalez P, Hebbe A, Hussain Y, Khera R, Banerjee S, Plomondon M, Waldo S, Pfau S, Curtis J, Shah S. Real-World Experience and Outcomes With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Protected Versus Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the Veteran Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Program. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2024, 222: 39-50. PMID: 38677666, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.04.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchULM percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionPropensity-matched cohortMyocardial infarctionCoronary interventionAll-cause mortalityTracking programUS clinical practiceOne-year MACEOne-year outcomesIncidence of rehospitalizationAdverse cardiovascular eventsUnprotected left main coronary artery diseaseAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseRates of MIMechanical circulatory supportLeft main percutaneous coronary interventionPCI patientsUrgent revascularizationPractice patternsCart programLeft main bifurcationPrimary outcomeMatched cohort
2020
Survival Following Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Implantation in Patients With Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Higgins AY, Annapureddy AR, Wang Y, Minges KE, Lampert R, Rosenfeld LE, Jacoby DL, Curtis JP, Miller EJ, Freeman JV. Survival Following Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Implantation in Patients With Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016038. PMID: 32867553, PMCID: PMC7726970, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplantable cardioverter defibrillator implantationCardioverter-defibrillator implantationNonischemic cardiomyopathyCardiac amyloidosisDiabetes mellitusCerebrovascular diseaseVentricular tachycardiaMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelsCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsKaplan-Meier survival curvesCox proportional hazards modelPropensity-matched cohortOutcomes of patientsHazards regression modelsProportional hazards modelCause mortalityICD implantationRenal functionMultivariable analysisConclusions MortalityRisk factorsRegistry dataAmyloid cardiomyopathyHigh risk
2013
Association of Single- vs Dual-Chamber ICDs With Mortality, Readmissions, and Complications Among Patients Receiving an ICD for Primary Prevention
Peterson PN, Varosy PD, Heidenreich PA, Wang Y, Dewland TA, Curtis JP, Go AS, Greenlee RT, Magid DJ, Normand SL, Masoudi FA. Association of Single- vs Dual-Chamber ICDs With Mortality, Readmissions, and Complications Among Patients Receiving an ICD for Primary Prevention. JAMA 2013, 309: 2025-2034. PMID: 23677314, PMCID: PMC3752924, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.4982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-chamber ICDSingle-chamber devicesDevice-related complicationsPrimary preventionDual-chamber devicesICD RegistryNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryPropensity-matched cohortRetrospective cohort studyHeart failure readmissionRate of complicationsSudden cardiac deathMedicaid Services feePropensity-score matchingCause hospitalizationCause readmissionCohort studyHospital factorsCardiac deathHeart failureHospitalization outcomesRandomized trialsChamber ICDMAIN OUTCOMEHigh risk