2025
The healthcare burden of isolated aortic valve insufficiency
Sultan I, Ryan M, Gunnarsson C, Heidrich N, Vallabhajosyula P. The healthcare burden of isolated aortic valve insufficiency. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 4771. PMID: 39922868, PMCID: PMC11807181, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87179-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare utilizationSAI patientsAnnual healthcare utilizationHealth care databasesYears post-diagnosisEstimate healthcare utilizationHome healthBaseline periodCare databaseMonths of continuous enrollmentCox proportional modelsPost-diagnosisAAI patientsMeasured outcomesHealthcareAI claimEstimate mortalityHealthcare burdenContinuous enrollmentExclusion criteriaUS patientsDiagnosis of aortic stenosisAortic valve insufficiencyProportional modelAnnual cost
2018
Tricuspid valve endocarditis in the era of the opioid epidemic
Wallen TJ, Szeto W, Williams M, Atluri P, Arnaoutakis G, Fults M, Sultan I, Desai N, Acker M, Vallabhajosyula P. Tricuspid valve endocarditis in the era of the opioid epidemic. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2018, 33: 260-264. PMID: 29663522, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTricuspid valve endocarditisOpioid epidemicTricuspid endocarditisValve endocarditisRight heart endocarditisThirty-day mortalityTricuspid valve replacementCommon causative agentIndex hospitalizationRenal failureValve replacementSurgical volumeInstitutional experienceCommon isolatesExclusion criteriaEndocarditisAverage agePatientsStudy periodCausative agentStaphylococcus aureusEpidemicFivefold increaseReoperationHospitalization
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