2023
Representativeness of Peripheral Artery Disease Randomized Clinical Trials Supporting Current Guidelines
Castro-Dominguez Y, Mena-Hurtado C, Algara M, Obas V, Ahmed Z, Romain G, Solaru K, Smolderen K. Representativeness of Peripheral Artery Disease Randomized Clinical Trials Supporting Current Guidelines. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2023, 201: 166-169. PMID: 37385170, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.05.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePAD guidelinesArtery diseaseRecent American Heart Association/American CollegeAmerican Heart Association/American CollegeLower extremity peripheral artery diseaseOlder adult patientsRace/ethnicity distributionAdult patientsPooled proportionMean ageClinical trialsCurrent guidelinesEpidemiologic studiesAmerican CollegeTrial participantsRCTsEthnicity distributionOlder adultsTrialsWomenPatientsDiseaseGuidelinesEthnic groups
2021
Establishing Thresholds for Minimal Clinically Important Differences for the Peripheral Artery Disease Questionnaire
Peri-Okonny PA, Wang J, Gosch KL, Patel MR, Shishehbor MH, Safley DL, Abbott JD, Aronow HD, Mena-Hurtado C, Jelani QU, Tang Y, Bunte M, Labrosciano C, Beltrame JF, Spertus JA, Smolderen KG. Establishing Thresholds for Minimal Clinically Important Differences for the Peripheral Artery Disease Questionnaire. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2021, 14: e007232. PMID: 33947205, PMCID: PMC8254614, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.007232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPAQ summary scorePeripheral Artery QuestionnaireGlobal assessmentPatient's perspectiveSummary scoresDisease-specific health status instrumentHealth status assessment toolMinimal Clinically Important DifferencePAQ scoresPatient-reported outcomesRoutine clinical careHealth status instrumentsClinically Important DifferenceMultivariable linear regressionPORTRAIT registryDisease QuestionnaireMultivariable adjustmentVascular clinicMean ageUS cohortClinical trialsClinical careMCIDMCID estimatesMean difference
2013
Carotid Revascularization: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
AL‐DAMLUJI M, NAGPAL S, STILP E, REMETZ M, MENA C. Carotid Revascularization: A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2013, 26: 399-410. PMID: 23844747, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarotid artery stentingProspective clinical trialsHigh surgical risk patientsSurgical risk patientsEmbolic protection devicesCarotid endarterectomyClinical trialsRisk patientsMyocardial infarctionIncidence rateSafety of CASEffective stroke prevention strategiesHigh surgical risk candidatesLong-term outcome ratesObjective performance criteriaTrials (RCTs) comparing outcomesHigh surgical riskStroke prevention strategiesEvidence-based reviewPatient selection strategiesLong-term effectivenessArtery stentingPeriprocedural safetySurgical riskComparing outcomes