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
2018
Comparison of Outcomes of Transfemoral Versus Transapical Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Kumar N, Khera R, Fonarow GC, Bhatt DL. Comparison of Outcomes of Transfemoral Versus Transapical Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 1520-1526. PMID: 30190074, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.07.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAge DistributionAged, 80 and overBlood TransfusionCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleHeart FailureHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMalePacemaker, ArtificialPeripheral Vascular DiseasesPrevalencePropensity ScoreStrokeTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationAcute kidney injuryTA-TAVI proceduresAortic valve implantationTF-TAVIHospital mortalityTA-TAVIPostoperative strokeTransapical approachValve implantationTAVI procedureTA TAVIReal-world patient populationTA-TAVI groupTF-TAVI groupPropensity-matched cohortPeripheral vascular diseasePropensity-matched pairsComparison of outcomesTF approachICD-9 procedureLower ratesTA approachKidney injuryBaseline characteristics