2023
Discrepant Volume-cost Relationship Of Septal Reduction Therapies For The Treatment Of Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Altibi A, Ghanem F, Masri A. Discrepant Volume-cost Relationship Of Septal Reduction Therapies For The Treatment Of Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2023, 29: 639-640. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.10.228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol septal ablationSeptal reduction therapyObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHigh-volume centersSeptal myectomyTertile of hospital volumeLow-volume centersNational Readmission DatabaseSeptal ablationHypertrophic cardiomyopathyTreatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyReduction therapyAlcohol septal ablation proceduresInverse volume-cost relationshipHospital volumeProcedure volumeHospital procedure volumeMedical therapyAnnual procedure volumeReadmissions DatabaseAverage annual chargesInflation-adjusted chargesVolume-cost relationshipHospital costsTherapy
2022
Hospital procedural volume and clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement – US nationwide readmission database, 2016–2019
Altibi A, Ghanem F, Patel J, Al-Taweel O, Chadderdon S, Song H, Lantz G, Zahr F, Golwala H. Hospital procedural volume and clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement – US nationwide readmission database, 2016–2019. European Heart Journal 2022, 43: ehac544.2097. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve replacementHigh-volume centersTransfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacementNational Readmission DatabaseUS Nationwide Readmission DatabaseClinical outcomesHigh-volume hospitalsHospital procedure volumeProcedure volumePost-TAVRTAVR proceduresReadmission ratesReadmissions DatabaseHospital volumeTranscatheter aortic valve replacement outcomesCompare overall outcomesMultivariate logistic regression analysisHigh-volume TAVR centersDays post-TAVRTranscatheter aortic valve replacement casesAdverse in-hospital eventsAortic valve replacementHospital length of stayIn-hospital cardiac arrestAcute kidney injury