2023
Arterial dissection during peripheral vascular interventions
Damara F, Alameddine D, Slade M, Cardella J, Tonnessen B, Guzman R, Ochoa Chaar C. Arterial dissection during peripheral vascular interventions. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2023, 79: 339-347.e6. PMID: 37838217, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral vascular interventionsReintervention-free survivalPeripheral arterial diseasePrimary patencyArterial dissectionLower primary patencyArterial diseaseVascular interventionsVascular Quality Initiative databaseLonger occlusion lengthAmputation-free survivalOutcomes of patientsHistory of smokingKaplan-Meier curvesProportional hazards regressionTrend of incidencePrimary endpointFemoropopliteal diseaseLimb outcomesEndovascular therapyFemoropopliteal segmentHazards regressionOpen surgeryOcclusion lengthTreatment modalities
2017
Better survival for African and Hispanic/Latino Americans after infrainguinal revascularization in the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative
Brothers TE, Zhang J, Mauldin PD, Tonnessen BH, Robison JG, Vallabhaneni R, Hallett JW, Sidawy AN. Better survival for African and Hispanic/Latino Americans after infrainguinal revascularization in the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2017, 65: 1062-1073. PMID: 28189358, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.10.105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBlack or African AmericanChi-Square DistributionEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHispanic or LatinoHospital MortalityHumansLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioPeripheral Arterial DiseasePostoperative ComplicationsProportional Hazards ModelsQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVascular Surgical ProceduresConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseLower extremity peripheral arterial diseaseVascular Surgery Vascular Quality InitiativeSocial Security Death IndexHispanic/Latino ethnicityPeripheral vascular interventionsVascular Quality InitiativeOverall mortalityCardiovascular diseaseVascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative databaseVascular Quality Initiative databaseCox proportional hazards analysisLatino ethnicityInferior survival outcomesBetter overall survivalProportional hazards analysisSurvival of patientsAfrican American raceData of patientsAfrican American patientsLower overall mortalityCox proportional hazardsQuality InitiativeAfrican AmericansAMP patients