2024
Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Vora A, Pereira L, Du C, Tan Z, Huang C, Friedman D, Wang Y, Faridi K, Lakkireddy D, Zimmerman S, Higgins A, Kapadia S, Curtis J, Freeman J. Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024 PMID: 39474982, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.10.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician certificationAppendage occlusionAdverse eventsPercutaneous left atrial appendage occlusionLong-term oral anticoagulationDischarged patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysisRate of procedural complicationsLeft atrial appendage occlusionCox proportional hazards regression analysisProportional hazards regression analysisRisk of adverse eventsHazards regression analysisIn-hospital deathOral anticoagulantsWatchman FLXNo significant differenceLAAO devicesProcedural complicationsStratify patientsIntracardiac echocardiographyAtrial fibrillationEligible patientsIdentified patientsMultivariable adjustment
2023
Variation in hospital use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator among eligible patients and association with clinical outcomes
Chui P, Lan Z, Freeman J, Enriquez A, Khera R, Akar J, Masoudi F, Ong E, Curtis J. Variation in hospital use of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator among eligible patients and association with clinical outcomes. Heart Rhythm 2023, 20: 1000-1008. PMID: 36963741, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEligible patientsICD RegistryCardiac resynchronizationNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryCRT-D implantationCRT-D useHospital-level outcomesStrong guideline recommendationsHospital-level variationPatient-level outcomesIntraclass correlation coefficientQuality improvement effortsHospital mortalityGuideline indicationsReadmission ratesSelect patientsClinical outcomesGuideline recommendationsHospital variationHospital ratesUse of CRTHospital levelHospital usePatientsCase mix