2019
Body mass index and outcomes of cardiac resynchronization with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator therapy in older patients with heart failure
Echouffo‐Tcheugui J, Masoudi FA, Bao H, Curtis JP, Heidenreich PA, Fonarow GC. Body mass index and outcomes of cardiac resynchronization with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator therapy in older patients with heart failure. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2019, 21: 1093-1102. PMID: 31359595, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexDevice-related complicationsNormal weightMass indexNational Cardiovascular Data Registry Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator RegistryImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator RegistryImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyClass III obesityHeart failure outcomesCardioverter-defibrillator therapyObesity class IObesity class IICardiac resynchronization therapyObesity class IIIHF patientsUnderweight patientsDefibrillator implantationElderly patientsHazard ratioObese patientsOlder patientsBMI categoriesHeart failureResynchronization therapyCardiac resynchronization
2010
Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure
Chaudhry SI, Mattera JA, Curtis JP, Spertus JA, Herrin J, Lin Z, Phillips CO, Hodshon BV, Cooper LS, Krumholz HM. Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 363: 2301-2309. PMID: 21080835, PMCID: PMC3237394, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1010029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary end pointUsual care groupSecondary end pointsHeart failureEnd pointHeart failure outcomesNumber of hospitalizationsTelephone-based interactive voice response systemUsual careAdverse eventsPatient's clinicianMedian ageCare groupLarge trialsInteractive voice response systemPatientsSmall studyVoice response systemNumber of daysHospitalizationReadmissionTelemonitoringSignificant differencesCliniciansDeath