2015
Use of Remote Monitoring Is Associated With Lower Risk of Adverse Outcomes Among Patients With Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators
Akar JG, Bao H, Jones PW, Wang Y, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Stein KM, Saxon LA, Normand SL, Curtis JP. Use of Remote Monitoring Is Associated With Lower Risk of Adverse Outcomes Among Patients With Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2015, 8: 1173-1180. PMID: 26092577, DOI: 10.1161/circep.114.003030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorInitial implantable cardioverter defibrillatorCause mortalityLower riskAdverse outcomesNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryRemote patient monitoringSocial Security Death Master FileCause rehospitalization rateRisk of rehospitalizationImplanted cardiac defibrillatorsDeath Master FileCardiomyopathy pathogenesisCause rehospitalizationICD RegistryRehospitalization ratesMultivariable analysisStudy cohortVital statusService patientsCardioverter defibrillatorCox modelMedicare populationMedicare feePatients
2014
Risk Stratification for Long-Term Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Wu C, Camacho FT, King SB, Walford G, Holmes DR, Stamato NJ, Berger PB, Sharma S, Curtis JP, Venditti FJ, Jacobs AK, Hannan EL. Risk Stratification for Long-Term Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2014, 7: 80-87. PMID: 24425588, PMCID: PMC4121885, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.113.000475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCox proportional hazards modelLong-term mortalityProportional hazards modelSimple risk scoreRisk of deathRisk scoreHazards modelCoronary interventionVital statusRisk factorsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryExtreme body mass indexPoint-based risk scorePreprocedural risk factorsSimplified risk scoreUnstable hemodynamic stateBypass graft surgeryLow ejection fractionNational Death IndexBody mass indexPatients' vital statusSeparate risk factorsMultivessel disease