2014
Survival After Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Hess PL, Hellkamp AS, Peterson ED, Sanders GD, Al-Khalidi HR, Curtis LH, Hammill BG, Pun PH, Curtis JP, Anstrom KJ, Hammill SC, Al-Khatib SM. Survival After Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Placement Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2014, 7: 793-799. PMID: 25038119, PMCID: PMC4206571, DOI: 10.1161/circep.114.001455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCause of DeathChi-Square DistributionComorbidityDeath, Sudden, CardiacDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHeart FailureHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateKidneyLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPatient SelectionPrimary PreventionProportional Hazards ModelsProsthesis DesignRegistriesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsChronic kidney diseasePrimary prevention ICD placementRisk of deathICD placementCKD severityKidney diseaseNational Cardiovascular Data Registry ICD RegistryPrimary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placementGlomerular filtration rate 30Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator candidatesEnd-stage renal diseaseImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator placementSocial Security Death Master FileHeart failure symptomsLow ejection fractionGlomerular filtration rateRate of deathDeath Master FileICD candidacyCKD stageDiabetes mellitusEjection fractionICD RegistryRenal diseaseSerum sodium
2013
Safety of Pacemaker Implantation in Nonagenarians
Mandawat A, Curtis JP, Mandawat A, Njike VY, Lampert R. Safety of Pacemaker Implantation in Nonagenarians. Circulation 2013, 127: 1453-1465. PMID: 23513066, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.001434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overArrhythmias, CardiacComorbidityCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Care CostsHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePacemaker, ArtificialPredictive Value of TestsUnited StatesConceptsLength of stayYears of ageSevere comorbiditiesPacemaker implantationUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient SampleInitial pacemaker implantationCase-mix variationMantel-Haenszel testStepwise linear regression modelHospital mortalityUnadjusted mortalityComplication rateMultivariable analysisUnadjusted outcomesInpatient SampleHealthcare costsPatientsComorbiditiesHierarchical logistic modelsStayNonagenariansMortalityAgeOutcomesComplications
2006
Strategies for Reducing the Door-to-Balloon Time in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Bradley EH, Herrin J, Wang Y, Barton BA, Webster TR, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Curtis JP, Nallamothu BK, Magid DJ, McNamara RL, Parkosewich J, Loeb JM, Krumholz HM. Strategies for Reducing the Door-to-Balloon Time in Acute Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal Of Medicine 2006, 355: 2308-2320. PMID: 17101617, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa063117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment elevationBalloon timeCatheterization laboratoryMyocardial infarctionFaster doorEmergency departmentPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionHospital strategiesIntracoronary balloon inflationPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionMinority of hospitalsEmergency medicine physiciansReperfusion treatmentCoronary interventionBalloon inflationMedicine physiciansMultivariate analysisHospitalInfarctionPatientsMedicaid ServicesSignificant reductionReal-time data feedbackData feedback