2018
Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, treatment, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries 1999–2014
Goldsweig AM, Wang Y, Forrest JK, Cleman MW, Minges KE, Mangi AA, Aronow HD, Krumholz HM, Curtis JP. Ventricular septal rupture complicating acute myocardial infarction: Incidence, treatment, and outcomes among medicare beneficiaries 1999–2014. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 92: 1104-1115. PMID: 29513365, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionVentricular septal ruptureTimely primary PCIMortality ratePrimary PCIPercutaneous repairSeptal ruptureMyocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyUnadjusted mortality ratesUnrepaired patientsVSR repairFatal complicationCohort studyAnnual incidenceMedicare feeService beneficiariesPatientsIncidenceStudy periodMortalityHospitalizationInfarctionRepairPCI
2015
Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the United States
Arora S, Panaich SS, Patel NJ, Patel N, Solanki S, Deshmukh A, Singh V, Lahewala S, Savani C, Thakkar B, Dave A, Patel A, Bhatt P, Sonani R, Patel A, Cleman M, Forrest JK, Schreiber T, Badheka AO, Grines C. Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the United States. Angiology 2015, 67: 326-335. PMID: 26145455, DOI: 10.1177/0003319715593853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultivessel percutaneous coronary interventionLength of stayNationwide Inpatient SamplePercutaneous coronary interventionInhospital mortalityStent PCICoronary interventionSecondary outcomesHospitalization costsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient SampleMultivessel coronary artery diseaseShorter LOSClinical Modification procedure codesHigher inhospital mortalityHigh-volume hospitalsCoronary artery diseaseSignificant mortality riskAcute myocardial infarctionLower hospitalization costsCost of careDifferent International ClassificationInhospital outcomesCause mortalityPeriprocedural complicationsVolume hospitalsComparison of Inhospital Mortality, Length of Hospitalization, Costs, and Vascular Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Guided by Ultrasound Versus Angiography
Singh V, Badheka AO, Arora S, Panaich SS, Patel NJ, Patel N, Pant S, Thakkar B, Chothani A, Deshmukh A, Manvar S, Lahewala S, Patel J, Patel S, Jhamnani S, Bhinder J, Patel P, Savani GT, Patel A, Mohamad T, Gidwani UK, Brown M, Forrest JK, Cleman M, Schreiber T, Grines C. Comparison of Inhospital Mortality, Length of Hospitalization, Costs, and Vascular Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Guided by Ultrasound Versus Angiography. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 115: 1357-1366. PMID: 25824542, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.02.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsCosts and Cost AnalysisFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Care CostsHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPercutaneous Coronary InterventionPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSurgery, Computer-AssistedUltrasonography, InterventionalUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCo-morbidity burdenInhospital mortalityAcute myocardial infarctionHospital stayCoronary interventionVascular complicationsMyocardial infarctionConventional angiography-guided PCIOutcomes of PCIAngiography-guided percutaneous coronary interventionDrug-eluting stent eraHierarchical mixed-effects logistic regression modelsHigher co-morbidity burdenUse of IVUSHigher hospital volumeLength of hospitalizationIntravascular ultrasound guidanceSubgroup of patientsNationwide Inpatient SampleCost of hospitalizationSignificant predictorsMixed effects logistic regression modelsMixed-effects linear regression modelsCost of care