2024
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Aortic Valve Replacement Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2012-2019
Gupta A, Mori M, Wang Y, Pawar S, Vahl T, Nazif T, Onuma O, Yong C, Sharma R, Kirtane A, Forrest J, George I, Kodali S, Chikwe J, Geirsson A, Makkar R, Leon M, Krumholz H. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Aortic Valve Replacement Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States, 2012-2019. The American Journal Of Medicine 2024, 137: 321-330.e7. PMID: 38190959, PMCID: PMC11019903, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAortic valve replacementRace/ethnicityValve replacementAortic stenosisWhite patientsMedicare beneficiariesSurgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) proceduresCross-sectional cohort studyAortic valve replacement proceduresAortic stenosis treatmentRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesValve replacement proceduresSelf-reported race/ethnicityRace-related differencesIndex admissionIndex hospitalizationCohort studyAsian patientsPrincipal diagnosisProcedural outcomesStenosis treatmentCare spectrumPatientsEthnic disparitiesStenosis
2021
Composite Metric for Benchmarking Site Performance in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Desai ND, O’Brien S, Cohen DJ, Carroll J, Vemulapalli S, Arnold SV, Forrest JK, Thourani VH, Kirtane AJ, O’Neil B, Manandhar P, Shahian DM, Badhwar V, Bavaria JE. Composite Metric for Benchmarking Site Performance in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Circulation 2021, 144: 186-194. PMID: 33947202, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.051456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAortic Valve StenosisDisease ManagementFemaleHealth Care SurveysHumansMalePatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPostoperative ComplicationsPrognosisRegistriesReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementValve replacementSerious complicationsCardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy RegistryThoracic Surgeons/American CollegeTranscatheter Valve Therapy RegistryAcute kidney injuryRetrospective cohort studyRisk-adjusted mortalityRisk-adjusted outcomesQuality of careSingle outcome measureComposite risk modelPerivalvular regurgitationTAVR outcomesKidney injuryPeriprocedural complicationsPerivalvular leakCohort studyAortic stenosisDevelopment cohortOutcome measuresAmerican CollegeComplications
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