Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience
Patel NJ, Badheka AO, Jhamnani S, Panaich SS, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Grines CL, Cleman M, Forrest JK. Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2015, 28: 464-471. PMID: 26489974, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter mitral valve repairMitral valve repairNationwide Inpatient Sample databasePeri-procedural complicationsHospital volumeLength of stayHospital mortalityValve repairHospitalization costsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseICD-9-CM procedure codesPercutaneous mitral valve repairEarly US ExperienceHigher hospital volumePost-procedural complicationsCross-sectional studyFirst tertileOverall cohortThird tertilePrimary outcomeSecond tertileTMVR proceduresMitral regurgitationBaseline burdenMean ageComparison 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