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
2022
Risk factors and mortality associated with permanent pacemaker after surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Early versus late implantation
Bin Mahmood SU, Mori M, Amabile A, Prescher L, Forrest J, Kaple R, Geirsson A, Mangi AA. Risk factors and mortality associated with permanent pacemaker after surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Early versus late implantation. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2022, 37: 4295-4300. PMID: 36131523, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16938.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMid-term mortalityAortic valve replacementRisk factorsPPM implantationTAVR proceduresValve replacementPermanent pacemakerCox proportional hazards analysisTranscatheter aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) proceduresAortic valve replacement proceduresRight bundle branch blockYale-New Haven HospitalNon-PPM groupProportional hazards analysisSingle-center evaluationNumber of patientsBundle branch blockValve replacement proceduresFurther subgroup analysisNew Haven HospitalPPM placementTAVR cohortKaplan-MeierPatient population