Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Vora A, Pereira L, Du C, Tan Z, Huang C, Friedman D, Wang Y, Faridi K, Lakkireddy D, Zimmerman S, Higgins A, Kapadia S, Curtis J, Freeman J. Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024 PMID: 39474982, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.10.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysician certificationAppendage occlusionAdverse eventsPercutaneous left atrial appendage occlusionLong-term oral anticoagulationDischarged patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysisRate of procedural complicationsLeft atrial appendage occlusionCox proportional hazards regression analysisProportional hazards regression analysisRisk of adverse eventsHazards regression analysisIn-hospital deathOral anticoagulantsWatchman FLXNo significant differenceLAAO devicesProcedural complicationsStratify patientsIntracardiac echocardiographyAtrial fibrillationEligible patientsIdentified patientsMultivariable adjustmentTCT-306 Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Vora A, Pereira L, Du C, Huang C, Friedman D, Wang Y, Zimmerman S, Faridi K, Higgins A, Kapadia S, Curtis J, Freeman J. TCT-306 Association of Physician Certification and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024, 84: b71. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.09.360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProcedure Volume and Outcomes With WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Friedman D, Du C, Zimmerman S, Tan Z, Lin Z, Vemulapalli S, Kosinski A, Piccini J, Pereira L, Minges K, Faridi K, Masoudi F, Curtis J, Freeman J. Procedure Volume and Outcomes With WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2024, 17: e013466. PMID: 38889251, PMCID: PMC11189610, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.123.013466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVolume-outcome relationshipLikelihood of procedural successLeft atrial appendage occlusionProcedural successProcedure volumeAppendage occlusionNational Cardiovascular Data Registry LAAO RegistryVolume quartilesLeft atrial appendage occlusion devicesThree-level hierarchical generalized linear modelsMinimum volume thresholdsWatchman FLX deviceProcedural success rateHierarchical generalized linear modelsAssociated with outcomePhysician volumeWATCHMAN procedureFLX deviceOcclusion deviceVolume thresholdCardiovascular proceduresPhysiciansHospitalNational analysisSuccess ratePredicting Major Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Faridi K, Ong E, Zimmerman S, Varosy P, Friedman D, Hsu J, Kusumoto F, Mortazavi B, Minges K, Pereira L, Lakkireddy D, Koutras C, Denton B, Mobayed J, Curtis J, Freeman J. Predicting Major Adverse Events in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2024, 17: e012424. PMID: 38390713, PMCID: PMC11021146, DOI: 10.1161/circep.123.012424.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Cardiovascular Data RegistryLeft atrial appendage occlusionIn-hospital major adverse eventsMajor adverse eventsBedside risk scoreRisk scoreData RegistryIncreased fall riskAdverse eventsQuality improvement effortsWatchman FLXAppendage occlusionFall riskLeft atrial appendage occlusion procedureRegistry dataImprovement effortsRisk of in-hospital major adverse eventsPredicting major adverse eventsLogistic regressionAdverse event ratesModerate discriminationClinically relevant variablesFemale sexAtrial fibrillation terminationLAAO procedures