2024
Variability in guideline-directed medical therapy across sites and operators and long-term mortality and amputation outcomes risk in patients undergoing peripheral vascular interventions
Smolderen K, Romain G, Cleman J, Scierka L, Mena-Hurtado C. Variability in guideline-directed medical therapy across sites and operators and long-term mortality and amputation outcomes risk in patients undergoing peripheral vascular interventions. American Heart Journal 2024, 270: 75-85. PMID: 38307364, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.01.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedian odds ratioGuideline-directed medical therapy prescriptionGuideline-directed medical therapy ratesPeripheral vascular interventionsGuideline-directed medical therapyIntraclass correlationHealth system levelDecrease hospital readmissionsPatient-level factorsGuideline-directed medical therapy useAssociated with higher riskAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockerRisk of deathParametric survival modelsInhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockerProportion of riskHospital readmissionVascular Quality Initiative registryLong-term mortalityOdds ratioReadmission riskVascular interventionsLogistic regressionDose-response relationshipAmputation
2020
Physical Activity After Treatment for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease
Peri-Okonny PA, Patel S, Spertus JA, Jackson EA, Malik AO, Provance J, Mena-Hurtado C, Shishehbor MH, Hijjaji V, Gosch KL, Smolderen K. Physical Activity After Treatment for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 138: 107-113. PMID: 33065083, PMCID: PMC7736254, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnkle Brachial IndexConservative TreatmentEndovascular ProceduresExerciseExercise TherapyFemaleHealth StatusHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsIntermittent ClaudicationLeisure ActivitiesLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPatient SatisfactionPeripheral Arterial DiseasePlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsQuality of LifeSedentary BehaviorSmoking CessationSocial InteractionVascular Surgical ProceduresWorkConceptsPhysical activity levelsPhysical activityInvasive treatmentSymptomatic peripheral artery diseasePeripheral artery diseaseMultivariable logistic regressionAssociation of treatmentActivity levelsMultivariable linear regressionHealth status changesHealth status gainsPAD outcomesArtery diseaseVascular clinicInvasive groupNoninvasive treatmentHealth statusLogistic regressionActivity statusLTPAClaudicationTreatmentPatientsStatus changesAssociation