2018
Association between health status and sociodemographic, clinical and treatment disparities in the Patient-centered Outcomes Related to TReatment Practices in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Investigating Trajectories (PORTRAIT) registry
Noyes AM, Abbott JD, Gosch K, Smolderen K, Spertus JA, Hyder O, Soukas P, Shishehbor MH, Aronow HD. Association between health status and sociodemographic, clinical and treatment disparities in the Patient-centered Outcomes Related to TReatment Practices in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Investigating Trajectories (PORTRAIT) registry. Vascular Medicine 2018, 23: 32-38. PMID: 29338591, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x17747047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePoor health statusIntermittent claudicationHealth statusPatient characteristicsDisease-specific health status measuresNon-vascular factorsPeripheral arterial diseaseChronic lung diseaseSpecialty care visitsTime of presentationHealth status measuresMultivariable linear regressionPatients' health statusQuality of lifeCare visitsArtery diseaseInitial presentationArterial diseaseBack painExercise programTreatment disparitiesLung diseaseFemale sexFunctional status
2013
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Cardioprotective Medications Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease An Analysis of the American College of Cardiology's NCDR PINNACLE Registry
Subherwal S, Patel MR, Tang F, Smolderen KG, Jones WS, Tsai TT, Ting HH, Bhatt DL, Spertus JA, Chan PS. Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of Cardioprotective Medications Among Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease An Analysis of the American College of Cardiology's NCDR PINNACLE Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2013, 62: 51-57. PMID: 23643497, PMCID: PMC3912073, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.04.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseAntiplatelet therapyLow socioeconomic statusSocioeconomic statusCardioprotective medicationsPINNACLE RegistryPAD patientsPractice sitesClinical characteristicsArtery diseaseTreatment disparitiesTreatment of PADQuintile of SESPotential treatment disparitiesSecondary preventive medicationsSecondary preventive treatmentPatients' clinical characteristicsSecondary preventive measuresPatient's zip codeZip codesLowest SES quintileHighest SES quintileStatin medicationCardiovascular riskPreventive medications