2020
Protocol for project recovery after cardiac surgery: a single-center cohort study leveraging digital platform to characterise longitudinal patient-reported postoperative recovery patterns
Mori M, Brooks C, Spatz E, Mortazavi BJ, Dhruva SS, Linderman GC, Grab LA, Zhang Y, Geirsson A, Chaudhry SI, Krumholz HM. Protocol for project recovery after cardiac surgery: a single-center cohort study leveraging digital platform to characterise longitudinal patient-reported postoperative recovery patterns. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e036959. PMID: 32873671, PMCID: PMC7467526, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported outcome measuresCohort studyHospital dischargeCardiac surgerySingle-center cohort studyCoronary artery bypass graftIntensive care unit dischargeMedical record review dataPostoperative patient recoveryPostoperative recovery patternsArtery bypass graftProspective cohort studyGroup-based trajectory modellingMedical record reviewRecovery patternsRecord review dataHealth information exchange platformInstitutional review boardAortic surgeryHospital coursePatient demographicsPeer-reviewed journalsClinical factorsHospital readmissionOperative details
2015
Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes)
Qian F, Parzynski CS, Chaudhry SI, Hannan EL, Shaw BA, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Racial Differences in Heart Failure Outcomes Evidence From the Tele-HF Trial (Telemonitoring to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes). JACC Heart Failure 2015, 3: 531-538. PMID: 26160368, PMCID: PMC8635169, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported health statusKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHeart failureBlack patientsHealth statusHF hospitalizationRacial differencesBaseline KCCQ scoresClinical laboratory valuesPatient-reported outcomesSignificant racial differencesKCCQ scoresHF admissionsPatient demographicsWhite patientsLaboratory valuesPropensity score methodsPatientsHospitalizationOutcome evidenceMonthsLinear mixed modelsBaselineTrialsStatus