Outcomes

Does MRSA Affect Clinical Outcomes?

Objective To compare the outcomes of patients with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections to patients without MRSA. Methods This is a post hoc analysis of two pr...

Amanda L. Killeen , DPM;

Javier La Fontaine , DPM, MS, MEd;

Lawrence A. Lavery , DPM, MPH;

Matthew Malone , PhD;

Michael Radzieta , PhD;

Orhan Oz , MD, PhD;

Kavita Bhavan , MD, MHS;

08/19/2021

Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Risk During Subsequent Pregnancy

06/01/2021

Stephanie Chen , MD;

Maqdooda Merchant , MD;

Kenneth N. Mahrer , MD;

Andrew P. Ambrosy , MD;

Sahar Naderi , MD;

Robert J. Lundstrom , MD;

This study compares the clinical course and longitudinal follow-up of 22 cases of pregnancy-associated SCAD with 285 cases of non-pregnancy SCAD from Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

This study compares the clinical...

06/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Prospective Experience of Pulmonary Embolism Management and Outcomes

03/01/2021

Teresa Carman ;

Matthew J. Lacey , MD;

Tarek A. Hammad , MD;

Melanie Parikh , MD;

Leben Tefera , MD;

Pallavi Sharma , MD;

Rebecca Kahl , MBA;

Amanda Zemko , RN;

Robert Schilz , DO, PhD;

Jun Li , MD;

Mehdi H. Shishehbor , DO, MPH, PhD;

We sought to evaluate the impact of pulmonary embolism (PE) response teams (PERTs) on all consecutive patients with PE.

We sought to evaluate the impact...

03/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

News

Impact of COVID-19-Related Social Distancing on Cancer Outcomes

01/05/2021

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Original Contribution

Association of Anemia With Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Peripheral Vascular Intervention: Insights From the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2 VIC)

12/27/2017

Hiroshi Yamasaki , MD;

Rajendra H. Mehta , MD, MS;

Nikhil V. Ambulgekar , MD;

Hitinder S. Gurm , MBBS, MD, FSCAI;

Howard S. Rosman , MD;

Scott F. Grey , PhD;

Thomas P. Davis , MD, FACC;

Theodore L. Schreiber , MD;

Hussein Othman , MD;

Thomas A. LaLonde , MD;

Timothy J. Nypaver , MD;

Peter K. Henke , MD;

P. Michael Grossman , MD;

To evaluate the clinical features and outcomes of patients with anemia undergoing percutaneous peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) in a contemporary registry, we evaluated the differences in the clinical features and outcomes of patients...

To evaluate the clinical...

12/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Preoperative Intraaortic Balloon Pump Improves Early Outcomes Following High-Risk Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials and Prospective Study Design

09/15/2017

Maral Ouzounian , MD, PhD;

Vladimír Dzavík , MD, FRCPC, FSCAI;

Penelope P. Rampersad , MD, MSc;

Rami Zawi , MD;

Christopher B. Overgaard , MD, MSc;

Michael E. Farkouh , MD, MSc;

Vinoda Sharma , MD;

Jacob A. Udell , MD, MPH;

Vivek Rao , MD, PhD;

Despite widespread use, evidence to support preemptive IABP insertion for patients undergoing high-risk CABG surgery remains sparse, and in need of a well-defined clinical trial. To inform the design of a prospective trial, we sought to...

Despite widespread use, evidence...

09/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

04/15/2017

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Mario Goessl , MD, PhD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Paul Sorajja , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Hani Jneid , MD;

Pratik Kalsaria , MS;

Aya J. Alame , BA;

José Roberto Martínez-Parachini , MD;

Erica Resendes , BS, MS, MPH;

Nikolaos Kakouros , MBBS, PhD, MRCP, MD(Res);

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

This study compares the ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease (VHD).

This study compares the ACC/AHA...

04/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparative Matched Outcome of Evolut-R vs CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

01/31/2017

Katia Orvin , MD;

Uri Landes , MD;

Abid R. Assali , MD;

Tamir Bental , MD;

Ran Kornowski , MD;

Alon Barsheshet ;

Hana Vaknin-Assa , MD;

Amos Levi , MD;

We compared transcatheter aortic valve implantation outcomes of the Evolut-R and CoreValve devices. This study indicates that the efficacy and safety of the self-expandable second-generation Evolut-R transcatheter valve is at least comparable...

We compared transcatheter aortic...

01/31/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Impact of Age and Sex on In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

01/15/2017

James W. Choi , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

J. Aaron Grantham , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Craig A. Thompson , MD, MMSc;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Rahel Iwnetu , MD;

William L. Lombardi , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

We sought to determine the effect of age and sex on procedural outcomes and efficiency of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

We sought to determine the...

01/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Initial Single-Center Experience With the Fully Repositionable Transfemoral Lotus Aortic Valve System

11/15/2016

Hugo A. Katus , MD;

Raffi Bekeredjian , MD;

Kai-Uwe Jarr , MD;

Florian Leuschner , MD;

Benjamin Meder , MD;

Emmanuel Chorianopoulos , MD;

An analysis of our first real-world experience with the second-generation, mechanically expanded, fully repositionable transfemoral Lotus TAVR device (Boston Scientific).

An analysis of our first...

11/15/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology