Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As of 2023, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses NIHSS as a risk adjustment variable. Medicare and Mount Sinai Health System registry data were linked using a matching algorithm. of Medicare cases even though it was documented in 93.1% Index AIS admissions were identified using the ICD-10-CM code of I63.x.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

AUGUST 8, 2023

BACKGROUNDIn 2019 and 2020, 2 randomized trials of basilar artery occlusion (BAO) thrombectomy reported no improvement in functional outcomes with thrombectomy, despite observational evidence and weak guidelines recommending thrombectomy. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Ahead of Print. versus 16.1%;P=0.41). versus 16.1%;P=0.41).

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

JANUARY 7, 2025

A study presented this week at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 61st Annual Meeting explores findings in more than a million US Medicare beneficiaries who underwent CABG from 2001 to 2019. They noted that because their analysis was focused on the Medicare population, the cohort was limited to older patients.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 16, 2025

BackgroundTransport by mobile stroke units (MSUs), which provide access to computed tomography scanning and intravenous blood pressure medications and thrombolytics, reduces time to treatment and may improve shortterm functional outcomes for patients with acute stroke.

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Stroke Journal

APRIL 3, 2024

Our findings support that black race is an independent predictor of recurrent stroke in patients with PSD and highlight the need to address social determinants of health and systemic racism that impact poststroke outcomes among racial minorities.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Methods:We conducted a national cross-sectional analysis of 71,078,619 adults aged >65 years enrolled in Medicare from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2019. The primary outcome was AIS incidence.Results:The composite structural racism score identified significant geographic variation in structural racism across the U.S.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Medical comorbidities and stroke risk factors explain only a proportion of stroke incidence and outcomes in different populations. The primary outcome measure was discharge to home. Our findings can be used to develop interventions that reduce inequity in AIS outcomes.

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Cardiovascular medications frequently lead this category, often contributing to adverse clinical outcomes, including emergency department visits and hospitalizations. In recent years, numerous health care challenges have been tackled, some making headlines, while others quietly escalate under the radar – like polypharmacy.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Medical comorbidities and stroke risk factors only explain a proportion of stroke incidence and outcomes in different populations. The primary outcome measure was ambulatory status at discharge, defined as ability to ambulate with or without the assistance of a device or person. 0.96],p=0.001).Patients 1.18];P=0.001).

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Objective:Physician adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines improves outcomes in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients. Medicare beneficiaries age≥67 with Part A/B/D coverage, ≥1 ICD code for AIS/TIA in 2015-2018, and no prior AIS/TIA or high intensity statin use (N=76,707).

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Stroke is a leading cause of chronic disability, with neuropsychiatric presentations being increasingly recognized as complications that hinder rehabilitation and patient outcomes. while patients with medicare/medicaid were more likely to have anxiety (OR=2.9, 95%CI (0.2,0.9). 95%CI (0.4,0.9) 95% CI (1.1,7.7)

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Large vessel occlusion (LVO), a quarter of ischemic strokes, portends poor outcomes. They were more likely insured by Medicare, less by Medicaid, and less likely baseline ambulatory, have a Bachelor’s degree, or own a home, with lower median income.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

to identify patients with a diagnosis of AVM from the statewide inpatient and emergency department databases of Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York, and Washington (2016-2019). Medicare) patients (1.82, 1.45 2.26) had higher odds of receiving surgical AVM treatment (Table 1).

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The aim of this study is to examine the risks of adverse outcomes following CA in older people with AF.Methods:Using 2014-2019 Medicare claims, we conducted a propensity score analysis of patients treated with CA within 6 months of new AF diagnosis to patients treated with only antiarrhythmic therapy in the 6-month period.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date Jacob Raphael Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Pulmonary Complications: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2024 Joseph Sabik Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Program Designations Access and Publications (A&P) 1 Participant User File (PUF) 2 Task Force on Funded Research (TFR) 3 Special Projects 4 Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date William Keeling 2 National Trends in Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery October 2023 Jake (..)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In separate models, we estimated the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of three outcomes (inpatient mortality, 30-day mortality, and discharge home) using multilevel logistic models for clustered data, with data clustered at the county level. For each unit increase in structural racism, Black individuals had 4.5%

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Methods:This retrospective analysis utilized complete, de-identified inpatient Medicare data from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2019. We included Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years with incident AIS admissions in large metropolitan and non-urban settings.

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DAIC

JANUARY 27, 2025

13, 2025 Medtronic recentlyannounced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is opening a national coverage analysis (NCA) on renal denervation, a process that will allow the agency to review and develop a national Medicare coverage policy for renal denervation procedures for patients with hypertension. 5 Bhatt, D.

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