Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Lower-limb amputation rates in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia vary across the United States, with marked disparities in amputation rates by gender, race, and income status.

Vascular Care 61

Vascular Care Ischemia Medicare Hospital 61

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. Utilization trends were stratified by region, urbanicity, distressed communities index, community versus academic center, Medicare versus dual enrollment status, indication, urgency, and presence of dissection with malperfusion.

Ultrasound 40

Ultrasound Aortic Medicaid Medicare 40

DAIC

MAY 8, 2024

Longitudinal assessment of safety of FEMOROPOPLITEAL endovascular treatment with paclitaxel-coated devices among Medicare beneficiaries.” Circulation, vol. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, vol. 301–302, [link]. 3 Secemsky, Eric A., JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 1071, [link]. 4 Bradbury, Andrew W, et al. “A

Coronary Artery Disease 111

Coronary Artery Disease Chest Pain Ischemia Myocardial Infarction 111

DAIC

MARCH 31, 2025

Circulation: Heart Failure. Comparative effectiveness and healthcare utilization for ambulatory cardiac monitoring strategies in Medicare beneficiaries. Forecasting the Impact of Heart Failure in the United States: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. 2013;6(3):606-619. doi:[link] 10 Reynolds et al. Am Heart J.

Arrhythmia 52

Arrhythmia Atrial Fibrillation Tachycardia Heart Failure 52

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Initiatives such as the World Health Organization's "Medication Without Harm" and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) expanded quality measures aim to reduce preventable emergency visits and hospital admissions due to medication-related harm. Circulation. Circulation. BMC Med2015;13(74). 2016;134(6):e32-69.

Cardiovascular Disease 40

Cardiovascular Disease Coronary Artery Disease CMS Hospital 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

JANUARY 20, 2025

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 18, Issue 1 , Page e014592, January 1, 2025. BACKGROUND:Food and Drug Administrationmandated postmarket studies for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-risk populations plan to use passively collected registry data linked to claims for long-term follow-up out to 10 years.

Aortic valve 40

Aortic valve Outcomes Pacemaker Aortic 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

MARCH 3, 2025

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Previous observational studies showed left atrial appendage occlusions with the WATCHMAN device reduced 1-year mortality, which conflicted with evidence generated from randomized controlled trials.

Atrial Fibrillation 40

Atrial Fibrillation Medicare Outpatient Cancer 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4124585-A4124585, November 12, 2024. Introduction/Background:Low-value care is defined as care where harms or costs outweigh patient benefits. Using Current Procedural Technology codes, the first 150 patients that underwent carotid ultrasound in 2021 were identified.

Ultrasound 40

Ultrasound Medicare Technology Circulation 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

JANUARY 19, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. Background:Type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI) and type 1 myocardial infarction (T1MI) differ with respect to demographics, comorbidities, treatments, and clinical outcomes.

Myocardial Infarction 40

Myocardial Infarction COVID-19 Medicare Hospital 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e010148, November 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:Although disparities in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation are well documented, the role of community-level distress is poorly understood.

Cardiac Rehabilitation 40

Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatient Myocardial Infarction Outcomes 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4142159-A4142159, November 12, 2024. Background:Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common occurrence in patients with heart failure (HF), and its role in disease progression has gained attention in recent years.

Heart Failure 40

Heart Failure Tricuspid Outcomes Medicare 40

DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

Supervised exercise therapy, the gold standard exercise therapy for patients with PAD, is woefully underutilized despite its known health benefits and the fact that it is covered by Medicare and most health insurance plans,” said Gornik. Rates of referral for supervised exercise therapy among PAD patients are incredibly low.

Peripheral Arterial Disease 105

Peripheral Arterial Disease Exercise Ischemia Quality of Life 105

Cardiomatics

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Bundle-Branch Block Morphology and Other Predictors of Outcome After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Medicare Patients. Circulation 2010, 122, 2022–2030. [6] Heart Fail. 2012, 14, 628–634. [5] 5] Bilchick, K.C.; 6] Howell, S.J.; JACC Clin.

Heart Failure 52

Heart Failure Myocardial Infarction Medicare Defibrillator 52

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

APRIL 3, 2025

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. We evaluated trends in stroke and death among Medicare beneficiaries with AF between 2013 and 2019.METHODS:Medicare METHODS:Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries >65 years old (20112019) were included. Within incident cohorts, the 1-year stroke rate was assessed.

Medicare 40

Medicare Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Strokes 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4141439-A4141439, November 12, 2024. Background:Catheter ablation (CA) is increasingly used for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, CA has not been widely adopted in the older population with AF. The outcome follow-up began after the 6-month period.

Atrial Fibrillation 40

Atrial Fibrillation Medicare Ablation Outcomes 40

Circulation: Heart Failure

JANUARY 26, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. Patients who underwent bariatric surgery were matched to controls in a 1:2 ratio (matched on exact age, sex, race, body mass index, HF encounter year, and HF hospitalization rate pre-surgery/matched period).

Heart Failure 40

Heart Failure Obesity Outcomes Medicare 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. METHODS:Using Medicare-linked data from the Evolut Low Risk trial, we identified 619 patients: 606 (322 TAVR/284 SAVR) and 593 (312 TAVR/281 SAVR) were analyzed at 1 and 2 years, respectively. Secondary outcomes DAH30and DAH90were higher in TAVR (DAH30, 26.0±3.6

Aortic valve 40

Aortic valve TAVR Aortic Medicare 40

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)

Research 52

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital 52

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

Research 52

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital 52

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

JANUARY 8, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. 2.44]), and having Medicare insurance (1.12 [1.02–1.23]) Background:Few studies on care transitions following acute stroke have evaluated whether referral to community-based rehabilitation occurred as part of discharge planning. Female sex (odds ratio, 1.24 [95% CI, 1.12–1.38]),

Stroke 40

Stroke Strokes Hospital Medicare 40

Circulation

JANUARY 23, 2024

Circulation, Ahead of Print. 0.76]) compared with Medicare (HR, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.77–0.92]);Pinteractionsex×insurance BACKGROUND:Guideline-directed medical therapies (GDMTs) are the mainstay of treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but they are underused.

Heart Failure 45

Heart Failure Medicare Circulation Outcomes 45

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

MARCH 5, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is an alternative to oral anticoagulants (OACs) for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, but the predictors of LAAO use in routine care are unclear.

Atrial Fibrillation 40

Atrial Fibrillation Medicaid Cancer Medicare 40