Fahim Ebrahimi, Ramin Ebrahimi, Hannes Hagström, Johan Sundström, Jiangwei Sun, David Bergman, Anders Forss, Jonas F Ludvigsson
{"title":"Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Families With MASLD: A Population-Based Multigenerational Cohort Study.","authors":"Fahim Ebrahimi, Ramin Ebrahimi, Hannes Hagström, Johan Sundström, Jiangwei Sun, David Bergman, Anders Forss, Jonas F Ludvigsson","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010912","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010912","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, whether family members of individuals with MASLD also share an increased cardiovascular risk is unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We created a nationwide multigenerational cohort study identifying all family members of Swedish adults diagnosed with biopsy-proven MASLD (1969-2017) and of matched general population comparators (by age, sex, calendar year, and county of residence). We calculated incidence rates and used Cox models to calculate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% CIs for incident major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including acute myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for heart failure, or cardiovascular death. Cox models were adjusted for education, country of birth, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the Charlson comorbidity index.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 22 267 MASLD first-degree relatives (FDRs; parents, siblings, and offspring) and 5687 MASLD spouses, as well as 118 056 comparator FDRs and 29 389 comparator spouses without earlier cardiovascular disease. Overall, the mean age was 41.8 years (SD, 18.0), and 51.5% were females. Over a median of 24.6 years, the incidence rate for MACE was higher in MASLD FDRs than in comparator FDRs (65.0 versus 62.5/10 000 person-years; aHR, 1.06 [95% CI, 1.01-1.11]). MASLD FDRs had higher rates of acute myocardial infarction (23.0 versus 20.9/10 000 person-years; aHR, 1.09 [95% CI, 1.01-1.18]) and cardiovascular death (aHR, 1.09 [95% CI, 1.01-1.18]). Across generations of FDRs, the risk of MACE was uniformly increased with no differences by relationship (ie, parents, siblings, and offspring; <i>P</i><sub>interaction</sub>>0.05). MASLD spouses were also at an increased risk of MACE (117.6 versus 103.5/10 000 person-years; aHR, 1.09 [95% CI, 1.01-1.18]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>First-degree relatives of individuals with biopsy-proven MASLD are at slightly higher risk of incident MACE, but absolute risks do not support early screening for cardiovascular disease. Shared lifestyle factors may be the main contributors, as spouses of MASLD patients also had higher risks of MACE.</p>","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin C Chen, Colette DeJong, Mansi Agarwal, Amaris M Hairston, Matthew S Durstenfeld, Virginia McKay, Mark D Huffman, Priscilla Y Hsue, Anubha Agarwal
{"title":"Stakeholder Perspectives on a Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Polypill: A Multi-Center Mixed Methods Study.","authors":"Justin C Chen, Colette DeJong, Mansi Agarwal, Amaris M Hairston, Matthew S Durstenfeld, Virginia McKay, Mark D Huffman, Priscilla Y Hsue, Anubha Agarwal","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011121","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A polypill containing all 4 classes of guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) has been proposed to change the heart failure treatment paradigm. The acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of a HFrEF polypill-based strategy are unknown. The purpose of this study was to elicit patients' and providers' priorities in the design of HFrEF polypills.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From April 2023 to December 2023, we conducted a convergent parallel mixed-methods study at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of California, San Francisco, and the American College of Cardiology. We administered physician surveys containing adapted implementation outcome measures to elicit physicians' perspectives on the acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of a HFrEF polypill (Likert scale ranging from 1 [low] to 5 [high]). We used a purposive sampling frame to select patients and physicians for in-depth interviews. Using semi-structured interview guides, we elicited participants' perspectives on current HFrEF care, HFrEF polypill design, and supportive strategies. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research v2.0 guided thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 214 survey respondents across the United States, physicians agreed that HFrEF polypills are highly acceptable (mean [SD], 4.2 [0.7]), highly appropriate (4.1 [0.8]), and highly feasible (4.1 [0.7]). Key themes from 9 patient and 22 provider interviews included the following: (1) current determinants of HFrEF care, including medication adherence, variations in clinical practice, and health care access, (2) provider-level differences in preferred HFrEF polypill design, (3) cost and equity considerations in the implementation of HFrEF polypills, and (4) research priorities for evaluating polypill effectiveness and implementation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A HFrEF polypill-based strategy was viewed as highly acceptable, appropriate, and feasible by patients and physicians. Participants described key priorities in HFrEF polypill design, titratability, and potential impacts on health equity that will directly inform future randomized controlled trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Housing Insecurity and Cardiovascular Care: A Call to Action for Veteran Health.","authors":"Martine Webb, Nicholas K Brownell","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011530","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lara J Sokoloff, Jingyi Wu, Lauren A Eberly, Ashwin S Nathan, Howard M Julien, Taisei J Kobayashi, Scott M Damrauer, Peter W Groeneveld, Jack Tsai, Sameed Ahmed M Khatana
{"title":"Association of Homelessness and Unstable Housing With Cardiovascular Care Utilization Among Veterans.","authors":"Lara J Sokoloff, Jingyi Wu, Lauren A Eberly, Ashwin S Nathan, Howard M Julien, Taisei J Kobayashi, Scott M Damrauer, Peter W Groeneveld, Jack Tsai, Sameed Ahmed M Khatana","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Veterans are disproportionately more likely to experience homelessness and unstable housing (HUH) compared with the general population. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Veterans experiencing HUH. We aimed to understand whether HUH status among Veterans with preexisting cardiovascular disease was associated with disparities in cardiovascular care access and utilization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective study of all Veterans with preexisting cardiovascular disease between 2017 and 2019 using Veterans Affairs Corporate Data Warehouse and Homeless registry data. Primary outcomes were annual outpatient visits for cardiovascular disease management and visits with cardiovascular disease-related specialists. Secondary outcomes included cardiovascular disease-related procedures and emergency department visits and hospitalizations. HUH status was determined based on response to a screener, diagnostic codes, or use of homelessness services, and outcomes were assessed in the first year HUH status was determined. After applying inverse probability of treatment weighting, negative binomial and logistic regression models were fit to estimate the association between experiencing HUH and the outcomes of interest.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1 357 973 Veterans (mean age, 71.6 [SD=10.6] years; 2.5% female) with preexisting cardiovascular disease, 56 093 were identified as experiencing HUH during the study period. Veterans experiencing HUH had fewer outpatient visits for cardiovascular disease management or with cardiovascular disease-related specialists (4.3% [95% CI, 2.5%-6.1%] and 14.1% [95% CI, 12.5%-15.8%], respectively) compared with housed Veterans. HUH status was associated with lower rates of receiving certain procedures including coronary artery bypass graft, lower extremity revascularization, and carotid artery stenosis interventions and higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular emergency department visits and hospitalizations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Veterans with chronic cardiovascular conditions experiencing HUH had lower rates of outpatient visits for cardiovascular disease management and higher rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Given the disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease in this population, interventions to improve access to cardiovascular care are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed Elkaryoni, Omar Hyder, Marwan Saad, Amir Darki, Islam Y Elgendy, Shafiq T Mamdani, Matthew C Bunte, Herbert D Aronow, Peter A Soukas, J Dawn Abbott
{"title":"Trends in Transcatheter Mechanical Thrombectomy for Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism.","authors":"Ahmed Elkaryoni, Omar Hyder, Marwan Saad, Amir Darki, Islam Y Elgendy, Shafiq T Mamdani, Matthew C Bunte, Herbert D Aronow, Peter A Soukas, J Dawn Abbott","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily P Zeitler, Boyang Bian, Robert I Griffiths, Dominic J Allocco, Thomas Christen, Kristine Roy, David J Cohen, Matthew R Reynolds
{"title":"Long-Term Clinical Outcomes Following the WATCHMAN Device Use in Medicare Beneficiaries.","authors":"Emily P Zeitler, Boyang Bian, Robert I Griffiths, Dominic J Allocco, Thomas Christen, Kristine Roy, David J Cohen, Matthew R Reynolds","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011007","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Long-term outcomes following left atrial appendage occlusion outside clinical trials and small registries are largely unknown. Collecting these data was a condition of US market authorization of the WATCHMAN device. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the rates of stroke, bleeding, and death among Medicare beneficiaries following left atrial appendage occlusion implantation during initial commercial availability of the WATCHMAN left atrial appendage occlusion device overall and in important subgroups.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ≥65 years of age who underwent left atrial appendage occlusion from April 1, 2016, to August 31, 2020, were included based on the <i>International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision</i>, and Current Procedural Terminology codes. Over a 5-year follow-up period, the cumulative incidence over time of mortality, ischemic stroke, and major bleeding were calculated using the <i>International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision</i>, diagnosis codes for the full study cohort and within important prespecified subgroups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>WATCHMAN recipients (n=48 763) were a median of 77 (interquartile range, 72-82) years of age, 42% female, and mostly White (93%). The median CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>VASc score was 4 (interquartile range, 3-5) with prior major bleeding in 42% and prior stroke in 12%. At 5 years, death occurred in 44%, bleeding in 15% (with higher risk early following implantation), and ischemic stroke in 7%. Each of these end points was more common with greater baseline age. Male patients had greater 5-year mortality than female patients (46.9% versus 40.6%), but there was no difference between sexes in the rates of ischemic stroke (6.6% versus 7.5%) or major bleeding (14.9% for both). WATCHMAN recipients with prior ischemic stroke or a major bleeding event were older and frailer; these groups had higher rates of ischemic stroke, major bleeding, and death.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Compared with patients enrolled in the pivotal clinical trials, Medicare beneficiaries undergoing WATCHMAN implantation were older, more female, and had more comorbid conditions. Substantial long-term mortality and major bleeding following WATCHMAN reflect the high-risk nature of the patient population, while the ischemic stroke rate was relatively low (<1.5% per year).</p>","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11485207/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alanna A Morris, Frederick A Masoudi, Abdul R Abdullah, Amitava Banerjee, LaPrincess C Brewer, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Peter Cram, Sarah C DeSilvey, Anika L Hines, Nasrien E Ibrahim, Elizabeth A Jackson, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Amgad N Makaryus, Ileana L Piña, Carla Patricia Rodriguez-Monserrate, Véronique L Roger, Fran F Thorpe, Kim A Williams
{"title":"2024 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Social Determinants of Health in Cardiology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Data Standards.","authors":"Alanna A Morris, Frederick A Masoudi, Abdul R Abdullah, Amitava Banerjee, LaPrincess C Brewer, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Peter Cram, Sarah C DeSilvey, Anika L Hines, Nasrien E Ibrahim, Elizabeth A Jackson, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Amgad N Makaryus, Ileana L Piña, Carla Patricia Rodriguez-Monserrate, Véronique L Roger, Fran F Thorpe, Kim A Williams","doi":"10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000133","DOIUrl":"10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000133","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nobuhiro Ikemura, John A Spertus, Dan Nguyen, Zhuxuan Fu, Philip G Jones, Harmony R Reynolds, Sripal Bangalore, Balram Bhargava, Roxy Senior, Ahmed Elghamaz, Shaun G Goodman, Renato D Lopes, Radoslaw Pracoń, José López-Sendón, Aldo P Maggioni, Shun Kohsaka, Gregory A Roth, Harvey D White, Kreton Mavromatis, William E Boden, Fatima Rodriguez, Judith S Hochman, David J Maron
{"title":"International Variation in Health Status Benefits in Patients Undergoing Initial Invasive Versus Conservative Management for Chronic Coronary Disease: Insights From the ISCHEMIA Trial.","authors":"Nobuhiro Ikemura, John A Spertus, Dan Nguyen, Zhuxuan Fu, Philip G Jones, Harmony R Reynolds, Sripal Bangalore, Balram Bhargava, Roxy Senior, Ahmed Elghamaz, Shaun G Goodman, Renato D Lopes, Radoslaw Pracoń, José López-Sendón, Aldo P Maggioni, Shun Kohsaka, Gregory A Roth, Harvey D White, Kreton Mavromatis, William E Boden, Fatima Rodriguez, Judith S Hochman, David J Maron","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010534","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The ISCHEMIA trial (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) demonstrated greater health status benefits with an initial invasive strategy, as compared with a conservative one, for patients with chronic coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia. Whether these benefits vary globally is important to understand to support global adoption of the results.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed participants' disease-specific health status using the validated 7-item Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ: >5-point differences are clinically important) at baseline and over 1-year follow-up across 37 countries in 6 international regions. The average effect of initial invasive versus conservative strategies on 1-year SAQ scores was estimated using Bayesian proportional odds regression and compared across regions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Considerable regional variation in baseline health status was observed among 4617 participants (mean age=64.4±9.5 years, 24% women), with the mean SAQ summary scores of 67.4±19.5 in Eastern Europe participants (17% of the total), 71.4±15.4 in Asia-Pacific (18%), 74.9±16.7 in Central and South America (10%), 75.5±19.5 in Western Europe (26%), and 78.6±19.2 in North America (28%). One-year improvements in SAQ scores were greater in regions with lower baseline scores with initial invasive management (17.7±20.9 in Eastern Europe and 11.4±19.3 in North America), but similar in the conservative arm. Adjusting for baseline SAQ scores, similar health status benefits of an initial invasive strategy on 1-year SAQ scores were observed (ranging from 2.38 points [95% CI, 0.04-4.50] in North America to 4.66 points [95% CI, 2.46-6.94] in Eastern Europe), with an 88.3% probability that the difference in benefit across regions was <5 points.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients with chronic coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia, initial invasive management was associated with a consistent health status benefit across regions, with modest regional variability, supporting the international generalizability of health status benefits from invasive management of chronic coronary disease.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT01471522.</p>","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11479829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandra I Mansour, Milan Seth, Michael P Thompson, Mary Casey, Steven J Keteyian, Frank A Smith, Hitinder S Gurm, Devraj Sukul
{"title":"Use of a Liaison-Mediated Referral Strategy and Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.","authors":"Alexandra I Mansour, Milan Seth, Michael P Thompson, Mary Casey, Steven J Keteyian, Frank A Smith, Hitinder S Gurm, Devraj Sukul","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010874","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.010874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improves outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) but remains underutilized. A liaison-mediated referral (LMR), where a health care professional explains CR's benefits, addresses barriers to participation, and places a referral before discharge, may promote CR use. Our objective was to assess the impact of an LMR on CR participation after PCI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective study of patients who underwent PCI across 48 hospitals in Michigan between January 2021 and April 2022 and referred to CR before discharge. Clinical registry data were linked to administrative claims to identify the primary outcome, CR participation, defined as ≥1 CR session within 90 days of discharge. Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression was used to compare CR participation between patients with and without an LMR. For the secondary outcome, frailty proportional hazard modeling compared days elapsed between discharge and first CR session between liaison cohorts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 9023 patients referred to CR after PCI, 4323 (47.9%) underwent an LMR (mean age, 69.3 [SD=11] years; 68.3% male) and 3390 (36.7%) attended ≥1 CR session within 90 days of discharge. The LMR cohort had a higher unadjusted CR participation rate (43.1% [95% CI, 41.5%-44.6%] versus 32.4% [95% CI, 31.1%-33.8%]; <i>P</i><0.001), a higher adjusted odds ratio of attending ≥1 CR session (adjusted odds ratio, 1.21; 95% credible interval, 1.07-1.38), and a shorter delay in attending the first CR session compared with the non-LMR cohort (28 [interquartile range, 19-42] versus 33 [interquartile range, 21-47] days; <i>P</i><0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An LMR was associated with higher odds of CR participation and may mitigate delays in CR enrollment. This referral strategy may improve CR participation and patient outcomes after PCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geographic Variations of Trial Results In a World of Hurt.","authors":"John A Bittl","doi":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011179","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.124.011179","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49221,"journal":{"name":"Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}