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Trends and Predictors of 30-day Readmission Among Patients Hospitalized with Infective Endocarditis in the United States (Anusha Bhat, Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa, Amir Lotfi, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

Background The incidence and 30-day readmission rates of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) are not fully determined. We used the United States Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD) to assess national trends and predictors of 30-day readmission. ...

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Derivation and Validation of an In-Hospital Mortality Prediction Model Suitable for Profiling Hospital Performance in Heart Failure (Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Mihaela Stefan, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2018)

BACKGROUND: Comparing heart failure (HF) outcomes across hospitals requires adequate risk adjustment. We aimed to develop and validate a model that can be used to compare quality of HF care across hospitals. METHODS AND RESULTS: ...

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Clinical Implications of Brief Device-Detected Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in a Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Population: Results from the Registry of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation Episodes (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2016)

BACKGROUND: The RATE Registry (Registry of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation Episodes) is a prospective, outcomes-oriented registry designed to document the prevalence of atrial tachycardia and/or fibrillation (AT/AF) of any duration in patients with pacemakers ...

The association between skilled nursing facility care quality and 30-day readmission rates after hospitalization for heart failure (Owolabi Ogunneye, Jennifer Friderici, Mara Slawsky, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2015)

The objective of the study was to assess the association between care quality of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rate (RAR) for patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). A retrospective cohort ...

Relaxin for treatment of acute heart failure: making the case for treating targeted patient profiles (Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Sonali Arora and Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Patients presenting with acute heart failure (AHF) represent a heterogeneous population with respect to demographics, clinical profiles, and precipitating factors. Despite this, most clinical trials have treated the study population as a homogeneous group in ...

Nursing home care quality and 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure (Owolabi Ogunneye, Michael Rothberg, Jennifer Friderici, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Decongestive treatment of acute decompensated heart failure: Cardiorenal implications of ultrafiltration and diuretics (Benjamin Freda, Mara Slawsky, Jaya Mallidi, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2011)

In patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), treatment aimed at adequate decongestion of the volume overloaded state is essential. Despite diuretic therapy, many patients remain volume overloaded and symptomatic. In addition, adverse effects related ...

Targeting hyponatremia and hemodynamics in acute decompensated heart failure: Is there a role for vasopressin antagonists? (Gregory Valania and Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Current treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) has not reduced the significant morbidity or mortality associated with this disease, and has promoted drug development aimed at neurohormonal targets. Hypervolemic hyponatremia, which is linked to ...

Aortic valve fibroelastoma presenting with myocardial infarction (Mara Slawsky and Ashequl Islam) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Fibroelastoma is a rare, benign cardiac tumor. It is the second most common primary cardiac tumor and the most common primary cardiac valvular tumor. Nonvalvular endocardial location is rare and may be difficult to differentiate ...

Congestive Heart Failure (Mara Slawsky, Gregory Valania, Sandra Bellantonio, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2010)

Superiority of biplane Simpson's rule over biplane area-length method in left atrial volume quanitification: Comparison with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (Gui Hua Yao, Neelima Vallurupalli, William Hiser, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2009)

Rolofylline: A selective adenosine 1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of heart failure (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2009)

BACKGROUND: Co-existent cardiac and renal dysfunction is increasingly recognized as both a predictor and mediator of poor outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure. Novel therapies, including adenosine receptor antagonists, are currently under development for ...

Fatal pheochromocytoma crisis precipitated by dobutamine stress echocardiography (Prabhdeep Sethi, William Hiser, Leng Jiang, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2008)

The safety of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been demonstrated in multiple studies with a major complication rate of <1%. Specifically, ventricular tachycardia during DSE has a reported incidence of 0.3%, and has been bound ...

Height is the preferred index for left atrial volume measurement in overweight and obese adults (Jiang Cui, William Hiser, Mara Slawsky, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2008)

Fatal pheochromotycoma crisis precipitated bydobutamine stress echocardiography. (Mara Slawsky, William Hiser, Ashequl Islam, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2007)

Increases in left atrial volume, left ventricular volume and left ventricular mass with right ventricular only versus biventricular pacing after atrioventricular node ablation in symptomatic atrial fibrillation patients: Preliminary results of the AVAIL (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2007)

Biventricular pacing after atrioventricular node ablation protects against adverse cardiac remodeling in symptomatic atrial fibrillation patients: Preliminary results of the AVAIL CLS/CRT Trial (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2007)

A relaxation response randomized trial on patients with chronic heart failure. (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2005)

PURPOSE: Patients with various medical conditions benefit from eliciting the relaxation response (RR), using a variety of techniques, but few studies have focused on chronic heart failure (CHF). We evaluated the efficacy of an RR ...

Comparison between different assays of natriuretic peptides (Pro-BNP and BNP) in patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (M Javed Ashraf, James Cook, Mara Slawsky, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2005)

Patient recruitment to a randomized clinical trial of behavioral therapy for chronic heart failure. (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2004)

BACKGROUND: Patient recruitment is one of the most difficult aspects of clinical trials, especially for research involving elderly subjects. In this paper, we describe our experience with patient recruitment for the behavioral intervention randomized trial, ...

Thoracic massage permits use of echocardiography in unanesthetized rats. (Mara Slawsky) All Scholarly Works (2003)

PURPOSE: The objective of the study reported here was to investigate whether massage-like stroking of the thorax and cranial portion of the abdomen might relax unanesthetized rats sufficiently to permit in vivo echocardiography. METHODS: Nine-month-old ...

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