Trends in the use and outcomes of ventricular assist devices among medicare beneficiaries, 2006 through 2011

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1395-1404

  Khazanie, Prateeti ^a,b   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Patel, Chetan B ^a,b   Eapen, Zubin J ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Rogers, Joseph G ^a,b   Milano, Carmelo A ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; outcomes research; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEART FAILURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898001334     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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