Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Complications"
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Association Between Hospital Performance on Patient Safety and 30‐Day Mortality and Unplanned Readmission for Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)Background: Little is known regarding the relationship between hospital performance on adverse event rates and hospital performance on 30‐day mortality and unplanned readmission rates for Medicare fee‐for‐service patients ... -
Development and Validation of a Scoring System for Predicting Periprocedural Complications During Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of Chronic Total Occlusions: The Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention (PROGRESS CTO) Complications Score
(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)Background: High success rates are achievable for chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the hybrid approach, but periprocedural complications remain of concern. Although scores ... -
Efficacy and Safety of Edoxaban in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in the ENGAGE AF–TIMI 48 Trial
(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)Background: Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation are at higher risk of both ischemic and bleeding events compared to younger patients. In a prespecified analysis from the ENGAGE AF‐TIMI 48 trial, we evaluate clinical ... -
Live Donor Partial Hepatectomy for Liver Transplantation: Is There a Learning Curve?
(Avicenna Organ Transplantation Institute, 2010)Background: Donor safety is the first priority in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Objective: To determine the characteristics and outcome of live liver donors who underwent donor hepatectomy from January, 1997 ... -
Use of Chronic Oral Anticoagulation and Associated Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)Background: Contemporary rates of oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy and associated outcomes among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have been poorly described. Methods and Results: Using data from ...