2021
2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Members W, Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, O'Gara PT, Rigolin VH, Sundt TM, Thompson A, Toly C, Members A, O'Gara PT, Beckman JA, Levine GN, Al-Khatib SM, Armbruster A, Birtcher KK, Ciggaroa J, Deswal A, Dixon DL, Fleisher LA, de las Fuentes L, Goldberger Z, Gorenek B, Haynes N, Hernandez A, Hlatky M, Joglar J, Jones W, Marine J, Mark D, Palaniappan L, Piano M, Spatz E, Tamis-Holland J, Wijeysundera D, Woo Y. 2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 162: e183-e353. PMID: 33972115, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
National Trends in Hospital Readmission Rates among Medicare Fee-for-Service Survivors of Mitral Valve Surgery, 1999–2010
Dodson JA, Wang Y, Murugiah K, Dharmarajan K, Cooper Z, Hashim S, Nuti SV, Spatz E, Desai N, Krumholz HM. National Trends in Hospital Readmission Rates among Medicare Fee-for-Service Survivors of Mitral Valve Surgery, 1999–2010. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0132470. PMID: 26147225, PMCID: PMC4493110, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac Surgical ProceduresFemaleHeart Valve DiseasesHumansMaleMedicareMitral ValvePatient ReadmissionUnited StatesConceptsMitral valve surgeryLength of stayHospital LOSReadmission ratesHospital readmission ratesOlder patientsHospital readmissionMedicare feeMean hospital LOSSurvival rateProportional hazards regressionYears of ageValve surgeryHazards regressionService patientsWorse outcomesAge subgroupsPatientsOlder adultsSurvivorsNational trendsReadmissionModest declineWomenSubgroups