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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Healthcare•Park Ridge, Illinois, United States•
About: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in Park Ridge, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Medicine. The organization has 792 authors who have published 802 publications receiving 28101 citations.
Topics: Population, Medicine, Cancer, Health care, Robotic surgery
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Columbia University1, Scott & White Hospital2, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center3, Cleveland Clinic4, Emory University5, Stanford University6, University of Pennsylvania7, MedStar Washington Hospital Center8, Hospital Corporation of America9, New York University10, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital11, Mayo Clinic12, Primary Children's Hospital13, Laval University14, University of British Columbia15
TL;DR: In intermediate-risk patients, TAVR was similar to surgical aortic-valve replacement with respect to the primary end point of death or disabling stroke; surgery resulted in fewer major vascular complications and less paravalvular aorta regurgitation.
Abstract: BackgroundPrevious trials have shown that among high-risk patients with aortic stenosis, survival rates are similar with transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic-valve replacement. We evaluated the two procedures in a randomized trial involving intermediate-risk patients. MethodsWe randomly assigned 2032 intermediate-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, at 57 centers, to undergo either TAVR or surgical replacement. The primary end point was death from any cause or disabling stroke at 2 years. The primary hypothesis was that TAVR would not be inferior to surgical replacement. Before randomization, patients were entered into one of two cohorts on the basis of clinical and imaging findings; 76.3% of the patients were included in the transfemoral-access cohort and 23.7% in the transthoracic-access cohort. ResultsThe rate of death from any cause or disabling stroke was similar in the TAVR group and the surgery group (P=0.001 for noninferiority). At 2 years, the Kaplan–Meier event...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of intravenous milrinone on intermediate-term clinical outcomes of patients with chronic heart failure in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Abstract: Context Little randomized evidence is available to guide the in-hospital management of patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure. Although intravenous inotropic therapy usually produces beneficial hemodynamic effects and is labeled for use in the care of such patients, the effect of such therapy on intermediate-term clinical outcomes is uncertain. Objective To prospectively test whether a strategy that includes short-term use of milrinone in addition to standard therapy can improve clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with an exacerbation of chronic heart failure. Design Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted from July 1997 through November 1999. Setting Seventy-eight community and tertiary care hospitals in the United States. Participants A total of 951 patients admitted with an exacerbation of systolic heart failure not requiring intravenous inotropic support (mean age, 65 years; 92% with baseline New York Heart Association class III or IV; mean left ventricular ejection fraction, 23%). Intervention Patients were randomly assigned to receive a 48-hour infusion of either milrinone, 0.5 microg/kg per minute initially (n = 477), or saline placebo (n = 472). Main outcome measure Cumulative days of hospitalization for cardiovascular cause within 60 days following randomization. Results The median number of days hospitalized for cardiovascular causes within 60 days after randomization did not differ significantly between patients given milrinone (6 days) compared with placebo (7 days; P =.71). Sustained hypotension requiring intervention (10.7% vs 3.2%; P Conclusion These results do not support the routine use of intravenous milrinone as an adjunct to standard therapy in the treatment of patients hospitalized for an exacerbation of chronic heart failure.
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TL;DR: Previous observations suggesting that underlying cardiovascular disease is associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death among patients hospitalized with Covid-19 were confirmed, and the results did not confirm previous concerns regarding a potential harmful association of ACE inhibitors or ARBs in this clinical context.
Abstract: Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) may disproportionately affect people with cardiovascular disease. Concern has been aroused regarding a potential harmful effect of angiotensi...
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University of California, San Francisco1, University of Birmingham2, University of Liège3, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital4, Kantonsspital St. Gallen5, University of Adelaide6, Baylor College of Medicine7, Mayo Clinic8, University of Southern California9, Asahikawa Medical University10, University of Dundee11, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile12, Uppsala University13, University of Hong Kong14, Royal Adelaide Hospital15, University of Hamburg16, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre17, University of Minnesota18, Technische Universität München19, University of Cambridge20, University of Bologna21, Washington University in St. Louis22, Greenville Health System23, University of Bristol24, University of Ottawa25, Nagoya University26, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center27, Shanghai Jiao Tong University28, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai29, Brigham and Women's Hospital30, Oregon Health & Science University31, University of Buenos Aires32, Duke University33, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center34, Dartmouth College35, University of Massachusetts Amherst36, University of the Witwatersrand37, Ghent University Hospital38, Sun Yat-sen University39
TL;DR: The GVG proposes a new Global Anatomic Staging System (GLASS), which involves defining a preferred target artery path (TAP) and then estimating limb-based patency (LBP) resulting in three stages of complexity for intervention.
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TL;DR: Coronary calcium is present in most patients who suffer acute coronary events, but although the event rate is greater for patients with high absolute CSs, few patients have this degree of calcification on a screening EBCT, and CS percentiles constitute a more effective screening method to stratify individuals at risk.
Abstract: Background —There is a clear relationship between absolute calcium scores (CS) and severity of coronary artery disease. However, hard coronary events have been shown to occur across all ranges of CS.
Methods and Results —We conducted 2 analyses: in group A, 172 patients underwent electron-beam CT (EBCT) imaging within 60 days of suffering an unheralded myocardial infarction. In group B, 632 patients screened by EBCT were followed up for a mean of 32±7 months for the development of acute myocardial infarction or cardiac death. The mean patient age and prevalence of coronary calcification were similar in the 2 groups (53±8 versus 52±9 years and 96% each). In group B, the annualized event rate was 0.11% for subjects with CS of 0, 2.1% for CS 1 to 99, 4.1% for CS 100 to 400, and 4.8% for CS >400, and only 7% of the patients had CS >400. However, mild, moderate, and extensive absolute CSs were distributed similarly between patients with events in both groups (34%, 35%, and 27%, respectively, in group A and 44%, 30%, and 22% in group B). In contrast, the majority of events in both groups occurred in patients with CS >75th percentile (70% in each group).
Conclusions —Coronary calcium is present in most patients who suffer acute coronary events. Although the event rate is greater for patients with high absolute CSs, few patients have this degree of calcification on a screening EBCT. Conversely, the majority of events occur in individuals with high CS percentiles. Hence, CS percentiles constitute a more effective screening method to stratify individuals at risk.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Gregg C. Fonarow | 161 | 1676 | 126516 |
Stephen B. Hanauer | 115 | 667 | 72692 |
David A. Morrow | 113 | 598 | 56776 |
Peter K. Smith | 107 | 855 | 49174 |
Gary S. Francis | 97 | 411 | 53376 |
David F. McDermott | 88 | 494 | 68271 |
Alan S. Maisel | 85 | 523 | 31895 |
Mandeep R. Mehra | 80 | 644 | 31939 |
Seong-Gi Kim | 80 | 266 | 25589 |
W. Brian Gibler | 68 | 244 | 21054 |
Darren R. Gitelman | 62 | 123 | 15227 |
Michael D. Ries | 55 | 208 | 9886 |
Lloyd W. Klein | 49 | 220 | 8666 |
Norbert Gleicher | 47 | 185 | 6257 |
John B. O'Connell | 45 | 147 | 12239 |