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The importance of pathways to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac amyloidosis (2023)
Journal Article
Kwok, C. S., & Moody, W. E. (in press). The importance of pathways to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, 17, 17539447231216318. https://doi.org/10.1177/17539447231216318

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a condition caused by extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils in the heart. It is an underdiagnosed disease entity which can present with a variety of cardiac and non-cardiac manifestations. Diagnosis usually follows a... Read More about The importance of pathways to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac amyloidosis.

A Critical Evaluation of Patient Pathways and Missed Opportunities in Treatment for Heart Failure. (2022)
Journal Article
Shing Kwok, C., Satchithananda, D., Ahmed, F. Z., Chue, C. D., Barker, D., Patwala, A., …Mallen, C. D. (2022). A Critical Evaluation of Patient Pathways and Missed Opportunities in Treatment for Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 9(12. Special issue Heart Failure: Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment), https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9120455

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a global problem responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. METHODS: This review describes the patient pathways and missed opportunities related to treatment for patients with HF. RESULTS: The contemporary... Read More about A Critical Evaluation of Patient Pathways and Missed Opportunities in Treatment for Heart Failure..

The patient pathway review: A new method of evaluating clinical practices to understand the complexities of real-world care. (2021)
Journal Article
Kwok, C. S., Muntean, E., & Mallen, C. (2021). The patient pathway review: A new method of evaluating clinical practices to understand the complexities of real-world care. Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 20(4), 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000267

Healthcare research has contributed to the good patient care that is delivered today. With the perpetual demand for higher quality, cost-effective care, the current approaches in research could be improved to answer important research questions relat... Read More about The patient pathway review: A new method of evaluating clinical practices to understand the complexities of real-world care..

Corrigendum to: Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis (2020)
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Martinez, S. C., Mohamed, M., Potts, J., Abhishek, A., Roddy, E., Savage, M., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Corrigendum to: Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology, 59(9), 2655. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa101

Correction to https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez639

Acute myocardial infarction treatments and outcomes in 6.5 million patients with a current or historical diagnosis of cancer in the USA (2019)
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Bharadwaj, A., Potts, J., Mohamed, M. O., Parwani, P., Swamy, P., Lopez-Mattei, J. C., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Acute myocardial infarction treatments and outcomes in 6.5 million patients with a current or historical diagnosis of cancer in the USA. European Heart Journal, 41(23), 2183-2193. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz851

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate temporal trends, treatment and clinical outcomes of patients who present with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and have a current or historical diagnosis of cancer, according to cancer type and presence... Read More about Acute myocardial infarction treatments and outcomes in 6.5 million patients with a current or historical diagnosis of cancer in the USA.

Temporal Changes in Comorbidity Burden in Patients Having Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Impact on Prognosis (2018)
Journal Article
Potts, J., Kwok, C., Ensor, J., Rashid, M., Kadam, U., Kinnaird, T., …Mamas, M. (2018). Temporal Changes in Comorbidity Burden in Patients Having Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Impact on Prognosis. American Journal of Cardiology, 122(5), 712-722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.05.003

This study aims to evaluate the impact of comorbidity burden on outcomes among patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to identify all PCI procedures undertaken in the United States betwe... Read More about Temporal Changes in Comorbidity Burden in Patients Having Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Impact on Prognosis.

Blood Transfusion After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Risk of Subsequent Adverse Outcomes (2015)
Journal Article
Kwok, C. S., Sherwood, M. W., Watson, S. M., Nasir, S. B., Sperrin, M., Nolan, J., …Mamas, M. A. (2015). Blood Transfusion After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Risk of Subsequent Adverse Outcomes. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 8(3), 436-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2014.09.026