All Outputs (11)

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Burden of 30-day readmissions after PCI in 824,747 patients in the USA: predictors, causes and cost. Insights from the Nationwide Readmission Database (2018)
Journal Article
Rashid, M., Curzen, N., Nolan, J., Bagur, R., Mamas, M., Potts, J., …Kwok, C. (2018). Burden of 30-day readmissions after PCI in 824,747 patients in the USA: predictors, causes and cost. Insights from the Nationwide Readmission Database. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 655-674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.01.248

Objectives
This study aimed to examine the 30-day unplanned readmissions rate, predictors of readmission, causes of readmissions, and clinical impact of readmissions after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Background
Unplanned rehospital... Read More about Burden of 30-day readmissions after PCI in 824,747 patients in the USA: predictors, causes and cost. Insights from the Nationwide Readmission Database.

Relationship Between Anemia and Mortality Outcomes in a National Acute Coronary Syndrome Cohort: Insights from the UK Myocardial Ischemia National Audit Project Registry (2016)
Journal Article
Mamas, M. A., Shing Kwok, C., Kontopantelis, E., Fryer, A. A., Buchan, I., Bachmann, M. O., …Myint, P. K. (2016). Relationship Between Anemia and Mortality Outcomes in a National Acute Coronary Syndrome Cohort: Insights from the UK Myocardial Ischemia National Audit Project Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association, 5(11), https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003348

BACKGROUND: We aim to determine the prevalence of anemia in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients and compare their clinical characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes to those without anemia in an unselected national ACS cohort. METHODS AND... Read More about Relationship Between Anemia and Mortality Outcomes in a National Acute Coronary Syndrome Cohort: Insights from the UK Myocardial Ischemia National Audit Project Registry.

Vegetarian diets and Adventists (2015)
Journal Article
Kwok, C. S., Mamas, M. A., & Loke, Y. K. (2015). Vegetarian diets and Adventists. International Journal of Cardiology, 190, 383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.392

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

Is the Current Threshold for Diagnosis of 'Abnormality', Including Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Using Raised High Sensitivity Troponin Appropriate for a Hospital Population? The CHARIOT Study
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Mariathas, M., Allan, R., Ramamoorthy, S., Olechowski, B., Hinton, J., Azor, M., …Curzen, N. Is the Current Threshold for Diagnosis of 'Abnormality', Including Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Using Raised High Sensitivity Troponin Appropriate for a Hospital Population? The CHARIOT Study. Lancet, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3228899