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Impact of public reporting on access to coronary artery bypass surgery: the California Outcomes Reporting ProgramZhongmin Li
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 89:1131-8. 2010..However, the impact of this program on operative mortality and access to surgery for high-risk patients has not been clarified...- Off-pump bypass surgery and postoperative stroke: California coronary bypass outcomes reporting programZhongmin Li
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 4150 V St, Ste 2400, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 90:753-9. 2010..We performed this study to evaluate the relationship between postoperative stroke and OPCAB compared with conventional on-pump CABG (CCB) in a recent, large cohort of patients... 
Survival enhancing indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in CaliforniaZhongmin Li
Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:257. 2008..We performed this study to explore variations in clinical indications for CABG surgery among California hospitals and surgeons...
Hospital variation in readmission after coronary artery bypass surgery in CaliforniaZhongmin Li
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 5:729-37. 2012..Readmission rates also vary widely between hospitals, but the reasons for this variation have not been studied previously...- Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California, 2003 to 2005Zhongmin Li
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Am Heart J 156:1095-102. 2008..The impact of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (OPCAB) on operative mortality compared to conventional coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CCB) has not been clarified... - The "occasional open heart surgeon" revisitedJoseph S Carey
California Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and University of California, Davis, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 135:1254-60. 2008..Case volume in cardiac surgery has been a concern since the term "the occasional open heart surgeon" was used more than 40 years ago, indicating one who performs cardiac surgery infrequently... - Impact of public reporting of coronary artery bypass graft surgery performance data on market share, mortality, and patient selectionPatrick S Romano
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
Med Care 49:1118-25. 2011..The impact of publicly reporting risk-adjusted outcomes for hospitals and surgeons remains controversial, with particular concern about unintended consequences... - Coronary artery bypass operations for elderly patients in California, 2003 to 2008Zhongmin Li
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 93:1167-72. 2012..Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is no longer rare for elderly patients. This study evaluates operative mortality and the effects of off-pump CABG (OPCAB) on mortality for elderly Californians between 2003 and 2008... - The CABG surgery volume-outcome relationship: temporal trends and selection effects in California, 1998-2004James P Marcin
Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children s Hospital, and Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, 2516 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Health Serv Res 43:174-92. 2008.... - Contemporary clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of angiographically confirmed coronary stent thrombosis: results from a multicenter California registryKhung Keong Yeo
University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 79:550-6. 2012..To describe the contemporary treatment and outcomes for patients with angiographically confirmed (definite) stent thrombosis (ST)... - Severity of chronic kidney disease as a risk factor for operative mortality in nonemergent patients in the California coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes reporting programKhung Keong Yeo
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 101:1269-74. 2008..0001) had increasingly higher operative mortality. In conclusion, CKD stage based on National Kidney Foundation guidelines is an important predictor in risk stratification for operative mortality in patients undergoing nonemergent CABG... - Relation of race, ethnicity and cardiac surgeons to operative mortality rates in primary coronary artery bypass grafting in CaliforniaLuis R Castellanos
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 107:1-5. 2011..65, 95% CI 0.60 to 0.75). In conclusion, racial and ethnic minority patients who undergo isolated CABG in California may be more likely to be operated on by cardiac surgeons with higher RAMRs... - Operative mortality in women and men undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (from the California Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes Reporting Program)Radhika Nandur Bukkapatnam
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
Am J Cardiol 105:339-42. 2010..61, 95% confidence interval 1.40 to 1.84). In conclusion, data from the large state-mandated CCORP indicate that women are at increased risk of OM after isolated CABG compared to men, despite adjustment for preoperative risk factors... - Narrowing the gap: early and intermediate outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft procedures in California, 1997 to 2006Joseph S Carey
California Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Sacramento, CA, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138:1100-7. 2009..The overall impact of this treatment shift is uncertain. We examined the in-hospital mortality and complication rates for these procedures in California using a combined risk model... - Administrative versus clinical data for coronary artery bypass graft surgery report cards: the view from CaliforniaJoseph P Parker
Healthcare Outcomes Center, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, 818 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
Med Care 44:687-95. 2006.... - Clinical characteristics and 30-day mortality among Caucasians, Hispanics, Asians, And African-Americans in the 2003 California coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes reporting programKhung Keong Yeo
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 100:59-63. 2007..Although the predicted operative mortality for Hispanics, Asians, and African-Americans was significantly higher than that for Caucasians, there was no significant difference in the observed operative mortality... - Obesity and physical fitness in California school childrenMelanie Aryana
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, 95817 2307, USA
Am Heart J 163:302-12. 2012..3 million public school children in California. We evaluated serial changes in obesity and fitness in California school children following implementation of prevention steps in all California public schools... - Ventricular ectopy and long-term cardiac functionAndrew T Kwa
Division of Cardiology, University of California, Davis, USA
Crit Pathw Cardiol 10:52-4. 2011..Our data suggest that PVC burden observed in our study over approximately 3 years is not associated with a reduction in LVEF during follow-up in patients with baseline normal or mildly reduced systolic function...