Published in Am Heart J on December 01, 2010
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Use of patient registries and administrative datasets for the study of pediatric cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer (2015) 2.02
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Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.23
Variation in congenital heart surgery costs across hospitals. Pediatrics (2014) 1.22
Excess costs associated with complications and prolonged length of stay after congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2014) 1.03
Contemporary patterns of surgery and outcomes for aortic coarctation: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.02
Measuring hospital performance in congenital heart surgery: administrative versus clinical registry data. Ann Thorac Surg (2015) 0.94
Centre variation in cost and outcomes for congenital heart surgery. Cardiol Young (2012) 0.94
Hospital variation in postoperative infection and outcome after congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.90
The Impact of Differential Case Ascertainment in Clinical Registry Versus Administrative Data on Assessment of Resource Utilization in Pediatric Heart Surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2014) 0.89
Existing data analysis in pediatric critical care research. Front Pediatr (2014) 0.87
Linking the congenital heart surgery databases of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society: part 1--rationale and methodology. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2014) 0.87
Genome privacy: challenges, technical approaches to mitigate risk, and ethical considerations in the United States. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2016) 0.83
Linked Records of Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. Probabilistic Linkage without Use of Protected Health Information. Methods Inf Med (2015) 0.82
Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group: An Integrated Network for Congenital Heart Disease Research. Circulation (2016) 0.80
Heterotaxy: lessons learned about patterns of practice and outcomes from the congenital heart surgery database of the society of thoracic surgeons. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2011) 0.78
Opportunities and challenges in linking information across databases in pediatric cardiovascular medicine. Prog Pediatr Cardiol (2012) 0.77
Merging Children's Oncology Group Data with an External Administrative Database Using Indirect Patient Identifiers: A Report from the Children's Oncology Group. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
Linking clinical research data to population databases. Nurs Res (2013) 0.75
Databases for Congenital Heart Defect Public Health Studies Across the Lifespan. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.75
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 4.10
Linking inpatient clinical registry data to Medicare claims data using indirect identifiers. Am Heart J (2009) 3.57
Probabilistic record linkage is a valid and transparent tool to combine databases without a patient identification number. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 3.00
Verification of data in congenital cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.84
Report of the 2005 STS Congenital Heart Surgery Practice and Manpower Survey. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.50
Validation of probabilistic linkage to match de-identified ambulance records to a state trauma registry. Acad Emerg Med (2005) 2.16
Hospital mortality for Norwood and arterial switch operations as a function of institutional volume. Pediatr Cardiol (2007) 2.16
Nomenclature for congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: historical perspectives and The International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.10
National practice patterns for management of adult congenital heart disease: operation by pediatric heart surgeons decreases in-hospital death. Circulation (2008) 1.99
The importance of nomenclature for congenital cardiac disease: implications for research and evaluation. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.92
Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight is associated with increased mortality: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.85
Regulatory and ethical considerations for linking clinical and administrative databases. Am Heart J (2009) 1.75
Pediatric antihypertensive trial failures: analysis of end points and dose range. Hypertension (2008) 1.65
Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.57
Clinical effectiveness of coronary stents in elderly persons: results from 262,700 Medicare patients in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 1.55
Completeness of state administrative databases for surveillance of congenital heart disease. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol (2003) 1.36
Conducting pediatric cardiovascular trials. Introduction. Am Heart J (2001) 1.11
Relationships between emerging measures of heart failure processes of care and clinical outcomes. Am Heart J (2010) 1.06
The rationale for incorporation of HIPAA compliant unique patient, surgeon, and hospital identifier fields in the STS database. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 0.99
Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance. N Engl J Med (2010) 32.89
Ethical and scientific implications of the globalization of clinical research. N Engl J Med (2009) 11.42
Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med (2015) 9.70
Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography. N Engl J Med (2010) 9.38
Application of new cholesterol guidelines to a population-based sample. N Engl J Med (2014) 8.22
Door-to-balloon time and mortality among patients undergoing primary PCI. N Engl J Med (2013) 8.08
Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation. JAMA (2006) 7.81
Risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors following acute coronary syndrome. JAMA (2009) 7.78
Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. JAMA (2010) 6.91
Randomized trial of pulsed corticosteroid therapy for primary treatment of Kawasaki disease. N Engl J Med (2007) 6.22
Comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies. N Engl J Med (2012) 5.49
Comparison of shunt types in the Norwood procedure for single-ventricle lesions. N Engl J Med (2010) 5.43
Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.19
Time to treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and outcome from acute ischemic stroke. JAMA (2013) 5.05
Sex and racial differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among patients hospitalized with heart failure. JAMA (2007) 4.89
The management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: clinical practice guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 4.71
2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol (2014) 4.57
Impact of medication therapy discontinuation on mortality after myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2006) 4.44
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 1--coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 4.39
Compliance with results reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov. N Engl J Med (2015) 4.17
Variation in use of blood transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. JAMA (2010) 4.13
Effect of door-to-balloon time on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 4.11
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 4.10
Incidence of death and acute myocardial infarction associated with stopping clopidogrel after acute coronary syndrome. JAMA (2008) 4.06
Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 3.86
Clinical and economic implications of the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-II. Ann Intern Med (2005) 3.83
Pay for performance, quality of care, and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction. JAMA (2007) 3.79
Economic analysis of influenza vaccination and antiviral treatment for healthy working adults. Ann Intern Med (2002) 3.77
Excess dosing of antiplatelet and antithrombin agents in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. JAMA (2005) 3.72
Conversion of cardiovascular conference abstracts to publications. Circulation (2012) 3.71
Association between stroke center hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke and mortality. JAMA (2011) 3.68
Association of age and sex with myocardial infarction symptom presentation and in-hospital mortality. JAMA (2012) 3.66
An updated definition of stroke for the 21st century: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke (2013) 3.60
Linking inpatient clinical registry data to Medicare claims data using indirect identifiers. Am Heart J (2009) 3.57
Comparative efficacy of dronedarone and amiodarone for the maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 3.54
Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of premature discontinuation of thienopyridine therapy after drug-eluting stent placement: results from the PREMIER registry. Circulation (2006) 3.45
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 cardiac surgery risk models: part 2--isolated valve surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 3.45
Racial and ethnic differences in time to acute reperfusion therapy for patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction. JAMA (2004) 3.45
Number of coronary heart disease risk factors and mortality in patients with first myocardial infarction. JAMA (2011) 3.44
Bedside tool for predicting the risk of postoperative dialysis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Circulation (2006) 3.38
Timeliness of tissue-type plasminogen activator therapy in acute ischemic stroke: patient characteristics, hospital factors, and outcomes associated with door-to-needle times within 60 minutes. Circulation (2011) 3.30
Association between physician billing and cardiac stress testing patterns following coronary revascularization. JAMA (2011) 3.19
Executive summary: the management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: clinical practice guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.16
Risks of intracranial hemorrhage among patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving warfarin and treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. JAMA (2012) 3.07
BioMart Central Portal: an open database network for the biological community. Database (Oxford) (2011) 3.03
Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease: evaluation and management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2012) 3.02
Use of aldosterone antagonists in heart failure. JAMA (2009) 3.00
Cross-reactive immunologic material status affects treatment outcomes in Pompe disease infants. Mol Genet Metab (2010) 2.99
Long-term outcomes and costs of ventricular assist devices among Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA (2008) 2.96
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: outcomes comparison based on a large administrative database. Ann Surg (2004) 2.95
Peer-reviewed publication of clinical trials completed for pediatric exclusivity. JAMA (2006) 2.92
A decade of change--risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures, 1990-1999: a report from the STS National Database Committee and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 2.91
Outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States. JAMA (2013) 2.88
Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 2.87
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons: 30-day operative mortality and morbidity risk models. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 2.86
Treatments, trends, and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction and percutaneous coronary intervention. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 2.86
Verification of data in congenital cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.84
An MRI study of neurological injury before and after congenital heart surgery. Circulation (2002) 2.83
Identifying frailty in hospitalized older adults with significant coronary artery disease. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 2.82
Use of both internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients increases deep sternal wound infection. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 2.82
A taxonomy for disease management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Disease Management Taxonomy Writing Group. Circulation (2006) 2.81
Effectiveness of fundoplication at the time of gastrostomy in infants with neurological impairment. JAMA Pediatr (2013) 2.81
Coronary artery involvement in children with Kawasaki disease: risk factors from analysis of serial normalized measurements. Circulation (2007) 2.76
Brain maturation is delayed in infants with complex congenital heart defects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 2.71
The value of statistical analysis plans in observational research: defining high-quality research from the start. JAMA (2012) 2.69
Variation in outcomes for benchmark operations: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.67
Racial differences in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA (2009) 2.65
Predictors of adherence to performance measures in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Med (2012) 2.64
Impact of body weight and extreme obesity on the presentation, treatment, and in-hospital outcomes of 50,149 patients with ST-Segment elevation myocardial infarction results from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 2.63
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 1--Conceptual framework and measure selection. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 2.60
Quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery: part 2--Statistical considerations in composite measure scoring and provider rating. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 2.59