Providence Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research + Data Science (CARDS) is dedicated to leveraging our data and research infrastructure to accelerate innovation and discovery in heart and vascular health for the betterment of patient care. To support Providence Heart Institute’s research and quality efforts, the CARDS center includes analytics, registries, biostatistics, publications, and clinical trials. CARDS investigates the treatments, technologies and processes that lead to the best patient outcomes in service to high-value cardiovascular care. CARDS conducts research ‘in the context of clinical practice’, asking and answering important questions that will shape patient care and influence how our health care delivery systems are organized. CARDS leverages Providence’s real-world health care experience to create new knowledge.

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Submissions from 2020

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Global impact of the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave on vascular services., Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) COVER study collaborative and Brant Ullery (Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) COVER study collaborative)

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A multicenter trial of a shared DECision Support Intervention for Patients offered implantable Cardioverter-DEfibrillators: DECIDE-ICD rationale, design, Medicare changes, and pilot data., Bryan C Wallace, Larry A Allen, Christopher E Knoepke, Russell E Glasgow, Carmen L Lewis, Diane L Fairclough, Laura J Helmkamp, Monica D Fitzgerald, Wendy S Tzou, Daniel B Kramer, Paul D Varosy, Sanjaya K Gupta, John M Mandrola, Scott Brancato, Pamela N Peterson, and Daniel D Matlock

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Select Drug-Drug Interactions With Direct Oral Anticoagulants: JACC Review Topic of the Week., Barbara S Wiggins, Dave L Dixon, Ron R Neyens, Robert L Page, and Tyler J Gluckman

Embolization: thrombus, air, other, Jason R Wollmuth

Faculty panel - Intelligent intervention. Complex case examples incorporating lessons from SYNTAX 2, Jason R Wollmuth

High risk PCI program implementation and protocol development, Jason R Wollmuth

Live case panelist, case 3 & 4, Jason R Wollmuth

Live case panelist, case 5 & 6, Jason R Wollmuth

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New Advances in Avoiding Complications - Single Site Access in Impella-Assisted CTO PCI, Jason R Wollmuth

Retrograde CTO PCI, Jason R Wollmuth

Revascularization, support, and unloading: past, present, and future directions – protect IV: the synergy of MCS and complete revascularization, Jason R Wollmuth

Side branch access, Jason R Wollmuth

Single access Impella, Jason R Wollmuth

Treating LV dysfunction – impact of complete revascularization on improvement in EF and heart failure, Jason R Wollmuth

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Treating LV dysfunction – impact of complete revascularization on improvement in EF and heart failure, Jason R Wollmuth

Understanding how the use of routine oct workflow changes physician decisions: LightLab insights, Jason R Wollmuth

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Facilitating the identification of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure and the assessment of their readmission risk through the Patient Navigator Program., Carolyn M Wu, Nancy M Albert, Tyler J Gluckman, Di Lu, Susan Rogers, Julie Mobayed, Shilpa Patel, and William S Weintraub

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COVID-19 lessons learned from China: disease management, clinical research and health policy, Wenhong Zhang, Sten H. Vermund, Xiaoyan Huang, and Kevin Ye

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Boosting NAD level suppresses inflammatory activation of PBMCs in heart failure., Bo Zhou, Dennis Ding-Hwa Wang, Yanhua Qiu, Sophia Airhart, Yaxin Liu, April Stempien-Otero, Kevin D O'Brien, and Rong Tian

Submissions from 2019

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Association of Ambulatory Hemodynamic Monitoring With Clinical Outcomes in a Concurrent Matched Control Analysis., Jacob Abraham, Rupinder Bharmi, Orvar Jonsson, Guilherme H Oliveira, Andre Artis, Ali Valika, Robert Capodilupo, Philip B Adamson, Gregory Roberts, Nirav Dalal, Akshay S Desai, and Raymond L Benza

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Internal Jugular Vein as Alternative Access for Implantation of a Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor., Jacob Abraham, Patrick McCann, L Wang, Amanda Schnell Heringer, Jeff Paulsen, Jay Chappell, Joshua Remick, Daniel Westerdahl, Rebecca Lewis, Katherine Callis, Kateri Spinelli, and Liviu Klein

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Hemodynamic, Therapeutic, and Clinical Outcomes of Ambulatory Pressure-Guided Heart Failure Management, Jacob Abraham, L Wang, Rebecca Lewis, Katherine Callis, Joshua Remick, and Kateri Spinelli

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Development and Initial Validation of the PROMIS®-Plus-HF Profile Measure., Faraz S Ahmad, Michael A Kallen, Karen E Schifferdecker, Kathleen L Carluzzo, Susan E Yount, Jill M Gelow, Peter A McCullough, Stephen E Kimmel, Elliot S Fisher, and David Cella

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Abstract 101: The Development and Initial Validation of PROMIS-Plus-HF Profile Measure, Faraz S. Ahmad, Michael A. Kallen, Karen E. Schifferdecker, Kathleen L. Carluzzo, Susan E. Yount, Jill M Gelow, Peter A. McCullough, Stephen E. Kimmel, Elliot S. Fisher, and David Cella

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Abstract 103: Clinical Process and Outcome Improvements Based on Within Site Communication: Insights from the Patient Navigator Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Program, Nancy M. Albert, Tyler J Gluckman, Robert McNamara, Gregg C. Fonarow, Adnan Malik, Ralph G. Brindis, Di Lu, Smita Negi, Susan Rogers, and Julie Mobayed

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The Association of Patient Navigator Program Features and Hospital Strategies with Processes and Outcome Metrics in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure, NM Albert, Tyler J Gluckman, RL McNamara, GC Fonarow, A Malik, RG Brindis, D Lu, S Negi, S Rogers, and J Mobayed

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Clinician's Guide to the Updated ABCs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Review Part 1., Kelly Arps, Vincent A Pallazola, Rhanderson Cardoso, Joseph Meyer, Richard Jones, Jacqueline Latina, Tyler J Gluckman, Neil J Stone, Roger S Blumenthal, and John W McEvoy

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Clinician's Guide to the Updated ABCs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Review Part 2., Kelly Arps, Vincent A Pallazola, Rhanderson Cardoso, Joseph Meyer, Richard Jones, Jacqueline Latina, Tyler J Gluckman, Neil J Stone, Roger S Blumenthal, and John W McEvoy

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Device-detected congestion is associated with worse patient-reported outcomes in heart failure., Jonathan P Auld, James O Mudd, Jill M Gelow, Karen S Lyons, Shirin O Hiatt, and Christopher S Lee

High Tech, Meet High Touch, James G Beckerman

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Play Smart Youth Heart Screening Program Reduces False-Positive Rates for Screening Electrocardiograms, James G Beckerman, M Wang, Lydia Hibsch, and Nancy Davis

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Do annuloplasty rings designed to treat ischemic/functional mitral regurgitation alter left-ventricular dimensions in the acutely ischemic ovine heart?, Wolfgang Bothe, John-Peder Escobar Kvitting, Manuel K Rausch, Tomasz A Timek, Julia C Swanson, David H Liang, Mario Walther, Ellen Kuhl, Neil B Ingels, and D Craig Miller

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Abstract 9573: Advance Care Planning and Prognosis Education in Patients With Heart Failure: Insights from the NCDR PINNACLE Registry, Casey Cavanagh, Lindsey Rosman, Philip Chui, Karl E. Minges, Nihar R. Desai, Sarah Goodlin, Savitri Fedson, John A. Spertus, Tyler J Gluckman, Yang Song, Alexander Turchin, Gheorghe Doros, Jane J. Lee, and Matthew M. Burg

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Cross-classification of physical and affective symptom clusters and 180-day event-free survival in moderate to advanced heart failure., Quin E Denfeld, Julie T Bidwell, Jill M Gelow, James O Mudd, Christopher V Chien, Shirin O Hiatt, and Christopher S Lee

50 Years of Heart Valve Replacement: Effect of Prosthesis Choice on Long-Term Outcomes, Anthony P Furnary

Pharmacologic therapies to improve HF outcomes, Jill M Gelow

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Implications of Left Ventricular Geometry in Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis: A PARTNER 2 Trial Subanalysis., Zachary M Gertz, Philippe Pibarot, Pamela S Douglas, Sammy Elmariah, Maria C Alu, Thomas McAndrew, Yiran Zhang, Robert W. Hodson, Rebecca T Hahn, Neil J Weissman, Brian R Lindman, Marie-Annick Clavel, Stamatios Lerakis, Amr E Abbas, Vinod H Thourani, Susheel Kodali, Samir Kapadia, Rakesh M Suri, Raj Makkar, Michael Mack, Martin B Leon, and Howard C Herrmann

A case study on many views on value: Aortic valve replacement, Tyler J Gluckman

Advances in Heart Failure Management: How Will Recent Guideline Change Impact Your Treatment Selections, Tyler J Gluckman

Advances in heart failure management: How will recent guideline changes impact your treatment selections?, Tyler J Gluckman

Beyond the New Hypertension Guidelines: Understanding and Implementing in Current Practice - Executive Summary What Has Changed?, Tyler J Gluckman

Beyond the New Hypertension Guidelines: Understanding and Implementing in Current Practice - We Should Have Left it Alone: JNC7 Was Just Fine, Tyler J Gluckman

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Chapter: Quality of care, appropriate utilization criteria, the ACC-NCDR and professional code of ethics, Tyler J Gluckman

Closing the stroke prevention gap in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation—Real world data and its impact on patient outcomes., Tyler J Gluckman

How Can ACCorg Help You Implement Cholesterol Guidelines in Your Practice, Tyler J Gluckman

How should my approach to high blood pressure change? Key takeaways from the guidelines and case-based blood pressure pearls, Tyler J Gluckman

How should my approach to hypertension change? Key Takeaways from the Guidelines and Case-based BP Pearls, Tyler J Gluckman

Interprofessional Heart Teams: What are They and Why do I Need Them?, Tyler J Gluckman

Intersection of Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants--What to do When a Patient Needs Both?, Tyler J Gluckman

Intersection of antiplatelets and anticoagulants—What to do when a patient needs both?, Tyler J Gluckman

Making the Most Out of ACCorg: Optimizing Your Experience with Your Digital Home, Tyler J Gluckman

Managing LDL-cholesterol with PCSK9 inhibitors: Identifying the patients, optimizing the outcomes, Tyler J Gluckman

Managing treatment gaps with PCSK9 inhibitors, Tyler J Gluckman

Meeting the triple (quadruple) aim: How do we collectively care for the patient? What does this mean for the health system?, Tyler J Gluckman

Overcoming Access Barriers and Practice Challenges to PCSK9 Inhibitor Implementation, Tyler J Gluckman

PCSK9 inhibitors: Addressing the unmet needs in hypercholesterolemia, Tyler J Gluckman

Pitfalls and challenges in the road to quality: Navigating and avoiding potholes, Tyler J Gluckman

Putting Your NCDR Registry to Work, Tyler J Gluckman

Redesigning quality of care and performance measures for primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD, Tyler J Gluckman

Strategies to Stomp Out Unwanted Clinical Care Variation: A Case-Based Approach, Tyler J Gluckman

Tailoring LDL-C lowering therapy to patient cardiovascular risk: Identifying effective strategies for patients with diabetes, Tyler J Gluckman

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Transradial Access Strategy Provides Most Benefit for PCI-Related Bleeding, Tyler J Gluckman

Treating high-risk patients with non-statin therapy for LDL-C lowering: Optimizing clinical outcomes, Tyler J Gluckman

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Abstract 13987: Underutilization of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in At-Risk Patients With Atrial Fibrillation—Insights From a Multistate Healthcare System, Tyler J Gluckman, Amir Ali, Mansen Wang, Howard Mun, Sally Alfred, and John L. Petersen

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Abstract 14012: Opportunities to Improve the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation—Insights From a Multistate Healthcare System, Tyler J Gluckman, Amir Ali, Mansen Wang, Howard Mun, Sally Alfred, and John L. Petersen

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A PROmise to Improve Cardiovascular Care., Tyler J Gluckman, Lynne W Stevenson, and Richard Kovacs

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Streamlining Evaluation and Management Payment to Reduce Clinician Burden., Tyler J Gluckman and James J Vavricek

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Differential impact of bleeding avoidance strategies on risk-adjusted PCI-related bleeding rates within a large multistate health system, Tyler J Gluckman, L Wang, Kateri Spinelli, JL Petersen, P Huang, and SV Rao

What Are These Squiggly Lines? Fast Basics to Interpret 12-Lead ECGs, Benjamin J Hartwig

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Review of evidence for bosentan therapy for treatment of Eisenmenger syndrome., Benjamin J Hartwig and Benjamin Schultze

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TCT-77 Transcarotid Versus Subclavian/Axillary Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Real-World Comparative Outcomes Utilizing the TVT Registry, James Hermiller, David Heimansohn, Sina Moainie, Eric B Kirker, Ethan C Korngold, Robert W. Hodson, Adnan Chhatriwalla, John Saxon, Keith Allen, Raymond McKay, and Mohiuddin Cheema

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Intrathoracic complications associated with trans-femoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Implications for emergency surgical preparedness., Robert W. Hodson, Ruyun Jin, Michael Ring, Sameer Gafoor, Shawnna Verburg, Eric J Lehr, and Kateri Spinelli

CCO 20: What can you do to prepare for value-based care, Xiaoyan Huang

HF Forum: Heart Failure Management Beyond Hospitalization, Xiaoyan Huang

Medical Neighborhood 20: Why Should Specialists Care?, Xiaoyan Huang

Prevention Forum: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Policy, Guidelines and Strategy, Xiaoyan Huang

Standardized Training of Cardiovascular Specialists: Bridging the Gap: Case Discussion, Xiaoyan Huang

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Transforming Specialty Practice in Pursuit of Value-Based Care: Results from an Integrated Cardiology Practice, Xiaoyan Huang, Lesley Jones Larson, Lian Wang, Kateri Spinelli, and Meredith Rosenthal

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Highlights from Selected Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Studies Presented at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Congress., Xiaoming Jia, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Tyler J Gluckman, Yochai Birnbaum, and Salim S Virani

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Abstract 11163: Lipid Monitoring and Treatment Intensification of Cholesterol Lowering Therapies - Insight From the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Xiaoming Jia, David J. Ramsey, Mahmoud al Rifai, Sarah T. Ahmed, Julia M. Akeroyd, Dave L. Dixon, Tyler J Gluckman, Vijay Nambi, Christie M. Ballantine, Laura A. Petersen, Neil J. Stone, and Salim S. Virani

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Impact of Lipid Monitoring on Treatment Intensification of Cholesterol Lowering Therapies (from the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System)., Xiaoming Jia, David J Ramsey, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Sarah T Ahmed, Julia M Akeroyd, Dave L Dixon, Ty J Gluckman, Vijay Nambi, Christie M Ballantyne, Laura A Petersen, Neil J Stone, and Salim S Virani

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TCT-804 Outcomes of Trans-Carotid TAVR in a high-Volume Center, BM Jones, Ethan C Korngold, Robert W. Hodson, Shih-Ting Chiu, V Kumar, and Eric B Kirker

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TCT-142 Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With STS PROM of ≤3%, Jackson King, Morgan Black, Ruyun Jin, Gary Grunkemeier, Brydan Curtis, Robert W. Hodson, and Michael Ring

Alternative Access Approaches in TAVR, Eric B Kirker

Case-Based Access Challenges Panel Discussant, Eric B Kirker

Structural IV Panel Discussant, Eric B Kirker

Live Case: Transcarotid TAVR, Eric B Kirker and Ethan C Korngold

Considerations for Managing TAVR and Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease in 2020: Challenging Coronary Access Case, Ethan C Korngold

CTO Crossing 1: Case Examples of Wire Escalation, Ethan C Korngold

Embrace Left Distal Radial Access: It’s the New and Best Approach!, Ethan C Korngold

Large-Bore Access and Closure: Resolution, Ethan C Korngold

Live Cases #6 - Live Case Discussant, Ethan C Korngold

Now That I See It, I Know How To Treat It! Presentation and Hands-On Session 1, Ethan C Korngold

Now That I See It, I Know How To Treat It! Presentation and Hands-On Session 2, Ethan C Korngold

PCI in the OBL/ASC Setting: Is it Safe?, Ethan C Korngold

SFA Intervention: De-Bulking, Complex Lesions, and Definitive Therapy - Training Pavilion Faculty, Ethan C Korngold

Structural Complications: Aortic Annular Rupture, And More, Ethan C Korngold

TAVR With Difficult Access: The Transcarotid Approach, Ethan C Korngold

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Heart Failure Symptom Biology in Response to Ventricular Assist Device Implantation., Christopher S Lee, James O Mudd, Karen S Lyons, Quin E Denfeld, Corrine Y Jurgens, Bradley E Aouizerat, Jill M Gelow, Christopher V Chien, Emily Aarons, and Kathleen L Grady

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Solution Sets to Generate Actionable Knowledge for Cardiovascular Care., Thomas M Maddox, Tyler J Gluckman, John Doherty, and Richard J Kovacs