Publications by authors named "A Ghajar"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at deaths in the US caused by problems with the heart's electrical system (conduction abnormalities) from 1999 to 2022.
- About 207,861 people died from these issues, with a big spike in deaths during the COVID-19 years (2020-2021).
- Males and non-Hispanic Black individuals had higher death rates, especially in rural areas compared to big cities, showing that more work is needed to help those groups.
Background: There is an evolving need to evaluate atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL) mortality trends across races, sexes, geographic regions and urbanization statuses to better understand management inequalities.
Methods: This observational study utilized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) database. Mortality rates due to AF/AFL as underlying and contributing causes of death between 2010 and 2020 were investigated.
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a life-threatening disease with high morbidity and mortality.
Objectives: To describe temporal trends in IE incidence, mortality and survival over the last 30 years.
Methods: Nineteen high-income countries (the 'EU 15+') were included.
Background: Observational and trial data have revealed significant improvement in cardiogenic shock (CS) mortality due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after introducing early coronary revascularization. Less is known about CS mortality due to heart failure (HF), which is increasingly recognized as a distinct entity from AMI-CS.
Methods And Results: In this nationwide observational study, the CDC WONDER database was used to identify national trends in age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) due to CS (HF vs.