Publications by authors named "Andrea Barnow"
Introduction: This study evaluated the real-world clinical and economic outcomes associated with the use of the ThermoCool Surround Flow (SF) and ThermoCool catheters in atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation.
Methods: Adults with AF who underwent catheter ablation between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2016, in a hospital outpatient setting were identified from the Premier Healthcare Database. Using a search strategy of hospital-charge descriptors, patients were classified into two mutually exclusive groups: ThermoCool SF catheter and ThermoCool catheter.
Introduction: This study evaluated trends related to breast reconstruction and the factors associated with reconstruction.
Methods: Women with breast cancer aged 19 to 64 years who underwent a mastectomy procedure between July 1, 2011, and September 30, 2014, were identified from the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database. The first date of surgical procedure during this period was defined as the index date.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between hospital volume of prior THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH catheter use and health and economic outcomes among hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing ablation using this device.
Materials And Methods: Patients aged ≥18 years with a primary diagnosis of AF undergoing ablation treatment using the THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH catheter between January 2014 and June 2016 were identified from the Premier hospital database with the first date of such a procedure being defined as the index date. Hospital volume of prior THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH catheter use was determined during the 12-month pre-index period, and was classified into five groups: no volume (0), low volume (1-50), mid volume (51-100), high volume (101-150), and very high volume (≥151).