Publications by authors named "Anish B Bhatt"
Physician-Specific Practice Patterns About Discharge Readiness and Heart Failure Utilization Outcomes.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes
November 2018
Background: Although hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure (HF) is common and associated with poor outcomes and high costs, few evidence-based recommendations are available to guide patient management. Thus, management of inpatient HF remains heterogeneous. We evaluated if physician-specific self-reported HF practice patterns were associated with 2 important contributors to resource utilization: length of stay (LOS) and 30-day readmission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We investigated the association of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities with markers of insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction in a cross-sectional study of type 2 diabetes patients.
Methods: Electrocardiographic criteria were evaluated in the Penn Diabetes Heart Study participants (n = 1671; 64% male; 61% Caucasian), including a sub-sample (n = 710) that underwent oral glucose tolerance testing. The Matsuda Insulin Sensitivity Index and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) estimated insulin sensitivity; Insulinogenic Index and homeostasis model assessment of beta-cell function assessed beta-cell function.
Objective: While recent genomic studies have focused attention on triglyceride (TG) rich lipoproteins in cardiovascular disease (CVD), little is known of very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) relationship with atherosclerosis and CVD. We examined, in a high-risk type-2 diabetic population, the association of plasma VLDL-C with coronary artery calcification (CAC).
Methods: The Penn Diabetes Heart Study (PDHS) is a cross-sectional study of CVD risk factors in type-2 diabetics (n = 2118, mean age 59.