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

Non-communicable Diseases and the Toll it has Taken, Tyler J Gluckman

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

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Remote Patient Monitoring to Help with Cardiovascular Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tyler J Gluckman

We have a service line: now what?, Tyler J Gluckman

We started. Now we need to implement (and get paid for) these subspecialty clinics, Tyler J Gluckman

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Managing Chronic Disease During COVID-19: Views From the US and Europe, Tyler J Gluckman, Katie Berlacher, and Simon G. Ray

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Trends in Diagnosis Related Groups for Inpatient Admissions and Associated Changes in Payment From 2012 to 2016., Tyler J Gluckman, Kateri Spinelli, Mansen Wang, Amir Yazdani, Gary Grunkemeier, Steven M Bradley, Jason H Wasfy, Abhinav Goyal, Andrew Oseran, and Karen E Joynt Maddox

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How can remote patient monitoring help with cardiovascular prevention during COVID-19?, Tyler J Gluckman and Pam Taub

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What is home-based cardiac rehabilitation and how could it be used during COVID-19?, Tyler J Gluckman and Pam Taub

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What telehealth strategies are available to address stress, anxiety, physical inactivity, suboptimal nutrition and ongoing tobacco use in patients with cardiovascular disease?, Tyler J Gluckman and Pam Taub

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Differential Use and Impact of Bleeding Avoidance Strategies on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-Related Bleeding Stratified by Predicted Risk., Tyler J Gluckman, L Wang, Kateri Spinelli, John Petersen, Paul P Huang, Amit Amin, John C Messenger, and Sunil V Rao

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Case Rates, Treatment Approaches, and Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, Tyler J Gluckman, Michael Wilson, Shih-Ting Chiu, Brian Penny, Vinaya Chepuri, John Waggoner, and Kateri Spinelli

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Race, Ethnicity, & Social Determinants in COVID-19: An Expert Panel Discussion, Tyler J Gluckman, Clyde W. Yancy, and Shrilla Banerjee

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Invited Commentary. Mitral valve replacement with a third-generation porcine valve: an Italian multicenter study, Gary Grunkemeier

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Finding a Path to Inspiration, Xiaoyan Huang

Practicing Cardiology in Portland 2020: Amidst Covid, Protests and Fire, Xiaoyan Huang

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Early cost-utility analysis of tissue-engineered heart valves compared to bioprostheses in the aortic position in elderly patients., Simone A Huygens, Isaac Corro Ramos, Carlijn V C Bouten, Jolanda Kluin, Shih Ting Chiu, Gary Grunkemeier, Johanna J M Takkenberg, and Maureen P M H Rutten-van Mölken

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Implementation of a Cardiogenic Shock Protocol and Data Review Process is Associated With Improved In-Hospital Survival, Adrienne Jones, Renee Swanson, Kateri Spinelli, Joshua Remick, Daniel Westerdahl, Jill M Gelow, David Hotchkin, Jason Wells, Tim Lewis, Robert Kim, Jeff Robinson, Roxanna Barr, Sarah Ramelli, and Jacob Abraham

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Rapid ventricular pacing during transcatheter valve procedures using an internal device and programmer: A demonstration of feasibility., BM Jones, Yash Jobanputra, Amar Krishnaswamy, Stephanie Mick, Mandeep Bhargava, Bruce L Wilkoff, and Samir R Kapadia

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The Impact of Laser Use on the Outcomes of Balloon Uncrossable and Balloon Undilatable Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Judit Karacsonyi, Khaldoon Alaswad, James Choi, Jaikirshan Khatri, Farouc Amin Jaffer, Paul Poomipanit, Farshad Forouzandeh, Michalis Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Mitul Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Oleg Krestyaninov, Brian Jefferson, Taral Patel, Alpesh Shah, Raj Chadwaney, Jason R Wollmuth, Abdul Sheikh, Robert Yeh, Hector Tamez, Wissam Jaber, Habib Samady, Bilal Milak, Srinivasa Potluri, Barry Uretsky, Anthony Doing, Philip Dattilo, Basem Elbarouni, Michael Love, Evangelia Vemmou, Ilias Nikolakopoulos, Iosif Xenogiannis, Bavana Rangan, Santiago Garcia, Imre Ungi, Ahmed ElGuindy, Omer Goktekin, Nidal Abi Rafeh, and Emmanouli Brilakis

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Facebook Live: Case rates, treatment approaches, and outcomes in heart patients during COVID-19, Laurie Kelly and Tyler J Gluckman

Continuity of care and outpatient management for patients with and at high risk for cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scientific statement from the American Society for Preventive Cardiology., Amit Khera, Seth J Baum, Tyler J Gluckman, Martha Gulati, Seth S Martin, Erin D Michos, Ann Marie Navar, Pam R Taub, Peter P Toth, Salim S Virani, Nathan D Wong, and Michael D Shapiro

Transcarotid Versus Subclavian/Axillary Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of Real World Data, Eric B Kirker

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Transcarotid vs Subclavian/Axillary Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with SAPIEN 3., Eric B Kirker, Ethan C Korngold, Robert W. Hodson, BM Jones, Raymond McKay, Mohiuddin Cheema, David Heimansohn, Sina Moainie, James Hermiller, Adnan Chatriwalla, John Saxon, and Keith B Allen

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Patient and Physician Predictors of FFR/iFR Utilization in ACS and SIHD, Payal Kohli, Peiqi Wang, Andrew Wang, Lucy Liu, Ali Weinstein, Jeptha P. Curtis, John A. Spertus, Jonathan P. Piccini, Marty Makary, and Tyler J Gluckman

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Adoption of a Strategy of Cerebral Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated with Fewer Neurologic Events in a Large Volume Center, EC Korngold, EB Kirker, Robert W. Hodson, Ruyun Jin, Kateri Spinelli, Shih-Ting Chiu, S Verburg, V Kumar, and BM Jones

Adoption of a Strategy of Cerebral Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement is Associated with Fewer Neurologic Events in a Large Volume Center, Ethan C Korngold

Intravascular Lithotripsy for Peripheral Artery Disease and Vascular Access, Ethan C Korngold

Strategies for Aorto-Iliac CTO Crossing, Ethan C Korngold

Transcarotid TAVR: The best alternative, Ethan C Korngold

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Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Margaret Krasne, Tyler J Gluckman, Joseph Edward Marine, Roger S. Blumenthal, and Garima Sharma

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2020 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation or Venous Thromboembolism Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee, Dharam J. Kumbhani, Christopher P. Cannon, Craig J. Beavers, Deepak L. Bhatt, Adam Cuker, Tyler J Gluckman, Joseph E. Marine, Roxana Mehran, Steven R. Messe, Nimesh S. Patel, Benjamin E. Peterson, Kenneth Rosenfield, Sarah A. Spinler, and Vinod H. Thourani

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Guidance for Cardiac Electrophysiology During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic from the Heart Rhythm Society COVID-19 Task Force; Electrophysiology Section of the American College of Cardiology; and the Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association., Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy, Mina K Chung, Rakesh Gopinathannair, Kristen K Patton, Tyler J Gluckman, Mohit Turagam, Jim Cheung, Parin Patel, Jaun Sotomonte, Rachel Lampert, Janet K Han, Bharath Rajagopalan, Lee Eckhardt, Jose Joglar, Kristin Sandau, Brian Olshansky, Elaine Wan, Peter A Noseworthy, Miguel Leal, Elizabeth Kaufman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Joseph M Marine, Paul J Wang, and Andrea M Russo

Coronary Atherosclerosis & Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Subjects with Clonal Hematopoiesis, Michael Layoun

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Abstract 219: Use of Machine Learning Models to Identify Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patients at Very High Risk for Future Events in a Multi-state Health Care System, Hsin-Fang Li, Amir Ali, Kateri Spinelli, A Sajja, SS Virani, SS Martin, and Tyler J Gluckman

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COVID-19 Clinical Guidance For the Cardiovascular Care Team, Thomas M. Maddox, Eric C. Stecker, Biykem Bozkurt, Nathalie DeMichelis, John U. Doherty, Andrew Freeman, Tyler J Gluckman, Dipti Itchhaporia, Andrew P. Miller, Andrea L. Price, Lonny Reisman, Prem Soman, Mohammad Madjid, Scott D. Solomon, and Orly Vardeny

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The Impact of Local Heart Allocation on Post-Transplant Survival, Vidang P. Nguyen and T Dardas

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Chapter: Primary Care of the Adult Heart Transplant Recipient, Vidang P. Nguyen, Andy Y. Lee, and Richard K. Cheng

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Chapter: Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge-to-Transplant, Vidang P. Nguyen and Song Li

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Epidemiology, Clinical Spectrum and Implications for the Cardiovascular Clinician, Ohad Oren, Stephen L. Kopecky, Tyler J Gluckman, Bernard J. Gersh, and Roger S. Blumenthal

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The Use of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Implications: Understanding Safety Discrepancies to Improve Interpretation and Design of Clinical Trials., Ohad Oren, Eric H Yang, Tyler J Gluckman, Erin D Michos, Roger S Blumenthal, and Bernard J Gersh

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Intermediate-Term Left Ventricular Function Following Non-Emergent Impella Protected PCI: Restore EF Study, Mitul Patel, Jason R Wollmuth, Thom Dahle, Craig Thompson, Ehtisham Mahmud, and D. Lynn Morris

Advanced symposium peripheral arterial disease: controversies in treatment, Alejandro Perez

Hyperbaric medicine hyperbaric oxygen therapy: monoplace chamber, Alejandro Perez

Peripheral artery disease: basic principles for the wound care clinician, Alejandro Perez

Updates in Venous Disease Management, Alejandro Perez

Vascular testing, know why provider wants testing, Alejandro Perez

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Quality review and education as method of improving guideline adherence for medication prescription and outcomes among vascular interventionalists performing non-cardiac vascular surgeries, Alejandro Perez, Shih-Ting Chiu, A Manning, and Brant W Ullery

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Comparison of Echocardiographic Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Edwards S3 23 MM Versus Medtronic Evolut 26 MM Valves, Michael Ring, Ruyun Jin, Rollie Parrish, Brydan Curtis, Matthew Forrester, Branden Reynolds, and Sameer Gafoor

Comparison of echocardiographic outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement with Edwards S3 23mm versus Medtronic Evolut 26mm valves, Michael Ring, Ruyun Jin, Rollie Parrish, Brydan Curtis, Matthew Forrester, Branden Reynolds, and Sameer Gafoor

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Presentation and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry., Fatima Rodriguez, Nicole Solomon, James A de Lemos, Sandeep R Das, David A Morrow, Steven M Bradley, Mitchell S V Elkind, Joseph H Williams Iv, DaJuanicia Holmes, Roland A Matsouaka, Divya Gupta, Tyler J Gluckman, Marwah Abdalla, Michelle A Albert, Clyde W Yancy, and Tracy Y Wang

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Clinical Characteristics of Patients Classified as Very High Risk and Not Very High Risk Based on the 2018 AHA/ACC Multi-Society Cholesterol Guideline, Aparna Sajja, Amir Ali, Hsin-Fang Li, Kateri Spinelli, Salim S. Virani, Seth Shay Martin, and Tyler J Gluckman

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Lower Rates of Heart Failure and All-Cause Hospitalizations During Pulmonary Artery Pressure-Guided Therapy for Ambulatory Heart Failure: One-Year Outcomes From the CardioMEMS Post-Approval Study., David M Shavelle, Akshay S Desai, William T Abraham, Robert C Bourge, Nirav Raval, Lisa D Rathman, J Thomas Heywood, Rita A Jermyn, Jamie Pelzel, Orvar T Jonsson, Maria Rosa Costanzo, John D Henderson, Marie-Elena Brett, Philip B Adamson, Lynne W Stevenson, CardioMEMS Post-Approval Study Investigators, and Jacob Abraham (CardioMEMS Post-Approval Study Investigator)

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The Role of Hemodynamic Support in High-risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Charles Simonton, Craig Thompson, Jason R Wollmuth, D Lynn Morris, and Thom G. Dahle

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Breaking the Mold: Designing Health Plans That Do Not Impede Delivery of High-Value Care., Eric C Stecker, Lonny Reisman, Larry A Allen, and Tyler J Gluckman

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The Clinician Role in Health Care Delivery and Innovation: A Powerful Voice for Transforming Care, James Stewart, Robert Widmer, Lynda Young, Thomas Jenkins, Xiaoyan Huang, Robert Oliver, and Kathleen Schatz

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Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment and Classification of In-Hospital Mortality Risk Among Patients With Cardiogenic Shock., Katherine L Thayer, Elric Zweck, Mohyee Ayouty, A Reshad Garan, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Claudius Mahr, Kevin J Morine, Sarah Newman, Lena Jorde, Jillian L Haywood, Neil M Harwani, Michele L Esposito, Carlos D Davila, Detlef Wencker, Shashank S Sinha, Esther Vorovich, Jacob Abraham, William O'Neill, James Udelson, Daniel Burkhoff, and Navin K Kapur

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2020 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Management of Bleeding in Patients on Oral Anticoagulants: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee., Gordon F Tomaselli, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Adam Cuker, Paul P Dobesh, John U Doherty, John W Eikelboom, Roberta Florido, Tyler J Gluckman, William J Hucker, Roxana Mehran, Steven R Messé, Alexander C Perino, Fatima Rodriguez, Ravindra Sarode, Deborah M Siegal, and Barbara S Wiggins

Device selection in TEVAR, Brant Ullery

Grand Rounds: Spinal protection strategies in contemporary aortic surgery, Brant Ullery

Management of abdominal aortic aneurysms with hostile infrarenal necks, Brant Ullery

Nearly 30 years of EVAR: Contemporary insights on long-term durability, Brant Ullery

Peripheral artery disease: Patient treatment, selection and device options in vascular surgery, Brant Ullery

Practical tools as healthcare emerges from the pandemic, Brant Ullery

Role of TEVAR in acute aortic syndromes, Brant Ullery

Supporting ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm cases, Brant Ullery

Technical challenges in the treatment of ruptured AAAs. How to salvage the opportunity for ruptured EVAR, Brant Ullery

TEVAR in the fragile aorta, Brant Ullery

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Trends in vascular complications and associated treatment strategies following transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement., Brant W Ullery, Ruyun Jin, Eric B Kirker, Greg Hayes, Leland Siwek, James Brevig, Robert W. Hodson, and Kateri Spinelli

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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