Baystate Medical Center

Outcomes of heart failure hospitalizations in adults with heterogeneous subtypes of muscular dystrophy: a nationwide analysis in the united states

Muscular dystrophies (MDs) may cause heart failure (HF), but outcomes specific to MD-related HF are poorly characterized. We evaluated outcomes of HF hospitalizations in patients with MDs compared to patients without MD in the United States. Discharge data from HF hospitalization...

Medicaid ACO Implementation and Pediatric Asthma Care Equity

OBJECTIVES: Poorly controlled asthma disproportionately impacts children from lower-income and racially or ethnically minority groups. We examined whether Massachusetts Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) implementation was associated with improved pediatric asthma care...

Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Is Pulsed Field Ablation the Next Paradigm Shift?

Ventricular tachycardia ablation in nonischemic cardiomyopathy remains limited by high recurrence rates despite advances in catheter-based techniques. In nonischemic cardiomyopathy, the arrhythmogenic substrate is often heterogeneous and may involve intramural or epicardial myoca...