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Prosthetic valve type for patients undergoing aortic valve replacement: a decision analysis11The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government. [PDF]

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2000
In two large, randomized, clinical trials long-term survival after aortic valve replacement (AVR) was similar for patients receiving tissue and mechanical aortic heart valve prostheses. Higher bleeding rates among patients with mechanical valves, who must receive permanent oral anticoagulation to prevent thromboembolism, were offset by higher ...
Nancy J. O. Birkmeyer, John D. Birkmeyer, Anna N.A. Tosteson, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Charles A.S. Marrin, Gerald T. O’Connor   +5 more
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Multimorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders among housed and homeless U.S. veterans [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Housing can be an important social determinant of mental health, which is why it is important to understand how mental health disorders (MHDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) cluster and vary by housing instability.
Jack Tsai, Dorota Szymkowiak, Hind Beydoun   +2 more
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Receipt of medications for opioid use disorders among veterans by race/ethnicity and legal involvement: an observational study of electronic health records [PDF]

Health & Justice
Background The Veterans Health Administration has made strides to improve access to medications for opioid use disorder overall. However, quality improvement methods to assess treatment gaps may not sufficiently detect differences in medication access by
Andrea K. Finlay, Ekaterina Pivovarova, Mengfei Yu, Christine Timko, Ingrid A. Binswanger, David Smelson, Emmeline Taylor, Alex H. S. Harris   +7 more
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Regional and racial differences in response to antihypertensive medication use in a randomized controlled trial of men with hypertension in the United States. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents.

Archives of internal medicine, 2000
Stroke incidence and mortality rates are higher in the southeastern region of the United States, which is called the "Stroke Belt." We compared the response to antihypertensive medication use in patients from different US regions.The short-term and 1-year efficacy of the antihypertensive medications hydrochlorothiazide, atenolol, diltiazem ...
W C, Cushman, D J, Reda, H M, Perry, D, Williams, M, Abdellatif, B J, Materson   +5 more
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The Impact of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among United States Veterans on Post-Discharge Healthcare Cost and Utilization Outside the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System [PDF]

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2016
Richard E. Nelson, Thomas S. Reese, Makoto Jones, Vanessa Stevens, Chuan‐Fen Liu, Matthew H. Samore, Martin E. Evans, Michael Rubin   +7 more
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Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)—Database of a prospective longitudinal observational study within the Veterans Health Administration [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Liuye Huang, Liuye Huang, Xumin Li, Xumin Li, Samin I. Kamal, Samin I. Kamal, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, Cindy H. Liu, Tracy Wang, Daniel K. Morelli, Jordanna B. Midthun, Vivek R. Pakanati, Katrina V. Deardorff, Jennifer L. Sporleder, Jude Lopez, Mark Holodniy, Mark Holodniy, Mark Holodniy, Nicholas L. Smith, Nicholas L. Smith, Jennifer S. Lee, Jennifer S. Lee, Javeed A. Shah, Javeed A. Shah, Javeed A. Shah, Jennifer M. Ross, Jennifer M. Ross   +27 more
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Informing the ethical review of human subjects research utilizing artificial intelligence

Frontiers in Computer Science, 2023
IntroductionThe rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) has produced many opportunities, but also new risks that must be actively managed, particularly in the health care sector with clinical practice to avoid unintended health, economic, and ...
Christos Andreas Makridis, Anthony Boese, Rafael Fricks, Don Workman, Molly Klote, Joshua Mueller, Isabel J. Hildebrandt, Michael Kim, Gil Alterovitz   +8 more
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis and pancreatic cancer: A retrospective cohort study of United States veterans

Frontiers in Gastroenterology, 2023
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is associated with hepatobiliary and colorectal cancers, but it remains uncertain if PSC increases the risk for pancreatic cancer.
Anita Nguyen, Anita Nguyen, Babak Torabi Sagvand, Babak Torabi Sagvand, Madeline Alizadeh, Madeline Alizadeh, Cydney Nguyen, Cydney Nguyen, William Scott, Erik C. von Rosenvinge, Erik C. von Rosenvinge   +10 more
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Comparing mental and physical health of U.S. veterans by VA healthcare use: implications for generalizability of research in the VA electronic health records

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Objective The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) electronic health records (EHR) offer a rich source of big data to study medical and health care questions, but patient eligibility and preferences may limit generalizability of findings.
David S. Fink, Malka Stohl, Zachary L. Mannes, Dvora Shmulewitz, Melanie Wall, Sarah Gutkind, Mark Olfson, Jaimie Gradus, Salomeh Keyhani, Charles Maynard, Katherine M. Keyes, Scott Sherman, Silvia Martins, Andrew J. Saxon, Deborah S. Hasin   +14 more
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Prevalence of gastrointestinal disease in US Military Veterans under outpatient care at the Veterans Health Administration

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objectives: There are currently no reliable estimates of the prevalence of gastrointestinal disease in the US Military Veterans. Hence, the study aims to determine its prevalence in military Veterans in the United States.
Kelsey G Kent
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