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Thomas Tsai

TitleAffiliate - VA
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED

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    1. Levine DM, Souza J, Schnipper JL, Tsai TC, Leff B, Landon BE. Acute Hospital Care at Home in the United States: The Early National Experience. Ann Intern Med. 2024 01; 177(1):109-110. PMID: 38190713.
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    2. Brownlee SA, Lam MB, Tsai TC. Do You Get What You Pay For? Lifting the Veil on Variations in Hospital Prices for Inpatient Surgical Cancer Care. Ann Surg. 2024 Mar 01; 279(3):392-393. PMID: 38146953.
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    3. Bharani T, Tavakkoli A, Tsai T, Spector D, Tatarian T, Robinson M, Sheu EG. National trends in utilization and safety of gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and conversion surgery in patients with GERD. Surg Endosc. 2024 Mar; 38(3):1249-1256. PMID: 38097748.
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    4. Burke LG, Burke RC, Orav EJ, Bryan AF, Friend TH, Richardson DA, Jha AK, Tsai TC. Trends in performance of hospital outpatient procedures and associated 30-day costs among Medicare beneficiaries from 2011 to 2018. Healthc (Amst). 2023 Dec; 11(4):100718. PMID: 37913606.
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    5. Cron DC, Tsai TC, Patzer RE, Husain SA, Xiang L, Adler JT. The Association of Dialysis Facility Payer Mix With Access to Kidney Transplantation. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 07 03; 6(7):e2322803. PMID: 37432684.
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    6. Figueroa JF, Dai D, Feyman Y, Garrido MM, Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Frakt AB. Use of High-Risk Medications Among Older Adults Enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 06 01; 6(6):e2320583. PMID: 37368399.
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    7. Pathak K, Marwaha JS, Tsai TC. The role of digital technology in surgical home hospital programs. NPJ Digit Med. 2023 Feb 07; 6(1):22. PMID: 36750629.
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    8. Beckman AL, Frakt AB, Duggan C, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Tsai TC, Figueroa JF. Evaluation of Potentially Avoidable Acute Care Utilization Among Patients Insured by Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 02 03; 4(2):e225530. PMID: 36826828.
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    9. Brownlee SA, Tsai TC. Maryland's Global Budget Revenue Model: Looking to the Future Beyond Inpatient Surgical Care. Ann Surg. 2023 04 01; 277(4):549-550. PMID: 36727843.
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    10. Kadakia KT, Zheng J, Bruch JD, Tsai TC. Comparison of the Financial and Operational Characteristics of For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals Receiving Federal Graduate Medical Education Payments, 2011-2020. JAMA. 2023 01 10; 329(2):173-175. PMID: 36625818.
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    11. Tsai TC, Bryan AF, Zheng J, Haas S, Orav EJ, Benjamin E. Longitudinal Trends in 30-Day Mortality Between Multi-Site and Single-Site Surgeons. Ann Surg. 2023 02 01; 277(2):228-232. PMID: 34520424.
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    12. Figueroa JF, Duggan C, Toledo-Cornell C, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Tsai TC. Assessment of Strategies Used in US Hospitals to Address Social Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 10 07; 3(10):e223764. PMID: 36269339.
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    13. Angelo J, Soto M, Dai D, Spector D, Orav EJ, Tavakkoli A, Tsai TC. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization of Bariatric Surgery. Surg Endosc. 2023 06; 37(6):4917-4925. PMID: 36167873.
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    14. Bryan AF, Nair-Desai S, Tsai TC. The Need for a Better-Quality Reporting System for Ambulatory and Outpatient Surgery-Surgical Quality Without Walls. JAMA Surg. 2022 09 01; 157(9):753-754. PMID: 35767275.
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    15. Ramesh T, Tsai TC. Hospital closures in rural communities of color: A double dose of inequality. J Rural Health. 2023 01; 39(1):88-90. PMID: 35932091.
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    16. Tsai TC, Orav EJ, Jha AK, Figueroa JF. National Estimates of Increase in US Mechanical Ventilator Supply During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 08 01; 5(8):e2224853. PMID: 35917126.
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    17. Bruch JD, Katz T, Ramesh T, Appelbaum E, Batt R, Tsai TC. Trends in Real Estate Investment Trust Ownership of US Health Care Properties. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 05; 3(5):e221012. PMID: 35977256.
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    18. Chhabra KR, Tsai TC. Financial Toxicity in Surgery: The Phenomenon of Underinsurance. Ann Surg. 2022 07 01; 276(1):e59-e60. PMID: 35703445.
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    19. Tsai TC, Arik S, Jacobson BH, Yoon J, Yoder N, Sava D, Mitchell M, Graham G, Pfister T. Algorithmic fairness in pandemic forecasting: lessons from COVID-19. NPJ Digit Med. 2022 May 10; 5(1):59. PMID: 35538215.
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    20. Malenka DJ, Bhatt DL, Bradley SM, Shahian DM, Draoui J, Segawa CA, Koutras C, Abbott JD, Blankenship JC, Vincent R, Windle J, Tsai TT, Curtis J, Roe M, Masoudi FA. The National Cardiovascular Data Registry Data Quality Program 2020: JACC?State-of-the-Art?Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 05 03; 79(17):1704-1712. PMID: 35483759.
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    21. Cramer EY, Ray EL, Lopez VK, Bracher J, Brennen A, Castro Rivadeneira AJ, Gerding A, Gneiting T, House KH, Huang Y, Jayawardena D, Kanji AH, Khandelwal A, Le K, M?hlemann A, Niemi J, Shah A, Stark A, Wang Y, Wattanachit N, Zorn MW, Gu Y, Jain S, Bannur N, Deva A, Kulkarni M, Merugu S, Raval A, Shingi S, Tiwari A, White J, Abernethy NF, Woody S, Dahan M, Fox S, Gaither K, Lachmann M, Meyers LA, Scott JG, Tec M, Srivastava A, George GE, Cegan JC, Dettwiller ID, England WP, Farthing MW, Hunter RH, Lafferty B, Linkov I, Mayo ML, Parno MD, Rowland MA, Trump BD, Zhang-James Y, Chen S, Faraone SV, Hess J, Morley CP, Salekin A, Wang D, Corsetti SM, Baer TM, Eisenberg MC, Falb K, Huang Y, Martin ET, McCauley E, Myers RL, Schwarz T, Sheldon D, Gibson GC, Yu R, Gao L, Ma Y, Wu D, Yan X, Jin X, Wang YX, Chen Y, Guo L, Zhao Y, Gu Q, Chen J, Wang L, Xu P, Zhang W, Zou D, Biegel H, Lega J, McConnell S, Nagraj VP, Guertin SL, Hulme-Lowe C, Turner SD, Shi Y, Ban X, Walraven R, Hong QJ, Kong S, van de Walle A, Turtle JA, Ben-Nun M, Riley S, Riley P, Koyluoglu U, DesRoches D, Forli P, Hamory B, Kyriakides C, Leis H, Milliken J, Moloney M, Morgan J, Nirgudkar N, Ozcan G, Piwonka N, Ravi M, Schrader C, Shakhnovich E, Siegel D, Spatz R, Stiefeling C, Wilkinson B, Wong A, Cavany S, Espa?a G, Moore S, Oidtman R, Perkins A, Kraus D, Kraus A, Gao Z, Bian J, Cao W, Lavista Ferres J, Li C, Liu TY, Xie X, Zhang S, Zheng S, Vespignani A, Chinazzi M, Davis JT, Mu K, Pastore Y Piontti A, Xiong X, Zheng A, Baek J, Farias V, Georgescu A, Levi R, Sinha D, Wilde J, Perakis G, Bennouna MA, Nze-Ndong D, Singhvi D, Spantidakis I, Thayaparan L, Tsiourvas A, Sarker A, Jadbabaie A, Shah D, Della Penna N, Celi LA, Sundar S, Wolfinger R, Osthus D, Castro L, Fairchild G, Michaud I, Karlen D, Kinsey M, Mullany LC, Rainwater-Lovett K, Shin L, Tallaksen K, Wilson S, Lee EC, Dent J, Grantz KH, Hill AL, Kaminsky J, Kaminsky K, Keegan LT, Lauer SA, Lemaitre JC, Lessler J, Meredith HR, Perez-Saez J, Shah S, Smith CP, Truelove SA, Wills J, Marshall M, Gardner L, Nixon K, Burant JC, Wang L, Gao L, Gu Z, Kim M, Li X, Wang G, Wang Y, Yu S, Reiner RC, Barber R, Gakidou E, Hay SI, Lim S, Murray C, Pigott D, Gurung HL, Baccam P, Stage SA, Suchoski BT, Prakash BA, Adhikari B, Cui J, Rodr?guez A, Tabassum A, Xie J, Keskinocak P, Asplund J, Baxter A, Oruc BE, Serban N, Arik SO, Dusenberry M, Epshteyn A, Kanal E, Le LT, Li CL, Pfister T, Sava D, Sinha R, Tsai T, Yoder N, Yoon J, Zhang L, Abbott S, Bosse NI, Funk S, Hellewell J, Meakin SR, Sherratt K, Zhou M, Kalantari R, Yamana TK, Pei S, Shaman J, Li ML, Bertsimas D, Skali Lami O, Soni S, Tazi Bouardi H, Ayer T, Adee M, Chhatwal J, Dalgic OO, Ladd MA, Linas BP, Mueller P, Xiao J, Wang Y, Wang Q, Xie S, Zeng D, Green A, Bien J, Brooks L, Hu AJ, Jahja M, McDonald D, Narasimhan B, Politsch C, Rajanala S, Rumack A, Simon N, Tibshirani RJ, Tibshirani R, Ventura V, Wasserman L, O'Dea EB, Drake JM, Pagano R, Tran QT, Ho LST, Huynh H, Walker JW, Slayton RB, Johansson MA, Biggerstaff M, Reich NG. Evaluation of individual and ensemble probabilistic forecasts of COVID-19 mortality in the United States. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 04 12; 119(15):e2113561119. PMID: 35394862.
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    22. Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Griggs D, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. Marketplace Health Insurance Ratings: Most Potential Enrollees Have Access To Plans Of Medium Or High Quality. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 03; 41(3):390-397. PMID: 35254939.
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    23. Chhabra KR, Ghaferi AA, Yang J, Thumma JR, Dimick JB, Tsai TC. Relationship Between Health Care Spending and Clinical Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Medicare Bundled Payments. Ann Surg. 2022 02 01; 275(2):356-362. PMID: 33055585.
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    24. Tsai TC, Doherty GM. Site of Care Optimization Through Home Hospital for Surgical Patients: The Next Frontier for Health Care Value and Population Health Management. Ann Surg. 2022 01 01; 275(1):e278-e279. PMID: 34387212.
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    25. Tsai TC, Bryan AF, Rosenthal N, Zheng J, Orav EJ, Frakt AB, Figueroa JF. Variation in Use of Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Surgical Urgency and Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Health Forum. 2021 12; 2(12):e214214. PMID: 35977293.
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    26. Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Orav EJ, Jha AK. Association of community-level social vulnerability with US acute care hospital intensive care unit capacity during COVID-19. Healthc (Amst). 2022 Mar; 10(1):100611. PMID: 34979442.
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    27. Karhade AV, Chen AF, Makhni MC, Schwab JH, Simpson AK, Tsai TC. Home Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery: Opportunities and Challenges of a New Delivery Model. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Apr 06; 104(7):e27. PMID: 34793370.
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    28. Salisbury AC, Safley DM, Kennedy KF, Bhardwaj B, Aronow HD, Jones WS, Feldman DN, Secemsky E, Tsai TT, Attaran RR, Spertus JA. Development and validation of a predictive model for bleeding after peripheral vascular intervention: A report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Peripheral Vascular Interventions Registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 12 01; 98(7):1363-1372. PMID: 34569709.
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    29. Adler JT, Xiang L, Weissman JS, Rodrigue JR, Patzer RE, Waikar SS, Tsai TC. Association of Public Reporting of Medicare Dialysis Facility Quality Ratings With Access to Kidney Transplantation. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01; 4(9):e2126719. PMID: 34559227.
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    30. Tsai TC, Jacobson BH, Benjamin EM, Figueroa JF. Comparison of General Surgical Practice Size and Setting in 2017 vs 2013 in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 04 01; 4(4):e216848. PMID: 33909056.
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    31. Brown CS, Montgomery JR, Neiman PU, Wakam GK, Tsai TC, Dimick JB, Scott JW. Assessment of Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions After Major Surgery and Association With Public vs Private Health Insurance and Comorbidities. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 04 01; 4(4):e215503. PMID: 33847752.
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    32. Bryan AF, Tsai TC. Health Insurance Profitability During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Surg. 2021 Mar 01; 273(3):e88-e90. PMID: 33378301.
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    33. Neiman PU, Tsai TC, Bergmark RW, Ibrahim A, Nathan H, Scott JW. The Affordable Care Act at 10?Years: Evaluating the Evidence and Navigating an Uncertain Future. J Surg Res. 2021 07; 263:102-109. PMID: 33640844.
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    34. Krawisz AK, Rosenfield K, White CJ, Jaff MR, Campbell J, Kennedy K, Tsai T, Hawkins B, Jones S, Secemsky EA. Clinical Impact of Contralateral Carotid Occlusion in Patients Undergoing Carotid Artery Revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 02 23; 77(7):835-844. PMID: 33602464.
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    35. Safley DM, Salisbury AC, Tsai TT, Secemsky EA, Kennedy KF, Rogers RK, Latif F, Shammas NW, Garcia L, Cavender MA, Rosenfield K, Prasad A, Spertus JA. Acute Kidney Injury Following In-Patient Lower Extremity Vascular Intervention: From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 02 08; 14(3):333-341. PMID: 33541543.
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    36. Adler JT, Tsai TC, Jin G, Cron DC, Ross-Driscoll KH, Malek SK, Tullius SG, Weissman JS. Association of balanced abdominal organ transplant center volumes with patient outcomes. Clin Transplant. 2021 04; 35(4):e14217. PMID: 33405324.
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    37. Weissler EH, Annapureddy A, Wang Y, Secemsky EA, Shishehbor MH, Mena-Hurtado C, Jelani QU, Aronow HD, Tsai TT, Patel MR, Curtis JP, Jones WS. Paclitaxel-coated devices in the treatment of femoropopliteal stenosis among patients =65 years old: An ACC PVI Registry Analysis. Am Heart J. 2021 03; 233:59-67. PMID: 33321119.
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    38. Massarweh NN, Itani KMF, Tsai TC. Maximizing the US Department of Veterans Affairs' Reserve Role in National Health Care Emergency Preparedness-The Fourth Mission. JAMA Surg. 2020 10 01; 155(10):913-914. PMID: 32808966.
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    39. Jarman MP, Bergmark RW, Chhabra K, Scott JW, Shrime M, Cooper Z, Tsai T. The Surgical Health Services Research Agenda for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Surg. 2020 09 01; 272(3):e226-e229. PMID: 32541230.
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    40. Molina G, Clancy TE, Tsai TC, Lam M, Wang J. Racial Disparity in Pancreatoduodenectomy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb; 28(2):1088-1096. PMID: 32651695.
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    41. Miao H, Liu Y, Tsai TC, Schwartz J, Ji JS. Association Between Blood Lead Level and Uncontrolled Hypertension in the US Population (NHANES 1999-2016). J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 07 07; 9(13):e015533. PMID: 32573312.
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    42. Rymer JA, Kennedy KF, Lowenstern AM, Secemsky EA, Tsai TT, Aronow HD, Prasad A, Gray B, Armstrong EJ, Rosenfield K, Shishehbor MH, Jones WS. In-Hospital Outcomes and Discharge Medication Use Among?Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia Versus Claudication. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 02 18; 75(6):704-706. PMID: 32057381.
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    43. Jolissaint JS, Dieffenbach BV, Tsai TC, Pernar LI, Shoji BT, Ashley SW, Tavakkoli A. Surgical site occurrences, not body mass index, increase the long-term risk of ventral hernia recurrence. Surgery. 2020 04; 167(4):765-771. PMID: 32063341.
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    44. Jones WS, Kennedy KF, Hawkins BM, Attaran RR, Secemsky EA, Latif F, Shammas NW, Feldman DN, Aronow HD, Gray B, Armstrong EJ, Grossman PM, Ho KKL, Prasad A, Jaff MR, Rosenfield K, Tsai TT. Expanding opportunities to understand quality and outcomes of peripheral vascular interventions: The ACC NCDR PVI Registry. Am Heart J. 2019 10; 216:74-81. PMID: 31419621.
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    45. Bhardwaj B, Spertus JA, Kennedy KF, Jones WS, Safley D, Tsai TT, Aronow HD, Vora AN, Pokharel Y, Kumar A, Attaran RR, Feldman DN, Armstrong E, Prasad A, Gray B, Salisbury AC. Bleeding Complications in Lower-Extremity Peripheral Vascular?Interventions: Insights From the NCDR PVI Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 06 24; 12(12):1140-1149. PMID: 31221303.
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    46. Goldsweig AM, Kennedy KF, Abbott JD, Jones WS, Velagapudi P, Rutar FJ, Curtis JC, Tsai TT, Aronow HD. Patient Radiation Dosage During Lower Extremity Endovascular Intervention. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 03 11; 12(5):473-480. PMID: 30846087.
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    47. Tsai TC, Miller J, Andolfi C, Whang B, Marco Fisichella P. Corrigendum to "Surgical evaluation of lymph nodes in esophageal adenocarcinoma: Standardized approach or personalized medicine?" [European Journal of Surgical Oncology (2018) 1177-1180]. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 12; 44(12):2003. PMID: 30220637.
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    48. Hirshfeld JW, Ferrari VA, Bengel FM, Bergersen L, Chambers CE, Einstein AJ, Eisenberg MJ, Fogel MA, Gerber TC, Haines DE, Laskey WK, Limacher MC, Nichols KJ, Pryma DA, Raff GL, Rubin GD, Smith D, Stillman AE, Thomas SA, Tsai TT, Wagner LK, Samuel Wann L, Januzzi JL, Afonso LC, Everett B, Hernandez AF, Hucker W, Jneid H, Kumbhani D, Edward Marine J, Morris PB, Piana RN, Watson KE, Wiggins BS. 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 2: Radiological Equipment Operation, Dose-Sparing Methodologies, Patient and Medical Personnel Protection. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 08 01; 92(2):222-246. PMID: 30160001.
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    49. Hirshfeld JW, Ferrari VA, Bengel FM, Bergersen L, Chambers CE, Einstein AJ, Eisenberg MJ, Fogel MA, Gerber TC, Haines DE, Laskey WK, Limacher MC, Nichols KJ, Pryma DA, Raff GL, Rubin GD, Smith D, Stillman AE, Thomas SA, Tsai TT, Wagner LK, Samuel Wann L, Januzzi JL, Afonso LC, Everett B, Hernandez AF, Hucker W, Jneid H, Kumbhani D, Edward Marine J, Morris PB, Piana RN, Watson KE, Wiggins BS. 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging: Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 08 01; 92(2):E35-E97. PMID: 30160063.
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    50. Hirshfeld JW, Ferrari VA, Bengel FM, Bergersen L, Chambers CE, Einstein AJ, Eisenberg MJ, Fogel MA, Gerber TC, Haines DE, Laskey WK, Limacher MC, Nichols KJ, Pryma DA, Raff GL, Rubin GD, Smith D, Stillman AE, Thomas SA, Tsai TT, Wagner LK, Samuel Wann L, Januzzi JL, Afonso LC, Everett B, Hernandez AF, Hucker W, Jneid H, Kumbhani D, Edward Marine J, Morris PB, Piana RN, Watson KE, Wiggins BS. 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 1: Radiation Physics and Radiation Biology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways Developed in Collaboration With Mended Hearts. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 08 01; 92(2):203-221. PMID: 30160013.
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    51. Scott JW, Raykar NP, Rose JA, Tsai TC, Zogg CK, Haider AH, Salim A, Meara JG, Shrime MG. Cured into Destitution: Catastrophic Health Expenditure Risk Among Uninsured Trauma Patients in the United States. Ann Surg. 2018 06; 267(6):1093-1099. PMID: 28394867.
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    52. Smolderen KG, Plomondon ME, Armstrong EJ, Hess E, Waldo S, Tsai TT, Maddox TM. Depression and long-term prognostic outcomes following peripheral endovascular interventions in the VA Healthcare System. Vasc Med. 2018 10; 23(5):454-460. PMID: 29801427.
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    53. Hirshfeld JW, Ferrari VA, Bengel FM, Bergersen L, Chambers CE, Einstein AJ, Eisenberg MJ, Fogel MA, Gerber TC, Haines DE, Laskey WK, Limacher MC, Nichols KJ, Pryma DA, Raff GL, Rubin GD, Smith D, Stillman AE, Thomas SA, Tsai TT, Wagner LK, Wann LS. 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in?Cardiovascular Imaging: Best?Practices for Safety and Effectiveness: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 06 19; 71(24):e283-e351. PMID: 29729877.
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    54. Hirshfeld JW, Ferrari VA, Bengel FM, Bergersen L, Chambers CE, Einstein AJ, Eisenberg MJ, Fogel MA, Gerber TC, Haines DE, Laskey WK, Limacher MC, Nichols KJ, Pryma DA, Raff GL, Rubin GD, Smith D, Stillman AE, Thomas SA, Tsai TT, Wagner LK, Wann LS. 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on?Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in?Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 1: Radiation Physics and Radiation?Biology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 06 19; 71(24):2811-2828. PMID: 29729876.
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    55. Hirshfeld JW, Ferrari VA, Bengel FM, Bergersen L, Chambers CE, Einstein AJ, Eisenberg MJ, Fogel MA, Gerber TC, Haines DE, Laskey WK, Limacher MC, Nichols KJ, Pryma DA, Raff GL, Rubin GD, Smith D, Stillman AE, Thomas SA, Tsai TT, Wagner LK, Wann LS. 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in?Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 2: Radiological Equipment Operation, Dose-Sparing Methodologies, Patient?and?Medical Personnel Protection: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 06 19; 71(24):2829-2855. PMID: 29729878.
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    56. Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Orav EJ, Blumenthal DM, Tsai TC, Mehtsun WT, Jha AK. Age and sex of surgeons and mortality of older surgical patients: observational study. BMJ. 2018 04 25; 361:k1343. PMID: 29695473.
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    57. Tsai TC, Miller J, Andolfi C, Whang B, Fisichella PM. Surgical evaluation of lymph nodes in esophageal adenocarcinoma: Standardized approach or personalized medicine? Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 08; 44(8):1177-1180. PMID: 29751947.
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    58. Scott JW, Tsai TC, Neiman PU, Jurkovich GJ, Utter GH, Haider AH, Salim A, Havens JM. Lower emergency general surgery (EGS) mortality among hospitals with higher-quality trauma care. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 03; 84(3):433-440. PMID: 29251701.
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    59. Jones WS, Krucoff MW, Morales P, Wilgus RW, Heath AH, Williams MF, Tcheng JE, Marinac-Dabic JD, Malone ML, Reed TL, Fukaya R, Lookstein RA, Handa N, Aronow HD, Bertges DJ, Jaff MR, Tsai TT, Smale JA, Zaugg MJ, Thatcher RJ, Cronenwett JL. Registry Assessment of Peripheral Interventional Devices (RAPID): Registry assessment of peripheral interventional devices core data elements. J Vasc Surg. 2018 02; 67(2):637-644.e30. PMID: 29389426.
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    60. Jones WS, Krucoff MW, Morales P, Wilgus RW, Heath AH, Williams MF, Tcheng JE, Marinac-Dabic JD, Malone ML, Reed TL, Fukaya R, Lookstein R, Handa N, Aronow HD, Bertges DJ, Jaff MR, Tsai TT, Smale JA, Zaugg MJ, Thatcher RJ, Cronenwett JL. Registry Assessment of Peripheral Interventional Devices (RAPID) - Registry Assessment of Peripheral Interventional Devices Core Data Elements. Circ J. 2018 01 25; 82(2):316-322. PMID: 29367497.
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    61. Mody P, Wang T, McNamara R, Das S, Li S, Chiswell K, Tsai T, Kumbhani D, Wiviott S, Goyal A, Roe M, de Lemos JA. Association of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease with processes of care and long-term outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2018 01 01; 4(1):43-50. PMID: 29293980.
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    62. Froehlich W, Tolenaar JL, Harris KM, Strauss C, Sundt TM, Tsai TT, Peterson MD, Evangelista A, Montgomery DG, Kline-Rogers E, Nienaber CA, Froehlich JB, Isselbacher EM, Eagle KA, Trimarchi S. Delay from Diagnosis to Surgery in Transferred Type A Aortic Dissection. Am J Med. 2018 03; 131(3):300-306. PMID: 29180025.
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    63. Kobayashi T, Glorioso TJ, Armstrong EJ, Maddox TM, Plomondon ME, Grunwald GK, Bradley SM, Tsai TT, Waldo SW, Rao SV, Banerjee S, Nallamothu BK, Bhatt DL, Rene AG, Wilensky RL, Groeneveld PW, Giri J. Comparative Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Black and White Patients Treated at US Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 09 01; 2(9):967-975. PMID: 28724126.
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    144. Trimarchi S, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA, Pyeritz RE, Jonker FH, Suzuki T, O'Gara PT, Hutchinson SJ, Rampoldi V, Grassi V, Bossone E, Muhs BE, Evangelista A, Tsai TT, Froehlich JB, Cooper JV, Montgomery D, Meinhardt G, Myrmel T, Upchurch GR, Sundt TM, Isselbacher EM. Importance of refractory pain and hypertension in acute type B aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation. 2010 Sep 28; 122(13):1283-9. PMID: 20837896.
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    145. Tsai TC, Rosing JH, Norton JA. Role of factor VII in correcting dilutional coagulopathy and reducing re-operations for bleeding following non-traumatic major gastrointestinal and abdominal surgery. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Aug; 14(8):1311-8. PMID: 20517651.
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    146. Tsai TT, Ho PM, Xu S, Powers JD, Carroll NM, Shetterly SM, Maddox TM, Rumsfeld JS, Margolis K, Go AS, Magid DJ. Increased risk of bleeding in patients on clopidogrel therapy after drug-eluting stents implantation: insights from the HMO Research Network-Stent Registry (HMORN-stent). Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Jun 01; 3(3):230-5. PMID: 20442361.
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    147. Ho PM, Tsai TT, Maddox TM, Powers JD, Carroll NM, Jackevicius C, Go AS, Margolis KL, DeFor TA, Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ. Delays in filling clopidogrel prescription after hospital discharge and adverse outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation: implications for transitions of care. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 May; 3(3):261-6. PMID: 20407117.
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    148. Rogers RK, Tsai T, Casserly IP. Novel application of the "CART" technique for endovascular treatment of external iliac artery occlusions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Apr 01; 75(5):673-8. PMID: 20146318.
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    149. Ho PM, Tsai TT, Wang TY, Shetterly SM, Clarke CL, Go AS, Sedrakyan A, Rumsfeld JS, Peterson ED, Magid DJ. Adverse events after stopping clopidogrel in post-acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from a large integrated healthcare delivery system. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2010 May; 3(3):303-8. PMID: 20354221.
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    150. Tsai TC, Barot N, Dalman R, Mihm F. Combined endovascular and open operative approach for mycotic carotid aneurysm. J Vasc Surg. 2010 Jun; 51(6):1514-6. PMID: 20304585.
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    151. Trimarchi S, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA, Rampoldi V, Jonker FH, De Vincentiis C, Frigiola A, Menicanti L, Tsai T, Froehlich J, Evangelista A, Montgomery D, Bossone E, Cooper JV, Li J, Deeb MG, Meinhardt G, Sundt TM, Isselbacher EM. Role of age in acute type A aortic dissection outcome: report from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Oct; 140(4):784-9. PMID: 20176372.
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    152. Tsai TT, Maddox TM, Roe MT, Dai D, Alexander KP, Ho PM, Messenger JC, Nallamothu BK, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS. Contraindicated medication use in dialysis patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. JAMA. 2009 Dec 09; 302(22):2458-64. PMID: 19996401.
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    153. Tsai TT, Nallamothu BK, Prasad A, Saint S, Bates ER. Clinical problem-solving. A change of heart. N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 03; 361(10):1010-6. PMID: 19726776.
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    154. Riskin DJ, Tsai TC, Riskin L, Hernandez-Boussard T, Purtill M, Maggio PM, Spain DA, Brundage SI. Massive transfusion protocols: the role of aggressive resuscitation versus product ratio in mortality reduction. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Aug; 209(2):198-205. PMID: 19632596.
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    155. Fattori R, Tsai TT, Myrmel T, Evangelista A, Cooper JV, Trimarchi S, Li J, Lovato L, Kische S, Eagle KA, Isselbacher EM, Nienaber CA. Complicated acute type B dissection: is surgery still the best option?: a report from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Aug; 1(4):395-402. PMID: 19463336.
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    156. Tsai TT, Schlicht MS, Khanafer K, Bull JL, Valassis DT, Williams DM, Berguer R, Eagle KA. Tear size and location impacts false lumen pressure in an ex vivo model of chronic type B aortic dissection. J Vasc Surg. 2008 Apr; 47(4):844-51. PMID: 18381145.
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    157. Trimarchi S, Tsai T, Eagle KA, Isselbacher EM, Froehlich J, Cooper JV, Rampoldi V, Upchurch GR. Acute abdominal aortic dissection: insight from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). J Vasc Surg. 2007 Nov; 46(5):913-919. PMID: 17980278.
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    158. Tsai TT, Isselbacher EM, Trimarchi S, Bossone E, Pape L, Januzzi JL, Evangelista A, Oh JK, Llovet A, Beckman J, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Froehlich JB, Fattori R, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA. Acute type B aortic dissection: does aortic arch involvement affect management and outcomes? Insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation. 2007 Sep 11; 116(11 Suppl):I150-6. PMID: 17846296.
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    159. Pape LA, Tsai TT, Isselbacher EM, Oh JK, O'gara PT, Evangelista A, Fattori R, Meinhardt G, Trimarchi S, Bossone E, Suzuki T, Cooper JV, Froehlich JB, Nienaber CA, Eagle KA. Aortic diameter >or = 5.5 cm is not a good predictor of type A aortic dissection: observations from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation. 2007 Sep 04; 116(10):1120-7. PMID: 17709637.
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    160. Tsai TT, Evangelista A, Nienaber CA, Myrmel T, Meinhardt G, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Suzuki T, Fattori R, Llovet A, Froehlich J, Hutchison S, Distante A, Sundt T, Beckman J, Januzzi JL, Isselbacher EM, Eagle KA. Partial thrombosis of the false lumen in patients with acute type B aortic dissection. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 26; 357(4):349-59. PMID: 17652650.
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    161. Boyden TF, Nallamothu BK, Moscucci M, Chan PS, Grossman PM, Tsai TT, Chetcuti SJ, Bates ER, Gurm HS. Meta-analysis of randomized trials of drug-eluting stents versus bare metal stents in patients with diabetes mellitus. Am J Cardiol. 2007 May 15; 99(10):1399-402. PMID: 17493468.
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    162. Mahajerin A, Gurm HS, Tsai TT, Chan PS, Nallamothu BK. Vasodilator therapy in patients with aortic insufficiency: a systematic review. Am Heart J. 2007 Apr; 153(4):454-61. PMID: 17383279.
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    163. Rampoldi V, Trimarchi S, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA, Oh JK, Bossone E, Myrmel T, Sangiorgi GM, De Vincentiis C, Cooper JV, Fang J, Smith D, Tsai T, Raghupathy A, Fattori R, Sechtem U, Deeb MG, Sundt TM, Isselbacher EM. Simple risk models to predict surgical mortality in acute type A aortic dissection: the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection score. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jan; 83(1):55-61. PMID: 17184630.
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    164. LaBounty T, Eagle KA, Manfredini R, Fang J, Tsai T, Smith D, Rubenfire M. The impact of time and day on the presentation of acute coronary syndromes. Clin Cardiol. 2006 Dec; 29(12):542-6. PMID: 17190180.
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    165. Tsai TT, Fattori R, Trimarchi S, Isselbacher E, Myrmel T, Evangelista A, Hutchison S, Sechtem U, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Pape L, Froehlich J, Raghupathy A, Januzzi JL, Eagle KA, Nienaber CA. Long-term survival in patients presenting with type B acute aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. Circulation. 2006 Nov 21; 114(21):2226-31. PMID: 17101856.
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    166. Tsai TT, Nallamothu BK, Bates ER. Letter by Tsai et al regarding article, "correlates and long-term outcomes of angiographically proven stent thrombosis with sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-eluting stents". Circulation. 2006 Aug 22; 114(8):e362; author reply e363. PMID: 16923764.
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    167. Tsai TT, Evangelista A, Nienaber CA, Trimarchi S, Sechtem U, Fattori R, Myrmel T, Pape L, Cooper JV, Smith DE, Fang J, Isselbacher E, Eagle KA. Long-term survival in patients presenting with type A acute aortic dissection: insights from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD). Circulation. 2006 Jul 04; 114(1 Suppl):I350-6. PMID: 16820599.
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    168. Tsai TT, Nienaber CA, Eagle KA. Acute aortic syndromes. Circulation. 2005 Dec 13; 112(24):3802-13. PMID: 16344407.
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    169. Tsai TT, Nallamothu BK, Mukherjee D, Rubenfire M, Fang J, Chan P, Kline-Rogers E, Patel A, Armstrong DF, Eagle KA, Goldberg AD. Effect of statin use in patients with acute coronary syndromes and a serum low-density lipoprotein
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    170. Tsai TT, Bossone E, Isselbacher EM, Nienaber CA, Evangelista A, Fang J, Smith DE, Cooper JV, Hutchison S, O'Gara P, Eagle KA, Mehta RH. Clinical characteristics of hypotension in patients with acute aortic dissection. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jan 01; 95(1):48-52. PMID: 15619393.
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    171. Nolan E, VanRiper S, Talsma A, Mageno L, Richter A, Kearly G, Kendrick C, Leggett S, Crissey J, Tsai T, Blackford G, Shlafer J, Montoye C, Mehta R, Koelling T, Cody R, Eagle K. Rapid-cycle improvement in quality of care for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction or heart failure: moving from a culture of missed opportunity to a system of accountability. J Cardiovasc Manag. 2005 Jan-Feb; 16(1):14-9. PMID: 15715179.
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    172. Doughty M, Mehta R, Bruckman D, Das S, Karavite D, Tsai T, Eagle K. Acute myocardial infarction in the young--The University of Michigan experience. Am Heart J. 2002 Jan; 143(1):56-62. PMID: 11773912.
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