CT scan-measured pulmonary artery to aorta ratio and echocardiography for detecting pulmonary hypertension in severe COPD

AS Iyer, JM Wells, S Vishin, SP Bhatt, KM Wille… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
Background COPD is associated with significant morbidity primarily driven by acute exacerbations.
Relative pulmonary artery (PA) enlargement, defined as a PA to ascending aorta (A) …

Depression is associated with readmission for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

AS Iyer, SP Bhatt, JJ Garner, JM Wells… - Annals of the …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Hospitalization for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
is associated with significant morbidity and health care costs, and hospitals in the …

Palliative care early in the care continuum among patients with serious respiratory illness: an official ATS/AAHPM/HPNA/SWHPN policy statement

DR Sullivan, AS Iyer, S Enguidanos… - American Journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Background: Patients with serious respiratory illness and their caregivers suffer considerable
burdens, and palliative care is a fundamental right for anyone who needs it. However, the …

Uncontrolled hypertension and increased risk for incident heart failure in older adults with hypertension: findings from a propensity-matched prospective population …

AS Iyer, MI Ahmed, GS Filippatos, OJ Ekundayo… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - Elsevier
Hypertension is a risk factor for incident heart failure (HF). However, the effect of uncontrolled
blood pressure (BP) on incident HF in older adults with hypertension has not been …

The role of palliative care in COPD

AS Iyer, DR Sullivan, KO Lindell, LF Reinke - Chest, 2022 - Elsevier
COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is a serious respiratory
illness characterized by years of progressively debilitating breathlessness, high prevalence of …

Results of a Medicare bundled payments for care improvement initiative for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease readmissions

SP Bhatt, JM Wells, AS Iyer, NP Kirkpatrick… - Annals of the …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Approximately 20% of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute exacerbations
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are readmitted within 30 days of …

Pulmonary artery enlargement is associated with right ventricular dysfunction and loss of blood volume in small pulmonary vessels in chronic obstructive pulmonary …

JM Wells, AS Iyer, FN Rahaghi, SP Bhatt… - Circulation …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes significant morbidity and
concomitant pulmonary vascular disease and cardiac dysfunction are associated with poor …

National prevalence of social isolation and loneliness in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

AO Suen, AS Iyer, I Cenzer, E Farrand… - Annals of the …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Social isolation and loneliness are gaining recognition for their role in health
outcomes, yet they have not been defined in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…

A formative evaluation of patient and family caregiver perspectives on early palliative care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease across disease severity

AS Iyer, JN Dionne-Odom, SM Ford… - Annals of the …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Little direction exists on how to integrate early palliative care in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: We sought to identify patient and family caregiver …

Life-space mobility and clinical outcomes in COPD

AS Iyer, JM Wells, SP Bhatt, NP Kirkpatrick… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Social isolation is a common experience in patients with COPD but is not
captured by existing patient-reported outcomes, and its association with clinical outcomes is …