Roland Albert Matsouaka | Scholars@Duke

Roland Albert Matsouaka
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments 2014
Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2014

Contact Information

2400 Pratt Street, 6021 North Pavilion, Durham, NC 27705
Duke Box 3850, Durham, NC 27710
roland.matsouaka@duke.edu (919) 668-7838
Website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 2012
Research
Selected Grants
- PCplanner: operationalizing needs-focused palliative care for older adults in intensive awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- Antiplatelet in Stroke: Safety and Effectiveness in Seniors (ASSESS) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
- Optimizing a self-directed mobile copying skills training intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2020
- National Surveillance of Stroke Outcomes and Quality of Care using the Get With the Guidelines(GWTG) Stroke Registry awarded by University of California, Los Angeles 2017 - 2019
- Mapping Quality in the Stroke System of Care: Do hospitals that share in the care of Acute Stroke patients also share awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2016 - 2019
- Optimizing Prevention of Healthcare-Acquired Infections After Cardiac Surgery awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2015 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Statistical Methods for Complex Data in Cardiovascular Disease awarded by North Carolina State University 2013 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (UL1): Statistical methods for complex data in CV disease research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Atem, Folefac D., Roland A. Matsouaka, and Vincent E. Zimmern. “Cox regression model with randomly censored covariates..” Biom J 61, no. 4 (July 2019): 1020–32. https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.201800275.
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  - Kaufman, Brystana G., Emily C. O’Brien, Sally C. Stearns, Roland A. Matsouaka, G Mark Holmes, Morris Weinberger, Lee H. Schwamm, et al. “Medicare Shared Savings ACOs and Hospice Care for Ischemic Stroke Patients..” J Am Geriatr Soc 67, no. 7 (July 2019): 1402–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15852.
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  - Dodds, Jodi A., Ying Xian, Shubin Sheng, Gregg C. Fonarow, Deepak L. Bhatt, Roland Matsouaka, Lee H. Schwamm, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric E. Smith. “Thrombolysis in young adults with stroke: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Stroke..” Neurology 92, no. 24 (June 11, 2019): e2784–92. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000007653.
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  - Edmonston, Daniel L., Jingjing Wu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Clyde Yancy, Paul Heidenreich, Ileana L. Piña, Adrian Hernandez, Gregg C. Fonarow, and Adam D. DeVore. “Association of post-discharge specialty outpatient visits with readmissions and mortality in high-risk heart failure patients..” Am Heart J 212 (June 2019): 101–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.03.005.
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  - Dandapat, Sudeepta, Fazeel M. Siddiqui, Gregg C. Fonarow, Deepak L. Bhatt, Haolin Xu, Roland Matsouaka, Paul A. Heidenreich, Ying Xian, Lee H. Schwamm, and Eric E. Smith. “A paradoxical relationship between hemoglobin A1C and in-hospital mortality in intracerebral hemorrhage patients..” Heliyon 5, no. 5 (May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01659.
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  - Kon, Zachary N., Chetan Pasrija, Gregory J. Bittle, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Roland Matsouaka, Kristopher B. Deatrick, Bradley S. Taylor, James S. Gammie, and Bartley P. Griffith. “The Incidence and Outcomes of Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy in North America..” Ann Thorac Surg 107, no. 5 (May 2019): 1401–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.035.
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  - Ziaeian, Boback, Adrian F. Hernandez, Adam D. DeVore, Jingjing Wu, Haolin Xu, Paul A. Heidenreich, Roland A. Matsouaka, Deepak L. Bhatt, Clyde W. Yancy, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Long-term outcomes for heart failure patients with and without diabetes: From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry..” Am Heart J 211 (May 2019): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.01.006.
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  - Piccini, Jonathan P., Haolin Xu, Margueritte Cox, Roland A. Matsouaka, Gregg C. Fonarow, Javed Butler, Anne B. Curtis, et al. “Adherence to Guideline-Directed Stroke Prevention Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation Is Achievable..” Circulation 139, no. 12 (March 19, 2019): 1497–1506. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035909.
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  - Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin B., Songzhu Zhao, Guy Brock, Roland A. Matsouaka, David Kline, and Joshua J. Joseph. “Visit-to-Visit Glycemic Variability and Risks of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality: The ALLHAT Study..” Diabetes Care 42, no. 3 (March 2019): 486–93. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc18-1430.
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  - Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin B., Shubin Sheng, Adam D. DeVore, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adrian F. Hernandez, Clyde W. Yancy, Paul A. Heidenreich, Deepak L. Bhatt, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Glycated Hemoglobin and Outcomes of Heart Failure (from Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure)..” Am J Cardiol 123, no. 4 (February 15, 2019): 618–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.11.023.
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  - McHugh, Kelly, Adam D. DeVore, Jingjing Wu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Gregg C. Fonarow, Paul A. Heidenreich, Clyde W. Yancy, Jennifer B. Green, Natasha Altman, and Adrian F. Hernandez. “Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Diabetes: JACC State-of-the-Art Review..” J Am Coll Cardiol 73, no. 5 (February 12, 2019): 602–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.11.033.
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  - Zachrison, Kori S., Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Adrian Hernandez, Mathew J. Reeves, Carlos A. Camargo, Margueritte Cox, Roland A. Matsouaka, Joshua P. Metlay, Joshua N. Goldstein, and Lee H. Schwamm. “Ischemic Stroke Transfer Patterns in the Northeast United States..” J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 28, no. 2 (February 2019): 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.09.048.
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  - Song, Sarah, Li Liang, Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric E. Smith, Deepak L. Bhatt, Roland A. Matsouaka, Ying Xian, Lee H. Schwamm, and Jeffrey L. Saver. “Comparison of Clinical Care and In-Hospital Outcomes of Asian American and White Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke..” Jama Neurol, January 22, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.4410.
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  - Menon, Bijoy K., Haolin Xu, Margueritte Cox, Jeffrey L. Saver, Mayank Goyal, Eric Peterson, Ying Xian, et al. “Components and Trends in Door to Treatment Times for Endovascular Therapy in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Hospitals..” Circulation 139, no. 2 (January 8, 2019): 169–79. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036701.
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  - Dong, G., D. C. Hoaglin, J. Qiu, R. A. Matsouaka, Y. W. Chang, J. Wang, and M. Vandemeulebroeck. “The Win Ratio: On Interpretation and Handling of Ties.” Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/19466315.2019.1575279.
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  - Inohara, Taku, Pratik Manandhar, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Roland A. Matsouaka, Shun Kohsaka, Robert J. Mentz, Vinod H. Thourani, et al. “Association of Renin-Angiotensin Inhibitor Treatment With Mortality and Heart Failure Readmission in Patients With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement..” Jama 320, no. 21 (December 4, 2018): 2231–41. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.18077.
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  - Chu, Stacy Y., Margueritte Cox, Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric E. Smith, Lee Schwamm, Deepak L. Bhatt, Roland A. Matsouaka, Ying Xian, and Kevin N. Sheth. “Temperature and Precipitation Associate With Ischemic Stroke Outcomes in the United States..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 22 (November 20, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010020.
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  - Messé, Steven R., Michael T. Mullen, Margueritte Cox, Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric E. Smith, Jeffrey L. Saver, Mathew J. Reeves, Deepak L. Bhatt, Roland Matsouaka, and Lee H. Schwamm. “Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients With Stroke in the United States Admitted During the International Stroke Conference..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 21 (November 6, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.009842.
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  - Likosky, Donald S., Steven D. Harrington, Lourdes Cabrera, Alphonse DeLucia, Carol E. Chenoweth, Sarah L. Krein, Dylan Thibault, et al. “Collaborative Quality Improvement Reduces Postoperative Pneumonia After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 11, no. 11 (November 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004756.
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  - Wangqin, Runqi, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Yongjun Wang, Zixiao Li, Yilong Wang, Liping Liu, Li Liang, et al. “International Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Quality of Care for Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of the China National Stroke Registry and the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines--Stroke Program..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 20 (October 16, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010623.
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  - Alaeddine, Mohamad, Vinay Badhwar, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Lawrence M. Wei, Chris C. Cook, Michael E. Halkos, Vinod H. Thourani, et al. “Aortic clamping strategy and postoperative stroke..” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 156, no. 4 (October 2018): 1451-1457.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.160.
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  - Arnold, Suzanne V., David J. Cohen, David Dai, Philip G. Jones, Fan Li, Laine Thomas, Suzanne J. Baron, et al. “Predicting Quality of Life at 1 Year After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Real-World Population..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 11, no. 10 (October 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004693.
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  - Bhatt, Ankeet S., Li Liang, Adam D. DeVore, Gregg C. Fonarow, Scott D. Solomon, Orly Vardeny, Clyde W. Yancy, et al. “Vaccination Trends in Patients With Heart Failure: Insights From Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure..” Jacc Heart Fail 6, no. 10 (October 2018): 844–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2018.04.012.
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  - Luo, Nancy, Haolin Xu, Hani Jneid, Gregg C. Fonarow, Renato D. Lopes, Jonathan P. Piccini, Anne B. Curtis, et al. “Use of Oral Anticoagulation in Eligible Patients Discharged With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation..” Circulation. Heart Failure 11, no. 10 (October 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/circheartfailure.118.005356.
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  - Warraich, Haider J., Haolin Xu, Adam D. DeVore, Roland Matsouaka, Paul A. Heidenreich, Deepak L. Bhatt, Adrian F. Hernandez, Clyde W. Yancy, Gregg C. Fonarow, and Larry A. Allen. “Trends in Hospice Discharge and Relative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry..” Jama Cardiol 3, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): 917–26. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2018.2678.
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  - Myint, Phyo Kyaw, Shubin Sheng, Ying Xian, Roland A. Matsouaka, Mathew J. Reeves, Jeffrey L. Saver, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, Lee H. Schwamm, and Eric E. Smith. “Shock Index Predicts Patient-Related Clinical Outcomes in Stroke..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 18 (September 18, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007581.
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  - Greene, Nathaniel H., Edmund H. Jooste, Dylan P. Thibault, Amelia S. Wallace, Alice Wang, David F. Vener, Roland A. Matsouaka, et al. “A Study of Practice Behavior for Endotracheal Intubation Site for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery: Impact of Endotracheal Intubation Site on Perioperative Outcomes-An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database..” Anesth Analg, September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000003594.
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  - Matsouaka, Roland A., Aneesh B. Singhal, and Rebecca A. Betensky. “An optimal Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test of mortality and a continuous outcome..” Stat Methods Med Res 27, no. 8 (August 2018): 2384–2400. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280216680524.
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  - Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin B., Haolin Xu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Ying Xian, Lee H. Schwamm, Eric E. Smith, Deepak L. Bhatt, Adrian F. Hernandez, Paul A. Heidenreich, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Diabetes and long-term outcomes of ischaemic stroke: findings from Get With The Guidelines-Stroke..” Eur Heart J 39, no. 25 (July 1, 2018): 2376–86. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy036.
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  - Wadhera, Rishi K., Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Gregg C. Fonarow, Xin Zhao, Paul A. Heidenreich, Adam D. DeVore, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adrian F. Hernandez, Clyde W. Yancy, and Deepak L. Bhatt. “Association of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion With Care Quality and Outcomes for Low-Income Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 11, no. 7 (July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.004729.
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  - Jalnapurkar, Sawan, Xin Zhao, Paul A. Heidenreich, Deepak L. Bhatt, Eric E. Smith, Adam D. DeVore, Adrian F. Hernandez, Roland Matsouaka, Clyde W. Yancy, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “A Hospital Level Analysis of 30-Day Readmission Performance for Heart Failure Patients and Long-Term Survival: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure..” Am Heart J 200 (June 2018): 127–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.11.018.
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  - Kochar, Ajar, Zhuokai Li, J Kevin Harrison, G Chad Hughes, Vinod H. Thourani, Michael J. Mack, Roland A. Matsouaka, et al. “Stroke and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Carotid Disease Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 6 (June 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.006322.
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  - Malaisrie, S Chris, Patrick M. McCarthy, Jane Kruse, Roland Matsouaka, Adin-Cristian Andrei, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Daniel J. Friedman, James L. Cox, and J Matthew Brennan. “Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting..” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 155, no. 6 (June 2018): 2358-2367.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.069.
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  - Pandey, Ambarish, Kershaw V. Patel, Li Liang, Adam D. DeVore, Roland Matsouaka, Deepak L. Bhatt, Clyde W. Yancy, et al. “Association of Hospital Performance Based on 30-Day Risk-Standardized Mortality Rate With Long-term Survival After Heart Failure Hospitalization: An Analysis of the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry..” Jama Cardiol 3, no. 6 (June 1, 2018): 489–97. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2018.0579.
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  - Ziaeian, Boback, Paul A. Heidenreich, Haolin Xu, Adam D. DeVore, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adrian F. Hernandez, Deepak L. Bhatt, Clyde W. Yancy, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Medicare Expenditures by Race/Ethnicity After Hospitalization for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction..” Jacc Heart Fail 6, no. 5 (May 2018): 388–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2017.12.007.
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  - Joseph, Lee, Mohammad Bashir, Qun Xiang, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Roland Albert Matsouaka, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Samir Kapadia, Joaquin E. Cigarroa, and Firas Zahr. “Prevalence and Outcomes of Mitral Stenosis in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Findings From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapies Registry..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 7 (April 9, 2018): 693–702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.01.245.
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  - Li, Shanshan, Gregg C. Fonarow, Kenneth Mukamal, Haolin Xu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adam D. Devore, and Deepak L. Bhatt. “Sex and Racial Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral at Hospital Discharge and Gaps in Long-Term Mortality..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 8 (April 6, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008088.
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  - Chang, Leslie L., Haolin Xu, Adam D. DeVore, Roland A. Matsouaka, Clyde W. Yancy, Gregg C. Fonarow, Larry A. Allen, and Adrian F. Hernandez. “Timing of Postdischarge Follow-Up and Medication Adherence Among Patients With Heart Failure..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 7 (April 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007998.
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  - McCarthy, Fenton H., Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Zhuokai Li, Vinod Thourani, Roland A. Matsouaka, Nimesh D. Desai, Ajay Kirtane, et al. “Association of Tricuspid Regurgitation With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes: A Report From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry..” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 4 (April 2018): 1121–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.018.
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  - Selvaraj, Senthil, Gregg C. Fonarow, Shubin Sheng, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adam D. DeVore, Paul A. Heidenreich, Adrian F. Hernandez, Clyde W. Yancy, and Deepak L. Bhatt. “Association of Electronic Health Record Use With Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure: An Analysis of Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure..” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 7 (March 30, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008158.
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  - Inohara, Taku, Ying Xian, Li Liang, Roland A. Matsouaka, Jeffrey L. Saver, Eric E. Smith, Lee H. Schwamm, et al. “Association of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Among Patients Taking Non-Vitamin K Antagonist vs Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants With In-Hospital Mortality..” Jama 319, no. 5 (February 6, 2018): 463–73. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.21917.
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  - Brescia, Alexander A., J Scott Rankin, Derek D. Cyr, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Richard L. Prager, Min Zhang, Roland A. Matsouaka, et al. “Determinants of Variation in Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 2 (February 2018): 513–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.012.
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  - Gupta, Ankur, Larry A. Allen, Deepak L. Bhatt, Margueritte Cox, Adam D. DeVore, Paul A. Heidenreich, Adrian F. Hernandez, et al. “Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Implementation With Readmission and Mortality Outcomes in Heart Failure..” Jama Cardiol 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 44–53. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2017.4265.
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  - Vemulapalli, Sreekanth, David R. Holmes, David Dai, Roland Matsouaka, Michael J. Mack, Fred L. Grover, Raj R. Makkar, Vinod H. Thourani, and Pamela S. Douglas. “Valve hemodynamic deterioration and cardiovascular outcomes in TAVR: A report from the STS/ACC TVT Registry..” Am Heart J 195 (January 2018): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.09.005.
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  - Smith, Eric E., Jeffrey L. Saver, Margueritte Cox, Li Liang, Roland Matsouaka, Ying Xian, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, and Lee H. Schwamm. “Increase in Endovascular Therapy in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke After the Publication of Pivotal Trials..” Circulation 136, no. 24 (December 12, 2017): 2303–10. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031097.
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  - Mavromatis, Kreton, Vinod H. Thourani, Amanda Stebbins, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Chandan Devireddy, Robert A. Guyton, Roland Matsouaka, et al. “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Aortic Stenosis and Mitral Regurgitation..” Ann Thorac Surg 104, no. 6 (December 2017): 1977–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.065.
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  - Hyman, Matthew C., Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Wilson Y. Szeto, Amanda Stebbins, Prakash A. Patel, Roland A. Matsouaka, Howard C. Herrmann, et al. “Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry..” Circulation 136, no. 22 (November 28, 2017): 2132–40. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026656.
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  - Shah, Kevin S., Haolin Xu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Deepak L. Bhatt, Paul A. Heidenreich, Adrian F. Hernandez, Adam D. Devore, Clyde W. Yancy, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Heart Failure With Preserved, Borderline, and Reduced Ejection Fraction: 5-Year Outcomes..” J Am Coll Cardiol 70, no. 20 (November 14, 2017): 2476–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.074.
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  - Abramowitz, Yigal, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Tarun Chakravarty, Zhuokai Li, Samir Kapadia, David Holmes, Roland A. Matsouaka, et al. “Clinical Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 11 (November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.005417.
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  - Hansen, James W., Andrew Foy, Pradeep Yadav, Ian C. Gilchrist, Mark Kozak, Amanda Stebbins, Roland Matsouaka, et al. “Death and Dialysis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the STS/ACC TVT Registry..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 20 (October 23, 2017): 2064–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.09.001.
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  - Keeling, Brent, Vinod Thourani, Gorav Aliawadi, Sunghee Kim, Derek Cyr, Vinay Badhwar, Jeff P. Jacobs, et al. “Conversion From Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting to On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..” Ann Thorac Surg 104, no. 4 (October 2017): 1267–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.032.
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  - Reeves, Mathew J., Gregg C. Fonarow, Haolin Xu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Ying Xian, Jeffrey Saver, Lee Schwamm, and Eric E. Smith. “Is Risk-Standardized In-Hospital Stroke Mortality an Adequate Proxy for Risk-Standardized 30-Day Stroke Mortality Data? Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 10, no. 10 (October 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003748.
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  - O’Byrne, Michael L., Sunghee Kim, Christoph P. Hornik, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Roland A. Matsouaka, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, and Richard A. Jonas. “Effect of Obesity and Underweight Status on Perioperative Outcomes of Congenital Heart Operations in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: An Analysis of Data From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database..” Circulation 136, no. 8 (August 22, 2017): 704–18. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026778.
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  - Brennan, J Matthew, Laine Thomas, David J. Cohen, David Shahian, Alice Wang, Michael J. Mack, David R. Holmes, et al. “Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison..” J Am Coll Cardiol 70, no. 4 (July 25, 2017): 439–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.060.
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  - Carroll, John D., Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Dadi Dai, Roland Matsouaka, Eugene Blackstone, Fred Edwards, Frederick A. Masoudi, et al. “Procedural Experience for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Relation to Outcomes: The STS/ACC TVT Registry..” J Am Coll Cardiol 70, no. 1 (July 4, 2017): 29–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.056.
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  - Anderson, Brett R., Amelia S. Wallace, Kevin D. Hill, Brian C. Gulack, Roland Matsouaka, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Emile A. Bacha, Sherry A. Glied, and Marshall L. Jacobs. “Association of Surgeon Age and Experience With Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 10, no. 7 (July 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003533.
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  - Khan, Nadeem I., Fazeel M. Siddiqui, Joshua N. Goldstein, Margueritte Cox, Ying Xian, Roland A. Matsouaka, Paul A. Heidenreich, et al. “Association Between Previous Use of Antiplatelet Therapy and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcomes..” Stroke 48, no. 7 (July 2017): 1810–17. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.016290.
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  - Matsouaka, Roland A., and Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen. “Instrumental variable estimation of causal odds ratios using structural nested mean models..” Biostatistics 18, no. 3 (July 1, 2017): 465–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/kxw059.
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  - Ziaeian, Boback, Paul A. Heidenreich, Haolin Xu, Adam D. DeVore, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adrian F. Hernandez, Deepak L. Bhatt, Clyde W. Yancy, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Race/Ethnic Differences in Outcomes Among Hospitalized Medicare Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction..” Jacc Heart Fail 5, no. 7 (July 2017): 483–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2017.02.012.
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  - Arnold, Suzanne V., John A. Spertus, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Zhuokai Li, Roland A. Matsouaka, Suzanne J. Baron, Amit N. Vora, et al. “Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in an Unselected Population: A Report From the STS/ACC Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry..” Jama Cardiol 2, no. 4 (April 1, 2017): 409–16. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5302.
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  - Kamal, Noreen, Shubin Sheng, Ying Xian, Roland Matsouaka, Michael D. Hill, Deepak L. Bhatt, Jeffrey L. Saver, et al. “Delays in Door-to-Needle Times and Their Impact on Treatment Time and Outcomes in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke..” Stroke 48, no. 4 (April 2017): 946–54. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.015712.
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  - Gilstrap, Lauren G., Gregg C. Fonarow, Akshay S. Desai, Li Liang, Roland Matsouaka, Adam D. DeVore, Eric E. Smith, et al. “Initiation, Continuation, or Withdrawal of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction..” J Am Heart Assoc 6, no. 2 (February 11, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004675.
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  - Pandey, Ambarish, Harsh Golwala, Haolin Xu, Adam D. DeVore, Roland Matsouaka, Michael Pencina, Dharam J. Kumbhani, et al. “Association of 30-Day Readmission Metric for Heart Failure Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Quality of Care and Outcomes..” Jacc Heart Fail 4, no. 12 (December 2016): 935–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2016.07.003.
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  - Medford-Davis, Laura N., Gregg C. Fonarow, Deepak L. Bhatt, Haolin Xu, Eric E. Smith, Robert Suter, Eric D. Peterson, Ying Xian, Roland A. Matsouaka, and Lee H. Schwamm. “Impact of Insurance Status on Outcomes and Use of Rehabilitation Services in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings From Get With The Guidelines-Stroke..” J Am Heart Assoc 5, no. 11 (November 14, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004282.
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  - Sherwood, Matthew, Qun Xiang, Roland Matsouaka, G Chad Hughes, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Amit Vora, Eric Peterson, and Sunil Rao. “TCT-78 Incidence and Outcomes of Vascular Complications and Bleeding Events in Patients undergoing TAVR in contemporary U.S. practice: Insights from the STS/ACC TVT Registry®..” J Am Coll Cardiol 68, no. 18S (November 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.09.226.
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  - Hira, Ravi S., Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, Paul A. Heidenreich, Christine Ju, Salim S. Virani, Biykem Bozkurt, et al. “Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) Registry..” J Am Heart Assoc 5, no. 10 (October 6, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004113.
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  - Alfredsson, Joakim, Amanda Stebbins, J Matthew Brennan, Roland Matsouaka, Jonathan Afilalo, Eric D. Peterson, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, et al. “Gait Speed Predicts 30-Day Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry..” Circulation 133, no. 14 (April 5, 2016): 1351–59. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.020279.
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  - Glymour, M Maria, Quynh C. Nguyen, Roland Matsouaka, Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, Nicole M. Schmidt, and Theresa L. Osypuk. “Does Mother Know Best? Treatment Adherence as a Function of Anticipated Treatment Benefit..” Epidemiology 27, no. 2 (March 2016): 265–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000431.
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  - Matsouaka, Roland A., and Rebecca A. Betensky. “Power and sample size calculations for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test in the presence of death-censored observations..” Stat Med 34, no. 3 (February 10, 2015): 406–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.6355.
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  - Matsouaka, Roland A., Junlong Li, and Tianxi Cai. “Evaluating marker-guided treatment selection strategies..” Biometrics 70, no. 3 (September 2014): 489–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.12179.
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  - Hudry, Eloise, Hai-Yan Wu, Michal Arbel-Ornath, Tadafumi Hashimoto, Roland Matsouaka, Zhanyun Fan, Tara L. Spires-Jones, Rebecca A. Betensky, Brian J. Bacskai, and Bradley T. Hyman. “Inhibition of the NFAT pathway alleviates amyloid β neurotoxicity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease..” J Neurosci 32, no. 9 (February 29, 2012): 3176–92. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6439-11.2012.
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  - Qu, Juan, Roland Matsouaka, Rebecca A. Betensky, Bradley T. Hyman, and Cynthia L. Grosskreutz. “Calcineurin activation causes retinal ganglion cell degeneration..” Mol Vis 18 (2012): 2828–38.
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  - Han, Xiaoguang, Ning Yang, Yingsheng Xu, Jinglin Zhu, Zhongqiang Chen, Zhongjun Liu, Gengting Dang, and Chunli Song. “Simvastatin treatment improves functional recovery after experimental spinal cord injury by upregulating the expression of BDNF and GDNF..” Neurosci Lett 487, no. 3 (January 10, 2011): 255–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.007.
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  - Spires-Jones, Tara L., Kevin Kay, Roland Matsouka, Anete Rozkalne, Rebecca A. Betensky, and Bradley T. Hyman. “Calcineurin inhibition with systemic FK506 treatment increases dendritic branching and dendritic spine density in healthy adult mouse brain..” Neurosci Lett 487, no. 3 (January 10, 2011): 260–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.033.
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  - Vaidya, Vishal S., Sushrut S. Waikar, Michael A. Ferguson, Fitz B. Collings, Kelsey Sunderland, Costas Gioules, Gary Bradwin, et al. “Urinary biomarkers for sensitive and specific detection of acute kidney injury in humans..” Clin Transl Sci 1, no. 3 (December 2008): 200–208. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2008.00053.x.
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  - Atem, Folefac, and Roland A. Matsouaka. “Linear regression model with a randomly censored predictor:Estimation procedures,” n.d.
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  - Matsouaka, R. A., and M. glymour. “does mother know best.” Epidemiology, n.d.
- Conference Papers
  - McHugh, Kelly, JingJing Wu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Adam D. DeVore, Gregg C. Fonarow, Paul A. Heidenreich, Clyde W. Yancy, Jennifer B. Green, Natasha Altman, and Adrian F. Hernandez. “Diabetes is Associated with Worse In-Hospital and 30-Day Post-Discharge Morbidity in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Findings from the Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Registry.” In Journal of Cardiac Failure, 24:S92–S92. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.358.
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  - Inohara, Taku, Ying Xian, Li Liang, Roland Matsouaka, Jeffrey L. Saver, Eric E. Smith, Lee H. Schwamm, et al. “Impact of Concomitant Use of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies on Outcomes in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage.” In Stroke, Vol. 49. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2018.
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  - Song, Sarah Y., Li Liang, Gregg Fonarow, Eric E. Smith, Deepak L. Bhatt, Roland Matsouaka, Ying Xian, Lee Schwamm, and Jeffrey L. Saver. “Clinical Care and Outcomes of Asian Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients.” In Stroke, Vol. 49. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2018.
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  - Zachrison, Kori S., Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Adrian Hernandez, Mathew J. Reeves, Carlos A. Camargo, Margueritte Cox, Roland A. Matsouaka, Joshua P. Metlay, Joshua N. Goldstein, and Lee H. Schwamm. “Increasing Interfacility Transfers Among Northeastern Hospitals in the Care of Stroke Patients.” In Stroke, Vol. 49. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2018.
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  - Chang, Leslie L., Haolin Xu, Adam D. DeVore, Roland Matsouaka, Clyde Yancy, Gregg C. Fonarow, Larry Allen, and Adrian F. Hernandez. “Timing of Postdischarge Follow-Up and Medication Adherence Among Heart Failure Patients.” In Circulation, Vol. 136. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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  - Gupta, Ankur, Larry A. Allen, Deepak L. Bhatt, Margueritte Cox, Adam D. DeVore, Paul A. Heidenreich, Adrian F. Hernandez, et al. “Implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, Readmissions, and Mortality in Heart Failure.” In Circulation, Vol. 136. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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  - Inohara, Taku, Ying Xian, Li Liang, Roland Matsouaka, Jeffrey L. Saver, Eric E. Smith, Lee H. Schwamm, et al. “Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients Receiving Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants.” In Circulation, Vol. 136. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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  - Shah, Kevin S., Haolin Xu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Deepak L. Bhatt, Paul A. Heidenreich, Adran F. Hernandez, Adam D. Devore, Clyde W. Yancy, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Five-Year Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure With Preserved, Borderline, and Reduced Ejection Fraction in the Medicare Population.” In Circulation, Vol. 136. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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  - Kon, Zachary N., Gregory J. Bittle, Chetan Pasrija, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Roland A. Matsouaka, Bradley Taylor, James S. Gammie, and Bartley P. Griffith. “Incidence and Outcomes of Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy in the United States: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgery Database.” In Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 225:e11–e11. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.07.550.
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  - Jalnapurkar, Sawan, Xin Zhao, Paul Heidenreich, Deepak Bhatt, Eric Smith, Adam DeVore, Adrian Hernandez, Roland Matsouaka, Clyde Yancy, and Gregg Fonarow. “A HOSPITAL LEVEL ANALYSIS OF 30-DAY READMISSION RATES FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AMONG HIGHEST AND LOWEST PERFORMING HOSPITALS, FINDINGS FROM GET WITH THE GUIDELINES-HEART FAILURE.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69:2565–2565. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017.
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  - Joseph, Lee, Mohammad Bashir, Qun Xiang, Babatunde Yerokun, Roland Matsouaka, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Samir Kapadia, and Firas Zahr. “PREVALENCE AND OUTCOMES OF MITRAL STENOSIS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: FINDINGS FROM THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS/AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (STS/ACC) TRANSCATHETER VALVE THERAPIES (TVT) REGISTRY.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69:1221–1221. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017.
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  - O’Byrne, Michael L., Sunghee Kim, Christoph Hornik, Babatunde Yerokun, Roland Matsouaka, Jeffrey Jacobs, Marshall Jacobs, and Richard Jonas. “EFFECT OF OBESITY AND UNDERWEIGHT STATUS ON PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: AN ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY DATABASE.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69:574–574. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017.
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  - Sherwood, Matthew William, Katelyn Xiang, Roland Matsouaka, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Amit Vora, Eric Peterson, and Sunil Rao. “PATTERNS OF RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION AND ASSOCIATED OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TAVR: INSIGHTS FOR THE STS/ACC TVT REGISTRY.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69:1297–1297. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017.
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  - Tankazyan, Hambik, Gaurav Tyagi, Amanda Stebbins, Roland Matsouaka, Alice Wang, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Kenneth Jutzy, et al. “IMPACT OF THE PRESENCE OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND TIMING OF REVASCULARIZATION ON OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANS-CATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: INSIGHTS FROM STS/ACC TVT REGISTRY.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69:1227–1227. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017.
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  - Vora, Amit, Dadi David Dai, Roland Matsouaka, J Kevin Harrison, G Chad Hughes, Matthew Sherwood, Jonathan Piccini, et al. “NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FOLLOWING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: INCIDENCE, ANTICOAGULANT STRATEGY, AND OUTCOMES.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 69:961–961. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2017.
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  - Anderson, Brett R., Amelia S. Wallace, Kevin D. Hill, Brian C. Gulack, Roland Matsouaka, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Emile A. Bacha, Sherry A. Glied, and Marshall L. Jacobs. “The Impact of Surgeon Experience on Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes.” In Circulation, Vol. 134. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2016.
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  - Pandey, Ambarish, Harsh Golwala, Haolin Xu, Adam DeVore, Roland Matsouaka, Michael Pencina, Dharam Kumbhani, et al. “Association of Risk Adjusted 30 Day Heart Failure Readmission Rates Under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Quality of Care and Outcomes: Findings From the American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure Program.” In Circulation, Vol. 134. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2016.
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  - Don, Creighton W., Adam Johnson, Amanda Stebbins, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Roland Matsouaka, Chris Burke, Steve Le, et al. “PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE TAVR OUTCOMES INDEPENDENT OF COPD: REPORT FROM THE TVT REGISTRY.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 67:2–2. Elsevier BV, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(16)30003-1.
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