Larry Allen, MD

Professor, Medicine-Cardiology


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, Harvard Medical School (2001)
Graduate School
  • MHS, Duke University (2008)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, University of Colorado - Boulder (CO) (1994)
Internship
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program (2002)
Residency
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program, General Cardiology (2004)
Fellowships
  • Duke University Hospital Program, General Cardiology (2008)
Languages
English
Department
Medicine-Cardiology

Professional Titles

  • Associate Head, Clinical Affairs, Cardiology
  • Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure
  • Chief, Division of Cardiology

Recognitions

  • Outstanding Cardiology Faculty Award, Fellows, Division of Cardiology (2009)
  • Chief Fellow, Duke Clinical Research Institute (2007)
  • Top Doctor in Denver 2012-2022, 5280 Magazine (2022)
    Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
  • Member, ASCI, American Society of Clinical Investigation (2020)
  • Pioneer Award, Medical Staff, University of Colorado Hospital, UCHealth (2010)
    For co-creation of the Heart Failure Task force to address quality metrics
  • Association of University Cardiologists (AUC), AUC (2023)

Research Interests

Outcomes Research, Risk Prediction, Readmission, Transitions of Care, Shared Decision Making

Publications

  • Allen LA, Yager JE, Jonsson Funk M, Levy WC, Tulsky JA, Bowers MT, Dodson GC, O’Connor CM, Felker GM. Discordance between patient-predicted and model-predicted life expectancy in ambulatory heart failure patients. JAMA 2008;299:2524-32. [PMID: 18523222]
  • Allen LA, Rogers, JG, Warnica JW, DiSalvo TG, Hasan M, Tasissa G, O’Connor CM, Stevenson LW, on behalf of the ESCAPE Investigators and Coordinators. High mortality without ESCAPE: the registry of heart failure patients receiving pulmonary artery catheters without randomization. J Card Fail 2008;14:661-9. [PMID: 18926438]
  • Allen LA, Milo-Cotter O, Filippatos G, Reisen LH, Bensimhon DR, Gronda EG, Colombo P, Davison B, Felker GM, Fontanella B, O'Connor CM, Cotter G, Dittrich H, Metra M, Velazquez EJ. The Natural Course of Symptoms and Signs During Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: The MEASURE-HF Registry. J Card Fail 2008;14:777-84. [PMID: 18995183]
  • Allen LA, Felker GM, Pocock S, McMurray JJV, Pfeffer MA, Swedberg K, Wang D, Yusuf S, Michelson EL, Granger CB. Liver function abnormalities and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure: data from the Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) program.Eur J Heart Fail 2009;11:170-7. [PMID: 19168515]
  • Havranek EP, Allen LA. Listening to patients. JACC 2008;52:1709-10. [PMID: 19007690]
  • Allen LA, Granger CB. Risk assessment in the genomic era: are we missing the low-hanging fruit? In press at Am Heart J, accepted for publication January 26, 2009
  • Allen LA, Hernandez AF, O’Connor CM, Felker GM. Endpoints for Clinical Trials in Acute Heart Failure Syndromes (“State-of-the-Art” Review). JACC 2009. In press.
  • Allen LA, Felker GM. Multi-marker strategies in heart failure: clinical and statistical approaches. Accepted for publication in Heart Failure Rev Oct 2008.
  • Liao L, Allen LA, Whellan DJ. Economic burden of heart failure in the elderly. PharmacoEconomics 2008;26:1-8. [PMID: 18489197]
  • Allen LA, Anstrom KJ, Horton J, Shaw LK, Eisenstein EL, Felker GM. Relationship between anemia status and health care costs in patients with symptomatic heart failure. Accepted at Scientific Sessions ACC 2009.
  • Fitzgerald A, Havranek EP, Peterson PN, Magid DJ, Allen LA, Clarke C, Shetterly S, Powers D, Masoudi F. Association between adherence to evidence-based pharmacotherapy and outcomes among patients with heart failure. Accepted at Scientific Sessions ACC 2009.
  • Allen LA, Reid KJ, Dunlay SM, Chan PS, Hauptman PJ, Kosiborod M, Roger VL, Spertus JA. Predictors of persistently low health status following hospitalization for heart failure. Accepted at AHA Quality of Care and Outcome Conference 2009.
  • 12. Dunlay SM, Reid KJ, Allen LA, Chan PS, Hauptman PJ, Kosiborod M, Spertus JA. Identification of High-Risk Heart Failure Patients Following Hospitalization: Value of Clinical Data Obtained One Week After Discharge. Accepted at AHA Quality of Care and Outcome Conference 2009.
  • Allen LA, Peterson PN, Zeng C, Clark C, Shetterly S, Lindenfeld J, Magid DJ, Masoudi FM. Beta-blocker intensification in ambulatory heart failure patients and short-term association with subsequent hospitalization. JACC 2010;55(10SuppA):A37.
  • Peterson PN, Campagna E, Dickinson LM, Maravi M, Allen LA, Masoudi FM. Low acculturation predicts rehosptialization among underserved patients with heart failure. JACC 2010;55(10SuppA):A144.
  • Ambardekar AV, Sauer WH, Brieke A, Lowery CM, Allen LA. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator events in patients with left ventricular assist devices. J Card Fail 2009;15(6Supp):S47-8.
  • Allen LA, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Curtis LH, Dai D, Masoudi FA, Bhatt DL, Heidenreich PA, Fonarow GC. Discharge to a Skilled Nursing Facility and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes Among Elderly Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. AHA QCOR Scientific Sessions 2010, May 17, Washington DC.
  • Allen LA, Anstrom KJ, Horton J, Shaw LK, Eisenstein EL, Felker GM. Relationship between anemia status and health care costs in patients with symptomatic heart failure. J Card Fail 2009;15:843-9 [PMID 19944360
  • Allen LA, Felker GM, Mehra MR, Chiong JR, Dunlap SH, Ghali JK, Lenihan DJ, Oren RM, Wagoner LE, Schwartz TA, Adams KF. Validation and potential mechanisms of red cell distribution width as a prognostic marker in heart failure. J Card Fail 2010;16:230-8. [PMID 20206898]
  • Dunlay SM, Gheorghiade M, Reid KJ, Allen LA, Chan PS, Hauptman PJ, Zannad F, Maggioni AP, Swedberg K, Konstam MA, Spertus JA. Critical elements of a clinical follow-up after hospital discharge for heart failure: insights from the EVEREST trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2010 Mar 1; Epub ahead of print. [PMID 20197265]
  • Ambardekar AV, Lowery CM, Allen LA, Cannon AP, Cleveland JC, Lindenfeld J, Brieke A, Sauer WH. Effect of left ventricular assist device placement on pre-existing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads. J Card Fail 2010 January 11; Epub ahead of print.
  • Allen LA, Turer AT, DeWald T, Gattis Stough W, Cotter G, O’Connor CM. Continuous versus bolus dosing of furosemide for patients hospitalized with heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2010. In press for June publication.
  • Allen LA. Use of multiple biomarkers in heart failure. Curr Card Rep 2010. Accepted for publication March 4, 2010. In press.
  • Ambardekar AV, Allen LA, Lindenfeld J, Lowery CM, Cannon AP, Cleveland JC, Brieke A, Sauer WH. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in patients with a left ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant 2010 Jul;29:771-6. [PMID 20347337]
  • Allen LA, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Curtis LH, Dai D, Masoudi FA, Bhatt D, Heidenreich PA, Fonarow GC. Discharge to a Skilled Nursing Facility and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes Among Elderly Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. Accepted for publication at Circ Heart Failure January 2011.
  • Allen LA, Gheorghiade M, Reid KJ, Dunlay SM, Chan PS, Hauptman PJ, Zannad F, Konstam MA, Spertus JA. Identifying patients hospitalized with heart failure at risk for unfavorable future quality of life. Accepted for publication at Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes March 2011.
  • Bekelman DB, Shakar SF. Matlock DD, Kutner JS, Allen LA, Knowles CT. Outpatient palliative care for chronic heart failure: A case series. J Pall Care. Accepted for publication March 2011
  • Allen LA, Felker GM. Multi-marker strategies in heart failure: clinical and statistical approaches. Heart Failure Rev. 2010 Jul;15:343-9. [PMID 19412735]
  • Lemond L, Allen LA. Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Failure. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. In press.
  • Allen LA, Spertus JA. Endpoints in Comparative Effectiveness Research. Clinics of North America. In press.
  • Allen LA. Endpoints in Acute Heart Failure Trials. Heart Failure Clinics. In press.
  • Allen LA. Outpatient Process of Care Measures and Outcomes: Are There Benefits of Playing by the Rules? Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. Invited, in process.
  • Rumsfeld JS, Allen LA. Cutting Down On Thirty-Day Readmissions Following Cardiothoracic Surgery? Outcomes Measures Go Back to the Future. JACC Interventions 2011. In press.
  • Fitzgerald AA, Powers JD, Ho PM, Maddox TM, Peterson PN, Allen LA, Masoudi FM, Magid DJ, Havranek EP. The impact of medication non-adherence on hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure. J Cardiac Fail 2011;17:664-669. [PMID: 21807328]
  • Bekelman DB, Nowles CT, Allen LA, Shakar S, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Outpatient palliative care for chronic heart failure: a case series. J Palliat Med 2011;14:815-821. [PMID: 21554021]
  • Bekelman DB, Nowels CT, Retrum JH, Allen LA, Shakar S, Hutt E, Heyborne T, Main DS, Kutner JS. Giving voice to patients’ and family caregivers’ needs in chronic heart failure: implications for palliative care programs. J Palliat Med 2011;14:1317-1324. [PMID: 22107107]
  • Peterson PN, Dickenson LM, Campagna E, Maravi M, Allen LA, Bull S, Steiner JF, Havranek EP, Masoudi FM. Acculturation and outcomes for patients with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail 2012. ePub Jan 13. [PMID: 22247483]
  • Dorosz JL, Lezotte DC, Weitzenkamp DA, Allen LA, Salcedo EE. The performance of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in measuring left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012. In press.
  • Bowles E, Wellman R, Spencer Feigelson H, Onitilo A, Freedman AN, Delate T, Allen LA, Nekhlyudov L, Goddard KAB, David RL, Habel L, Ulcickas Yood M, McCarty C, Magid DJ, Wagner E. Population-based heart failure risk following anthracycline and trastuzumab treatment for invasive breast cancer. J Nat Cancer Inst. 2012. In Press.
  • Allen LA, Magid DJ, Peterson PN, Zeng C, Clarke CL, Masoudi FA. Beta-blocker initiation and up-titration in ambulatory heart failure patients and association with subsequent hospitalization. BMC Cardiovasc Disorders 2012. Under revision.
  • Allen LA, Ulcickas Yood M, Wagner EH, Aiello Bowles EJ, Pardee R, Wellman R, Habel L, Nakhlyudov L, Davis RL, Adedayo O, Magid DJ. Performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying heart failure and cardiomyopathy among patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Medical Care 2012; Under revision.
  • Allen LA, Stevenson LW, Grady KL, Goldstein NE, Matlock DD, Arnold RM, Cook NR, Felker GM, Francis GS, Hauptman PJ, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM, Mancini D, Riegel B, Spertus JA, on behalf of the American Heart Association Councils on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Nursing. Decision Making in Advanced Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2012; Epub ahead of print March 5. [PMID 22392529]
  • Allen LA. End-points selection in acute heart failure trials. Heart Failure Clin. 2011;7:481-495. [PMID: 21925431]
  • Lemond L, Allen LA. Palliative care in advanced heart failure. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2011;54:168-178. [PMID: 21875515]
  • Allen LA, Rumsfeld JS. The Hospital-to-Home campaign. US Cardiology 2012;9:12-15.
  • Fitzgerald A, Allen LA, Masoudi FM. The evolving landscape of quality measurement for heart failure. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2012. In press
  • Partovich C, Gleim SR, Mody PS, Li SX, Wang H, Strait KM, Allen LA, Lagu RC, Krumholz HM. Hospital patterns of use of positive inotropic agents in patients with heart failure. JACC 2012. Under revision.
  • Allen LA, Ulcickas Yood M, Wagner EH, Aiello Bowles EJ, Pardee R, Wellman R, Habel L, Nakhlyudov L, Davis RL, Adedayo O, Magid DJ. Performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying heart failure and cardiomyopathy among patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Medical Care 2012; May 25 ePub ahead of print. [PMID 22643199]
  • Allen LA, Magid DJ, Peterson PN, Zeng C, Clarke CL, Masoudi FA. Beta-blocker initiation and up-titration in ambulatory heart failure patients and association with subsequent hospitalization. BMC Cardiovasc Disorders 2012;12:43. [PMID: 22709128]
  • Aiello Bowles EJ, Wellman R, Spencer Feigelson H, Onitilo A, Freedman AN, Delate T, Allen LA, Nekhlyudov L, Goddard KAB, Davis RL, Habel L, Ulcickas Yood M, McCarty C, Magid DJ, Wagner EH. Population-based heart failure risk following anthracycline and trastuzumab treatment for invasive breast cancer. J Nat Cancer Inst 2012;104:1293-1305. [PMID 22949432]
  • Partovich C, Gleim SR, Mody PS, Li SX, Wang H, Strait KM, Allen LA, Lagu RC, Krumholz HM. Hospital patterns of use of positive inotropic agents in patients with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;60:1402-9. [PMID 22981548]
  • Allen LA, Smoyer Tomic K, Wilson KL, Smith DM, Agodoa I. The inpatient experience and predictors of length of stay for patients hospitalized with systolic heart failure: comparison by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payer type. J Med Econ 2013;16:43-54. [PMID 22954063]
  • Allen LA, Smoyer Tomic K, Wilson KL, Smith DM, Agodoa I. Predictors of 30-day readmission among commercially-insured and Medicaid-enrolled patients hospitalized with systolic heart failure. Circ Heart Fail 2012;5:672-679. [PMID 23072736]
  • Saczynski J, Magid DJ, Smith DH, Allen LA, Ogarek J, McManus DA, Goldberg RJ, Go AS, Gurwitz JH. Patterns of complex comorbidity in patients with heart failure: The Cardiovascular Research Network PRESERVE Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013;61:26-33. [PMID 23311550]
  • Retrum JH, Boggs J, Hersh A, Wright L, Main DS, Magid DJ, Allen LA. Patient-identified factors related to heart failure readmissions. Circ Qual Care Outcomes 2013; ePub ahead of print Feb 5. [PMID 23386663]
  • Bapoje SR, Bahia A, Hokanson JE, Peterson PN, Heidenrich PA, Lindenfeld J, Allen LA, Masoudi FA. The Effects of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists on the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Circ Heart Fail 2013; ePub ahead of print Feb 12 [PMID 23403436]
  • Gurwitz JH, Magid DJ, Smith DH, Goldberg RJ, McManus DA, Allen LA, Saczynski J, Thorp ML, Hsu G, Sugn SH, Go AS. Contemporary prevalence and correlates of preserved systolic function among a contemporary cohort of incident heart failure. Am J Med 2013; in press, accepted 10/25/2012.
  • Allen LA, Magid DJ, Gurwitz JH, Smith DH, Goldberg RJ, Saczynski J, Thorp ML, Hsu G, Sung SH, Go AS. Risk factors for adverse outcomes by left ventricular ejection fraction in a contemporary heart failure population. Circ Heart Fail 2013; in press; accepted for publication 12/28/2012.
  • Hess PL, Kim S, Piccini JP, Allen LA, Ansell JE, Paul Chang P, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Thomas L, Peterson ED, Fonarow GC. Use of Evidence-Based Primary and Secondary Cardiac Prevention Therapy Among Outpatients with Atrial Fibrillation. Am J Med 2013; in press; accepted for publication 1/15/2013.
  • Smith DH, Thorp ML, Gurwitz JH, McManus DA, Goldberg RJ, Allen LA, Hsu G, Sung SH, Magid DJ, Go AS. Chronic kidney disease and outcomes in heart failure with preserved versus reduced systolic function. Circ Qual Care Outcomes 2013; in press; accepted for publication 12/2012.
  • Allen LA, Ambardekar A, Deveraj K, Malezewski J, Wolfel G. Clinical Problem-Solving: Missing Elements of the History. N Engl J Med 2013; Accepted for publication 1/31/2013.
  • Heidenreich PA, Albert N, Allen LA, Bluemke DA, Butler J, Fonarow GC, Ikonomidis JS, Khavjou O, Konstam MA, Maddox TM, Nichol G, Pham M, Piña IL, Trogdon J. Forecasting the Impact of Heart Failure in the United States: A Policy Statement from the American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee. Circulation 2013; accepted for publication 1/28/2013.
  • Fitzgerald A, Allen LA, Masoudi FM. The evolving landscape of quality measurement for heart failure. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2012;1254:131-9. [PMID 22548579]
  • Allen LA, Spertus JA. Endpoints in comparative effectiveness research for heart failure. Heart Fail Clin 2013;9:15-28. [PMID 23168314]
  • Vigen R, Maddox T, Allen LA. Aging of the United States population: impact on heart failure. Curr Heart Fail Rep 2012;9:369-74. [PMID 22940871]
  • Matlock DD, Allen LA. Defibrillators, Decisions, Deactivation, and Dying. JAMA Intern Med 2013;Jan 28:1-2. [Epub ahead of print]. [PMID: 23358740]
  • Allen LA, Rumsfeld JS. Quality of Care: Measurement and Improvement. American College of Cardiology, Self-Assessment Program (ACCSAP 8, Chapter 6). 2012.
  • Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Hernandez AF, Peterson PN, Partovian C, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variation in Intravenous Inotrope Use for Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure: Data from Get With The Guidelines. AHA 2012 Nov 7, Los Angeles.
  • Allen LA, Shetterly S, Peterson PN, Brand DW, Bekelman DB, Clarke CL, Spertus JA, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA. Incremental prognostic value of serial health status measures for patients with heart failure. Accepted to ACC 2013 San Francisco.
  • Shakowski C, Page RL, Shakar S, Wolfel EE, Brieke A, Allen LA, Ambardekar A, Lindenfeld J. Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) Blockade Reduces Proteinuria in Heart Transplant Recipients: An Observational, Longitudinal Analysis. Accepted for presentation during the ISHLT 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, 2013 April 26, Montreal.
  • McIlvennan CK, Narayan M, Cannon A, Bradley WJ, Nowels C, Brieke A, Cleveland JC, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Approaches to Decision Support and Preparation for Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Nationwide Sample of Mechanical Circulatory Support Coordinators. Accepted for presentation, AHA-QCOR Scientific Sessions, 2013 May 16, Baltimore.
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Nowels C, Cleveland JC, Brieke A, Matlock DD. Decisional Needs in Patients Considering Left Ventricular Assist Device as Destination Therapy: Contrast Between Acceptors and Decliners. Young Investigator Award presentation, AHA-QCOR Scientific Sessions, 2013 May 16, Baltimore.
  • Saczynski JS, Go AS, Magid DJ, Smith DH, McManus DD, Allen L, Ogarek J, Goldberg RJ, Gurwitz JH. Patterns of comorbidity in older adults with heart failure: the Cardiovascular Research Network PRESERVE study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan;61(1):26-33. PubMed PMID: 23311550
  • Retrum JH, Boggs J, Hersh A, Wright L, Main DS, Magid DJ, Allen LA. Patient-identified factors related to heart failure readmissions. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Mar 1;6(2):171-7. PubMed PMID: 23386663
  • Bapoje SR, Bahia A, Hokanson JE, Peterson PN, Heidenreich PA, Lindenfeld J, Allen LA, Masoudi FA. Effects of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists on the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Mar;6(2):166-73. PubMed PMID: 23403436
  • Smith DH, Thorp ML, Gurwitz JH, McManus DD, Goldberg RJ, Allen LA, Hsu G, Sung SH, Magid DJ, Go AS. Chronic kidney disease and outcomes in heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction: the Cardiovascular Research Network PRESERVE Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 May 1;6(3):333-42. PubMed PMID: 23685625
  • Gurwitz JH, Magid DJ, Smith DH, Goldberg RJ, McManus DD, Allen LA, Saczynski JS, Thorp ML, Hsu G, Sung SH, Go AS. Contemporary prevalence and correlates of incident heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Am J Med. 2013 May;126(5):393-400. PubMed PMID: 23499328
  • Allen LA, Magid DJ, Gurwitz JH, Smith DH, Goldberg RJ, Saczynski J, Thorp ML, Hsu G, Sung SH, Go AS. Risk factors for adverse outcomes by left ventricular ejection fraction in a contemporary heart failure population. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Jul;6(4):635-46. PubMed PMID: 23709659
  • Hess PL, Kim S, Piccini JP, Allen LA, Ansell JE, Chang P, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Thomas L, Peterson ED, Fonarow GC. Use of evidence-based cardiac prevention therapy among outpatients with atrial fibrillation. Am J Med. 2013 Jul;126(7):625-32.e1. PubMed PMID: 23787195
  • Flint KM, Matlock DD, Sundareswaran KS, Lindenfeld J, Spertus JA, Farrar DJ, Allen LA. Pre-operative health status and outcomes after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Dec;32(12):1249-54. PubMed PMID: 24119729
  • Peterson PN, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Tang F, Jones PG, Ezekowitz JA, Allen LA, Masoudi FA, Maddox TM. Practice-level variation in use of recommended medications among outpatients with heart failure: Insights from the NCDR PINNACLE program. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Nov;6(6):1132-8. PubMed PMID: 24130004
  • Clarke CL, Grunwald GK, Allen LA, Barón AE, Peterson PN, Brand DW, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA. Natural history of left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with heart failure. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Nov;6(6):680-6. PubMed PMID: 24129973
  • Heidenreich PA, Albert NM, Allen LA, Bluemke DA, Butler J, Fonarow GC, Ikonomidis JS, Khavjou O, Konstam MA, Maddox TM, Nichol G, Pham M, Piña IL, Trogdon JG, American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Stroke Council. Forecasting the impact of heart failure in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 May;6(3):606-19. PubMed PMID: 23616602
  • Allen LA, Spertus JA. End points for comparative effectiveness research in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2013 Jan;9(1):15-28. PubMed PMID: 23168314
  • Hersh AM, Masoudi FA, Allen LA. Postdischarge environment following heart failure hospitalization: expanding the view of hospital readmission. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013 Apr 11;2(2):e000116. PubMed PMID: 23580604
  • Matlock DD, Allen LA. Defibrillators, deactivation, decisions, and dying. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Mar 11;173(5):375-94. PubMed PMID: 23358740
  • Allen LA, Ambardekar AV. Diff'rent strokes, different folks: advanced heart failure's changing outlook. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 May;6(3):355-7. PubMed PMID: 23694769
  • McIlvennan CK, Jones J, Allen LA, Lindenfeld J, Swetz KM, Nowels C, Matlock DD. Decision-Making for Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Implications for Caregivers. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25759442
  • McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Narayan MP, Nowels C, Thompson JS, Cannon A, Bradley WJ, Allen LA. Perspectives from mechanical circulatory support coordinators on the pre-implantation decision process for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices. Heart Lung. 2015 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25724116
  • Thompson LE, Bekelman DB, Allen LA, Peterson PN. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Heart Failure: Existing Measures and Future Uses. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2015 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25703897
  • Allen LA. Simultaneous use of intravenous fluids and diuretics in patients hospitalized with heart failure: when the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Feb;3(2):134-5. PubMed PMID: 25660837
  • Gurwitz JH, Magid DJ, Smith DH, Hsu G, Sung SH, Allen LA, McManus DD, Goldberg RJ, Go AS, for the CVRN PRESERVE Study. The Complex Relationship of Race to Outcomes in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Am J Med. 2014 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25554372
  • Iacovetto MC, Matlock DD, McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Bradley W, LaRue SJ, Allen LA. Educational resources for patients considering a left ventricular assist device: a cross-sectional review of internet, print, and multimedia materials. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 Nov;7(6):905-11. PubMed PMID: 25316772
  • McIlvennan CK, Magid KH, Ambardekar AV, Thompson JS, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Clinical outcomes after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: a systematic review. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Nov;7(6):1003-13. PubMed PMID: 25294625
  • O'Brien EC, Simon DN, Allen LA, Singer DE, Fonarow GC, Kowey PR, Thomas LE, Ezekowitz MD, Mahaffey KW, Chang P, Piccini JP, Peterson ED. Reasons for warfarin discontinuation in the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF). Am Heart J. 2014 Oct;168(4):487-94. PubMed PMID: 25262258
  • D'souza RS, Levandowski C, Slavov D, Graw SL, Allen LA, Adler E, Mestroni L, Taylor MR. Danon disease: clinical features, evaluation, and management. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Sep;7(5):843-9. PubMed PMID: 25228319
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. Outcomes in acute heart failure: 30-day readmission versus death. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2014 Dec;11(4):445-52. PubMed PMID: 25139630
  • Allen LA, Rumsfeld JS. Can we predict who will be alive and well after transcatheter aortic valve replacement? Is that useful to individual patients?. Circulation. 2014 Jun 24;129(25):2636-7. PubMed PMID: 24958750
  • Flint KM, Allen LA, Pham M, Heidenreich PA. B-type natriuretic peptide predicts 30-day readmission for heart failure but not readmission for other causes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Jun 10;3(3):e000806. PubMed PMID: 24922626
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Nowels C, Brieke A, Cleveland JC, Matlock DD. Decision making for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices: "there was no choice" versus "I thought about it an awful lot". Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 May;7(3):374-80. PubMed PMID: 24823949
  • Chifamba J, Mapfumo C, Mawoneke DW, Gwaunza LT, Allen LA, Chinyanga HM. Exercise-induced cardiac fatigue in low and normal birth weight young black adults. Cardiol Young. 2015 Mar;25(3):481-4. PubMed PMID: 24713506
  • O'Brien EC, Holmes DN, Ansell JE, Allen LA, Hylek E, Kowey PR, Gersh BJ, Fonarow GC, Koller CR, Ezekowitz MD, Mahaffey KW, Chang P, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, Singer DE. Physician practices regarding contraindications to oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: findings from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry. Am Heart J. 2014 Apr;167(4):601-609.e1. PubMed PMID: 24655711
  • Flint KM, Allen LA. Getting a grip on frailty: handgrip strength in patient selection for left ventricular assist device. J Card Fail. 2014 May;20(5):316-8. PubMed PMID: 24642378
  • Allen LA, Ambardekar AV, Devaraj KM, Maleszewski JJ, Wolfel EE. Clinical problem-solving. Missing elements of the history. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 6;370(6):559-66. PubMed PMID: 24499215
  • Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Hernandez AF, Peterson PN, Partovian C, Li SX, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Investigators. Hospital variation in intravenous inotrope use for patients hospitalized with heart failure: insights from Get With The Guidelines. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Mar 1;7(2):251-60. PubMed PMID: 24488983
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. To DT or not to DT, that is the question: working toward a comprehensive, patient-centered perspective on left ventricular assist device for destination therapy. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 Jan;7(1):13-4. PubMed PMID: 24425698
  • Afilalo J, Alexander KP, Mack MJ, Maurer MS, Green P, Allen LA, Popma JJ, Ferrucci L, Forman DE. Frailty assessment in the cardiovascular care of older adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Mar 4;63(8):747-62. PubMed PMID: 24291279
  • Allen LA, Shetterly SM, Peterson PN, Gurwitz JH, Smith DH, Brand DW, Fairclough DL, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Magid DJ. Guideline concordance of testing for hyperkalemia and kidney dysfunction during initiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in patients with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jan;7(1):43-50. PubMed PMID: 24281136
  • Allen LA, Yood MU, Wagner EH, Aiello Bowles EJ, Pardee R, Wellman R, Habel L, Nekhlyudov L, Davis RL, Onitilo AA, Magid DJ, Pharmacovigilance Research Group. Performance of claims-based algorithms for identifying heart failure and cardiomyopathy among patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Med Care. 2014 May;52(5):e30-8. PubMed PMID: 22643199
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. Quality of Life Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: In a World Full of Data, #Missingness. J Card Fail. 2016 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26850931
  • Warraich HJ, Allen LA, Mukamal KJ, Ship A, Kociol RD. Accuracy of physician prognosis in heart failure and lung cancer: Comparison between physician estimates and model predicted survival. Palliat Med. 2016 Jan 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26769732
  • Kociol RD, Allen LA. Gradual Increases in Scheduled and Actual Early Follow-Up After Heart Failure Hospitalization: Two Steps Forward or One Step Forward?. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Jan;9(1). PubMed PMID: 26754627
  • Thompson JS, Matlock DD, McIlvennan CK, Jenkins AR, Allen LA. Development of a Decision Aid for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Considering a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Dec;3(12):965-76. PubMed PMID: 26671675
  • Breathett K, Allen LA, Helmkamp L, Colborn K, Daugherty SL, Khazanie P, Lindrooth R, Peterson PN. The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Correlated With Increased Heart Transplant Listings in African-Americans But Not Hispanics or Caucasians. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Feb;5(2):136-147. PubMed PMID: 28109783
  • Piccini JP, Allen LA. Heart Failure Complicated by Atrial Fibrillation: Don't Bury the Beta-Blockers Just Yet. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Feb;5(2):107-109. PubMed PMID: 28089314
  • Pandey A, Kim S, Moore C, Thomas L, Gersh B, Allen LA, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Hylek E, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, Fonarow GC. Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Incident Heart Failure in Patients With Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Jan;5(1):44-52. PubMed PMID: 28034376
  • Narayan M, Jones J, Portalupi LB, McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Patient Perspectives on Communication of Individualized Survival Estimates in Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2016 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28012883
  • Allen LA, Matlock DD, Shetterly SM, Xu S, Levy WC, Portalupi LB, McIlvennan CK, Gurwitz JH, Johnson ES, Smith DH, Magid DJ. Use of Risk Models to Predict Death in the Next Year Among Individual Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiol. 2016 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28002546
  • McIlvennan CK, Wordingham SE, Allen LA, Matlock DD, Jones J, Dunlay SM, Swetz KM. Deactivation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Differing Perspectives of Cardiology and Hospice/Palliative Medicine Clinicians. J Card Fail. 2016 Dec 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27932271
  • Randolph TC, Simon DN, Thomas L, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Patient factors associated with quality of life in atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J. 2016 Dec;182:135-143. PubMed PMID: 27914493
  • Jurgens PT, Allen LA, Ambardekar AV, McIlvennan CK. Chronic Norovirus Infections in Cardiac Transplant Patients: Considerations for Evaluation and Management. Prog Transplant. 2016 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27881814
  • Paine AM, Allen LA, Thompson JS, McIlvennan CK, Jenkins A, Hammes A, Kroehl M, Matlock DD. Anchoring in Destination-Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device Decision Making: A Mechanical Turk Survey. J Card Fail. 2016 Nov;22(11):908-912. PubMed PMID: 27150493
  • Bekelman DB, Allen LA, Peterson J, Hattler B, Havranek EP, Fairclough DL, McBryde CF, Meek PM. Rationale and study design of a patient-centered intervention to improve health status in chronic heart failure: The Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness (CASA) randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Nov;51:1-7. PubMed PMID: 27634669
  • Orr NM, Boxer RS, Dolansky MA, Allen LA, Forman DE. Skilled Nursing Facility Care for Patients With Heart Failure: Can We Make It "Heart Failure Ready?". J Card Fail. 2016 Dec;22(12):1004-1014. PubMed PMID: 27769909
  • Flint KM, Schmiege SJ, Allen LA, Fendler TJ, Rumsfeld J, Bekelman D. Health Status Trajectories Among Outpatients With Heart Failure. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Feb;53(2):224-231. PubMed PMID: 27756621
  • McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Matlock DD, Cleveland JC Jr, Dunlay SM, LaRue SJ, Lewis EF, Patel CB, Walsh MN, Allen LA. A Multicenter Trial of a Shared Decision Support Intervention for Patients and Their Caregivers Offered Destination Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure: DECIDE-LVAD: Rationale, Design, and Pilot Data. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2016 Nov Dec;31(6):E8-E20. PubMed PMID: 27203272
  • Magid M, Mcllvennan CK, Jones J, Nowels CT, Allen LA, Thompson JS, Matlock D. Exploring cognitive bias in destination therapy left ventricular assist device decision making: A retrospective qualitative framework analysis. Am Heart J. 2016 Oct;180:64-73. PubMed PMID: 27659884
  • Breathett K, Allen LA, Udelson J, Davis G, Bristow M. Changes in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Predict Survival and Hospitalization in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Oct;9(10). PubMed PMID: 27656000
  • Arnold SV, Jones PG, Allen LA, Cohen DJ, Fendler TJ, Holtz JE, Aggarwal S, Spertus JA. Frequency of Poor Outcome (Death or Poor Quality of Life) After Left Ventricular Assist Device for Destination Therapy: Results From the INTERMACS Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Aug;9(8). PubMed PMID: 27507111
  • Allen LA, McIlvennan CK. Predicting in-hospital worsening heart failure at time of admission, but do we really need another heart failure risk model?. Am Heart J. 2016 Aug;178:188-9. PubMed PMID: 27502868
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Matlock DD. Caregiver Perspectives on End-of-Life Experiences of Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Aug 1;176(8):1231-2. PubMed PMID: 27479674
  • Piccini JP, Simon DN, Steinberg BA, Thomas L, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh B, Hylek E, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Peterson ED. Differences in Clinical and Functional Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation in Women and Men: Two-Year Results From the ORBIT-AF Registry. JAMA Cardiol. 2016 Jun 1;1(3):282-91. PubMed PMID: 27438106
  • Allen LA, Ambardekar AV. Hashing It Out Over Cannabis: Moving Toward a Standard Guideline on Substance Use for Cardiac Transplantation Eligibility That Includes Marijuana. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Jul;9(7). PubMed PMID: 27413033
  • Khazanie P, Allen LA. Meta-Analysis of Medication Adherence Interventions Among Heart Failure Patients: The Lumpers Make Their Case. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Jun 17;5(6). PubMed PMID: 27317351
  • Bui QM, Allen LA, Monte AA, Page RL 2nd, McIlvennan CK. Amphetamine-positive urine drug screens in the setting of mexiletine use: A case series. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Aug;35(8):1045-8. PubMed PMID: 27287628
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. Palliative care in patients with heart failure. BMJ. 2016 Apr 14;353:i1010. PubMed PMID: 27079896
  • Hooker SA, Ross K, Masters KS, Park CL, Hale AE, Allen LA, Bekelman DB. Denver Spirited Heart: Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of a Psychospiritual Intervention for Heart Failure Patients. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2016 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27076391
  • Piccini JP Sr, Allen LA, Kudenchuk PJ, Page RL, Patel MR, Turakhia MP. Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2016 Apr 26;133(17):1715-27. PubMed PMID: 27022063
  • McIlvennan CK, Jones J, Allen LA, Swetz KM, Nowels C, Matlock DD. Bereaved Caregiver Perspectives on the End-of-Life Experience of Patients With a Left Ventricular Assist Device. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr;176(4):534-9. PubMed PMID: 26998594
  • Breathett K, Allen LA, Ambardekar AV. Patient-centered care for left ventricular assist device therapy: current challenges and future directions. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2016 May;31(3):313-20. PubMed PMID: 26890085
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. Quality of Life After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: In a World Full of Data, #Missingness. J Card Fail. 2016 May;22(5):338-9. PubMed PMID: 26850931
  • Warraich HJ, Allen LA, Mukamal KJ, Ship A, Kociol RD. Accuracy of physician prognosis in heart failure and lung cancer: Comparison between physician estimates and model predicted survival. Palliat Med. 2016 Jul;30(7):684-9. PubMed PMID: 26769732
  • Kociol RD, Allen LA. Gradual Increases in Scheduled and Actual Early Follow-Up After Heart Failure Hospitalization: Two Steps Forward or One Step Forward?. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Jan;9(1). PubMed PMID: 26754627
  • Magid M, Jones J, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Magid K, Thompson JS, Matlock DD. The Perceptions of Important Elements of Caregiving for a Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2016 May-Jun;31(3):215-25. PubMed PMID: 25882647
  • Ahmad T, Desai N, Wilson F, Schulte P, Dunning A, Jacoby D, Allen L, Fiuzat M, Rogers J, Felker GM, O'Connor C, Patel CB. Clinical Implications of Cluster Analysis-Based Classification of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Correlation with Bedside Hemodynamic Profiles. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 3;11(2):e0145881. PubMed PMID: 26840410
  • Steinberg BA, Shrader P, Pieper K, Thomas L, Allen LA, Ansell J, Chan PS, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli GV, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Frequency and Outcomes of Reduced Dose Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Anticoagulants: Results From ORBIT-AF II (The Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II). J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Feb 16;7(4). PubMed PMID: 29453305
  • Yancy CW, Januzzi JL Jr., Allen LA, Butler J, Davis LL, Fonarow GC, Ibrahim NE, Jessup M, Lindenfeld J, Maddox TM, Masoudi FA, Motiwala SR, Patterson JH, Walsh MN, Wasserman A. 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jan 16;71(2):201-230. PubMed PMID: 29277252
  • Allen LA. Patient-centered outcomes with next-generation left ventricular assist devices: One small step, not a giant leap. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Jan;37(1):136-138. PubMed PMID: 29273215
  • Lum HD, Jones J, Lahoff D, Allen LA, Bekelman DB, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Unique challenges of hospice for patients with heart failure: A qualitative study of hospice clinicians. Am Heart J. 2015 Sep;170(3):524-30.e3. PubMed PMID: 26385036
  • Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Liang L, Schulte PJ, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Ho PM, Eapen ZJ, Hernandez AF, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Medication Initiation Burden Required to Comply With Heart Failure Guideline Recommendations and Hospital Quality Measures. Circulation. 2015 Oct 6;132(14):1347-53. PubMed PMID: 26316616
  • Fendler TJ, Swetz KM, Allen LA. Team-based Palliative and End-of-life Care for Heart Failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2015 Jul;11(3):479-98. PubMed PMID: 26142643
  • Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Simon DN, Thomas LE, Marzec LN, Pokorney SD, Gersh BJ, Go AS, Hylek EM, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Chang P, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Digoxin Use and Subsequent Outcomes Among Patients in a Contemporary Atrial Fibrillation Cohort. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Jun 30;65(25):2691-8. PubMed PMID: 26112191
  • Iacovetto MC, Allen LA. Transitioning into a digital world: Time for providers to recommend Internet health information?. Am Heart J. 2015 Jul;170(1):1-2. PubMed PMID: 26093858
  • Allen LA, Ho PM. Peer Review of a Manuscript Submission: A How-To Guide for Effective and Efficient Commentary. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Dec;10(12). PubMed PMID: 29237748
  • Allen LA, Ho PM. Peer Review of a Manuscript Submission: A How-To Guide for Effective and Efficient Commentary. Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Dec;10(12). PubMed PMID: 29237709
  • Barnett AS, Kim S, Fonarow GC, Thomas LE, Reiffel JA, Allen LA, Freeman JV, Naccarelli G, Mahaffey KW, Go AS, Kowey PR, Ansell JE, Gersh BJ, Hylek EM, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Concordance With the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society Guidelines: Findings From ORBIT-AF (Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation). Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2017 Nov;10(11). PubMed PMID: 29141842
  • Gupta A, Allen LA, Bhatt DL, Cox M, DeVore AD, Heidenreich PA, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Matsouaka RA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Implementation With Readmission and Mortality Outcomes in Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Jan 1;3(1):44-53. PubMed PMID: 29128869
  • Inohara T, Shrader P, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Thomas L, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh B, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Association of of Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Phenotypes With Treatment Patterns and Outcomes: A Multicenter Registry Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Jan 1;3(1):54-63. PubMed PMID: 29128866
  • Chifamba J, Mbangani B, Chimhete C, Gwaunza L, Allen LA, Chinyanga HM. Vasomotor sympathetic outflow in the muscle metaboreflex in low birth weight young adults. Integr Blood Press Control. 2015;8:37-42. PubMed PMID: 26060413
  • Colvin M, Sweitzer NK, Albert NM, Krishnamani R, Rich MW, Stough WG, Walsh MN, Westlake Canary CA, Allen LA, Bonnell MR, Carson PE, Chan MC, Dickinson MG, Dries DL, Ewald GA, Fang JC, Hernandez AF, Hershberger RE, Katz SD, Moore S, Rodgers JE, Rogers JG, Vest AR, Whellan DJ, Givertz MM. Heart Failure in Non-Caucasians, Women, and Older Adults: A White Paper on Special Populations From the Heart Failure Society of America Guideline Committee. J Card Fail. 2015 Aug;21(8):674-93. PubMed PMID: 26051012
  • DeVore AD, Allen LA, Eapen ZJ. Thinking Outside the Box: Treating Acute Heart Failure Outside the Hospital to Improve Care and Reduce Admissions. J Card Fail. 2015 Aug;21(8):667-73. PubMed PMID: 26009012
  • McIlvennan CK, Eapen ZJ, Allen LA. Hospital readmissions reduction program. Circulation. 2015 May 19;131(20):1796-803. PubMed PMID: 25986448
  • Holmqvist F, Guan N, Zhu Z, Kowey PR, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Hylek EM, Mahaffey KW, Freeman JV, Chang P, Holmes DN, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, Gersh BJ. Impact of obstructive sleep apnea and continuous positive airway pressure therapy on outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation-Results from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF). Am Heart J. 2015 May;169(5):647-654.e2. PubMed PMID: 25965712
  • Gurwitz JH, Magid DJ, Smith DH, Tabada GH, Sung SH, Allen LA, McManus DD, Goldberg RJ, Tisminetzky M, Go AS. Treatment Effectiveness in Heart Failure with Comorbidity: Lung Disease and Kidney Disease. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Dec;65(12):2610-2618. PubMed PMID: 28873219
  • Mathew JS, Marzec LN, Kennedy KF, Jones PG, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Maddox TM, Allen LA. Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure US Ambulatory Cardiology Practices and the Potential for Uptake of Catheter Ablation: An National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR(®)) Research to Practice (R2P) Project. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Aug 11;6(8). PubMed PMID: 28862932
  • Warraich HJ, Hernandez AF, Allen LA. How Medicine Has Changed the End of Life for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Sep 5;70(10):1276-1289. PubMed PMID: 28859792
  • Finnigan-Fox G, Matlock DD, Tate CE, Knoepke CE, Allen LA. Hospice, She Yelped: Examining the Quantity and Quality of Decision Support Available to Patient and Families Considering Hospice. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Dec;54(6):916-921.e1. PubMed PMID: 28818629
  • Kaufman BG, Kim S, Pieper K, Allen LA, Gersh BJ, Naccarelli GV, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Chan PS, Freeman JV, Ansell J, Kowey PR, Rieffel JA, Piccini J, Peterson E, O'Brien EC. Disease understanding in patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2017 Aug 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28790169
  • Allen LA, Fang JC. Goldilocks Dilemma of Dose Titration in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Too Little, Too Much, or Just Right?. Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Aug;10(8). PubMed PMID: 28790054
  • Nassif ME, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Fendler TJ, Allen LA, Grady KL, Arnold SV. Changes in disease-specific versus generic health status measures after left ventricular assist device implantation: Insights from INTERMACS. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Nov;36(11):1243-1249. PubMed PMID: 28662987
  • Cooper LB, Hammill BG, Allen LA, Lindenfeld J, Mentz RJ, Rogers JG, Milano CA, Patel CB, Alexander KP, Hernandez AF. Assessing Frailty in Patients Undergoing Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: Observations from Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support. ASAIO J. 2018 Jan Feb;64(1):16-23. PubMed PMID: 28525417
  • Cherian TS, Shrader P, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Piccini JP, Peterson ED, Thomas L, Kowey PR, Gersh BJ, Mahaffey KW. Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality, Stroke Risk, and Quality-of-Life Scores in Patients With Heart Failure (from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation [ORBIT-AF]). Am J Cardiol. 2017 Jun 1;119(11):1763-1769. PubMed PMID: 28416199
  • Matlock DD, Jones J, Nowels CT, Jenkins A, Allen LA, Kutner JS. Evidence of Cognitive Bias in Decision Making Around Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillators: A Qualitative Framework Analysis. J Card Fail. 2017 Nov;23(11):794-799. PubMed PMID: 28363805
  • Flint KM, Spertus JA, Tang F, Jones P, Fendler TJ, Allen LA. Association of global and disease-specific health status with outcomes following continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2017 Mar 14;17(1):78. PubMed PMID: 28288574
  • Breathett K, Allen LA, Helmkamp L, Colborn K, Daugherty SL, Khazanie P, Lindrooth R, Peterson PN. The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Correlated With Increased Heart Transplant Listings in African-Americans But Not Hispanics or Caucasians. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Feb;5(2):136-147. PubMed PMID: 28109783
  • Piccini JP, Allen LA. Heart Failure Complicated by Atrial Fibrillation: Don't Bury the Beta-Blockers Just Yet. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Feb;5(2):107-109. PubMed PMID: 28089314
  • Pandey A, Kim S, Moore C, Thomas L, Gersh B, Allen LA, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Hylek E, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, Fonarow GC. Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Incident Heart Failure in Patients With Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Jan;5(1):44-52. PubMed PMID: 28034376
  • Narayan M, Jones J, Portalupi LB, McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Patient Perspectives on Communication of Individualized Survival Estimates in Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2017 Apr;23(4):272-277. PubMed PMID: 28012883
  • Allen LA, Matlock DD, Shetterly SM, Xu S, Levy WC, Portalupi LB, McIlvennan CK, Gurwitz JH, Johnson ES, Smith DH, Magid DJ. Use of Risk Models to Predict Death in the Next Year Among Individual Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Apr 1;2(4):435-441. PubMed PMID: 28002546
  • McIlvennan CK, Wordingham SE, Allen LA, Matlock DD, Jones J, Dunlay SM, Swetz KM. Deactivation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Differing Perspectives of Cardiology and Hospice/Palliative Medicine Clinicians. J Card Fail. 2017 Sep;23(9):708-712. PubMed PMID: 27932271
  • Jurgens PT, Allen LA, Ambardekar AV, McIlvennan CK. Chronic Norovirus Infections in Cardiac Transplant Patients. Prog Transplant. 2017 Mar;27(1):69-72. PubMed PMID: 27881814
  • Flint KM, Schmiege SJ, Allen LA, Fendler TJ, Rumsfeld J, Bekelman D. Health Status Trajectories Among Outpatients With Heart Failure. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Feb;53(2):224-231. PubMed PMID: 27756621
  • Hooker SA, Ross K, Masters KS, Park CL, Hale AE, Allen LA, Bekelman DB. Denver Spirited Heart: Mixed-Methods Pilot Study of a Psychospiritual Intervention for Heart Failure Patients. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2017 May Jun;32(3):226-235. PubMed PMID: 27076391
  • McIlvennan CK, Grady KL, Matlock DD, Helmkamp LJ, Abshire M, Allen LA. End of life for patients with left ventricular assist devices: Insights from INTERMACS. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Dec 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30642799
  • Smith GH, Shore S, Allen LA, Markham DW, Mitchell AR, Moore M, Morris AA, Speight CD, Dickert NW. Discussing Out-of-Pocket Costs With Patients: Shared Decision Making for Sacubitril-Valsartan in Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):e010635. PubMed PMID: 30592239
  • Piña IL, Desai NR, Allen LA, Heidenreich P. Managing the Economic Challenges in the Treatment of Heart Failure. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2018 Nov - Dec;61(5-6):476-483. PubMed PMID: 30565564
  • Nizamic TJ, Allen LA, Dunlay SM. Reply: Inotropes and Mortality. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Dec;6(12):1051. PubMed PMID: 30497649
  • Essien UR, Holmes DN, Jackson LR 2nd, Fonarow GC, Mahaffey KW, Reiffel JA, Steinberg BA, Allen LA, Chan PS, Freeman JV, Blanco RG, Pieper KS, Piccini JP, Peterson ED, Singer DE. Association of Race/Ethnicity With Oral Anticoagulant Use in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Nov 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30484833
  • Levy AE, Allen LA. When a Short-Term Outlook Is the Best Long-Term Strategy: Time-Varying Risk of Readmission After Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Nov 6;7(21):e010864. PubMed PMID: 30373449
  • Peterson PN, Allen LA, Heidenreich PA, Albert NM, Piña IL. The American Heart Association Heart Failure Summit, Bethesda, April 12, 2017. Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Oct;11(10):e004957. PubMed PMID: 30354400
  • McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Thompson JS, Dunlay SM, Blue L, LaRue SJ, Lewis EF, Patel CB, Fairclough DL, Leister EC, Swetz KM, Baldridge V, Walsh MN, Allen LA. Caregivers of Patients Considering a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device and a Shared Decision-Making Intervention: The DECIDE-LVAD Trial. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Nov;6(11):904-913. PubMed PMID: 30316931
  • Dickinson MG, Allen LA, Albert NA, DiSalvo T, Ewald GA, Vest AR, Whellan DJ, Zile MR, Givertz MM. Remote Monitoring of Patients With Heart Failure: A White Paper From the Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Statements Committee. J Card Fail. 2018 Oct;24(10):682-694. PubMed PMID: 30308242
  • Thompson JS, Matlock DD, Morris MA, McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. Organic Dissemination and Real-World Implementation of Patient Decision Aids for Left Ventricular Assist Device. MDM Policy Pract. 2018 Jan-Jun;3(1):2381468318767658. PubMed PMID: 30288442
  • Inohara T, Kim S, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. B-type natriuretic peptide, disease progression and clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2018 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30228248
  • Warraich HJ, Xu H, DeVore AD, Matsouaka R, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Hernandez AF, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Allen LA. Trends in Hospice Discharge and Relative Outcomes Among Medicare Patients in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Oct 1;3(10):917-926. PubMed PMID: 30167645
  • Breathett K, Allen LA, Helmkamp L, Colborn K, Daugherty SL, Blair IV, Jones J, Khazanie P, Mazimba S, McEwen M, Stone J, Calhoun E, Sweitzer NK, Peterson PN. Temporal Trends in Contemporary Use of Ventricular Assist Devices by Race and Ethnicity. Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Aug;11(8):e005008. PubMed PMID: 30021796
  • Nizamic T, Murad MH, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Wordingham SE, Matlock DD, Dunlay SM. Ambulatory Inotrope Infusions in Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Sep;6(9):757-767. PubMed PMID: 30007556
  • Durheim MT, Holmes DN, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Chan PS, Freeman JV, Fonarow GC, Go AS, Hylek EM, Mahaffey KW, Pokorney SD, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Characteristics and outcomes of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2018 Nov;104(22):1850-1858. PubMed PMID: 29875139
  • Kwon R, Allen LA, Scherer LD, Thompson JS, Abdel-Maksoud MF, McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD. The Effect of Total Cost Information on Consumer Treatment Decisions: An Experimental Survey. Med Decis Making. 2018 Jul;38(5):584-592. PubMed PMID: 29847252
  • Breathett K, Liu WG, Allen LA, Daugherty SL, Blair IV, Jones J, Grunwald GK, Moss M, Kiser TH, Burnham E, Vandivier RW, Clark BJ, Lewis EF, Mazimba S, Battaglia C, Ho PM, Peterson PN. African Americans Are Less Likely to Receive Care by a Cardiologist During an Intensive Care Unit Admission for Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 May;6(5):413-420. PubMed PMID: 29724363
  • Allen LA, Tang F, Jones P, Breeding T, Ponirakis A, Turner SJ. Signs, symptoms, and treatment patterns across serial ambulatory cardiology visits in patients with heart failure: insights from the NCDR PINNACLE® registry. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2018 May 3;18(1):80. PubMed PMID: 29724164
  • O'Brien EC, Holmes DN, Thomas LE, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Singer DE, Ezekowitz MD, Naccarelli GV, Ansell JE, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Go AS, Freeman JV, Reiffel JA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, Hylek EM. Prognostic Significance of Nuisance Bleeding in Anticoagulated Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 2018 Aug 28;138(9):889-897. PubMed PMID: 29678813
  • Allen LA, Adler ED, Bayés-Genis A, Brisco-Bacik MA, Chirinos JA, Claggett B, Cook JL, Fang JC, Gustafsson F, Ho CY, Kapur NK, Klewer SE, Kociol RD, Lanfear DE, Vardeny O, Sweitzer NK. When the VEST Does Not Fit: Representations of Trial Results Deviating From Rigorous Data Interpretation. Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Apr;11(4):e005116. PubMed PMID: 29666074
  • Allen LA, Khazanie P. Behind the Scenes in "The Real World" of Heart Transplantation: Will You Accept This Rose?. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Apr 24;71(16):1726-1728. PubMed PMID: 29666021
  • Chen LY, Chung MK, Allen LA, Ezekowitz M, Furie KL, McCabe P, Noseworthy PA, Perez MV, Turakhia MP. Atrial Fibrillation Burden: Moving Beyond Atrial Fibrillation as a Binary Entity: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2018 May 15;137(20):e623-e644. PubMed PMID: 29661944
  • Fudim M, Liu PR, Shrader P, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Hylek E, Go AS, Thomas L, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the ORBIT-AF (Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation) Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Apr 13;7(8). PubMed PMID: 29654203
  • Chang LL, Xu H, DeVore AD, Matsouaka RA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Hernandez AF. Timing of Postdischarge Follow-Up and Medication Adherence Among Patients With Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Apr 1;7(7). PubMed PMID: 29606640
  • Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Dunlay SM, LaRue SJ, Lewis EF, Patel CB, Blue L, Fairclough DL, Leister EC, Glasgow RE, Cleveland JC Jr, Phillips C, Baldridge V, Walsh MN, Matlock DD. Effectiveness of an Intervention Supporting Shared Decision Making for Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: The DECIDE-LVAD Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Apr 1;178(4):520-529. PubMed PMID: 29482225
  • Bekelman DB, Allen LA, McBryde CF, Hattler B, Fairclough DL, Havranek EP, Turvey C, Meek PM. Effect of a Collaborative Care Intervention vs Usual Care on Health Status of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: The CASA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Apr 1;178(4):511-519. PubMed PMID: 29482218
  • Steinberg BA, Shrader P, Pieper K, Thomas L, Allen LA, Ansell J, Chan PS, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli GV, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Frequency and Outcomes of Reduced Dose Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Anticoagulants: Results From ORBIT-AF II (The Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II). J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Feb 16;7(4). PubMed PMID: 29453305
  • Yancy CW, Januzzi JL Jr, Allen LA, Butler J, Davis LL, Fonarow GC, Ibrahim NE, Jessup M, Lindenfeld J, Maddox TM, Masoudi FA, Motiwala SR, Patterson JH, Walsh MN, Wasserman A. 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Jan 16;71(2):201-230. PubMed PMID: 29277252
  • Allen LA. Patient-centered outcomes with next-generation left ventricular assist devices: One small step, not a giant leap. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Jan;37(1):136-138. PubMed PMID: 29273215
  • Gupta A, Allen LA, Bhatt DL, Cox M, DeVore AD, Heidenreich PA, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Matsouaka RA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Implementation With Readmission and Mortality Outcomes in Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Jan 1;3(1):44-53. PubMed PMID: 29128869
  • Inohara T, Shrader P, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Thomas L, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh B, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Association of of Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Phenotypes With Treatment Patterns and Outcomes: A Multicenter Registry Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Jan 1;3(1):54-63. PubMed PMID: 29128866
  • Kaufman BG, Kim S, Pieper K, Allen LA, Gersh BJ, Naccarelli GV, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Chan PS, Freeman JV, Ansell J, Kowey PR, Rieffel JA, Piccini J, Peterson E, O'Brien EC. Disease understanding in patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2018 Mar;104(6):494-501. PubMed PMID: 28790169
  • Cooper LB, Hammill BG, Allen LA, Lindenfeld J, Mentz RJ, Rogers JG, Milano CA, Patel CB, Alexander KP, Hernandez AF. Assessing Frailty in Patients Undergoing Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: Observations from Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support. ASAIO J. 2018 Jan Feb;64(1):16-23. PubMed PMID: 28525417
  • Hess PL, Sheng S, Matsouaka R, DeVore AD, Heidenreich PA, Yancy CW, Bhatt DL, Allen LA, Peterson PN, Ho PM, Lewis WR, Hernandez AF, Fonarow GC, Piccini JP. Strict Versus Lenient Versus Poor Rate Control Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure (from the Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Program). Am J Cardiol. 2019 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31980141
  • Wohlfahrt P, Zickmund SL, Slager S, Allen LA, Nicolau JN, Kfoury AG, Felker GM, Conte J, Flint K, DeVore AD, Selzman CH, Hess R, Spertus JA, Stehlik J. Provider Perspectives on the Feasibility and Utility of Routine Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessment in Heart Failure: A Qualitative Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Jan 21;9(2):e013047. PubMed PMID: 31937195
  • Inohara T, Holmes DN, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Hylek EM, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Decline in renal function and oral anticoagulation dose reduction among patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2020 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31911503
  • Slavin SD, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Desai AS, Schaefer KG, Warraich HJ. Left Ventricular Assist Device Withdrawal: Ethical, Psychological, and Logistical Challenges. J Palliat Med. 2020 Jan 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31895635
  • Tate CE, Venechuk G, Brereton EJ, Ingle P, Allen LA, Morris MA, Matlock DD. "It's Like a Death Sentence but It Really Isn't" What Patients and Families Want to Know About Hospice Care When Making End-of-Life Decisions. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Dec 31;:1049909119897259. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31888342
  • Freeman JV, Shrader P, Pieper KS, Allen LA, Chan PS, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli G, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Go AS, Hylek EM, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Outcomes and Anticoagulation Use After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2019 Dec;12(12):e007612. PubMed PMID: 31830822
  • Fang JC, Ewald GA, Allen LA, Butler J, Westlake Canary CA, Colvin-Adams M, Dickinson MG, Levy P, Stough WG, Sweitzer NK, Teerlink JR, Whellan DJ, Albert NM, Krishnamani R, Rich MW, Walsh MN, Bonnell MR, Carson PE, Chan MC, Dries DL, Hernandez AF, Hershberger RE, Katz SD, Moore S, Rodgers JE, Rogers JG, Vest AR, Givertz MM. Advanced (stage D) heart failure: a statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Guidelines Committee. J Card Fail. 2015 Jun;21(6):519-34. PubMed PMID: 25953697
  • Magid KH, Matlock DD, Thompson JS, McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. The influence of expected risks on decision making for destination therapy left ventricular assist device: An MTurk survey. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jul;34(7):988-90. PubMed PMID: 25935437
  • Fendler TJ, Spertus JA, Gosch KL, Jones PG, Bruce JM, Nassif ME, Flint KM, Dunlay SM, Allen LA, Arnold SV. Incidence and predictors of cognitive decline in patients with left ventricular assist devices. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 May;8(3):285-91. PubMed PMID: 25925372
  • Magid M, Jones J, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Magid K, Thompson JS, Matlock DD. The Perceptions of Important Elements of Caregiving for a Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2015 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25882647
  • McIlvennan CK, Jones J, Allen LA, Lindenfeld J, Swetz KM, Nowels C, Matlock DD. Decision-making for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices: implications for caregivers. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Mar;8(2):172-8. PubMed PMID: 25759442
  • McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Narayan MP, Nowels C, Thompson JS, Cannon A, Bradley WJ, Allen LA. Perspectives from mechanical circulatory support coordinators on the pre-implantation decision process for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices. Heart Lung. 2015 May-Jun;44(3):219-24. PubMed PMID: 25724116
  • Kelly JP, DeVore AD, Wu J, Hammill BG, Sharma A, Cooper LB, Felker GM, Piccini JP, Allen LA, Heidenreich PA, Peterson ED, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Hernandez AF. Rhythm Control Versus Rate Control in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Dec 17;8(24):e011560. PubMed PMID: 31818219
  • DeVore AD, Granger BB, Fonarow GC, Al-Khalidi HR, Albert NM, Lewis EF, Butler J, Piña IL, Heidenreich PA, Allen LA, Yancy CW, Cooper LB, Felker GM, Kaltenbach LA, McRae AT, Lanfear DE, Harrison RW, Kociol RD, Disch M, Ariely D, Miller JM, Granger CB, Hernandez AF. Care Optimization Through Patient and Hospital Engagement Clinical Trial for Heart Failure: Rationale and design of CONNECT-HF. Am Heart J. 2019 Oct 23;220:41-50. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31770656
  • Loring Z, Shrader P, Allen LA, Blanco R, Chan PS, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli GV, Pieper K, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Steinberg BA, Thomas LE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Guideline-directed therapies for comorbidities and clinical outcomes among individuals with atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J. 2020 Jan;219:21-30. PubMed PMID: 31710841
  • Psotka MA, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Joynt Maddox KE, Fiuzat M, Heidenreich P, Hernandez AF, Konstam MA, Yancy CW, O'Connor CM. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Nationwide Perspectives and Recommendations: A JACC: Heart Failure Position Paper. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;8(1):1-11. PubMed PMID: 31606360
  • McIlvennan CK, Benton EM, Allen LA. Educate, Engage, Empower: Leveraging Technology to Promote Learning in Patients Implanted With a Left Ventricular Assist Device and Their Caregivers. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Oct;12(10):e006107. PubMed PMID: 31601112
  • Page RL 2nd, Allen LA. Cocaine, Heart Failure, and Carvedilol: Triangulating the Safety of ß-Blocker Therapy. JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Sep;7(9):779-781. PubMed PMID: 31466674
  • Dunlay SM, Givertz MM, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Chan M, Desai AS, Deswal A, Dickson VV, Kosiborod MN, Lekavich CL, Mccoy RG, Mentz RJ, Pina IL. Corrigendum to "Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure, A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Heart Failure Society of America" Journal of Cardiac Failure Vol. 25 No. 8, pp. 584-619. J Card Fail. 2019 Oct;25(10):851. PubMed PMID: 31444147
  • Ahmad T, Miller PE, McCullough M, Desai NR, Riello R, Psotka M, Böhm M, Allen LA, Teerlink JR, Rosano GMC, Lindenfeld J. Why has positive inotropy failed in chronic heart failure? Lessons from prior inotrope trials. Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Sep;21(9):1064-1078. PubMed PMID: 31407860
  • Morris PB, Kovacs RJ, Allen LA, Binder LG, Birtcher KK, Covington AM, Gluckman TJ, Williams KA Sr. 2019 Methodology for Heart House Roundtables: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Aug 27;74(8):1116-1137. PubMed PMID: 31350040
  • Chuzi S, Allen LA, Dunlay SM, Warraich HJ. Palliative Inotrope Therapy: A Narrative Review. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31268467
  • Knoepke CE, Allen LA, Kramer DB, Matlock DD. Medicare Mandates for Shared Decision Making in Cardiovascular Device Placement. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Jul;12(7):e004899. PubMed PMID: 31266371
  • Bui QM, Allen LA, LeMond L, Brambatti M, Adler E. Psychosocial Evaluation of Candidates for Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Devices: Beyond the Current Consensus. Circ Heart Fail. 2019 Jul;12(7):e006058. PubMed PMID: 31213069
  • Dunlay SM, Givertz MM, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Chan M, Desai AS, Deswal A, Dickson VV, Kosiborod MN, Lekavich CL, McCoy RG, Mentz RJ, PiÑa IL. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure, A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Heart Failure Society of America. J Card Fail. 2019 Aug;25(8):584-619. PubMed PMID: 31174952
  • Dunlay SM, Givertz MM, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Chan M, Desai AS, Deswal A, Dickson VV, Kosiborod MN, Lekavich CL, McCoy RG, Mentz RJ, Piña IL. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America: This statement does not represent an update of the 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA heart failure guideline update. Circulation. 2019 Aug 13;140(7):e294-e324. PubMed PMID: 31167558
  • Warraich HJ, Allen LA, Blue LJ, Chaussee EL, Thompson JS, McIlvennan CK, Flint KM, Matlock DD, Patel CB. Comorbidities and the decision to undergo or forego destination therapy left ventricular assist device implantation: An analysis from the Trial of a Shared Decision Support Intervention for Patients and their Caregivers Offered Destination Therapy for End-Stage Heart Failure (DECIDE-LVAD) study. Am Heart J. 2019 Jul;213:91-96. PubMed PMID: 31129442
  • Inohara T, Shrader P, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Go AS, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Treatment of atrial fibrillation with concomitant coronary or peripheral artery disease: Results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation II. Am Heart J. 2019 Jul;213:81-90. PubMed PMID: 31129441
  • Allen LA. How Should Physicians Respond to Requests for LVAD Removal?. AMA J Ethics. 2019 May 1;21(5):E394-400. PubMed PMID: 31127918
  • Holmes DN, Piccini JP, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, O'Brien EC, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Ezekowitz MD, Chan PS, Singer DE, Spertus JA, Peterson ED, Thomas L. Defining Clinically Important Difference in the Atrial Fibrillation Effect on Quality-of-Life Score. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 May;12(5):e005358. PubMed PMID: 31092022
  • Psotka MA, Gottlieb SS, Francis GS, Allen LA, Teerlink JR, Adams KF Jr, Rosano GMC, Lancellotti P. Cardiac Calcitropes, Myotropes, and Mitotropes: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 May 14;73(18):2345-2353. PubMed PMID: 31072579
  • Madhavan M, Holmes DN, Piccini JP, Ansell JE, Fonarow GC, Hylek EM, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Thomas L, Peterson ED, Chan P, Allen LA, Gersh BJ. Association of frailty and cognitive impairment with benefits of oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J. 2019 May;211:77-89. PubMed PMID: 30901602
  • Hadler RA, Goldstein NE, Bekelman DB, Riegel B, Allen LA, Arnold RM, Harinstein ME, Kavalieratos D. "Why Would I Choose Death?": A Qualitative Study of Patient Understanding of the Role and Limitations of Cardiac Devices. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2019 May Jun;34(3):275-282. PubMed PMID: 30789490
  • McIlvennan CK, Grady KL, Matlock DD, Helmkamp LJ, Abshire M, Allen LA. End of life for patients with left ventricular assist devices: Insights from INTERMACS. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Apr;38(4):374-381. PubMed PMID: 30642799
  • Smith GH, Shore S, Allen LA, Markham DW, Mitchell AR, Moore M, Morris AA, Speight CD, Dickert NW. Discussing Out-of-Pocket Costs With Patients: Shared Decision Making for Sacubitril-Valsartan in Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):e010635. PubMed PMID: 30592239
  • Inohara T, Kim S, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. B-type natriuretic peptide, disease progression and clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2019 Mar;105(5):370-377. PubMed PMID: 30228248
  • Maddox TM, Januzzi JL Jr, Allen LA, Breathett K, Butler J, Davis LL, Fonarow GC, Ibrahim NE, Lindenfeld J, Masoudi FA, Motiwala SR, Oliveros E, Patterson JH, Walsh MN, Wasserman A, Yancy CW, Youmans QR. 2021 Update to the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33446410
  • Tate CE, Venechuk G, Pierce K, Khazanie P, Ingle MP, Morris MA, Allen LA, Matlock DD. Development of a Decision Aid for Patients and Families Considering Hospice. J Palliat Med. 2021 Jan 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33439075
  • Bass ME, Kiser TH, Page RL 2nd, McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Wright G, Shakowski C. Comparative effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin for the treatment of left ventricular thrombus. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2021 Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33420896
  • Flint K, Chaussee EL, Henderson K, Breathett K, Khazanie P, Thompson JS, McIlvennan CK, LaRue SJ, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Social determinants of health and rates of implantation for patients considering destination therapy left ventricular assist device. J Card Fail. 2020 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33346077
  • Dickert NW, Mitchell AR, Venechuk GE, Matlock DD, Moore MA, Morris AA, Pierce KJ, Speight CD, Allen LA. Show Me the Money: Patients' Perspectives on a Decision Aid for Sacubitril/Valsartan Addressing Out-of-Pocket Cost. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Dec;13(12):e007070. PubMed PMID: 33302715
  • Allen LA, McIlvennan CK. Mis-GUIDED-The Importance of Negative Trials of Health Care Delivery and Implementation Science. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33206151
  • Trinkley KE, Kahn MG, Allen LA, Haugen H, Kroehl ME, Lin CT, Malone DC, Matlock DD. Patient Treatment Preferences for Heart Failure Medications: A Mixed Methods Study. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2020;14:2225-2230. PubMed PMID: 33204073
  • Allen LA, Venechuk G, McIlvennan CK, Page Ii RL, Knoepke CE, Helmkamp LJ, Khazanie P, Peterson PN, Pierce K, Harger G, Thompson JS, Dow TJ, Richards L, Huang J, Strader JR, Trinkley KE, Kao DP, Magid DJ, Buttrick P, Matlock DD. An Electronically Delivered, Patient-Activation Tool for Intensification of Medications for Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: The EPIC-HF Trial. Circulation. 2020 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33201741
  • Loungani RS, Teerlink JR, Metra M, Allen LA, Butler J, Carson PE, Chen CW, Cotter G, Davison BA, Eapen ZJ, Filippatos GS, Gimpelewicz C, Greenberg B, Holbro T, Januzzi JL Jr, Lanfear DE, Pang PS, Piña IL, Ponikowski P, Miller AB, Voors AA, Felker GM. Cause of Death in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Insights From RELAX-AHF-2. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Dec;8(12):999-1008. PubMed PMID: 33189635
  • Goyal P, Unlu O, Kennel PJ, Schumacher RC, Gilstrap LG, Krishnaswami A, Allen LA, Maurer MS, Rich MW, Makam A. Inclusion of Performance Parameters and Patient Context in the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2020 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33065263
  • Allen LA, Swat SA. What Can We Learn From Norway?: Income and Education Matter, Even Under Universal Health Care. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Nov;8(11):928-930. PubMed PMID: 33039445
  • Angraal S, Caraballo C, Kahn P, Bhatnagar A, Singh B, Wilson FP, Fiuzat M, O'Connor CM, Allen LA, Desai NR, Mamtani R, Ahmad T. Geographical affiliation with top 10 NIH-funded academic medical centers and differences between mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Am Heart J. 2020 Dec;230:54-58. PubMed PMID: 32950462
  • Chang YK, Kaplan H, Geng Y, Mo L, Philip J, Collins A, Allen LA, McClung JA, Denvir MA, Hui D. Referral Criteria to Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Sep;13(9):e006881. PubMed PMID: 32900233
  • Allen LA, Fonarow GC. Process Improvement in Heart Failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2020 Oct;16(4):xvii-xix. PubMed PMID: 32888645
  • Khazanie P, Allen LA. Systematizing Heart Failure Population Health. Heart Fail Clin. 2020 Oct;16(4):457-466. PubMed PMID: 32888640
  • Venechuk GE, Khazanie P, Page RL 2nd, Knoepke CE, Helmkamp LJ, Peterson PN, Pierce K, Thompson JS, Huang J, Strader JR, Dow TJ, Richards L, Trinkley KE, Kao DP, McIlvennan CK, Magid DJ, Buttrick PM, Matlock DD, Allen LA. An Electronically delivered, Patient-activation tool for Intensification of medications for Chronic Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction: Rationale and design of the EPIC-HF trial. Am Heart J. 2020 Nov;229:144-155. PubMed PMID: 32866454
  • Madhavan M, Holmes DN, Piccini JP, Freeman JV, Fonarow GC, Hylek EM, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Pieper K, Peterson ED, Chan PS, Allen LA, Singer DE, Naccarelli GV, Reiffel JA, Steinberg BA, Gersh BJ. Effect of Temporary Interruption of Warfarin Due to an Intervention on Downstream Time in Therapeutic Range in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (from ORBIT AF). Am J Cardiol. 2020 Oct 1;132:66-71. PubMed PMID: 32826041
  • Venechuk GE, Allen LA, Doermann Byrd K, Dickert N, Matlock DD. Conflicting Perspectives on the Value of Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure Revealed During Development of a Decision Aid Focusing on Patient Costs for Sacubitril/Valsartan. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Sep;13(9):e006255. PubMed PMID: 32814457
  • Sterling MR, Kern LM, Safford MM, Jones CD, Feldman PH, Fonarow GC, Sheng S, Matsouaka RA, DeVore AD, Lytle B, Xu H, Allen LA, Deswal A, Yancy CW, Albert NM. Home Health Care Use and Post-Discharge Outcomes After Heart Failure Hospitalizations. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Dec;8(12):1038-1049. PubMed PMID: 32800510
  • Page RL 2nd, Allen LA, Kloner RA, Carriker CR, Martel C, Morris AA, Piano MR, Rana JS, Saucedo JF. Medical Marijuana, Recreational Cannabis, and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 Sep 8;142(10):e131-e152. PubMed PMID: 32752884
  • Samsky MD, DeVore AD, McIlvennan CK, Granger CB, Granger BB, Hernandez AF, Felker GM, Fonarow GC, Albert NM, Piña IL, Lanfear D, Allen LA. Heart Failure Clinical Trial Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Multicenter Survey. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Sep;13(9):e007456. PubMed PMID: 32700547
  • Wallace BC, Allen LA, Knoepke CE, Glasgow RE, Lewis CL, Fairclough DL, Helmkamp LJ, Fitzgerald MD, Tzou WS, Kramer DB, Varosy PD, Gupta SK, Mandrola JM, Brancato SC, Peterson PN, Matlock DD. A multicenter trial of a shared DECision Support Intervention for Patients offered implantable Cardioverter-DEfibrillators: DECIDE-ICD rationale, design, Medicare changes, and pilot data. Am Heart J. 2020 Aug;226:161-173. PubMed PMID: 32599257
  • McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Devore AD, Granger CB, Kaltenbach LA, Granger BB. Changes in Care Delivery for Patients With Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Multicenter Survey. J Card Fail. 2020 Jul;26(7):635-636. PubMed PMID: 32505814
  • Stecker EC, Reisman L, Allen LA, Gluckman TJ. Breaking the Mold: Designing Health Plans That Do Not Impede Delivery of High-Value Care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Jun 9;75(22):2863-2864. PubMed PMID: 32498814
  • Matlock DD, McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Morris MA, Venechuk G, Dunlay SM, LaRue SJ, Lewis EF, Patel CB, Blue L, Chaussee EL, Glasgow RE, Walsh MN, Allen LA. Decision Aid Implementation among Left Ventricular Assist Device Programs Participating in the DECIDE-LVAD Stepped-Wedge Trial. Med Decis Making. 2020 Apr;40(3):289-301. PubMed PMID: 32428430
  • Sherwood MW, Piccini JP, Holmes DN, Pieper KS, Steinberg BA, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Naccarelli GV, Kowey PR, Gersh BJ, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Ansell JE, Freeman JV, Chan PS, Reiffel JA, Blanco R, Peterson ED, Rao SV. Outcomes of Cardiac Catheterization in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Anticoagulation in Contemporary in Practice: An Analysis of the ORBIT II Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 May;13(5):e008274. PubMed PMID: 32408815
  • Ali-Ahmed F, Pieper K, North R, Allen LA, Chan PS, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Freeman JV, Go AS, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli GV, Pokorney SD, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP, O'Brien EC. Shared decision-making in atrial fibrillation: patient-reported involvement in treatment decisions. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2020 Oct 1;6(4):263-272. PubMed PMID: 32392287
  • Fendler TJ, McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Thompson JS, Chaussee EL, Dunlay SM, LaRue SJ, Raymer DS, Spertus JA, Lewis EF, Patel CB, Walsh MN, Allen LA. Exploring differences between patients who accept, decline, and are deemed ineligible for left ventricular assist device implantation as destination therapy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Jul;39(7):721-724. PubMed PMID: 32376277
  • Steinberg BA, Holmes DN, Pieper K, Allen LA, Chan PS, Ezekowitz MD, Freeman JV, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Hylek EM, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli G, Reiffel J, Singer DE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Factors Associated With Large Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Results From ORBIT-AF. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 May;13(5):e007775. PubMed PMID: 32298144
  • Dalgaard F, North R, Pieper K, Fonarow GC, Kowey PR, Gersh BJ, Mahaffey KW, Pokorney S, Steinberg BA, Naccarrelli G, Allen LA, Reiffel JA, Ezekowitz M, Singer DE, Chan PS, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Risk of major cardiovascular and neurologic events with obstructive sleep apnea among patients with atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J. 2020 May;223:65-71. PubMed PMID: 32179257
  • McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Allen LA, Thompson JS, Ranby KW, Sannes TS. Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Decisional Conflict in Dyads Considering a Left Ventricular Assist Device. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Mar;13(3):e006155. PubMed PMID: 32148099
  • Brereton EJ, Matlock DD, Fitzgerald M, Venechuk G, Knoepke C, Allen LA, Tate CE. Content Analysis of Negative Online Reviews of Hospice Agencies in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Feb 5;3(2):e1921130. PubMed PMID: 32049299
  • Hess PL, Sheng S, Matsouaka R, DeVore AD, Heidenreich PA, Yancy CW, Bhatt DL, Allen LA, Peterson PN, Ho PM, Lewis WR, Hernandez AF, Fonarow GC, Piccini JP. Strict Versus Lenient Versus Poor Rate Control Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure (from the Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Program). Am J Cardiol. 2020 Mar 15;125(6):894-900. PubMed PMID: 31980141
  • Wohlfahrt P, Zickmund SL, Slager S, Allen LA, Nicolau JN, Kfoury AG, Felker GM, Conte J, Flint K, DeVore AD, Selzman CH, Hess R, Spertus JA, Stehlik J. Provider Perspectives on the Feasibility and Utility of Routine Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessment in Heart Failure: A Qualitative Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Jan 21;9(2):e013047. PubMed PMID: 31937195
  • Inohara T, Holmes DN, Pieper K, Blanco RG, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Gersh BJ, Hylek EM, Ezekowitz MD, Kowey PR, Reiffel JA, Naccarelli GV, Chan PS, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Freeman JV, Steinberg BA, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Decline in renal function and oral anticoagulation dose reduction among patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart. 2020 Mar;106(5):358-364. PubMed PMID: 31911503
  • Slavin SD, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Desai AS, Schaefer KG, Warraich HJ. Left Ventricular Assist Device Withdrawal: Ethical, Psychological, and Logistical Challenges. J Palliat Med. 2020 Apr;23(4):456-458. PubMed PMID: 31895635
  • Tate CE, Venechuk G, Brereton EJ, Ingle P, Allen LA, Morris MA, Matlock DD. "It's Like a Death Sentence but It Really Isn't" What Patients and Families Want to Know About Hospice Care When Making End-of-Life Decisions. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Sep;37(9):721-727. PubMed PMID: 31888342
  • DeVore AD, Granger BB, Fonarow GC, Al-Khalidi HR, Albert NM, Lewis EF, Butler J, Piña IL, Heidenreich PA, Allen LA, Yancy CW, Cooper LB, Felker GM, Kaltenbach LA, McRae AT, Lanfear DE, Harrison RW, Kociol RD, Disch M, Ariely D, Miller JM, Granger CB, Hernandez AF. Care Optimization Through Patient and Hospital Engagement Clinical Trial for Heart Failure: Rationale and design of CONNECT-HF. Am Heart J. 2020 Feb;220:41-50. PubMed PMID: 31770656
  • Loring Z, Shrader P, Allen LA, Blanco R, Chan PS, Ezekowitz MD, Fonarow GC, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli GV, Pieper K, Reiffel JA, Singer DE, Steinberg BA, Thomas LE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Guideline-directed therapies for comorbidities and clinical outcomes among individuals with atrial fibrillation. Am Heart J. 2020 Jan;219:21-30. PubMed PMID: 31710841
  • Psotka MA, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Joynt Maddox KE, Fiuzat M, Heidenreich P, Hernandez AF, Konstam MA, Yancy CW, O'Connor CM. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Nationwide Perspectives and Recommendations: A JACC: Heart Failure Position Paper. JACC Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;8(1):1-11. PubMed PMID: 31606360
  • Thompson LE, Bekelman DB, Allen LA, Peterson PN. Patient-reported outcomes in heart failure: existing measures and future uses. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2015 Jun;12(3):236-46. PubMed PMID: 25703897
  • Allen LA. Simultaneous use of intravenous fluids and diuretics in patients hospitalized with heart failure: when the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Feb;3(2):134-5. PubMed PMID: 25660837
  • Gurwitz JH, Magid DJ, Smith DH, Hsu G, Sung SH, Allen LA, McManus DD, Goldberg RJ, Go AS. The complex relationship of race to outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Am J Med. 2015 Jun;128(6):591-600. PubMed PMID: 25554372
  • Chifamba J, Mapfumo C, Mawoneke DW, Gwaunza LT, Allen LA, Chinyanga HM. Exercise-induced cardiac fatigue in low and normal birth weight young black adults. Cardiol Young. 2015 Mar;25(3):481-4. PubMed PMID: 24713506
  • Ahmad T, Desai N, Wilson F, Schulte P, Dunning A, Jacoby D, Allen L, Fiuzat M, Rogers J, Felker GM, O'Connor C, Patel CB. Clinical Implications of Cluster Analysis-Based Classification of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Correlation with Bedside Hemodynamic Profiles. PLoS One. 2016;11(2):e0145881. PubMed PMID: 26840410
  • Allen LA, Teerlink JR, Gottlieb SS, Ahmad T, Lam CSP, Psotka MA. Heart Failure Spending Function: An Investment Framework for Sequencing and Intensification of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Jan 10;:CIRCHEARTFAILURE121008594. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35000432
  • Patel KV, Keshvani N, Pandey A, Vaduganathan M, Holmes DN, Matsouaka RA, DeVore AD, Allen LA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Association of readmission penalty amount with subsequent 30-day risk standardized readmission and mortality rates among patients hospitalized with heart failure: An analysis of get with the guidelines - heart failure participating centers. Am Heart J. 2021 Dec 30;246:1-11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34973189
  • Piña IL, Allen LA, Desai NR. Managing the economic challenges in the treatment of heart failure. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2021 Dec 25;21(1):612. PubMed PMID: 34953483
  • Chung MK, Fagerlin A, Wang PJ, Ajayi TB, Allen LA, Baykaner T, Benjamin EJ, Branda M, Cavanaugh KL, Chen LY, Crossley GH, Delaney RK, Eckhardt LL, Grady KL, Hargraves IG, True Hills M, Kalscheur MM, Kramer DB, Kunneman M, Lampert R, Langford AT, Lewis KB, Lu Y, Mandrola JM, Martinez K, Matlock DD, McCarthy SR, Montori VM, Noseworthy PA, Orland KM, Ozanne E, Passman R, Pundi K, Roden DM, Saarel EV, Schmidt MM, Sears SF, Stacey D, Stafford RS, Steinberg BA, Youn Wass S, Wright JM. Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures and Arrhythmia Management. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Dec;14(12):e007958. PubMed PMID: 34865518
  • Ingle MP, Carroll AM, Matlock DD, Gama KD, Valle JA, Allen LA, Knoepke CE. Decision Support Needs for Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2021 Nov 23;:1-15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34809525
  • Van Spall HGC, DeFilippis EM, Lee SF, Oz UE, Perez R, Healey JS, Allen LA, Voors AA, Ko DT, Thabane L, Connolly SJ. Sex-Specific Clinical Outcomes of the PACT-HF Randomized Trial. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Nov;14(11):e008548. PubMed PMID: 34711072
  • Ahmad FS, Ahmad T, Allen LA. When the Whole Is the Sum of Its Parts: Validation of the Heart Failure Collaboratory Medication Composite Score in Denmark. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Jan 25;:e010309. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36695188
  • Savarese G, Lindenfeld J, Stolfo D, Adams K, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Ammirati E, Gottlieb SS, Psotka MA, Rosano GMC, Allen LA. Use of patient-reported outcomes in heart failure: from clinical trials to routine practice. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 Jan 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36644876
  • Carlisle MA, Shrader P, Fudim M, Pieper KS, Blanco RG, Fonarow GC, Naccarelli GV, Gersh BJ, Reiffel JA, Kowey PR, Steinberg BA, Freeman JV, Ezekowitz MD, Singer DE, Allen LA, Chan PS, Pokorney SD, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Residual stroke risk despite oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm O2. 2022 Dec;3(6Part A):621-628. PubMed PMID: 36589908
  • Selvaraj S, Greene SJ, Ayodele I, Alhanti B, Allen LA, Lewsey SC, Adusumalli S, Reza N, Hernandez AF, Yancy CW, Jena AB, Fonarow GC, Bhatt DL. Assessing Heuristic Bias During Care for Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Dec 2;:e010069. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36458538
  • Chang YK, McClung JA, Allen LA, Philip J, Hui D. Reply: Early Integration of Specialist Palliative Care in Advanced Heart Failure: A Multipronged Approach. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Nov 29;80(22):e205-e206. PubMed PMID: 36423999
  • Knoepke CE, Wallace BC, Allen LA, Lewis CL, Gupta SK, Peterson PN, Kramer DB, Brancato SC, Varosy PD, Mandrola JM, Tzou WS, Matlock DD. Experiences Implementing a Suite of Decision Aids for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Qualitative Insights From the DECIDE-ICD Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Nov;15(11):e009352. PubMed PMID: 36378770
  • Allen LA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Heart Failure Data Challenge: Democratizing Data, Modernizing Methods, and Interpreting Inequity. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Nov;15(11):e010025. PubMed PMID: 36378755
  • Tie H, Zhu J, Akin S, Allen LA, Huang B, Martens S, Welp H, Simpkin A, Shi R, Wu Q, Soliman O, Caliskan K, Chen D. Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With a History of Cancer Undergoing Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Nov 14;:e009772. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36373549
  • Pierce JB, Li Z, Greiner MA, Lippmann SJ, Hardy NC, Shen X, Stampehl M, Mentz RJ, Allen LA, Peterson PN, Fonarow GC, O'Brien EC, Greene SJ. Adoption of Sacubitril/Valsartan Among Patients With Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Jan;16(1):e010176. PubMed PMID: 36314141
  • Birtcher KK, Allen LA, Anderson JL, Bonaca MP, Gluckman TJ, Hussain A, Kosiborod M, Mehta LS, Virani SS. 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Integrating Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Multimorbidity Treatment: A Framework for Pragmatic, Patient-Centered Care: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 24;81(3):292-317. PubMed PMID: 36307329
  • Ilonze OJ, Vidot DC, Breathett K, Camacho-Rivera M, Raman SV, Kobashigawa JA, Allen LA. Cannabis Use and Heart Transplantation: Disparities and Opportunities to Improve Outcomes. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Dec;15(12):e009488. PubMed PMID: 36252094
  • Venechuk G, Allen LA, Thompson JS, Morris MA, Matlock DD, McIlvennan CK, Dickert NW, Tietbohl C. Trust and activation in defining patient-clinician interactions for chronic disease management. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Jan;106:113-119. PubMed PMID: 36167759
  • Felker GM, Buttrick P, Rosenzweig A, Abel ED, Allen LA, Bristow M, Das S, DeVore AD, Drakos SG, Fang JC, Freedman JE, Hernandez AF, Li DY, McKinsey TA, Newton-Cheh C, Rogers JG, Shah RV, Shah SH, Stehlik J, Selzman CH. Heart Failure Strategically Focused Research Network: Summary of Results and Future Directions. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Sep 20;11(18):e025517. PubMed PMID: 36073647
  • Haynes JE, Matlock DD, Thompson JS, Mosley BS, Fitzgerald MD, McIlvennan CK, Allen LA. "Would You Get a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device?": Health Care Workers' Views on a Preference-Sensitive Decision. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Dec;15(12):e009626. PubMed PMID: 36062460
  • Chew DS, Zhou K, Pokorney SD, Matchar DB, Vemulapalli S, Allen LA, Jackson KP, Samad Z, Patel MR, Freeman JV, Piccini JP. Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Versus Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation : A Decision Analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Sep;175(9):1230-1239. PubMed PMID: 35969865
  • Ahmad T, Desai NR, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Martin M, Simonov M, Dhar R, Hsiao A, Kashyap N, Allen L, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP. Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: The REVEAL-HF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Sep 1;7(9):905-912. PubMed PMID: 35947362
  • Rao VN, Kaltenbach LA, Granger BB, Fonarow GC, Al-Khalidi HR, Albert NM, Butler J, Allen LA, Lanfear DE, Ariely D, Miller JM, Brodsky MA, Lalonde TA, Lafferty JC, Granger CB, Hernandez AF, Devore AD. The Association of Digital Health Application Use With Heart Failure Care and Outcomes: Insights From CONNECT-HF. J Card Fail. 2022 Oct;28(10):1487-1496. PubMed PMID: 35905867
  • Chang YK, Allen LA, McClung JA, Denvir MA, Philip J, Mori M, Perez-Cruz P, Cheng SY, Collins A, Hui D. Criteria for Referral of Patients With Advanced Heart Failure for Specialized Palliative Care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Jul 26;80(4):332-344. PubMed PMID: 35863850
  • Kavalieratos D, Harinstein ME, Rose B, Lowers J, Hoydich ZP, Bekelman DB, Allen LA, Rollman BL, Ernecoff NC, Moreines LT, Bakitas MA, Arnold RM. Primary palliative care for heart failure provided within ambulatory cardiology: A randomized pilot trial. Heart Lung. 2022 Nov-Dec;56:125-132. PubMed PMID: 35863099
  • Knoepke CE, Siry-Bove B, Mayton C, Latimer A, Hart J, Allen LA, Daugherty SL, McIlvennan CK, Matlock DD, Khazanie P. Variation in Left Ventricular Assist Device Postdischarge Caregiver Requirements: Results From a Mixed-Methods Study With Equity Implications. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Aug;15(8):e009583. PubMed PMID: 35862012
  • Trudeau BM, Allen LA, Billups SJ, Saseen JJ, Pearson SM. Evaluation of Loop Diuretic Dosing Following Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Initiation in Patients With Heart Failure. J Pharm Pract. 2022 Jul 17;:8971900221116187. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35848505
  • Chuzi S, Pensa AV, Allen LA, Cross SH, Feder SL, Warraich HJ. Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure: Results From a Heart Failure Society of America Survey. J Card Fail. 2023 Jan;29(1):112-115. PubMed PMID: 35842103
  • Rao BR, Speight CD, Allen LA, Halpern SD, Ko YA, Matlock DD, Moore MA, Morris AA, Scherer LD, Thomson MC, Ubel P, Dickert NW. Impact of Financial Considerations on Willingness to Take Sacubitril/Valsartan for Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jun 20;11(12):e023789. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35723002
  • Defilippis EM, Allen LA, Bhatt AS, Joseph S, Kittleson M, Vardeny O, Drazner MH, Lala A. Vaccines, Antibodies and Donors: Varying Attitudes and Policies Surrounding COVID-19 and Heart Transplantation. J Card Fail. 2022 Dec;28(12):1727-1732. PubMed PMID: 35718306
  • Raymer DS, Allen LA, Chaussee EL, McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Fairclough DL, Dunlay SM, Matlock DD, Larue SJ. Health Literacy in Patients Considering a Left Ventricular Assist Device: Findings From the DECIDE-LVAD Trial. J Card Fail. 2022 Aug;28(8):1318-1325. PubMed PMID: 35569806
  • Chuzi S, Ahmad FS, Wu T, Argaw S, Harap R, Grady KL, Rich JD, Pham DT, Khan SS, Wilcox JE, Allen LA, Tibrewala A. Time Spent Engaging in Health Care Among Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. JACC Heart Fail. 2022 May;10(5):321-332. PubMed PMID: 35483794
  • Granger BB, Kaltenbach LA, Fonarow GC, Allen LA, Lanfear DE, Albert NM, Al-Khalidi HR, Butler J, Cooper LB, Dewald T, Felker GM, Heidenreich P, Kottam A, Lewis EF, Piña IL, Yancy CW, Granger CB, Hernandez AF, Devore AD. Health System-Level Performance in Prescribing Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Results From the CONNECT-HF Trial. J Card Fail. 2022 Aug;28(8):1355-1361. PubMed PMID: 35462033
  • Hernandez AF, Albert NM, Allen LA, Ahmed R, Averina V, Boehmer JP, Cowie MR, Chien CV, Galvao M, Klein L, Kwan B, Lam CSP, Ruble SB, Stolen CM, Stein K. Multiple cArdiac seNsors for mAnaGEment of Heart Failure (MANAGE-HF) - Phase I Evaluation of the Integration and Safety of the HeartLogic Multisensor Algorithm in Patients With Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2022 Aug;28(8):1245-1254. PubMed PMID: 35460884
  • Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 3;79(17):1757-1780. PubMed PMID: 35379504
  • Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 3;79(17):e263-e421. PubMed PMID: 35379503
  • Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary. J Card Fail. 2022 May;28(5):810-830. PubMed PMID: 35378259
  • Rajpal S, Kahwash R, Tong MS, Paschke K, Satoskar AA, Foreman B, Allen LA, Bhave NM, Gluckman TJ, Fuster V. Fulminant Myocarditis Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: JACC Patient Care Pathways. JACC Case Rep. 2022 May 18;4(10):567-575. PubMed PMID: 35373150
  • Rajpal S, Kahwash R, Tong MS, Paschke K, Satoskar AA, Foreman B, Allen LA, Bhave NM, Gluckman TJ, Fuster V. Fulminant Myocarditis Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection: JACC Patient Care Pathways. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 31;79(21):2144-2152. PubMed PMID: 35364210
  • Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2022 May 3;145(18):e876-e894. PubMed PMID: 35363500
  • Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Byun JJ, Colvin MM, Deswal A, Drazner MH, Dunlay SM, Evers LR, Fang JC, Fedson SE, Fonarow GC, Hayek SS, Hernandez AF, Khazanie P, Kittleson MM, Lee CS, Link MS, Milano CA, Nnacheta LC, Sandhu AT, Stevenson LW, Vardeny O, Vest AR, Yancy CW. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2022 May 3;145(18):e895-e1032. PubMed PMID: 35363499
  • Gluckman TJ, Bhave NM, Allen LA, Chung EH, Spatz ES, Ammirati E, Baggish AL, Bozkurt B, Cornwell WK 3rd, Harmon KG, Kim JH, Lala A, Levine BD, Martinez MW, Onuma O, Phelan D, Puntmann VO, Rajpal S, Taub PR, Verma AK. 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Cardiovascular Sequelae of COVID-19 in Adults: Myocarditis and Other Myocardial Involvement, Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection, and Return to Play: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 3;79(17):1717-1756. PubMed PMID: 35307156
  • Allen LA, Teerlink JR, Gottlieb SS, Ahmad T, Lam CSP, Psotka MA. Heart Failure Spending Function: An Investment Framework for Sequencing and Intensification of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies. Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Apr;15(4):e008594. PubMed PMID: 35000432
  • Patel KV, Keshvani N, Pandey A, Vaduganathan M, Holmes DN, Matsouaka RA, DeVore AD, Allen LA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Association of readmission penalty amount with subsequent 30-day risk standardized readmission and mortality rates among patients hospitalized with heart failure: An analysis of get with the guidelines - heart failure participating centers. Am Heart J. 2022 Apr;246:1-11. PubMed PMID: 34973189
  • Ingle MP, Carroll AM, Matlock DD, Gama KD, Valle JA, Allen LA, Knoepke CE. Decision Support Needs for Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2022 Aug-Sep;65(6):589-603. PubMed PMID: 34809525
  • Piña IL, Allen LA, Desai NR. Policy and Payment Challenges in the Postpandemic Treatment of Heart Failure: Value-Based Care and Telehealth. J Card Fail. 2022 May;28(5):835-844. PubMed PMID: 34520854
  • Knoepke CE, Chaussee EL, Matlock DD, Thompson JS, McIlvennan CK, Ambardekar AV, Schaffer EM, Khazanie P, Scherer L, Arnold RM, Allen LA. Changes over Time in Patient Stated Values and Treatment Preferences Regarding Aggressive Therapies: Insights from the DECIDE-LVAD Trial. Med Decis Making. 2022 Apr;42(3):404-414. PubMed PMID: 34296623
  • Oddleifson DA, Holmes DN, Alhanti B, Xu X, Heidenreich PA, Wadhera RK, Allen LA, Greene SJ, Fonarow GC, Spatz ES, Desai NR. Bundled Payments for Care Improvement and Quality of Care and Outcomes in Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Jan 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38170516
  • Allen LA, Thompson JS, Stehlik J. STRONG-HF Evidence for Proactive, Patient-Centered Prescribing. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Dec 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38150243
  • Titus BR, Ream KS, Rehman T, Allen LA. Sex-disparities in chest pain workup: a retrospective cohort review of a university based clinical decision pathway. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2023 Dec 19;23(1):620. PubMed PMID: 38114900
  • Segar MW, Khan MS, Patel KV, Butler J, Ravichandran AK, Walsh MN, Willett D, Fonarow GC, Drazner MH, Mentz RJ, Hall J, Farr MA, Hedayati SS, Yancy C, Allen LA, Tang WHW, Pandey A. A Phenomapping Tool and Clinical Score to Identify Low Diuretic Efficiency in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38099890
  • Montembeau SC, Rao BR, Mitchell AR, Speight CD, Allen LA, Halpern SD, Ko YA, Matlock DD, Moore MA, Morris AA, Scherer LD, Ubel P, Dickert NW. Integrating Cost into Shared Decision-Making for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (POCKET-COST-HF): A Trial Providing Out-of-pocket Costs for Heart Failure Medications during Clinical Encounters. Am Heart J. 2023 Dec 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38096946
  • Pfahl J, Thompson JS, Matlock DD, Allen LA, Dionne-Odom JN, Bakitas MA, McIlvennan CK. ENABLE-LVAD: Development and Implementation of a Novel Training Program for Clinicians Supporting Family Caregivers of Patients With a Left Ventricular Assist Device. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2023 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37974325
  • Shah KP, Khan SS, Baldridge AS, Grady KL, Cella D, Goyal P, Allen LA, Smith JD, Lagu TC, Ahmad FS. Health Status in Heart Failure and Cancer: Analysis of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey 2016-2020. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37930290
  • Kim JM, Maqsood MH, Makuvire T, McIlvennan CK, Thompson JS, Matlock DD, Allen LA, Warraich HJ. Gender-based differences in decision making, quality of life and survival among patients undergoing left ventricular assist device evaluation. PLoS One. 2023;18(10):e0293121. PubMed PMID: 37878597
  • Trinkley KE, Wright G, Allen LA, Bennett TD, Glasgow RE, Hale G, Heckman S, Huebschmann AG, Kahn MG, Kao DP, Lin CT, Malone DC, Matlock DD, Wells L, Wysocki V, Zhang S, Suresh K. Sustained Effect of Clinical Decision Support for Heart Failure: A Natural Experiment Using Implementation Science. Appl Clin Inform. 2023 Oct;14(5):822-832. PubMed PMID: 37852249
  • Allen LA, Lowe EF, Matlock DD. The Economic Burden of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Living Longer but Poorer?. Cardiol Clin. 2023 Nov;41(4):501-510. PubMed PMID: 37743073
  • Harrington J, Sun JL, Fonarow GC, Heitner SB, Divanji PH, Allen LA, Alhanti B, Yancy CW, Albert NM, DeVore AD, Felker GM, Greene SJ. Potential Applicability of Omecamtiv Mecarbil to Patients Hospitalized for Worsening Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Oct 15;205:524-526. PubMed PMID: 37666729
  • Allen LA, Taylor PN, Gillespie KM, Oram RA, Dayan CM. Maternal type 1 diabetes and relative protection against offspring transmission. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2023 Oct;11(10):755-767. PubMed PMID: 37666263
  • Buchanan C, Buchanan C, Riordan M, Byrd J, Schulte M, Kohrt WM, Ambardekar AV, Allen LA, Wolfel G, Lawley J, Levine BD, Cornwell WK 3rd. Cardiopulmonary Performance Among Heart Failure Patients Before and After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. JACC Heart Fail. 2024 Jan;12(1):117-129. PubMed PMID: 37632493
  • Keshvani N, Shah S, Ayodele I, Chiswell K, Alhanti B, Allen LA, Greene SJ, Yancy CW, Alonso WW, Van Spall HG, Fonarow GC, Heidenreich PA, Pandey A. Sex differences in long-term outcomes following acute heart failure hospitalization: Findings from the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure registry. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 Sep;25(9):1544-1554. PubMed PMID: 37632339
  • Waughtal J, Glorioso TJ, Sandy LM, Peterson PN, Chavez C, Bull S, Ho PM, Allen LA. Patient engagement with prescription refill text reminders across time and major societal events. Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2023 Aug;4(4):133-136. PubMed PMID: 37600444
  • Chang YK, Philip J, Allen LA, Mcclung JA, Hui D. Criteria That Promote Timely Referral to Specialist Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2023 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37595787
  • Grady KL, Kallen MA, Beiser DG, Lindenfeld J, Teuteberg J, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Rich J, Yancy C, Lee CS, Denfeld QE, Kiernan M, Walsh MN, Adler E, Ruo B, Stehlik J, Kirklin JK, Bedjeti K, Cella D, Hahn EA. Novel measures to assess ventricular assist device patient-reported outcomes: Findings from the MCS A-QOL study. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Jan;43(1):36-50. PubMed PMID: 37591454
  • Swat SA, Helmkamp LJ, Tietbohl C, Thompson JS, Fitzgerald M, McIlvennan CK, Harger G, Ho PM, Ahmad FS, Ahmad T, Buttrick P, Allen LA. Clinical Inertia Among Outpatients With Heart Failure: Application of Treatment Nonintensification Taxonomy to EPIC-HF Trial. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Nov;11(11):1579-1591. PubMed PMID: 37589610
  • Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Beckie TM, Allen LA, Commodore-Mensah Y, Davidson PM, Lin G, Lutz B, Spatz ES. Shared Decision-Making and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2023 Sep 12;148(11):912-931. PubMed PMID: 37577791
  • Pierce JB, Blumer V, Choi S, Hardy NC, Greiner MA, Carnicelli AP, Shen X, Lippmann SJ, Peterson PN, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Mentz RJ, Greene SJ, O'Brien EC. Comparative Outcomes of Sacubitril/Valsartan Use After Hospitalization for Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries Naïve to Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Oct 1;204:151-158. PubMed PMID: 37544137
  • DeVore AD, Allen LA. A Global Challenge and a Global Opportunity for the Heart Failure Community. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Aug 1;82(5):445-447. PubMed PMID: 37495281
  • Blum M, Goldstein NE, Jaarsma T, Allen LA, Gelfman LP. Palliative care in heart failure guidelines: A comparison of the 2021 ESC and the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA guidelines on heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 Oct;25(10):1849-1855. PubMed PMID: 37492904
  • Haywood HB, Sauer AJ, Allen LA, Albert NM, Devore AD. The Promise and Risks of mHealth in Heart Failure Care. J Card Fail. 2023 Sep;29(9):1298-1310. PubMed PMID: 37479053
  • Keshvani N, Subramanian V, Wrobel CA, Solomon N, Alhanti B, Greene SJ, DeVore AD, Yancy CW, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Pandey A. Patterns of Referral and Postdischarge Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure: An Analysis From the GWTG-HF Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Aug;16(8):e010144. PubMed PMID: 37431671
  • Kim R, Suresh K, Rosenberg MA, Tan MS, Malone DC, Allen LA, Kao DP, Anderson HD, Tiwari P, Trinkley KE. A machine learning evaluation of patient characteristics associated with prescribing of guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1169574. PubMed PMID: 37416920
  • Peters AE, Solomon N, Chiswell K, Fonarow GC, Khouri MG, Baylor L, Alvir J, Bruno M, Huda A, Allen LA, Sharma K, DeVore AD, Greene SJ. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy among patients hospitalized for heart failure and performance of an adapted wild-type ATTR-CM machine learning model: Findings from GWTG-HF. Am Heart J. 2023 Nov;265:22-30. PubMed PMID: 37400049
  • Shakowski C, Page Ii RL, Wright G, Lunowa C, Marquez C, Suresh K, Allen LA, Glasgow RE, Lin CT, Wick A, Trinkley KE. Comparative effectiveness of generic commercial versus locally customized clinical decision support tools to reduce prescription of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for patients with heart failure. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 Aug 18;30(9):1516-1525. PubMed PMID: 37352404
  • Trinkley KE, Dafoe A, Malone DC, Allen LA, Huebschmann A, Khazanie P, Lunowa C, Matlock DC, Suresh K, Rosenberg MA, Swat SA, Sosa A, Morris MA. Clinician challenges to evidence-based prescribing for heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: A qualitative evaluation. J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Dec;29(8):1363-1371. PubMed PMID: 37335624
  • Svet M, Portalupi LB, Pyszczynski T, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Applying terror management theory to patients with life-threatening illness: a systematic review. BMC Palliat Care. 2023 Jun 17;22(1):74. PubMed PMID: 37330502
  • Swat SA, Xu H, Allen LA, Greene SJ, DeVore AD, Matsouaka RA, Goyal P, Peterson PN, Hernandez AF, Krumholz HM, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Hess PL. Opportunities and Achievement of Medication Initiation Among Inpatients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Aug;11(8 Pt 1):918-929. PubMed PMID: 37318420
  • Pool N, Hebdon M, de Groot E, Yee R, Herrera-Theut K, Yee E, Allen LA, Hasan A, Lindenfeld J, Calhoun E, Carnes M, Sweitzer NK, Breathett K. A novel approach for assessing bias during team-based clinical decision-making. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1014773. PubMed PMID: 37228737
  • Harrington J, Sun JL, Fonarow GC, Heitner SB, Divanji PH, Binder G, Allen LA, Alhanti B, Yancy CW, Albert NM, DeVore AD, Felker GM, Greene SJ. Clinical Profile, Health Care Costs, and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure With Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 May 16;12(10):e028820. PubMed PMID: 37158118
  • Diamond J, Ayodele I, Fonarow GC, Joynt-Maddox KE, Yeh RW, Hammond G, Allen LA, Greene SJ, Chiswell K, DeVore AD, Yancy C, Wadhera RK. Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Heart Failure at Hospitals Caring for a High Proportion of Black Adults: Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Jun 1;8(6):545-553. PubMed PMID: 37074702
  • Mentias A, Peterson ED, Keshvani N, Kumbhani DJ, Yancy CW, Morris AA, Allen LA, Girotra S, Fonarow GC, Starling RC, Alvarez P, Desai MY, Cram P, Pandey A. Achieving Equity in Hospital Performance Assessments Using Composite Race-Specific Measures of Risk-Standardized Readmission and Mortality Rates for Heart Failure. Circulation. 2023 Apr 11;147(15):1121-1133. PubMed PMID: 37036906
  • Hahn EA, Allen LA, Lee CS, Denfeld QE, Stehlik J, Cella D, Lindenfeld J, Teuteberg JJ, McIlvennan CK, Kiernan MS, Beiser DG, Walsh MN, Adler ED, Ruo B, Kirklin JK, Klein L, Bedjeti K, Cummings PD, Burns JL, Vela AM, Grady KL. PROMIS: Physical, Mental and Social Health Outcomes Improve From Before to Early After LVAD Implant: Findings From the Mechanical Circulatory Support: Measures of Adjustment and Quality of Life (MCS A-QOL) Study. J Card Fail. 2023 Oct;29(10):1398-1411. PubMed PMID: 37004864
  • Baird AS, Thompson JS, Fitzgerald MD, Mosley BS, Matlock DD, Allen LA, Mcllvennan CK. Assessment of caregiver burden prior to implantation of left ventricular assist device: A national survey. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jun;42(6):689-692. PubMed PMID: 36973094
  • Gupta P, Sandy LC, Glorioso TJ, Khanna A, Khazanie P, Allen LA, Peterson PN, Bull S, Ho PJM. Secondary analysis of electronic opt-out consent in pragmatic research: A study design method to diversify clinical trials?. Am Heart J. 2023 Jul;261:104-108. PubMed PMID: 36966921
  • McIlvennan CK, Urra M, Helmkamp L, Messenger JC, Raymer D, Ream KS, Oldemeyer JB, Ambardekar AV, Barnes K, Allen LA. Magnitude of troponin elevation in patients with biomarker evidence of myocardial injury: relative frequency and outcomes in a cohort study across a large healthcare system. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2023 Mar 24;23(1):151. PubMed PMID: 36959555
  • Breathett K, Yee R, Pool N, Thomas Hebdon MC, Knapp SM, Herrera-Theut K, de Groot E, Yee E, Allen LA, Hasan A, Lindenfeld J, Calhoun E, Carnes M, Sweitzer NK. Group Dynamics and Allocation of Advanced Heart Failure Therapies-Heart Transplants and Ventricular Assist Devices-By Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Group. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Mar 7;12(5):e027701. PubMed PMID: 36846988
  • Goyal P, Zullo AR, Gladders B, Onyebeke C, Kwak MJ, Allen LA, Levitan EB, Safford MM, Gilstrap L. Real-world safety of neurohormonal antagonist initiation among older adults following a heart failure hospitalization. ESC Heart Fail. 2023 Jun;10(3):1623-1634. PubMed PMID: 36807850
  • Pierce JB, Ikeaba U, Peters AE, DeVore AD, Chiswell K, Allen LA, Albert NM, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Greene SJ. Quality of Care and Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in Rural vs Urban US Hospitals: The Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Apr 1;8(4):376-385. PubMed PMID: 36806447
  • Khan MS, Xu H, Fonarow GC, Lautsch D, Hilkert R, Allen LA, DeVore AD, Alhanti B, Yancy CW, Albert NM, Butler J, Greene SJ. Applicability of Vericiguat to Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure in the United States. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Feb;11(2):211-223. PubMed PMID: 36754528
  • Hahn EA, Walsh MN, Allen LA, Lee CS, Denfeld QE, Teuteberg JJ, Beiser DG, McIlvennan CK, Lindenfeld J, Klein L, Adler ED, Stehlik J, Ruo B, Bedjeti K, Cummings PD, Vela AM, Grady KL. Validity of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical, Mental, and Social Health Measures After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Implications for Patient Care. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 Feb;16(2):e008690. PubMed PMID: 36752104
  • Ahmad FS, Ahmad T, Allen LA. When the Whole Is the Sum of Its Parts: Validation of the Heart Failure Collaboratory Medication Composite Score in Denmark. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Feb;16(2):e010309. PubMed PMID: 36695188
  • Savarese G, Lindenfeld J, Stolfo D, Adams K, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Ammirati E, Gottlieb SS, Psotka MA, Rosano GMC, Allen LA. Use of patient-reported outcomes in heart failure: from clinical trials to routine practice. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 Feb;25(2):139-151. PubMed PMID: 36644876
  • Selvaraj S, Greene SJ, Ayodele I, Alhanti B, Allen LA, Lewsey SC, Adusumalli S, Reza N, Hernandez AF, Yancy CW, Jena AB, Fonarow GC, Bhatt DL. Assessing Heuristic Bias During Care for Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Feb;16(2):e010069. PubMed PMID: 36458538
  • Tie H, Zhu J, Akin S, Allen LA, Huang B, Martens S, Welp H, Simpkin A, Shi R, Wu Q, Soliman O, Caliskan K, Chen D. Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With a History of Cancer Undergoing Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Feb;16(2):e009772. PubMed PMID: 36373549
  • Pierce JB, Li Z, Greiner MA, Lippmann SJ, Hardy NC, Shen X, Stampehl M, Mentz RJ, Allen LA, Peterson PN, Fonarow GC, O'Brien EC, Greene SJ. Adoption of Sacubitril/Valsartan Among Patients With Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: The Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Jan;16(1):e010176. PubMed PMID: 36314141
  • Birtcher KK, Allen LA, Anderson JL, Bonaca MP, Gluckman TJ, Hussain A, Kosiborod M, Mehta LS, Virani SS. 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Integrating Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Multimorbidity Treatment: A Framework for Pragmatic, Patient-Centered Care: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 24;81(3):292-317. PubMed PMID: 36307329
  • Venechuk G, Allen LA, Thompson JS, Morris MA, Matlock DD, McIlvennan CK, Dickert NW, Tietbohl C. Trust and activation in defining patient-clinician interactions for chronic disease management. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Jan;106:113-119. PubMed PMID: 36167759
  • Trudeau BM, Allen LA, Billups SJ, Saseen JJ, Pearson SM. Evaluation of Loop Diuretic Dosing Following Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Initiation in Patients With Heart Failure. J Pharm Pract. 2023 Dec;36(6):1330-1335. PubMed PMID: 35848505
  • Chuzi S, Pensa AV, Allen LA, Cross SH, Feder SL, Warraich HJ. Palliative Care for Patients With Heart Failure: Results From a Heart Failure Society of America Survey. J Card Fail. 2023 Jan;29(1):112-115. PubMed PMID: 35842103
  • Thomson MC, Allen LA, Halpern SD, Ko YA, Matlock DD, Mitchell AR, Moore MA, Morris AA, Rao BR, Scherer LD, Speight CD, Ubel PA, Dickert NW. Framing Benefits in Decision Aids: Effects of Varying Contextualizing Statements on Decisions About Sacubitril-Valsartan for Heart Failure. MDM Policy Pract. 2021 Jul-Dec;6(2):23814683211041623. PubMed PMID: 34693019
  • Rosano GMC, Allen LA, Abdin A, Lindenfeld J, O'Meara E, Lam CSP, Lancellotti P, Savarese G, Gottlieb SS, Teerlink J, Wintrich J, Böhm M. Drug Layering in Heart Failure: Phenotype-Guided Initiation. JACC Heart Fail. 2021 Nov;9(11):775-783. PubMed PMID: 34627725
  • Wallace BC, Jones J, Masoudi FA, Nowels CT, Varosy P, Thomson R, Elwyn G, Brega AG, Vermilye T, Knoepke CE, Sandhu A, Allen LA, Matlock DD. Development and piloting of four decision aids for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in different media formats. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Nov;44(11):1842-1852. PubMed PMID: 34528271
  • Piña IL, Allen LA, Desai NR. Policy and Payment Challenges in the Postpandemic Treatment of Heart Failure: Value-Based Care and Telehealth. J Card Fail. 2021 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34520854
  • Goyal P, Reshetnyak E, Khan S, Musse M, Navi BB, Kim J, Allen LA, Banerjee S, Elkind MSV, Shah SJ, Yancy C, Michos ED, Devereux RB, Okin PM, Weinsaft JW, Safford MM. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults With a History of Heart Failure Hospitalized for COVID-19. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Sep;14(9):e008354. PubMed PMID: 34517720
  • Carnicelli AP, Li Z, Greiner MA, Lippmann SJ, Greene SJ, Mentz RJ, Hardy NC, Blumer V, Shen X, Yancy CW, Peterson PN, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, O'Brien EC. Sacubitril/Valsartan Adherence and Postdischarge Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Fail. 2021 Dec;9(12):876-886. PubMed PMID: 34509408
  • McIlvennan CK, Jones J, Makic M, Meek PM, Chaussee E, Thompson JS, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Stress and Coping Among Family Caregivers of Patients With a Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Multicenter Mixed Methods Study. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Oct;14(10):e008243. PubMed PMID: 34465131
  • Allen LA, Huang JV. Adding a Rock to a Hard Place: Mechanical Circulatory Support, Active Cancer, Proceed With Caution. JACC CardioOncol. 2021 Jun;3(2):316-318. PubMed PMID: 34396340
  • Carnicelli AP, Lippmann SJ, Greene SJ, Mentz RJ, Greiner MA, Hardy NC, Hammill BG, Shen X, Yancy CW, Peterson PN, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, O'Brien EC. Sacubitril/Valsartan Initiation and Postdischarge Adherence Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2021 Aug;27(8):826-836. PubMed PMID: 34364659
  • DeVore AD, Granger BB, Fonarow GC, Al-Khalidi HR, Albert NM, Lewis EF, Butler J, Piña IL, Allen LA, Yancy CW, Cooper LB, Felker GM, Kaltenbach LA, McRae AT, Lanfear DE, Harrison RW, Disch M, Ariely D, Miller JM, Granger CB, Hernandez AF. Effect of a Hospital and Postdischarge Quality Improvement Intervention on Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Care for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The CONNECT-HF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Jul 27;326(4):314-323. PubMed PMID: 34313687
  • Knoepke CE, Chaussee EL, Matlock DD, Thompson JS, McIlvennan CK, Ambardekar AV, Schaffer EM, Khazanie P, Scherer L, Arnold RM, Allen LA. Changes over Time in Patient Stated Values and Treatment Preferences Regarding Aggressive Therapies: Insights from the DECIDE-LVAD Trial. Med Decis Making. 2021 Jul 23;:272989X211028234. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34296623
  • Scherer LD, Matlock DD, Allen LA, Knoepke CE, McIlvennan CK, Fitzgerald MD, Kini V, Tate CE, Lin G, Lum HD. Patient Roadmaps for Chronic Illness: Introducing a New Approach for Fostering Patient-Centered Care. MDM Policy Pract. 2021 Jan-Jun;6(1):23814683211019947. PubMed PMID: 34277949
  • Gottlieb SS, Psotka MA, Desai N, Lindenfeld J, Russo P, Allen LA. Use of Outpatient Intravenous Calcitropes for Heart Failure in the United States. J Card Fail. 2021 Nov;27(11):1276-1279. PubMed PMID: 34265464
  • Luong P, Glorioso TJ, Grunwald GK, Peterson P, Allen LA, Khanna A, Waughtal J, Sandy L, Ho PM, Bull S. Text Message Medication Adherence Reminders Automated and Delivered at Scale Across Two Institutions: Testing the Nudge System: Pilot Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 May;14(5):e007015. PubMed PMID: 33993727
  • Mitchell JE, Chesler R, Zhang S, Matsouaka RA, Devore AD, Allen LA, Albert NM, Fraser M, Yancy CW, Chang NL, Fonarow GC. Profile of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure Who Leave Against Medical Advice. J Card Fail. 2021 Jul;27(7):747-755. PubMed PMID: 33864931
  • Bahiru E, Ziaeian B, Moucheraud C, Agarwal A, Xu H, Matsouaka RA, DeVore AD, Heidenreich PA, Allen LA, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC. Association of Dual Eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid With Heart Failure Quality and Outcomes Among Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Hospitals. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Jul 1;6(7):791-800. PubMed PMID: 33825802
  • Jackson LR 2nd, Schrader P, Thomas L, Steinberg BA, Blanco R, Allen LA, Fonarow GC, Freeman JV, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Mahaffey KW, Naccarelli G, Reiffel J, Singer DE, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Dosing of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease in US Clinical Practice: Results from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of AF (ORBIT-AF II). Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2021 Sep;21(5):553-561. PubMed PMID: 33786798
  • Trinkley KE, Kroehl ME, Kahn MG, Allen LA, Bennett TD, Hale G, Haugen H, Heckman S, Kao DP, Kim J, Matlock DM, Malone DC, Page Nd RL, Stine J, Suresh K, Wells L, Lin CT. Applying Clinical Decision Support Design Best Practices With the Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model Versus Reliance on Commercially Available Clinical Decision Support Tools: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Med Inform. 2021 Mar 22;9(3):e24359. PubMed PMID: 33749610
  • Levy AE, Hammes A, Anoff DL, Raines JD, Beck NM, Rudofker EW, Marshall KJ, Nensel JD, Messenger JC, Masoudi FA, Pierce RG, Allen LA, Ream KS, Ho PM. Acute Myocardial Infarction Cohorts Defined by International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision Versus Diagnosis-Related Groups: Analysis of Diagnostic Agreement and Quality Measures in an Integrated Health System. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Mar;14(3):e006570. PubMed PMID: 33653116
  • Scherer LD, McPhetres J, Pennycook G, Kempe A, Allen LA, Knoepke CE, Tate CE, Matlock DD. Who is susceptible to online health misinformation? A test of four psychosocial hypotheses. Health Psychol. 2021 Apr;40(4):274-284. PubMed PMID: 33646806
  • Fendler TJ, Allen LA, Matlock DD. Did You Forget to Assess Cognition in Your Patient With Heart Failure, and Does It Matter?. J Card Fail. 2021 Mar;27(3):295-296. PubMed PMID: 33632392
  • Knoepke CE, Allen LA, Sepucha K, Masoudi FA, Kutner J, Varosy P, Magid D, Matlock DD. Development of a measure of decision quality for implantable defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Apr;44(4):677-684. PubMed PMID: 33555044
  • Clarke JD, Riello R, Allen LA, Psotka MA, Teerlink JR, Lindenfeld J, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Effect of Inotropes on Patient-Reported Health Status in End-Stage Heart Failure: A Review of Published Clinical Trials. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Feb;14(2):e007759. PubMed PMID: 33530705
  • Thompson JS, Fitzgerald MD, Allen LA, McIlvennan CK, Glasgow RE, Wynia M, Morris MA, Beilenson J, Gherst C, Matlock DD. Shared Decision-Making for Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Rationale and Design of a Nationwide Dissemination and Implementation Project. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Feb;14(2):e007256. PubMed PMID: 33530698
  • Maddox TM, Januzzi JL Jr, Allen LA, Breathett K, Butler J, Davis LL, Fonarow GC, Ibrahim NE, Lindenfeld J, Masoudi FA, Motiwala SR, Oliveros E, Patterson JH, Walsh MN, Wasserman A, Yancy CW, Youmans QR. 2021 Update to the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Feb 16;77(6):772-810. PubMed PMID: 33446410
  • Tate CE, Venechuk G, Pierce K, Khazanie P, Ingle MP, Morris MA, Allen LA, Matlock DD. Development of a Decision Aid for Patients and Families Considering Hospice. J Palliat Med. 2021 Apr;24(4):505-513. PubMed PMID: 33439075
  • Bass ME, Kiser TH, Page RL 2nd, McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Wright G, Shakowski C. Comparative effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin for the treatment of left ventricular thrombus. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2021 Aug;52(2):517-522. PubMed PMID: 33420896
  • Flint K, Chaussee EL, Henderson K, Breathett K, Khazanie P, Thompson JS, Mcilvennan CK, Larue SJ, Matlock DD, Allen LA. Social Determinants of Health and Rates of Implantation for Patients Considering Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device. J Card Fail. 2021 Apr;27(4):497-500. PubMed PMID: 33346077
  • Allen LA, McIlvennan CK. Mis-GUIDED-The Importance of Negative Trials of Health Care Delivery and Implementation Science. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Feb 1;6(2):135-136. PubMed PMID: 33206151
  • Allen LA, Venechuk G, McIlvennan CK, Page RL 2nd, Knoepke CE, Helmkamp LJ, Khazanie P, Peterson PN, Pierce K, Harger G, Thompson JS, Dow TJ, Richards L, Huang J, Strader JR, Trinkley KE, Kao DP, Magid DJ, Buttrick PM, Matlock DD. An Electronically Delivered Patient-Activation Tool for Intensification of Medications for Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The EPIC-HF Trial. Circulation. 2021 Feb 2;143(5):427-437. PubMed PMID: 33201741
  • Goyal P, Unlu O, Kennel PJ, Schumacher RC, Gilstrap LG, Krishnaswami A, Allen LA, Maurer MS, Rich MW, Makam A. Inclusion of Performance Parameters and Patient Context in the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2021 Feb;27(2):190-197. PubMed PMID: 33065263

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Echocardiography, Diplomat
  • American Heart Association (AHA), Fellow (FAHA)
  • American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow (FACC)
  • American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Inductee
  • Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), FHFSA

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Heart Failure Program - Anschutz
12505 E. 16th Ave
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, 3rd floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

UCHealth Heart & Vascular Center - Anschutz
12505 E. 16th Ave
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, 3rd floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2004)
  • General Cardiology, Board Certification (2020)
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology (2020)
  • American Society of Echocardiography, Level III, Board Certification (2007)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Heart and Circulation - Heart Failure
  • Heart and Circulation - Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart and Circulation
  • Surgery - Heart Transplant Surgery
  • Surgery
Clinical Interests
Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support / Ventricular Assist Devices

Personal Interests
Everything Colorado! Trail Running (Pike's Peak 4x), Marathon running (Napa 2022, 3:08), skiing (powder days preferred).

Volunteer Activities
Trustee, Boettcher Foundation (2009-2018). Trustee, Presidents Leadership Class, CU Boulder (2018-2027).

Public Speaking
Yes
Frequent national talks on evidence-based care (2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA Heart Failure Guidelines), shared decision making (https://patientdecisionaid.org/), and advanced / end-of-life care.