Publications
A List of Our Work
- Decision making for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices: “there was no choice” versus “I thought about it an awful lot”. McIlvennan CK, Allen LA, Nowels C, Brieke A, Cleveland JC, Matlock DD. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 May;7(3):374-80. PMID: 24823949.
- Design and testing of tools for shared decision making. Matlock DD, Spatz ES. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 May;7(3):487-92. PMID: 24714602.
- A Study to Improve Communication Between Clinicians and Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Methods and Challenges Behind the Working to Improve diScussions about DefibrillatOr Management (WISDOM) Trial. Goldstein NE, Kalman J, Kutner JS, Fromme EK, Hutchinson MD, Lipman HI, Matlock DD, Swetz KM, Lampert R, Herasme O, Morrison RS. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014; Apr 21. pii:S0885-3924(14)00216-4. PMID: 24768595.
- “It’s Valid and Reliable” Is Not Enough: Critical Appraisal of Reporting of Measures in Trials Evaluating Patient Decision Aids. Sepucha KR, Matlock DD, Wills CE, Ropka M, Joseph-Williams N, Stacey D, Ng C, Levin C, Lally J, Borkhoff CM, Thomson R. Med Decis Making. 2014 Apr 8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24713692.
- Making Decisions About Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators from Implantation to End of Life: An Integrative Review of Patients’ Perspectives. Lewis KB, Stacey D, Matlock DD. Patient. 2014 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24668214.
- Advance directives, advance care planning, and shared decision making: promoting synergy over exclusivity in contemporary context. Swetz KM, Matlock DD, Ottenberg AL, Mueller PS. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Mar;47(3):e1-3. PMID: 24315513.
- The antidote for unprepared patients: a caring clinician. Matlock DD, Mandrola JM. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan;174(1):86-7. PMID: 24276534.
- Pre-operative health status and outcomes after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. Flint KM, Matlock DD, Sundareswaran KS, Lindenfeld J, Spertus JA, Farrar DJ, Allen LA. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Dec;32(12):1249-54. PMID: 24119729.
- Preparedness planning before mechanical circulatory support: a “how-to” guide for palliative medicine clinicians. Swetz KM, Kamal AH, Matlock DD, Dose AM, Borkenhagen LS, Kimeu AK, Dunlay SM, Feely MA. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 May;47(5):926-935.e6. PMID: 24094703.
- Do we really want to grow the field of palliative medicine? Matlock DD. J Palliat Med. 2013 Sep;16(9):998-9. PMID: 24041290.
- Geographic variation in cardiovascular procedure use among Medicare fee-for-service vs Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. Matlock DD, Groeneveld PW, Sidney S, Shetterly S, Goodrich G, Glenn K, Xu S, Yang L, Farmer SA, Reynolds K, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Lieu T, Boudreau DM, Greenlee RT, Tom J, Vupputuri S, Adams KF, Smith DH, Gunter MJ, Go AS, Magid DJ. JAMA. 2013 Jul 10;310(2):155-62. PMID: 23839749.
- Shared decision making in prostate-specific antigen testing: the effect of a mailed patient flyer prior to an annual exam. Landrey AR, Matlock DD, Andrews L, Bronsert M, Denberg T. J Prim Care Community Health. 2013 Jan;4(1):67-74. PMID: 23799692.
- Mechanical circulatory support in advanced heart failure #205, 2nd ed. Swetz KM, Matlock DD, Ferris H, Hunt S. J Palliat Med. 2013 Aug;16(8):979-80. PMID: 23767951.
- Less patient-centered care: an unintended consequence of guidelines? Lin GA, Matlock DD. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Apr 8;173(7):578-9. PMID: 23420530.
- Defibrillators, deactivation, decisions, and dying. Matlock DD, Allen LA. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Mar 11;173(5):375-94. PMID: 23358740.
- Establishing the effectiveness of patient decision aids: key constructs and measurement instruments. Sepucha KR, Borkhoff CM, Lally J, Levin CA, Matlock DD, Ng CJ, Ropka ME, Stacey D, Joseph-Williams N, Wills CE, Thomson R. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2013;13 Suppl 2:S12. PMID: 24625035.
- Incorporating the patient perspective: a critical review of clinical practice guidelines for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy. Joyce KE, Lord S, Matlock DD, McComb JM, Thomson R. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2013 Mar;36(2):185-97. PMID: 23250540.
- Life-saving devices reach the end of life with heart failure. Matlock DD, Stevenson LW. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2012 Nov-Dec;55(3):274-81. PMID: 23217431.
- Patient preference in the decision to place implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Caverly TJ, Al-Khatib SM, Kutner JS, Masoudi FA, Matlock DD. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jul 23;172(14):1104-5. PMID: 22688654.
- The experience of fatigue as a distressing symptom of heart failure. Jones J, McDermott CM, Nowels CT, Matlock DD, Bekelman DB. Heart Lung. 2012 Sep-Oct;41(5):484-91. PMID: 22652166.
- Variation in use of dual-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the national cardiovascular data registry. Matlock DD, Peterson PN, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Reynolds MR, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Apr 23;172(8):634-41; discussion 641. PMID: 22529229.
- Frailty and the selection of patients for destination therapy left ventricular assist device. Flint KM, Matlock DD, Lindenfeld J, Allen LA. Circ Heart Fail. 2012 Mar 1;5(2):286-93. PMID: 22438521.
- Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 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; American Heart Association; Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; Council on Cardiovascular Nursing; Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia. Circulation. 2012 Apr 17;125(15):1928-52. PMID: 22392529.
- Destination unknown: the ventricular assist device and the advance of technology. Matlock DD. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jan;60(1):154-5. PMID: 22239295.
- Feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid designed for people facing advanced or terminal illness: a pilot randomized trial. Matlock DD, Keech TA, McKenzie MB, Bronsert MR, Nowels CT, Kutner JS. Health Expect. 2014 Feb;17(1):49-59. PMID: 22032553.
- Patient and cardiologist perceptions on decision making for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a qualitative study. Matlock DD, Nowels CT, Masoudi FA, Sauer WH, Bekelman DB, Main DS, Kutner JS. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2011 Dec;34(12):1634-44. PMID: 21972983.
- Palliative medicine and decision science: the critical need for a shared agenda to foster informed patient choice in serious illness. Bakitas M, Kryworuchko J, Matlock DD, Volandes AE. J Palliat Med. 2011 Oct;14(10):1109-16. PMID: 21895453.
- Outpatient palliative care for chronic heart failure: a case series. Bekelman DB, Nowels CT, Allen LA, Shakar S, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. J Palliat Med. 2011 Jul;14(7):815-21. PMID: 21554021.
- Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure. Peterson PN, Shetterly SM, Clarke CL, Bekelman DB, Chan PS, Allen LA, Matlock DD, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA. JAMA. 2011 Apr 27;305(16):1695-701. PMID: 21521851.
- Regional variations in physicians’ attitudes and recommendations surrounding implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Matlock DD, Kutner JS, Emsermann CB, Al-Khatib SM, Sanders GD, Dickinson LM, Rumsfeld JS, Davidson AJ, Crane LA, Masoudi FA. J Card Fail. 2011 Apr;17(4):318-24. PMID: 21440870.
- Regional variation in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Matlock DD, Peterson PN, Heidenreich PA, Lucas FL, Malenka DJ, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Kutner JS, Fisher ES, Masoudi FA. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Jan 1;4(1):114-21. PMID: 21139094.
- Regional variations in palliative care: do cardiologists follow guidelines? Matlock DD, Peterson PN, Sirovich BE, Wennberg DE, Gallagher PM, Lucas FL. J Palliat Med. 2010 Nov;13(11):1315-9. PMID: 20954826.
- Patient perspectives on decision making in heart failure. Matlock DD, Nowels CT, Bekelman DB. J Card Fail. 2010 Oct;16(10):823-6. PMID: 20932464.
- Big Brother is watching you: what do patients think about ICD home monitoring? Matlock DD. Circulation. 2010 Jul 27;122(4):319-21. PMID: 20625107.
- Defibrillators in heart failure and quality of life. Matlock DD. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 8;360(2):187-8; author reply 189. PMID: 19129534.
- Keeping the patient in the center: Common challenges in the practice of shared decision making.
- A Genome-Wide Association Study of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.
- “I just need to know they are going to do what they say they’re going to do with my mom.” Understanding hospice expectations from the patient, caregiver and admission nurse perspective.
- Ambulatory Inotrope Infusions in Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
- Evidence of Cognitive Bias in Decision Making Around Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillators: A Qualitative Framework Analysis.
- Deactivation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Differing Perspectives of Cardiology and Hospice/Palliative Medicine Clinicians.
- The Effect of Total Cost Information on Consumer Treatment Decisions: An Experimental Survey.
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Colorectal Cancer Decision Aid Using a Centralized Delivery Strategy.
- Sitagliptin rescues memory deficits in Parkinsonian rats via upregulating BDNF to prevent neuron and dendritic spine loss.
- Developing a patient and family research advisory panel to include people with significant disease, multimorbidity and advanced age.
- Short-term caloric restriction exerts neuroprotective effects following mild traumatic brain injury by promoting autophagy and inhibiting astrocyte activation.
- Fluoxetine attenuates the impairment of spatial learning ability and prevents neuron loss in middle-aged APPswe/PSEN1dE9 double transgenic Alzheimer’s disease mice.
- The Research on the Relationship of RAGE, LRP-1, and Aβ Accumulation in the Hippocampus, Prefrontal Lobe, and Amygdala of STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats.
- Effectiveness of an Intervention Supporting Shared Decision Making for Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: The DECIDE-LVAD Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel.
- Evaluating the Quality of Patient Decision-Making Regarding Post-Acute Care.
- Suppression of microRNA-9-5p rescues learning and memory in chronic cerebral hypoperfusion rats model.
- Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls.
- Incorporating patients’ preference diagnosis in implantable cardioverter defibrillator decision-making: a review of recent literature.
- Patient Perspectives on Communication of Individualized Survival Estimates in Heart Failure.
- Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Architects Needed.
- Anchoring in Destination-Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device Decision Making: A Mechanical Turk Survey.
- Caloric restriction can improve learning and memory in C57/BL mice probably via regulation of the AMPK signaling pathway.
- “Those Conversations in My Experience Don’t Go Well”: A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Provider Experiences Tapering Long-term Opioid Medications.
- 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
- The protumorigenic potential of FTY720 by promoting extramedullary hematopoiesis and MDSC accumulation.
- Left ventricular longitudinal systolic function analysed by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a meta-analysis.
- Salvianolic Acid B Ameliorates Cognitive Deficits Through IGF-1/Akt Pathway in Rats with Vascular Dementia.
- Loaded Questions: Internet Commenters’ Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations.
- Hospice, She Yelped: Examining the Quantity and Quality of Decision Support Available to Patient and Families Considering Hospice.
- A Group Visit Initiative Improves Advance Care Planning Documentation among Older Adults in Primary Care.
- Edaravone improves spatial memory and modulates endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis after abdominal surgery in mice.
- Decision making in advanced heart failure: bench, bedside, practice, and policy.
- Preliminary Development of an Informational Media Use Measure for Patients with Implanted Defibrillators: Toward a Model of Social-Ecological Assessment of Patient Education and Support.
- Histone H1-like protein participates in endothelial cell-specific activation of the von Willebrand factor promoter.
- 40(th) EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes : Munich, Germany, 5-9 September 2004.
- The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome.
- Acute myeloid leukemia-associated Mkl1 (Mrtf-a) is a key regulator of mammary gland function.
- [Hyperbaric oxygen improves long-term learning-memory deficits and brain injury in neonatal rat with hypoxia-ischemia brain damage].
- Defibrillators in heart failure and quality of life.
- A large-scale chemical screen for regulators of the arginase 1 promoter identifies the soy isoflavone daidzeinas a clinically approved small molecule that can promote neuronal protection or regeneration via a cAMP-independent pathway.
- Big Brother is watching you: what do patients think about ICD home monitoring?
- Patient perspectives on decision making in heart failure.
- Regional variations in palliative care: do cardiologists follow guidelines?
- Regional variation in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
- Regional variations in physicians’ attitudes and recommendations surrounding implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
- Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure.
- Outpatient palliative care for chronic heart failure: a case series.
- Palliative medicine and decision science: the critical need for a shared agenda to foster informed patient choice in serious illness.
- Patient and cardiologist perceptions on decision making for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a qualitative study.
- Ghrelin-attenuated cognitive dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
- Feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid designed for people facing advanced or terminal illness: a pilot randomized trial.
- Destination unknown: the ventricular assist device and the advance of technology.
- Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
- Frailty and the selection of patients for destination therapy left ventricular assist device.
- Variation in use of dual-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the national cardiovascular data registry.
- The experience of fatigue as a distressing symptom of heart failure.
- Patient preference in the decision to place implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
- Life-saving devices reach the end of life with heart failure.
- Incorporating the patient perspective: a critical review of clinical practice guidelines for implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy.
- Establishing the effectiveness of patient decision aids: key constructs and measurement instruments.
- Loss of cone cyclic nucleotide-gated channel leads to alterations in light response modulating system and cellular stress response pathways: a gene expression profiling study.
- Mechanical circulatory support in advanced heart failure #205, 2nd ed.
- Shared decision making in prostate-specific antigen testing: the effect of a mailed patient flyer prior to an annual exam.
- Preparedness planning before mechanical circulatory support: a “how-to” guide for palliative medicine clinicians.
- Pre-operative health status and outcomes after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.
- The antidote for unprepared patients: a caring clinician.
- Advance directives, advance care planning, and shared decision making: promoting synergy over exclusivity in contemporary context.
- Making decisions about implantable cardioverter-defibrillators from implantation to end of life: an integrative review of patients’ perspectives.
- “It’s Valid and Reliable” Is Not Enough: Critical Appraisal of Reporting of Measures in Trials Evaluating Patient Decision Aids.
- Design and testing of tools for shared decision making.
- Confusing Relative Risk with Absolute Risk Is Associated with More Enthusiastic Beliefs about the Value of Cancer Screening.
- A study to improve communication between clinicians and patients with advanced heart failure: methods and challenges behind the working to improve discussions about defibrillator management trial.
- Decision making for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices: “there was no choice” versus “I thought about it an awful lot”.
- Loss of MAP function leads to hippocampal synapse loss and deficits in the Morris Water Maze with aging.
- Update on end-of-life care training during nephrology fellowship: a cross-sectional national survey of fellows.
- Clinical outcomes after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: a systematic review.
- Educational resources for patients considering a left ventricular assist device: a cross-sectional review of internet, print, and multimedia materials.
- Doctors and numbers: an assessment of the critical risk interpretation test.
- Shared decision making and the use of a patient decision aid in advanced serious illness: provider and patient perspectives.
- Transcriptome profiling and pathway analysis of genes expressed differentially in participants with or without a positive response to topiramate treatment for methamphetamine addiction.
- New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology.
- Perspectives from mechanical circulatory support coordinators on the pre-implantation decision process for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices.
- Decision-making for destination therapy left ventricular assist devices: implications for caregivers.
- The Perceptions of Important Elements of Caregiving for a Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.
- Bereaved Caregiver Perspectives on the End-of-Life Experience of Patients With a Left Ventricular Assist Device.
- How U.S. Doctors Die: A Cohort Study of Healthcare Use at the End of Life.
- Long-term caloric restriction in mice may prevent age-related learning impairment via suppression of apoptosis.
- Geriatric Cardiology: An Emerging Discipline.
- Caregiver Perspectives on End-of-Life Experiences of Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices-Reply.
- Decision-Making Experiences of Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.
- Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease.
- 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.
- Autophagy-lysosome dysfunction is involved in Aβ deposition in STZ-induced diabetic rats.