Publications in VIVO

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Ariela Orkaby, MD, MPH

Dr. Dr.

Positions

Assistant Professor, VA Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Location

Boston, MA 02130

USA

Clinical Disciplines

Geriatrics

GEMSSTAR awardee

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Selected Publications

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1. Developing a Parsimonious Frailty Index for Older, Multimorbid Adults With Heart Failure Using Machine Learning.. The American journal of cardiology. 75-81. 2022
2. Polypharmacy in Older Heart Failure Patients: a Multidisciplinary Approach.. Current heart failure reports. 19:290-302. 2022
4. A tool to help patients visualize ASCVD risk and the potential impact of risk-lowering interventions. 2022
5. Applying frailty to guide myocardial infarction management: an important step towards precision medicine and personalized care for older adults.. European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care. 11:99-101. 2022
6. Challenges for Patients Dying of Heart Failure and Cancer.. Circulation. Heart failure. 15:e009922. 2022
7. Effect of Vitamin D3 and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Risk of Frailty: An Ancillary Study of a Randomized Clinical Trial. 2022
8. Frailty and Survival After In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022
9. Frailty and cardiovascular mortality in more than 3 million US Veterans.. European heart journal. 43:818-826. 2022
10. Influence of Long-term Non-Aspirin NSAID use on Risk of Frailty in Men ≥60 years: The Physicians' Health Study.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 2022
11. Long-Term Aspirin Use and Self-Reported Walking Speed in Older Men: The Physicians' Health Study.. The Journal of frailty & aging. 11:12-17. 2022
12. Prediction of Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality After Myocardial Infarction in US Veterans.. The American journal of cardiology. 169:10-17. 2022
13. Prevalence of Frailty and Associations with Oral Anticoagulant Prescribing in Atrial Fibrillation.. Journal of general internal medicine. 37:730-736. 2022
14. Trajectories of Frailty in the 5 Years Prior to Death Among U.S. Veterans Born 1927-1934.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 76:e347-e353. 2021
15. Identification of Frailty Using a Claims-Based Frailty Index in the CoreValve Studies: Findings from the EXTEND-FRAILTY Study.. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10:-. 2021
16. From research to bedside: Incorporation of a CGA-based frailty index among multiple comanagement services.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 70:90-98. 2021
17. Contemporary Analysis of Electronic Frailty Measurement in Older Adults with Multiple Myeloma Treated in the National US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.. Cancers. 13. 2021
18. Updating and Validating the U.S. Veterans Affairs Frailty Index: Transitioning From ICD-9 to ICD-10.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 76:1318-1325. 2021
19. Association Between Long-Term Aspirin Use and Frailty in Men: The Physicians' Health Study.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 76:1077-1083. 2021
20. Aging researchers in early stages (ARIES): a model for career development collaboration of researchers in aging.. Quality in ageing and older adults. 22:75-80. 2021
21. Adaptation of the comprehensive geriatric assessment to a virtual delivery format.. Age and ageing. 50:597-598. 2021
22. Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis.. JAMA internal medicine. 181:179-185. 2021
23. Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis.. JAMA internal medicine. 181:179-185. 2021
24. Association Between Frailty and Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults: The Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort. 2021
25. Considerations for carotid artery disease management in a frail population.. Experimental gerontology. 152:111426. 2021
26. Feasibility of Frailty Assessment Integrated with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Clinic Follow-up: A Pilot Investigation. 2021
27. Frailty in inflammatory bowel diseases: an emerging concept.. Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology. 14:17562848211025474. 2021
28. Mobility Assessment in Older Adults.. The New England journal of medicine. 385:e22. 2021
29. Relation of the Number of Cardiovascular Conditions and Short-term Symptom Improvement After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina Pectoris.. The American journal of cardiology. 155:1-8. 2021
30. Role of Frailty in Identifying Benefit From Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 14:e008566. 2021
31. Taking prevention to the next step: implementation of a brief, sustainable frailty assessment in a cardiology clinic. 2021
32. The long toenail sign in older adults.. European journal of internal medicine. 87:94-95. 2021
33. New Statin Use and Mortality in Older Veterans-Reply.. JAMA. 324:1908-1909. 2020
34. Association Between Patient-Reported Frailty and Non-Home Discharge Among Older Adults Undergoing Surgery.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:2909-2913. 2020
35. Foot Examination for Older Adults.. The American journal of medicine. 134:30-35. 2020
36. Association of Statin Use With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in US Veterans 75 Years and Older.. JAMA. 324:68-78. 2020
37. Estimation of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.. JAMA network open. 3:-. 2020
38. Maximizing the Mini-Cog: Cognitive Decline Caused by Carotid Artery Stenosis.. Archives of clinical and medical case reports. 4:456-458. 2020
39. The Highs and Lows of Cholesterol: A Paradox of Healthy Aging?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:236-237. 2020
40. Association between Diet Quality and Frailty Prevalence in the Physicians' Health Study.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:770-776. 2019
41. Vitamin D supplements and prevention of cardiovascular disease.. Current opinion in cardiology. 34:700-705. 2019
42. Physician Perspectives on Deprescribing Cardiovascular Medications for Older Adults.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68:78-86. 2019
43. Walking pace is inversely associated with risk of death and cardiovascular disease: The Physicians' Health Study.. Atherosclerosis. 51-56. 2019
44. Statins for Primary Prevention in Those Aged 70 Years and Older: A Critical Review of Recent Cholesterol Guidelines.. Drugs & aging. 36:687-699. 2019
45. The Burden of Frailty Among U.S. Veterans and Its Association With Mortality, 2002-2012.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 74:1257-1264. 2019
46. Frailty, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, and Mortality: a Systematic Review.. Journal of general internal medicine. 34:2224-2231. 2019
47. "Like a Man of 70 Years": Aging and the Words We Use.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67:2208-2209. 2019
48. Biodegradable-polymer stents versus durable-polymer stents.. Lancet (London, England). 393:1932-1933. 2019
49. Serial sodium values and adverse outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.. International journal of cardiology. 119-124. 2019
50. Cross-Sectional Association of Frailty and Arterial Stiffness in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Framingham Heart Study.. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 74:373-379. 2019
51. Geriatric Rehabilitation Should Not Be an Oxymoron: A Path Forward.. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 100:995-1000. 2019
52. Defining Frailty in Research Abstracts: A Systematic Review and Recommendations for Standardization.. The Journal of frailty & aging. 8:67-71. 2019
53. Time to Get Going on Involving FITs in Clinical Trials.. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 72:2802-2805. 2018
54. Impact of frailty on outcomes in surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. American journal of surgery. 218:393-400. 2018
55. Pravastatin for Primary Prevention in Older Adults: Restricted Mean Survival Time Analysis.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 66:1987-1991. 2018
56. Toenail Examination Reveals Unmet Care Needs-Reply.. JAMA internal medicine. 178:-. 2018
57. Applying Evidence-Based Medicine to Shared Decision Making: Value of Restricted MeanSurvival Time.. The American journal of medicine. 132:13-15. 2018
58. Development and validation of a heart failure with preserved ejection fraction cohort using electronic medical records.. BMC cardiovascular disorders. 18:-. 2018
59. Prognostic Significance of Baseline Serum Sodium in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.. Journal of the American Heart Association. 7. 2018
60. Toenails as the "Hemoglobin A1c" of Functional Independence-Beyond the Polished Wingtips.. JAMA internal medicine. 178:598-599. 2018
61. Backwards and Forwards.. Journal of general internal medicine. 33:233-234. 2018
62. Preventing cardiovascular disease in older adults: One size does not fit all.. Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 85:55-64. 2018
63. Physical activity and CVD in older adults: an expert's perspective.. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy. 16:1-10. 2017
64. Cardiovascular Screening and Primary Prevention in Older Adults.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 34:81-93. 2017
65. Metformin vs sulfonylurea use and risk of dementia in US veterans aged ≥65 years with diabetes.. Neurology. 89:1877-1885. 2017
66. Statins for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Older Men.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65:2362-2368. 2017
67. Comparison of two frailty indices in the physicians' health study.. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. 21-27. 2017
68. Continued Use of Warfarin in Veterans with Atrial Fibrillation After Dementia Diagnosis.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 65:249-256. 2016
69. Assessing Risks and Benefits of Invasive Cardiac Procedures in Patients with Advanced Multimorbidity.. Clinics in geriatric medicine. 32:359-71. 2016
70. A curious case of Lactobacillus casei in a prosthetic joint: was it the yogurt?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60:1177-8. 2012
71. Impact of a group medical visit program on Latino health-related quality of life.. Explore (New York, N.Y.). 7:94-9. 2011
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1. Trends in 30-day mortality from COVID-19 among older adults in the Veterans Affairs system.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 1448-1450. 2021