Shah, Bimal R.

Research Interests:

In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Bimal is engaged in health services and outcomes research through the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the Duke Global Health Institute, and Duke-NUS GMS. Bimal has extensively published and his current research interests include understanding organizational structures in the delivery of health care, researching clinical outcomes, and evaluating processes and quality of care in cardiac patients.

Selected Publications:

Shah BR, Peterson ED, Chen AY, Mahaffey KW, DeLong E, Ohman EM, Pollack CV, Gibler WB, Roe MT. "Influence of Clinical Trial Participation on Subsequent Anti-Thrombin Use for Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Patterns of Enoxaparin vs. Unfractionated Heparin Use in the CRUSADE Initiative." In press at Clinical Cardiology.

Shah, BR, Hernandez A, Liang, L, Al-Khatib, SM, Yancy, CW, Fonarow, GC, Peterson, ED. "Hospital variation and characteristics of ICD implantation in eligible patients with heart failure: Data from the GWTG-HF Registry." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 53:416-422.

Peterson ED, Shah BR, Parson L, Pollack CB, French WJ, Gibson CM, Rogers WJ. "Trends in Quality of Care for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006: from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction Database." American Heart Journal, 156:1045-1055.

Shah, BR, Schulman, K. "What are the regulatory and economic challenges posed by drug-eluting stents?" Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine,13 (4), 15-20.

Shah, BR, Patel, MP, Peterson ED, Douglas, PD. "Defining Optimal Research Study Design for Cardiovascular Imaging Using Computed Tomography Angiography as a Model." American Journal of Cardiology, 102(7): 943-8.

Shah BR, Glickman SW, Liang L, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Pollack CV, Roe MT, Peterson ED. "The Impact of For-profit Hospital Status on the Care and Outcomes of Patients with NSTEMI: Results from CRUSADE." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 50 (15): 1462-8, 2007.

Walsh J, McDonald KM, Shojania KG, Sundaram V, Nayak S, Davies S, Lewis R, Mechanic J, Sharp C, Henne M, Shah B, Chan JK, Owens DK, Goldstein MK. Hypertension Care. Vol. 3 of: Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK, editors. Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies. Technical Review 9. (Prepared by the Stanford University–UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0017). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2005.

Shah BR, Yamazaki T, Kaykha A, Cho S, Froelicher VF, Chun SH. "Assessment of QT dispersion for prediction of cardiovascular mortality in male veterans." American Heart Journal. 2004; 93:483– 6.

Shah BR, Reed S, Francis J, Ridley D, Schulman K. "The cost of inefficiency in US hospitals, 1985-1997." Journal Health Care Finance. Fall;30(1):1-9, 2003.

Shah BR, Velazquez E, Shaw LK, Bart B, O'Connor C, Wagner GS. "Revascularization improves survival in ischemic cardiomyopathy regardless of electrocardiographic criteria for prior small-to-medium myocardial infarcts." American Heart Journal. 143(1):111-7, 2002.