Selected December Publications from BIDMC Faculty

Building on our culture of collaboration and innovation, our researchers are helping to transform medicine and health care delivery. Below are selected research publications issued in the month of December.

If you have any questions about the publications or would like to suggest a paper for inclusion, please email mediarelations@bidmc.harvard.edu.

CMV Primes Functional Alternative Signaling in Adaptive Δg NK Cells but Is Subverted by Lentivirus Infection in Rhesus Macaques
Cell Reports – Dec. 4, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Spandan V. Shah, Cordelia Manickam, Daniel R. Ram, Kyle Kroll, Dan H. Barouch, R. Keith Reeves (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research)

Association of Hospital Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Quality With 30-Day and 1-Year Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
JAMA Cardiology – Dec. 5, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Harun Kundi, Jeffrey J. Popma, Kamal R. Khabbaz, Louis M. Chu, Jordan B. Strom, Linda R. Valsdottir, Changyu Shen, Robert W. Yeh (Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Division of Cardiac Surgery)

Toward Precision Policy — The Case of Cardiovascular Care
New England Journal of Medicine – Dec. 6, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Rishi K. Wadhera (Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology)

Computerization and the Future of Primary Care: A Survey of General Practitioners in the UK
PLOS One – Dec. 12, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Charlotte Blease, Ted J. Kaptchuk, Roger B. Davis, Catherine M. DesRoches (General Medicine and Primary Care)

Trends, Causes, and Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Homeless Individuals
Medical Care – Dec. 14, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Rishi K. Wadhera, Eunhee Choi, Changyu Shen, Robert W. Yeh (Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology)

Network Localization of Heterogeneous Neuroimaging Findings
BRAIN – Dec. 14, 2018
BIDMC Authors: R. Ryan Darby, Juho Joutsa, Michael D. Fox (Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation)

Structure of the Lipoprotein Lipase–GPIHBP1 Complex that Mediates Plasma Triglyceride Hydrolysis
PNAS – Dec. 17, 2018
BIDMC Author: Gabriel Birrane (Division of Experimental Medicine)

Temporal Trends in Unstable Angina Diagnosis Codes for Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
JAMA Internal Medicine – Dec. 17, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Rishi K. Wadhera, Eric A. Secemsky, Changyu Shen, Robert W. Yeh (Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology)

SPOP Promotes Nanog Destruction to Suppress Stem Cell Traits and Prostate Cancer Progression
Developmental Cell – Dec. 20, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Jinfang Zhang, Ming Chen, Xiangpeng Dai, Fabin Dang, Junming Ren, Yulia V. Shulga, Francisco Beca, Wenjian Gan, Fei Wu,Yu-Min Lin, Andrew H. Beck, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Wenyi Wei (Department of Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Division of Translational Therapeutics)

The Challenges of Using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score
Lancet – Dec. 20, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Sandra M. Shiac, Dae H. Kim (Division of Gerontology)

A Central Venous Catheter That Cannot Be Dislodged Easily by a Confused Patient
Annals of Internal Medicine – Dec. 25, 2018
BIDMC Author: Robert S. Brown (Division of Nephrology)

Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia
JAMA – Dec. 25, 2018
BIDMC Authors: Rishi K. Wadhera, Changyu Shen, Robert W. Yeh (Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology)