Track D: Promoting the Most Effective Prevention and Treatment Practices for the Leading Causes of Mortality, Starting With Cardiovascular Disease AHRQ 2011 Annual ConferenceSlide presentation from the AHRQ 2011 conference. Track D: Promoting the Most Effective Prevention and Treatment Practices for the Leading Causes of Mortality, Starting With Cardiovascular DiseaseNote: Slide presentations can be accessed using a Free PowerPoint® Viewer ().Marginal Structural Modeling: Examples of Use in Comparative Effectiveness Research (Session 33)Use of Marginal Structural Models in a Comparative Effectiveness Study of Intravenous Iron Formulations in End-Stage Renal Disease (PowerPoint® File, 290 KB; Web Version)Alan BrookhartDo Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICDs) Produce Better Health Outcomes for Patients? Innovative Approaches to Studying the Effectiveness of ICDs (Session 14)Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death: Harnessing the Power of Decision Analysis, Bayesian Techniques, and Clinical Trials (PowerPoint® File, 1.5 MB; Web Version)Gillian D. Sanders and Lurdes Y. InoueReal World Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Medicare Patients (PowerPoint® File, 2.3 MB; Web Version)Soko SetoguchiLongitudinal Study of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) (PowerPoint® File, 2.3 MB; Web Version)Robert Greenlee and Frederick MasoudiImplantable Cardioverter Defibrillators to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death: Background (PowerPoint® File, 2.5 MB; Web Version)Frederick MasoudiThe USPSTF: Making Recommendations for Special Populations (Session 76)Making Recommendations for Special Populations: Older Adults, Children, and Racial/Ethnic Minorities (PowerPoint® File, 2 MB; Web Version)Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Al Siu, Michael LeFevre, and Evelyn WhitlockEliminating Health Disparities Through Community-Based Research (Session 84)Improving Diabetes Outcomes and Overcoming Communication Barriers for Vulnerable Communities Through Health IT Self Management Support (PowerPoint® File, 6.5 MB; Web Version)Neda RatanawongsaMemphis Healthy Churches: An Outreach Program of Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) (PowerPoint® File, 570 KB; Web Version)Georgia OliverDisseminating Information about Breast Cancer Prevention to African American Women (PowerPoint® File, 9.2 MB; Web Version)Chanita Hughes-HalbertReturn to Conference ContentsProceed to Track E: Working With Communities to Promote Wide Use of Best Practices to Enable Healthy Living Current as of March 2012 Internet Citation: Track D: Promoting the Most Effective Prevention and Treatment Practices for the Leading Causes of Mortality, Starting With Cardiovascular Disease: AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/conference/2011/trackd.html