2018
Small bowel bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: outcomes of conservative therapy versus balloon-assisted enteroscopy
Al-Bawardy B, Schettle SD, Gorospe E, Song L, Pereira NL, Alexander JA, Bruining DH, Coelho-Prabhu N, Fidler JL, Mauermann WJ, Barbara DW, Dierkhising R, Rajan E. Small bowel bleeding in patients with left ventricular assist device: outcomes of conservative therapy versus balloon-assisted enteroscopy. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2018, 31: 692-697. PMID: 30386119, PMCID: PMC6191869, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2018.0316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalloon-assisted enteroscopySmall bowel bleedingLeft ventricular assist deviceConservative therapyBAE groupCT groupLVAD patientsVentricular assist deviceGastrointestinal bleedingPacked red blood cell transfusionAssist deviceRed blood cell transfusionRe-bleeding rateFuture prospective trialsBlood cell transfusionCohort of patientsBowel bleedingGIB hospitalizationsLVAD databasePRBC transfusionCause mortalityCell transfusionProspective trialRetrospective reviewSmall bowel
2017
Endoscopic muscle biopsy sampling of the duodenum and rectum: a pilot survival study in a porcine model to detect myenteric neurons
Rajan E, Al-Bawardy B, Gostout CJ, Wong Kee Song LM, Deters JL, Knipschield MA, Bernard CE, Farrugia G. Endoscopic muscle biopsy sampling of the duodenum and rectum: a pilot survival study in a porcine model to detect myenteric neurons. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2017, 87: 600-606. PMID: 28734992, PMCID: PMC5775930, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.07.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle biopsy samplingProtein gene product 9.5Myenteric neuronsMuscularis propriaGene product 9.5Biopsy samplingSnare electrocauteryUpper endoscopyProduct 9.5Scope clipDuodenal wallBand ligation techniqueFunctional bowel disordersSlow transit constipationProcedural adverse eventsRectal muscularis propriaIntermuscular layerAdverse eventsBowel disordersClinical courseMotility disordersSmall bowelSurgical approachTissue diagnosisPreclinical studiesCross-sectional imaging in refractory celiac disease
Al-Bawardy B, Barlow JM, Vasconcelos RN, Kim ST, Bruining DH, Hansel SL, Sheedy SP, Murray JA, Rubio-Tapia A, Rajan E, Fidler JL, Fletcher JG. Cross-sectional imaging in refractory celiac disease. Abdominal Radiology 2017, 42: 389-395. PMID: 28084545, DOI: 10.1007/s00261-016-1032-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType II refractory celiac diseaseRefractory celiac diseaseCross-sectional imagingCeliac diseaseUlcerative jejunitisSB dilationSmall bowelResultsOne hundred eighteen patientsPattern abnormalitiesT-cell receptor rearrangementsUnique imaging findingsCell receptor rearrangementNon-significant trendType IDuodenal edemaJejunal foldsRefractory symptomsEighteen patientsMesenteric lymphadenopathyImaging findingsRetrospective studyRCD patientsType IIBlinded reviewPatients