2021
Evaluation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Transplantation
Chouairi F, Fuery M, Clark KA, Mullan CW, Stewart J, Caraballo C, Clarke J, Sen S, Guha A, Ibrahim NE, Cole RT, Holaday L, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Rogers JG, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Miller PE. Evaluation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Transplantation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021067. PMID: 34431324, PMCID: PMC8649228, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.021067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite patientsHispanic patientsBlack patientsCardiac transplantationHeart transplantationHigh riskEthnic disparitiesAdult heart recipientsAllocation system changePost-transplant deathPost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation deathNew allocation systemHeart recipientsDiabetes mellitusRenal diseaseSharing databaseTransplantation ratesUnited NetworkContemporary outcomesPatientsTransplantationDonor characteristicsStudy period
2020
Incidence and characteristics of hospitalization for proximal aortic surgery for acute syndromes and for aneurysms in the USA from 2005 to 2014
Mullan CW, Mori M, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Mangi AA, Elefteriades JA, Geirsson A. Incidence and characteristics of hospitalization for proximal aortic surgery for acute syndromes and for aneurysms in the USA from 2005 to 2014. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2020, 58: 583-589. PMID: 32163136, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute aortic syndromeProximal aortic surgeryAortic aneurysm surgeryAortic syndromeAneurysm surgeryAortic surgeryThoracic aortic aneurysm surgeryThoracic aneurysm surgeryNational Inpatient SampleCharacteristics of hospitalizationsEdition diagnosis codesAneurysm populationAneurysm operationsAortic proceduresCardiopulmonary bypassAcute syndromeBlack patientsCardiac operationsDiagnosis codesHospital characteristicsInpatient SampleSociodemographic disparitiesSurgical volumeRetrospective analysisCase volume