2021
Relationship of surgeon experience and outcomes of surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease
Yousef S, Singh S, Mullan CW, Dey P, Mori M, Brooks C, Bin Mahmood SU, Hashim S, Vallabhajosyula P, Geirsson A. Relationship of surgeon experience and outcomes of surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 2621-2627. PMID: 33896034, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDegenerative mitral valve diseaseMitral valve diseaseValve diseaseSurgeon experienceExperienced surgeonsShorter cross-clamp timeCox proportional hazards methodCross-clamp timeWorse comorbidity profileIndependent risk factorMitral valve surgeryOutcome of surgeryKaplan-Meier curvesMitral regurgitation recurrenceProportional hazards methodsOperations/yearValve surgeryEmergent operationMeier curvesPatient characteristicsRegurgitation recurrenceComorbidity profilesRisk factorsSevere MRHazards methods
2020
United States national trends in comorbidity and outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients
Mullan CW, Mori M, Pichert MD, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Geirsson A. United States national trends in comorbidity and outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 2248-2253. PMID: 33448476, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral valve repair/replacementAortic valve replacementCardiac surgery patientsHospital mortalityLength of staySurgery patientsCardiac surgeryAdult cardiac surgery patientsAdult cardiac surgery proceduresUnited States national trendsValve repair/replacementICD-9 procedure codesCoronary artery bypassCardiac surgery proceduresType of surgeryNational Inpatient SampleICD-9 codesNational trendsCross-sectional analysisCABG/Comorbidity trendsArtery bypassPatient ageValve replacementComorbidity profiles