2024
Characteristics And Procedural Complications Of Septal Myectomy For Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy In The United States
Altibi A, Elman M, Zhao Y, Chehab J, Butzner M, Heitner S, Jacoby D, Sohn R, Masri A. Characteristics And Procedural Complications Of Septal Myectomy For Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy In The United States. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2024, 30: 177-178. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.10.149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathySeptal myectomyBaseline characteristicsHypertrophic cardiomyopathyInpatient complicationsConcomitant mitral valve repairVentricular septal defectMitral valve repairMitral valve replacementPredictor of inpatient complicationsCohort of patientsOutcomes of SMValve repairSeptal defectValve replacementAtrial fibrillation/flutterAnoxic brain damagePacemaker implantationAdult patientsHeart blockCardiac arrestEmergency intubationProcedural outcomesContinuous enrollmentMyectomy
2021
Impact of Obesity on Heart Transplantation Outcomes
Chouairi F, Milner A, Sen S, Guha A, Stewart J, Jastreboff AM, Mori M, Clark KA, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Rogers JG, Notarianni A, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Mullan CW. Impact of Obesity on Heart Transplantation Outcomes. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021346. PMID: 34854316, PMCID: PMC9075353, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHigher BMI categoriesImpact of obesityHeart transplantation outcomesBMI categoriesTransplantation outcomesHeart transplantationHigher body mass indexAllocation system changeAdvanced heart failureOrgan Sharing databaseObese BMI categoriesVentricular assist deviceNew Organ ProcurementPosttransplant deathPosttransplantation deathPosttransplant mortalityBackground PatientsBMI 18.5Adult patientsCohort studyHeart failureHeart transplantSharing databaseWaitlist deathsPredictors of Major Atrial Fibrillation Endpoints in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute HCMR
Kramer CM, DiMarco JP, Kolm P, Ho CY, Desai MY, Kwong RY, Dolman SF, Desvigne-Nickens P, Geller N, Kim DY, Maron MS, Appelbaum E, Jerosch-Herold M, Friedrich MG, Schulz-Menger J, Piechnik SK, Mahmod M, Jacoby D, White J, Chiribiri A, Helms A, Choudhury L, Michels M, Bradlow W, Salerno M, Dawson DK, Weinsaft JW, Berry C, Nagueh SF, Buccarelli-Ducci C, Owens A, Casadei B, Watkins H, Weintraub WS, Neubauer S, Investigators H. Predictors of Major Atrial Fibrillation Endpoints in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute HCMR. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology 2021, 7: 1376-1386. PMID: 34217663, PMCID: PMC8605982, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexSevere mitral regurgitationHistory of arrhythmiaMitral regurgitationHypertrophic cardiomyopathyAtrial fibrillationLA volumeProspective natural history studyVolume indexHigher body mass indexAtrial volume indexLA volume indexPermanent atrial fibrillationOlder adult patientsStrong risk factorNatural history studiesCommon morbidityAdult patientsElectrical cardioversionYounger patientsCatheter ablationEndpoint eventsMass indexNational HeartRisk factorsMavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): health status analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial
Spertus JA, Fine JT, Elliott P, Ho CY, Olivotto I, Saberi S, Li W, Dolan C, Reaney M, Sehnert AJ, Jacoby D. Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): health status analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet 2021, 397: 2467-2475. PMID: 34004177, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00763-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireSymptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyPatients' health statusQuality of lifeHealth statusWeek 30KCCQ overall summary scoreAvailable pharmacological optionsKCCQ-OS scorePlacebo-controlled trialPhase 3 trialProportion of patientsPrimary treatment goalOverall summary scoreDisease-specific measuresEffect of mavacamtenHealth status analysisNew potential strategyEXPLORER-HCMPlacebo groupAdult patientsBristol-Myers Squibb CompanyPharmacological optionsImpact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies
Chouairi F, Mullan CW, Sen S, Mori M, Fuery M, Elder RW, Lesse J, Norton K, Clark KA, Miller PE, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Impact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247789. PMID: 33651802, PMCID: PMC7924739, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseAllocation system changeHeart allocation systemNew heart allocation policyNew heart allocation systemTransplantation of patientsOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation outcomesPost-transplant survivalTime of transplantationMechanical circulatory supportRate of transplantationNumber of patientsHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemStatus 1ACardiac transplantAdult patientsSharing databaseWaitlist survivalCirculatory supportClinical benefitCongenital cardiomyopathyUnited NetworkCHD patients