2020
Intermediate and Late Outcomes With PCI vs CABG for Left Main Disease — Landmark Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
Akintoye E, Salih M, Olagoke O, Oseni A, Sistla P, Alqasrawi M, Panos A, Panaich S, Sellke F. Intermediate and Late Outcomes With PCI vs CABG for Left Main Disease — Landmark Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2020, 23: 114-118. PMID: 32921597, DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2020.08.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnprotected left main diseaseLeft main diseaseEXCEL trialLate mortalityCause mortalityDirection of associationRandomized trialsLate outcomesCABGLate MIMain diseaseReasonable alternativePCITrialsSignificant differencesRCTsLower ratesHigh rateMortalityYearsLong termPatientsMixed resultsPRECOMBATStroke
2018
Comparison of Hospital Outcomes of Transcatheter AorticValve Implantation With Versus Without Hypothyroidism
Subahi A, Yassin A, Adegbala O, Akintoye E, Abubakar H, Elmoghrabi A, Ibrahim W, Ajam M, Pahuja M, Weinberger J, Levine D, Afonso L. Comparison of Hospital Outcomes of Transcatheter AorticValve Implantation With Versus Without Hypothyroidism. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 838-843. PMID: 30037424, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationHypothyroid patientsImpact of hypothyroidismHospital outcomesSevere symptomatic aortic stenosisNational Inpatient Sample databasePropensity score-matched analysisSymptomatic aortic stenosisAdditional randomized trialsAortic valve implantationCost of hospitalizationHemorrhage requiring transfusionEffect of hypothyroidismHospital mortalityTAVR outcomesHospital stayInpatient mortalityPostprocedural complicationsSecondary outcomesValve implantationAortic stenosisBlood transfusionPrimary outcomeClinical outcomesRandomized trials