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 periodNational Trends in the Burden of Atrial Fibrillation During Hospital Admissions for Heart Failure
Reinhardt SW, Chouairi F, Miller PE, Clark KAA, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Freeman JV, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Friedman DJ. National Trends in the Burden of Atrial Fibrillation During Hospital Admissions for Heart Failure. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e019412. PMID: 34013736, PMCID: PMC8483517, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.019412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced ejection fractionComorbid atrial fibrillationHeart failureAtrial fibrillationEjection fractionHospital mortalityHF hospitalizationBackground Heart failureConclusion Atrial fibrillationWhite individualsNational Inpatient SampleMedian hospital chargesMore comorbiditiesComorbid hypertensionHF admissionsHF outcomesPatient demographicsDiabetes mellitusHospital admissionHospital chargesInpatient SampleVascular diseaseHospitalizationPatientsMortality
2020
PATIENT PHENOTYPES AND SGLT-2 INHIBITION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS: INSIGHTS FROM THE EMPA-REG OUTCOME TRIAL
Sharma A, Ofstad A, Ahmad T, Zinman B, Zwiener I, Fitchett D, Wanner C, George J, Hantel S, Desai N, Mentz R. PATIENT PHENOTYPES AND SGLT-2 INHIBITION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS: INSIGHTS FROM THE EMPA-REG OUTCOME TRIAL. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 36: s71. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.07.143.Peer-Reviewed Original Research