2021
Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates
Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Natov P, Bhinder J, Rose Chiravuri M, Wilson L, Clark KA, Reinhardt SW, Mullan C, Miller PE, Davis RP, Rogers JG, Patel CB, Sen S, Geirsson A, Anwer M, Desai N, Ahmad T. Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e023662. PMID: 34743559, PMCID: PMC9075266, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.023662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-urgency patientsHigh-urgency patientsUrgency patientsCardiac transplantationAllocation system changeLonger waitlist timesOrgan Sharing databaseTime of transplantationCardiac transplantation candidatesNew allocation systemBaseline recipientPosttransplantation outcomesPosttransplantation survivalAdditional comorbiditiesClinical characteristicsConclusions PatientsHepatitis CIschemic timeTransplantation candidatesSharing databaseWaitlist timeWaitlist survivalUnited NetworkRetrospective analysisPatients
2019
Chloride Homeostasis in End Stage Heart Failure and LVAD Recipients
Stawiarski K, Agboola O, Jacoby D, Bellumkonda L, Ahmad T, Sugeng L, Chen M, McCloskey G, Geirsson A, Anwar M, Bonde P. Chloride Homeostasis in End Stage Heart Failure and LVAD Recipients. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2019, 38: s382-s383. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.974.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSerum chloride levelsChloride homeostasisLVAD patientsHeart failureLVAD therapyEnd-stage heart failureCardio-renal axisChronic heart failureStage heart failureChloride levelsLong-term survivalKaplan-Meir plotsLog-rank statisticsL riseCause mortalityLVAD recipientsWorse survivalSingle centerNeurohormonal responsesPrognostic implicationsPrognostic valueLVAD implantsRetrospective analysisGroup ACox model