2024
In-Hospital Outcomes and 30-Day Readmission Rate After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Liver Cirrhosis: A Contemporary Propensity-Matched Analysis
Aggarwal A, Jang S, Vardhan S, Webber F, Alam M, Vardhan M, Lancaster G, Ahmad Y, Vora A, Zarich S, Inglessis-Azuaje I, Elmariah S, Forrest J, Davila C. In-Hospital Outcomes and 30-Day Readmission Rate After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Liver Cirrhosis: A Contemporary Propensity-Matched Analysis. Structural Heart 2024, 8: 100327. DOI: 10.1016/j.shj.2024.100327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacement groupValve replacementIn-hospital mortalityHepatorenal syndromeReadmission ratesCardiogenic shockLiver cirrhosisVascular complicationsIn-hospitalOutcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacementSurgical risk prediction modelsSurgical aortic valve replacement groupAssociated with significantly lower ratesRates of in-hospital mortalityLimited contemporary dataIn-hospital outcomesSignificantly lower ratesNationwide Readmissions DatabaseCardiac surgeryPeriprocedural morbidityTherapeutic optionsClinical characteristicsCrossroads of Care: Navigating Injection Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis
Stolear A, Dulgher M, Kaminsky L, Ramponi F, Lancaster G. Crossroads of Care: Navigating Injection Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis. Cureus 2024, 16: e62490. PMID: 39015851, PMCID: PMC11251736, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusInjection drug useAddiction medicine specialistsInfective endocarditisComplications of injection drug useActive injection drug useSubstance use disordersMedicine specialistsTricuspid valve repairPulmonary septic emboliTricuspid valve surgeryTricuspid valve vegetationManagement of IEIndividualized surgical interventionDrug useRecurrent IEAntibiotic coursesValve surgerySeptic emboliValve repairValve vegetationsAntibiotic therapySix-week follow-upSurgical interventionIllicit drug use
2006
16.30 A novel index of ST elevation in lead aVR as a predictor of myocardial viability using exercise SPECT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Afaq M, Adigopula S, Blendea D, Upadhyay S, Lancaster G. 16.30 A novel index of ST elevation in lead aVR as a predictor of myocardial viability using exercise SPECT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2006, 13: s21. DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.06.069.Peer-Reviewed Original Research