2023
Surgical versus Interventional Mitral Valve Repair: Analysis of 1,100 Propensity Score‐Matched Patients
Amabile A, Muncan B, Geirsson A, Kalogeropoulos A, Krane M. Surgical versus Interventional Mitral Valve Repair: Analysis of 1,100 Propensity Score‐Matched Patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2023, 2023: 1-7. DOI: 10.1155/2023/8838005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter mitral valve repairSurgical mitral valve repairMitral valve repairValve repairIschemic mitral regurgitationMitral regurgitationPropensity scoreTMVR patientsSurgical patientsMortality rateInterventional mitral valve repairCox proportional hazards modelChronic ischemic mitral regurgitationLow reintervention ratesMitral valve reinterventionMitral valve reoperationHeart failure statusSecondary mitral regurgitationKaplan-Meier estimatesProportional hazards modelBetter survival rateValve reinterventionValve reoperationPreoperative medicationsReintervention rate
2021
The impact of trainees' working hour regulations on outcome in CABG and valve surgery in the State of New York
Amabile A, Mori M, Brooks C, Weininger G, Shang M, Fereydooni S, Komlo CM, Mullan CW, Hameed I, Geirsson A. The impact of trainees' working hour regulations on outcome in CABG and valve surgery in the State of New York. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 4582-4590. PMID: 34617327, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term outcomesRisk-adjusted mortality ratesDuty hour regulationsTeaching hospitalBetter short-term outcomesWorse short-term outcomesCoronary artery bypassDuty hour policiesOverall surgical volumeArtery bypassCABG surgeryValve surgeryCABG proceduresCardiac surgeryValve proceduresSurgical volumeFirst-year residentsHospital typeMortality rateSurgeryCABGCall dutiesReporting System dataGraduate Medical EducationOutcomes