2023
Mild aortic insufficiency following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Hameed I, Ahmed A, Kumar A, Li E, Candelario K, Khan S, Kannan A, Latif N, Amabile A, Geirsson A, Williams M. Mild aortic insufficiency following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2023, 102: 166-175. PMID: 37172208, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementMild aortic insufficiencyAortic insufficiencyAortic valve replacementPooled incidenceMidterm mortalityValve replacementIncidence of AIModerate-severe aortic insufficiencyHartung-Knapp adjustmentPooled incidence rateLong-term outcomesLonger life expectancyAI incidenceTAVR volumeSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeYounger patientsFemale patientsMean agePooled analysisIncidence rateTAVR valvePatientsSystematic review
2021
Transit time flow measurement of coronary bypass grafts before and after protamine administration
Leviner DB, von Mücke Similon M, Rosati CM, Amabile A, Thuijs DJFM, Giammarco GD, Wendt D, Trachiotis GD, Kieser TM, Kappetein AP, Head SJ, Taggart DP, Puskas JD. Transit time flow measurement of coronary bypass grafts before and after protamine administration. Journal Of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2021, 16: 195. PMID: 34243799, PMCID: PMC8268198, DOI: 10.1186/s13019-021-01575-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransit-time flow measurementProtamine administrationTTFM parametersSingle graftAdministration of protamineCoronary bypass graftsSpecific clinical situationsGraft quality assessmentCoronary surgeryCABG proceduresBypass graftGraft assessmentVenous conduitsMethodsThe databaseIntraoperative changesGraft performanceClinical situationsGraftMixed graftAdministrationGraft analysisCoupling indexMAP rangeSmall increaseFlow measurements
2020
Grafting an anomalous coronary artery: a left anterior descending from the right coronary artery grafted with the right internal thoracic artery
Williams EE, Amabile A, Torregrossa G, Puskas JD. Grafting an anomalous coronary artery: a left anterior descending from the right coronary artery grafted with the right internal thoracic artery. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 729-731. PMID: 32017226, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAged, 80 and overCoronary Artery Bypass, Off-PumpCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary Vessel AnomaliesHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeConceptsRight coronary arteryCoronary arteryLeft anteriorSevere triple vessel coronary artery diseaseTriple-vessel coronary artery diseaseProximal right coronary arteryRight internal thoracic arteryVessel coronary artery diseaseAnomalous coronary arteryInternal thoracic arteryCoronary artery diseaseSurgical revascularizationRight sinusArtery diseaseThoracic arteryArteryAnomalous variantsAnteriorRevascularizationValsalvaSinusDiseaseLAD