2021
Trends in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in the United States, 2008-2018
Clark KA, Chouairi F, Kay B, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery M, Mullan CW, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Trends in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in the United States, 2008-2018. American Heart Journal 2021, 243: 87-91. PMID: 34571040, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.03.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of chronic lung disease on quality‐of‐life outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Catalano MA, Lin D, Mullan CW, Cassiere H, Rutkin B, Maurer G, Berg J, Hartman A, Yu P. Impact of chronic lung disease on quality‐of‐life outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 672-677. PMID: 33403744, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementChronic lung diseaseAortic valve replacementAortic stenosisLung diseaseValve replacementKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12Concomitant severe aortic stenosisLower baseline ejection fractionPreoperative pulmonary function testsSTS Predicted RiskSevere aortic stenosisBaseline ejection fractionPeripheral artery diseasePulmonary function testsObstructive lung diseaseSignificant differencesKCCQ-12TAVR patientsPostoperative outcomesSymptomatic improvementArtery diseaseEjection fractionRetrospective reviewFunction tests
2020
United States national trends in comorbidity and outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients
Mullan CW, Mori M, Pichert MD, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Geirsson A. United States national trends in comorbidity and outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 2248-2253. PMID: 33448476, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral valve repair/replacementAortic valve replacementCardiac surgery patientsHospital mortalityLength of staySurgery patientsCardiac surgeryAdult cardiac surgery patientsAdult cardiac surgery proceduresUnited States national trendsValve repair/replacementICD-9 procedure codesCoronary artery bypassCardiac surgery proceduresType of surgeryNational Inpatient SampleICD-9 codesNational trendsCross-sectional analysisCABG/Comorbidity trendsArtery bypassPatient ageValve replacementComorbidity profiles