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 Research
2020
Transition to Advanced Therapies in Elderly Patients Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy
Chouairi F, Vallabhajosyula S, Mullan C, Mori M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Miller PE. Transition to Advanced Therapies in Elderly Patients Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2020, 26: 1086-1089. PMID: 32777479, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationOrthotopic cardiac transplantationCardiogenic shockAdvanced therapiesVentricular assist device implantationNational Inpatient Sample databaseExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapyYounger groupStudy periodAssist device implantationMembrane oxygenation therapyProportion of patientsSurvival of patientsHospitalizations of peopleOlder age groupsHospital mortalityCardiac transplantationECMO supportMultivariable adjustmentElderly patientsLVAD implantationMembrane oxygenationOxygenation therapyPrimary outcomeDevice implantationUnited 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
2019
US National Trends in the Management and Outcomes of Constrictive Pericarditis: 2005-2014
Mori M, Mullan CW, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Pelletier KJ, Mangi AA, Geirsson A. US National Trends in the Management and Outcomes of Constrictive Pericarditis: 2005-2014. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 35: 1394-1399. PMID: 31493971, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConstrictive pericarditisPatient characteristicsNational Inpatient Sample datasetHospital mortality rateOutcomes of patientsProportion of patientsCardiopulmonary bypass useUS national trendsUse of CPBUS Census population estimatesCensus population estimatesPoisson regression modelsCPB useHospital mortalityOperative mortalityComorbid patientsSurgical managementBypass usePericarditisMortality ratePatientsPericardiectomyCohortNational trendsMortality