2022
Trends and Outcomes of Patients With Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Listed for Heart Transplantation
Akintoye E, Salih M, Aje K, Alvarez P, Sellke F, Briasoulis A, Dorbala S. Trends and Outcomes of Patients With Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Listed for Heart Transplantation. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 38: 1263-1270. PMID: 35525397, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.04.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplantGraft survivalAmyloid cardiomyopathyWaitlist mortalityHeart transplantationRisk factorsSingle-organ heart transplantsStudy periodHeart transplant waitlistUnderwent heart transplantWorse graft survivalGraft survival ratesOutcomes of patientsPropensity-matched cohortOrgan Sharing databaseHigher waitlist mortalityNumber of patientsNumber of transplantsAmyloid recurrenceAdult patientsGraft failureRenal failureIndependent predictorsSharing databaseUnited NetworkWait List And Transplant Outcomes Of Diabetic Patients With Listed For Heart Transplantation: A Propensity-matched Analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Salih M, Briasoulis A. Wait List And Transplant Outcomes Of Diabetic Patients With Listed For Heart Transplantation: A Propensity-matched Analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s64. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiabetic patientsWaitlist mortalityHeart transplantPost-transplant graft survivalEnd-stage heart failurePropensity-matched cohortHeart failure patientsGraft survivalAdult patientsFailure patientsGraft failureHeart failureUnited NetworkRisk factorsOrgan SharingPatientsStudy periodTransplantMortalityFailureCohortWaitlistOutcomes of diabetic patients with end‐stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: A propensity‐matched analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Salih M, Sellke F, Briasoulis A. Outcomes of diabetic patients with end‐stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: A propensity‐matched analysis. Clinical Transplantation 2022, 36: e14590. PMID: 35018661, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic patientsWaitlist mortalityHeart transplantPost-transplant graft survivalEnd-stage heart failurePropensity-matched cohortHeart failure patientsGraft survivalAdult patientsFailure patientsGraft failureHeart failureUnited NetworkRisk factorsOrgan SharingPatientsStudy periodTransplantMortalityFailureCohortWaitlist
2021
Short and long term outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis patients listed for heart transplantation in the united states: a propensity-matched analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. Short and long term outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis patients listed for heart transplantation in the united states: a propensity-matched analysis. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0965. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant graft survivalGraft survivalGraft survival ratesPropensity-matched analysisCA patientsHigher waitlist mortalityHeart transplantationCardiac amyloidosis patientsWaitlist mortalityRestrictive cardiomyopathyRisk factorsDonor heartsAmyloidosis patientsSurvival rateStudy periodComparable graft survivalPoor graft survivalPropensity-matched cohortOrgan Sharing databaseSingle-center experienceCohort of patientsPredictors of survivalLong-term outcomesSignificant risk factorsAmyloid recurrenceOutcomes of diabetic patients with end-stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: a propensity-matched analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. Outcomes of diabetic patients with end-stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: a propensity-matched analysis. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0967. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart transplantWaitlist mortalityPost-transplant graft survivalEnd-stage heart failureOutcomes of patientsPropensity-matched cohortHeart failure patientsGraft survivalAdult patientsFailure patientsGraft failureDiabetic patientsHeart failureDiabetic cohortPoor outcomeUnited NetworkRisk factorsOrgan SharingPatientsTransplantStudy periodCohortMortalityOutcomesRisk
2020
State-Level Variation in Waitlist Mortality and Transplant Outcomes Among Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation in the US From 2011 to 2016
Akintoye E, Shin D, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. State-Level Variation in Waitlist Mortality and Transplant Outcomes Among Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation in the US From 2011 to 2016. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2028459. PMID: 33295970, PMCID: PMC7726636, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplantationGraft survivalWaitlist mortalityStatus 1AAdult patientsTransplant ratesSignificant state-level variationNationwide retrospective cohort studyAdult heart transplantationOutcomes of patientsRetrospective cohort studyMultivariable-adjusted modelsOrgan Sharing databaseRate of transplantRate of deathState-level variationRisk-adjustment modelsTransplant outcomesCohort studySharing databaseMedian timeScientific RegistryUnited NetworkLowest quartileOutcome measuresTrends in Adult Heart Transplantation and Associated Outcomes- Analysis of the Unos Registry
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. Trends in Adult Heart Transplantation and Associated Outcomes- Analysis of the Unos Registry. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2020, 26: s83-s84. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.09.244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdult heart transplantationProcedure-related strokeHeart transplantationRenal failureHospital dischargePacemaker implantationStudy periodAdult donor heartsRate of strokePost-transplant survivalLength of hospitalizationPermanent pacemaker implantationHospitalization stayMedian hospitalizationGraft survivalSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeDonor heartsUnited NetworkOutcome analysisOrgan SharingSurvival trendsOutcome trendsTransplantationSurvival endpointsOutcomes of Heart Re-Transplantation: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Briasoulis A, Akintoye E, Alvarez P. Outcomes of Heart Re-Transplantation: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s286-s287. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac allograft vasculopathyPrimary HTLong-term survivalHT recipientsUnited NetworkLong-term graft survivalHeart transplantation recipientsPrimary graft failureOrgan Sharing registryRecipient-related factorsAllograft vasculopathyChronic rejectionGraft dysfunctionHRT recipientsFrequent etiologyGraft survivalGraft failureMedian survivalTransplantation recipientsOperative characteristicsOrgan SharingSurvival analysisLikely femalesStudy periodRecipients