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
Outcomes 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
2019
Temporal Trends and Outcomes of Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Inotropes at the Time Listing for Heart Transplant
Akintoye E, Briasoulis A, Duque E, Inampudi C, Bhama J, Alvarez P. Temporal Trends and Outcomes of Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Inotropes at the Time Listing for Heart Transplant. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2019, 38: s347. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.01.880.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeft ventricular assist deviceOutcomes of patientsTime of listingSub-hazard ratiosVentricular assist deviceInotropic therapyHeart transplantationAssist deviceHigher mean pulmonary arterial pressureMean pulmonary arterial pressureHigh wedge pressurePrior cardiac surgeryOrgan Sharing registryPulmonary arterial pressureTime of transplantNew allocation systemTerms of survivalWedge pressureLVAD patientsMethods PatientsArterial pressureCardiac surgeryHeart transplantPrimary outcomeLVAD support
2017
Outcomes of cardiac pacing in adult patients after a Fontan operation
Egbe A, Huntley G, Connolly H, Ammash N, Deshmukh A, Khan A, Said S, Akintoye E, Warnes C, Kapa S. Outcomes of cardiac pacing in adult patients after a Fontan operation. American Heart Journal 2017, 194: 92-98. PMID: 29223440, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevice-related complicationsCardiovascular adverse eventsAdult Fontan patientsFontan patientsEndocardial leadsFontan operationPacemaker implantationRisk factorsEpicardial leadsCardiac pacingLead failureDevice-related infectionsReintervention rateAdult patientsAdverse eventsHeart transplantRetrospective reviewVenous thrombosisCardiac perforationMayo ClinicReinterventionPatientsLead recallDual chamberPacing