2022
Trends In Waitlist And Post-transplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation In The United States: Analysis OfUNOS Database 1991-2019
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Shin D, Panos A, Briasoulis A. Trends In Waitlist And Post-transplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation In The United States: Analysis OfUNOS Database 1991-2019. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s61-s62. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant outcomesHeart transplantationWaitlist mortalityPatient characteristicsAdult heart transplant recipientsHeart transplant recipientsHigh-risk comorbiditiesShort-term survivalHospital strokeHospital lengthTransplant recipientsRenal failureWaitlist deathsPatient selectionUnited NetworkPatient outcomesTransplant volumeSurgical techniqueEra 1Organ SharingEra 4PatientsNational databaseStudy periodTime points
2021
Changing Demographics, Temporal Trends in Waitlist, and Posttransplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation in the United States: Analysis of the UNOS Database 1991–2019
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Shin D, Egbe A, Panos A, Sellke F, Briasoulis A. Changing Demographics, Temporal Trends in Waitlist, and Posttransplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation in the United States: Analysis of the UNOS Database 1991–2019. Circulation Heart Failure 2021, 14: e008764. PMID: 34689572, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.121.008764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplantationPosttransplant outcomesPatient characteristicsHigh-risk comorbiditiesCharacteristics of patientsShort-term survivalRisk comorbiditiesHospital strokeWaitlist mortalityRenal failureUnited NetworkTransplant volumeEra 1Organ SharingPatientsTransplantationWaitlistEra 4Study periodTime pointsSignificant decreaseTemporal trendsOutcomesSignificant changesUnited StatesChanging demographics, temporal trend in waitlist and post-transplant outcomes after heart transplantation in the United States: analysis of unos database 1991–2019
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Shin D, Egbe A, Panos A, Briasoulis A. Changing demographics, temporal trend in waitlist and post-transplant outcomes after heart transplantation in the United States: analysis of unos database 1991–2019. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0953. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant outcomesHeart transplantationWaitlist mortalityPatient characteristicsAdult heart transplant recipientsHeart transplant recipientsHigh-risk comorbiditiesCharacteristics of patientsShort-term survivalHospital strokeHospital lengthTransplant recipientsRenal failureWaitlist deathsPatient selectionUnited NetworkPatient outcomesTransplant volumeSurgical techniqueEra 1Organ SharingPatientsEra 4National databaseStudy period
2020
Relationship between NT-pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Filling Pressures in Ambulatory Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Accuracy to Detect Need for Optimization
Abbas A, Akintoye E, Duque E, Briasoulis A, Alvarez P. Relationship between NT-pro Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Filling Pressures in Ambulatory Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Accuracy to Detect Need for Optimization. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s344. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary capillary wedge pressureRight atrial pressureVentricular assist devicePulmonary artery pressureNT-proBNPAmbulatory patientsAssist deviceNatriuretic peptideN-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptideNT-pro-brain natriuretic peptidePro-brain natriuretic peptideCapillary wedge pressureNT-proBNP levelsRight heart catheterizationMedian NT-proBNPBrain natriuretic peptideBest cutoff valuePg/mLWedge pressureArtery pressureHeart catheterizationAtrial pressurePatient characteristicsHemodynamic optimizationNoninvasive marker
2018
The impact of atrial fibrillation on transcatheter mitral valve repair outcomes: A propensity‐matched analysis
Subahi A, Munir A, Abubakar H, Akintoye E, Yassin A, Adegbala O, Alraies M, Elder M, Mohamad T, Kaki A, Schreiber T. The impact of atrial fibrillation on transcatheter mitral valve repair outcomes: A propensity‐matched analysis. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2018, 31: 925-931. PMID: 30456770, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter mitral valve repairAtrial fibrillationHospital outcomesTranscatheter Mitral Valve Repair OutcomesICD-9-CM diagnostic codesMitral valve repair outcomesNational Inpatient Sample registryNon-routine hospital dischargeImpact of AFPrevalence of AFPropensity score-matched analysisHigher AF burdenPropensity-matched analysisRepresentative United States sampleHospital-level characteristicsMitral valve repairCost of hospitalizationLength of stayHospital mortalityAF burdenHospital dischargePatient characteristicsAF patientsBaseline rhythmTMVR procedures