2018
Comparison of In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With-Versus-Without Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Abubakar H, Subahi A, Adegbala O, Yassin A, Akintoye E, Abdulrahman A, Ahmed A, Alade A, Pahuja M, Afonso L. Comparison of In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With-Versus-Without Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 123: 414-418. PMID: 30545482, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.10.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular assist device placementPostoperative myocardial infarctionLength of stayHospital mortalityVascular complicationsLVAD placementMyocardial infarctionEnd pointLeft ventricular assist device placementNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseST-segment myocardial infarctionDevice placementPeriprocedural vascular complicationsHeart failure etiologyIn-Hospital OutcomesPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsClinical end pointsHospital-level characteristicsCost of hospitalizationHemorrhage requiring transfusionMixed-effects logistic modelHospital outcomesFailure etiologyIschemic cardiomyopathy
2017
Comparison of Hospital Outcome of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample)
Ando T, Akintoye E, Telila T, Briasoulis A, Takagi H, Slovut D, Schreiber T, Grines C, Afonso L. Comparison of Hospital Outcome of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 119: 1250-1254. PMID: 28219665, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedAged, 80 and overBlood TransfusionDatabases, FactualDiabetes MellitusExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFemaleHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHospital CostsHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMaleMyocardial InfarctionPacemaker, ArtificialPostoperative ComplicationsSepsisTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementTAVR patientsValve replacementDM patientsHospital outcomesOdds ratioOutcomes of TAVRTranscatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve ReplacementNationwide Inpatient Sample databasePrimary end pointNew pacemaker implantationDiabetes mellitus patientsMean hospitalization costAcute myocardial infarctionLength of staySAVR patientsSAVR proceduresCardiac complicationsCause mortalityPerioperative complicationsPostoperative sepsisRespiratory complicationsVascular complications