2020
United 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
Effects of blood transfusions on transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes
Mullan CW, Pichert MD, Geirsson A. Effects of blood transfusions on transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2019, 158: e181. PMID: 31324423, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.05.070.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters