2020
Impact of Preoperative Lymphopenia on Survival Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Stawiarski K, Agboola O, Park J, Geirsson A, Jacoby D, Bellumkonda L, Ahmad T, Chou J, Lee F, Mangi A, Bonde P. Impact of Preoperative Lymphopenia on Survival Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement. ASAIO Journal 2020, 67: 650-657. PMID: 33074860, DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000001289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbsolute lymphocyte countCause mortalityLymphopenia groupLeft ventricular assist device patientsVentricular assist device patientsVentricular assist device placementCox proportional hazards modelImpact of lymphopeniaHeart failure populationKaplan-Meier plotsFurther clinical investigationProportional hazards modelLog-rank statisticsDurable LVADPreoperative lymphopeniaLVAD placementLymphocyte countLymphopenic patientsDevice patientsSingle centerPoor outcomePrognostic implicationsALC levelsFailure populationStudy population
2018
Serial Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve by Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Mortality in Heart Transplant Recipients
Feher A, Srivastava A, Quail MA, Boutagy NE, Khanna P, Wilson L, Miller EJ, Liu YH, Lee F, Sinusas AJ. Serial Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve by Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Mortality in Heart Transplant Recipients. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2018, 13: 109-120. PMID: 30343093, PMCID: PMC6461525, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleFractional Flow Reserve, MyocardialHeart TransplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsRubidium RadioisotopesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPositron emission tomographyLong-term prognostic valueSerial assessmentPET-2Pet-1Cause mortalityHT patientsPrognostic valueHigh CFRLow CFRRb positron-emission tomographyEmission tomographyRb-82 positron emission tomographyRubidium-82 positron emission tomographyPET imagingHeart transplantation patientsHistory of HTCardiac allograft vasculopathyHeart transplant recipientsLong-term mortalitySingle-center studyMultivariate Cox regressionCoronary flow reserveAllograft vasculopathyHT recipients