2024
Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Waldron C, Mori M, Krane M, Reinhardt S, Ahmad Y, Kaple R, Forrest J, Geirsson A. Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033324. PMID: 38390804, PMCID: PMC11179864, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere primary mitral regurgitationPrimary mitral regurgitationHeart failure symptomsMitral regurgitationMultidisciplinary evaluationPatient survivalHeart teamFailure symptomsSociety of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityThoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityImprove overall patient survivalCorrection of MRAssociated with lower oddsMultidisciplinary heart teamSurvival of patientsAssociated with higher oddsOverall patient survivalProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyCardiac surgery servicesHistory of MIOptimal treatment decisionsPropensity-score matchingRisk of mortalityStructural cardiology
2023
Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia After MI: A Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Reddy R, Howard J, Ahmad Y, Shun-Shin M, Simader F, Miyazawa A, Saleh K, Naraen A, Samways J, Katritsis G, Mohal J, Kaza N, Porter B, Keene D, Linton N, Francis D, Whinnett Z, Luther V, Kanagaratnam P, Arnold A. Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia After MI: A Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review 2023, 12: e26. PMID: 38124803, PMCID: PMC10731517, DOI: 10.15420/aer.2023.07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCatheter ablationMedical therapyIndividual patient dataCause mortalityPrior MIVT recurrenceDefibrillator shocksIndividual Patient Data Meta-AnalysisVentricular tachycardia catheter ablationReconstructed individual patient dataPrespecified primary endpointPrespecified secondary endpointPatient dataPrespecified subgroup analysisProportion of patientsRandomised Controlled TrialsIndividual patient assessmentData Meta-AnalysisCause hospitalisationPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsPrognostic impactControlled TrialsPatient assessmentSubgroup analysisCatheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Reddy R, Howard J, Ahmad Y, Shun-Shin M, Simader F, Miyazawa A, Saleh K, Samways J, Keene D, Linton N, Francis D, Whinnett Z, Luther V, Kanagaratnam P, Arnold A. Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. European Heart Journal 2023, 44: ehad655.392. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividual patient dataReconstructed individual patient dataPrior myocardial infarctionCatheter ablationMedical therapyMyocardial infarctionCause mortalityVT recurrenceDefibrillator shocksVentricular tachycardiaPatient dataCox proportional hazards regression modelPost-infarct ventricular tachycardiaPre-specified primary endpointPre-specified secondary endpointsVentricular tachycardia catheter ablationProportional hazards regression modelsResults Eight trialsProportion of patientsKaplan-Meier curvesHazards regression modelsCause hospitalisationPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsPrognostic impact
2022
Prediction of Death or HF Hospitalization in Patients With Severe FMR The COAPT Risk Score
Shah N, Madhavan MV, Gray WA, Brener SJ, Ahmad Y, Lindenfeld J, Abraham WT, Grayburn PA, Kar S, Lim DS, Mishell JM, Whisenant BK, Zhang Z, Redfors B, Mack MJ, Stone GW. Prediction of Death or HF Hospitalization in Patients With Severe FMR The COAPT Risk Score. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: 1893-1905. PMID: 36202557, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.08.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuideline-directed medical therapyHeart failure hospitalizationSevere functional mitral regurgitationFunctional mitral regurgitationHeart failureRisk scoreCox proportional hazards modelPredictors of deathProportion of patientsSimple risk scoreKaplan-Meier curvesPrediction of deathPredictive risk scoreQuartiles of riskProportional hazards modelRisk score modelReceiver-operating characteristic plotsHF hospitalizationMitraClip groupMitraClip implantationMitraClip treatmentUseful prognosticationFailure hospitalizationMitraClip therapyEchocardiographic variables