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Considerations on the Management of Acute Postoperative Ischemia After Cardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Gaudino M, Dangas G, Angiolillo D, Brodt J, Chikwe J, DeAnda A, Hameed I, Rodgers M, Sandner S, Sun L, Yong C, Council O. Considerations on the Management of Acute Postoperative Ischemia After Cardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2023, 148: 442-454. PMID: 37345559, DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmerican Heart AssociationCardiac Surgical ProceduresCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansIschemiaMyocardial IschemiaPostoperative ComplicationsConceptsPostoperative myocardial ischemiaCardiac surgeryMyocardial ischemiaRedo coronary artery bypassCoronary artery bypassLife-threatening complicationsPercutaneous coronary interventionAmerican Heart AssociationLow methodological qualityArtery bypassPostoperative ischemiaCoronary interventionPrompt diagnosisPostoperative careHeart AssociationClinical guidanceSurgical proceduresMethodological qualityCurrent evidenceSurgeryIschemiaMultidisciplinary groupDiagnosisScientific statementConservative strategy
2024
Totally endoscopic, robotic-assisted tricuspid valve repair and biatrial CryoMAZE.
Amabile A, LaLonde M, Hameed I, Mahmood S, Morrison A, Waldron C, Ma W, Geirsson A, Krane M. Totally endoscopic, robotic-assisted tricuspid valve repair and biatrial CryoMAZE. Multimedia Manual Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2024, 2024 PMID: 38167378, DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2023.074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac Surgical ProceduresEndoscopyHumansRobotic Surgical ProceduresTreatment OutcomeTricuspid ValveTricuspid Valve Insufficiency
2022
Redo mitral valve surgery: A totally endoscopic, robotic-assisted approach for adhesiolysis and complex repair.
Amabile A, LaLonde M, Hameed I, Mullan C, Degife E, Morrison A, Shang M, Komlo C, Krane M, Geirsson A. Redo mitral valve surgery: A totally endoscopic, robotic-assisted approach for adhesiolysis and complex repair. Multimedia Manual Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2022, 2022 PMID: 36367136, DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2022.061.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesCardiac Surgical ProceduresEndoscopyHumansMitral ValveMitral Valve InsufficiencyRobotic Surgical ProceduresTotally endoscopic, robotic-assisted tricuspid valve repair with neochords.
Amabile A, LaLonde MR, Mullan CW, Hameed I, Degife E, Krane M, Geirsson A, Agrawal A. Totally endoscopic, robotic-assisted tricuspid valve repair with neochords. Multimedia Manual Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2022, 2022 PMID: 36314718, DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2022.056.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesUnilateral percutaneous cannulation and endoaortic balloon management in robotic-assisted cardiac surgery: The least invasive approach.
Amabile A, Hameed I, Shang M, LaLonde MR, Geirsson A, Krane M. Unilateral percutaneous cannulation and endoaortic balloon management in robotic-assisted cardiac surgery: The least invasive approach. Multimedia Manual Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2022, 2022 PMID: 35377971, DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2022.010.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsMeSH KeywordsBalloon OcclusionCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiopulmonary BypassEndoscopyHumansRobotic Surgical ProceduresConceptsRobotic-assisted cardiac surgeryCardiac surgeryRobotic-assisted mitral valve repairEndoaortic balloon occlusionMitral valve repairPercutaneous femoral cannulationValvular surgeryPeripheral cannulationFemoral cannulationCardiopulmonary bypassBalloon occlusionPercutaneous cannulationBalloon positioningValve repairInvasive approachSafe approachSurgeryCannulationSuch proceduresDecannulationPatients
2021
Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial
Gaudino M, Sanna T, Ballman KV, Robinson NB, Hameed I, Audisio K, Rahouma M, Di Franco A, Soletti GJ, Lau C, Rong LQ, Massetti M, Gillinov M, Ad N, Voisine P, DiMaio JM, Chikwe J, Fremes SE, Crea F, Puskas JD, Girardi L, Investigators P. Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet 2021, 398: 2075-2083. PMID: 34788640, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02490-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPericardiotomy groupAtrial fibrillationCardiac surgeryIntervention groupVASc scoreHospital stayHospital dischargePericardial effusionCoronary arteryAortic valvePostoperative major adverse eventsPostoperative atrial fibrillationMajor adverse eventsLeft pleural cavityPostoperative pericardial effusionNew York Presbyterian HospitalEligible patientsITT populationMedian CHATreat populationWeill Cornell MedicinePostoperative complicationsAdult patientsAdverse eventsCommon complicationCardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Farrington WJ, Robinson NB, Rahouma M, Lau C, Hameed I, Iannacone EM, Ivascu NS, Mick SL, Gaudino MF, Girardi LN. Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 34: 182-188. PMID: 33444770, PMCID: PMC7801821, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCardiac Surgical ProceduresCOVID-19HumansMiddle AgedPandemicsRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Treatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsCardiac surgeryCOVID-19 pandemicPerioperative COVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 negative patientsEmergency cardiac surgeryProper infection controlCardiac surgical careRecovery of patientsCardiac surgery outcomesCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19Preoperative demographicsHospital stayOperative mortalityAdult patientsNegative patientsPostoperative followPostoperative outcomesCardiopulmonary bypassMedian ageIntraoperative findingsPatient selectionMedian lengthSingle institutionInstitutional database
2020
Robustness of the Comparative Observational Evidence Supporting Class I and II Cardiac Surgery Procedures
Gaudino M, Hameed I, Robinson NB, Naik A, Weidenmann V, Ruan Y, Tam D, Girardi LN, Fremes S. Robustness of the Comparative Observational Evidence Supporting Class I and II Cardiac Surgery Procedures. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016964. PMID: 32815427, PMCID: PMC7660761, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBilateral internal thoracic arteryValve-sparing root replacementSingle internal thoracic arteryInternal thoracic arteryThoracic arteryBentall procedureRoot replacementMV repairObservational studyClass IEffect estimatesCardiac surgery proceduresImproved clinical outcomesMitral valve repairUnmeasured confoundingEffect sizeObserved effect estimatesMV replacementSurgery guidelinesClinical outcomesValve repairRisk ratioArterySurgery proceduresObserved associationsCommittee Recommendations for Resuming Cardiac Surgery Activity in the SARS-CoV-2 Era: Guidance From an International Cardiac Surgery Consortium
Chikwe J, Gaudino M, Hameed I, Robinson NB, Bakaeen FG, Menicanti L, Doenst T, Zheng Z, Lemma M, Falk V, Tatoulis J, Girardi LN, Fremes S, Ruel M. Committee Recommendations for Resuming Cardiac Surgery Activity in the SARS-CoV-2 Era: Guidance From an International Cardiac Surgery Consortium. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 725-732. PMID: 32422121, PMCID: PMC7227574, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBetacoronavirusCardiac Surgical ProceduresCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Thoracic SurgeryConceptsSARS-CoV-2 eraCardiac surgery careCardiac surgery activitySARS-CoV-2Cardiac surgerySurgery careInpatient settingCardiovascular careSurgery activityAvailable recommendationsMajor societiesCOVID-19Research ConsortiumCareCommittee's recommendationsWide spectrumCurrent understandingOutpatientsSurgeryRecommendationsGuidance documentsReply from authors: Are we really reducing, refining, and replacing?
Robinson NB, Hameed I, Gaudino M. Reply from authors: Are we really reducing, refining, and replacing? Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2020, 160: e36-e37. PMID: 32414593, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsCardiac Surgical ProceduresResponse of Cardiac Surgery Units to COVID-19: An Internationally-Based Quantitative Survey
Gaudino M, Chikwe J, Hameed I, Robinson NB, Fremes SE, Ruel M. Response of Cardiac Surgery Units to COVID-19: An Internationally-Based Quantitative Survey. Circulation 2020, 142: 300-302. PMID: 32392425, PMCID: PMC7365675, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.047865.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBetacoronavirusCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiologistsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Delivery of Health Care, IntegratedHealth Care SurveysHeart DiseasesHost Microbial InteractionsHumansPandemicsPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingPneumonia, ViralPractice Patterns, Physicians'Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicSARS-CoV-2SurgeonsTime-to-TreatmentTreatment OutcomeWorkflow
2019
Characteristics and anatomic distribution of early vs late stroke after cardiac surgery
Ivascu NS, Khan FM, Rahouma M, Hameed I, Abouarab A, Segal AZ, Gaudino MFL, Girardi LN. Characteristics and anatomic distribution of early vs late stroke after cardiac surgery. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 34: 684-689. PMID: 31212394, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate strokeOperative mortalityCardiac surgeryEarly strokePerioperative strokeOpen cardiac surgeryTime of presentationOpen heart surgeryImpact of strokeWeill Cornell MedicinePerioperative variablesAdult patientsAnterior circulationEmbolic eventsSecondary outcomesCardiopulmonary bypassLikely etiologyAnatomic distributionHeart surgeryRisk factorsAnatomic locationHigh incidencePatientsSurgeryStrokeSinus of Valsalva aneurysm repairs: Operative technique and lessons learned
Wingo M, de Angelis P, Worku BM, Leonard JR, Khan FM, Hameed I, Lau C, Gaudino M, Girardi LN. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm repairs: Operative technique and lessons learned. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 34: 400-403. PMID: 30953447, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSOV aneurysmAneurysm repairSingle tertiary referral centerRight ventricular outflow tractPulmonary artery compressionValsalva aneurysm repairYears underwent repairTertiary referral centerVentricular outflow tractBentall procedureArtery compressionOperative interventionPostoperative periodReferral centerValsalva aneurysmUnderwent repairOperative managementPrimary aneurysmMean ageMyocardial infarctionAneurysm diameterOutflow tractOperative techniqueAneurysm recurrenceSafe option