2022
Totally 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 Notes
2020
Drug use associated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in pregnancy
Lin D, Mullan CW, Deshmukh U, Bahtiyar MO, Hosier H, Lipkind H, Abdel‐Razeq S, Ranjan S, Lancaster G, Pietras C. Drug use associated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in pregnancy. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 2392-2395. PMID: 32720414, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug useTricuspid valve infective endocarditisWeeks 6 days' gestationAppropriate intravenous antibioticsTricuspid valve endocarditisLife-threatening complicationsIntravenous drug useNeonatal critical careIntravenous antibioticsCesarean deliveryPerioperative periodValve endocarditisCardiac surgeryInfective endocarditisCritical careDays gestationPatient managementPregnant femalesEndocarditisMultidisciplinary collaborationPatientsGestationComplicationsPregnancySurgeryClinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation
Mullan C, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Mori M, McCullough M, Clarke JD, Anwer M, Velazquez EJ, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Clinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: 926-933. PMID: 32593561, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConcomitant tricuspid valve proceduresTricuspid valve proceduresSevere tricuspid regurgitationTricuspid regurgitationLVAD implantationValve proceduresLeft ventricular assist device implantationVentricular assist device implantationDegree of TREnd-stage heart failureAssist device implantationRisk of bleedingCases of mildContinuous-flow LVADVentricular assist deviceInteragency RegistryAdult patientsAdverse eventsSurvival benefitHeart failureClinical outcomesDevice implantationTR severityQOL outcomesClinical impactCombined Valve Operations in the Aortic and Mitral Positions With or Without Added Tricuspid Valve Repair
Faggion Vinholo T, Mori M, Mahmood SUB, Mullan CW, Weininger G, Yousef S, Geirsson A. Combined Valve Operations in the Aortic and Mitral Positions With or Without Added Tricuspid Valve Repair. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2020, 32: 665-672. PMID: 32060011, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble valve surgeryPerioperative adverse eventsTricuspid valve repairTricuspid regurgitationValve surgeryAdverse eventsValve repairMitral valveMitral positionValve functionTriple valve surgeryMid-term survivalLimited clinical evidenceSingle-institution seriesSubpopulation of patientsTricuspid valve functionMitral valve diseaseValve operationsLogistic regression modelsSignificant additional riskMultivalve surgeryPostoperative echocardiogramsPatient comorbiditiesMultivariable analysisClinical evidence