Outcomes in Guideline‐Based Class I Indication Versus Earlier Referral for Surgical Myectomy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Alashi A, Smedira NG, Hodges K, Popovic ZB, Thamilarasan M, Wierup P, Lever HM, Desai MY. Outcomes in Guideline‐Based Class I Indication Versus Earlier Referral for Surgical Myectomy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 10: e016210. PMID: 33342243, PMCID: PMC7955478, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiomyopathy, HypertrophicDissectionEarly Medical InterventionEchocardiography, StressExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient SelectionPractice Guidelines as TopicSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesConceptsVentricular outflow tract gradientObstructive coronary artery diseaseBetter long-term survivalSurgical myectomyOutflow tract gradientObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyCoronary artery diseaseLong-term survivalClass ITract gradientEarly surgeryArtery diseaseHypertrophic cardiomyopathyLeft ventricular outflow tract gradientAppropriate internal defibrillator dischargePrimary composite end pointBasal septal thicknessClass I indicationsPrimary composite eventsHypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathyComposite end pointLong-term outcomesComposite eventsEarly referralObstructive cardiomyopathyCharacteristics and Longer-Term Outcomes of Contemporary Patients <18 Years of Age With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Alashi A, Svensson L, Klein J, Zahka K, Smedira NG, Najm H, Lever HM, Aziz P, Desai MY. Characteristics and Longer-Term Outcomes of Contemporary Patients <18 Years of Age With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2020, 140: 110-117. PMID: 33159906, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrthotopic heart transplantPrimary composite eventsSudden cardiac deathPresence of symptomsZ-scoreFractional shorteningAppropriate internal defibrillator dischargeVentricular outflow tract gradientLeft ventricular wall thicknessLV septal thicknessOutflow tract gradientPrimary composite outcomeAppropriate ICD dischargeComposite primary endpointLV fractional shorteningVentricular wall thicknessHypertrophic cardiomyopathy patientsYears of ageComposite eventsTract gradientHospital deathPrimary endpointComposite outcomeExperienced centersPHC patients