2021
Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates
Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Natov P, Bhinder J, Rose Chiravuri M, Wilson L, Clark KA, Reinhardt SW, Mullan C, Miller PE, Davis RP, Rogers JG, Patel CB, Sen S, Geirsson A, Anwer M, Desai N, Ahmad T. Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e023662. PMID: 34743559, PMCID: PMC9075266, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.023662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-urgency patientsHigh-urgency patientsUrgency patientsCardiac transplantationAllocation system changeLonger waitlist timesOrgan Sharing databaseTime of transplantationCardiac transplantation candidatesNew allocation systemBaseline recipientPosttransplantation outcomesPosttransplantation survivalAdditional comorbiditiesClinical characteristicsConclusions PatientsHepatitis CIschemic timeTransplantation candidatesSharing databaseWaitlist timeWaitlist survivalUnited NetworkRetrospective analysisPatients
2020
Incidence and characteristics of hospitalization for proximal aortic surgery for acute syndromes and for aneurysms in the USA from 2005 to 2014
Mullan CW, Mori M, Bin Mahmood SU, Yousef S, Mangi AA, Elefteriades JA, Geirsson A. Incidence and characteristics of hospitalization for proximal aortic surgery for acute syndromes and for aneurysms in the USA from 2005 to 2014. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2020, 58: 583-589. PMID: 32163136, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute aortic syndromeProximal aortic surgeryAortic aneurysm surgeryAortic syndromeAneurysm surgeryAortic surgeryThoracic aortic aneurysm surgeryThoracic aneurysm surgeryNational Inpatient SampleCharacteristics of hospitalizationsEdition diagnosis codesAneurysm populationAneurysm operationsAortic proceduresCardiopulmonary bypassAcute syndromeBlack patientsCardiac operationsDiagnosis codesHospital characteristicsInpatient SampleSociodemographic disparitiesSurgical volumeRetrospective analysisCase volume