Mechanism for temporal changes in exercise capacity after Fontan palliation: Role of Doppler echocardiography
Egbe A, Khan A, Miranda W, Ammash N, Warnes C, Said S, Taggart N, Akintoye E, Veldtman G, Connolly H. Mechanism for temporal changes in exercise capacity after Fontan palliation: Role of Doppler echocardiography. American Heart Journal 2017, 196: 144-152. PMID: 29421006, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.10.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAdultAge FactorsCohort StudiesDouble Outlet Right VentricleEchocardiography, DopplerExercise TestExercise ToleranceFollow-Up StudiesFontan ProcedureHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansMaleMichiganOxygen ConsumptionPulmonary AtresiaRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeTricuspid AtresiaYoung AdultConceptsCardiopulmonary exercise testTransthoracic echocardiogramLV function indicesFontan palliationExercise capacityChronotropic indexFunction IndexLeft ventricleAdult Fontan patientsFontan conversion operationSystemic left ventriclePeak oxygen consumptionSerial transthoracic echocardiogramsFontan patientsFontan conversionDoppler echocardiographyRetrospective reviewDoppler hemodynamicsMean ageHemodynamic mechanismsExercise testMayo ClinicCPET dataPatientsTemporal improvementOutcomes of cardiac pacing in adult patients after a Fontan operation
Egbe A, Huntley G, Connolly H, Ammash N, Deshmukh A, Khan A, Said S, Akintoye E, Warnes C, Kapa S. Outcomes of cardiac pacing in adult patients after a Fontan operation. American Heart Journal 2017, 194: 92-98. PMID: 29223440, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevice-related complicationsCardiovascular adverse eventsAdult Fontan patientsFontan patientsEndocardial leadsFontan operationPacemaker implantationRisk factorsEpicardial leadsCardiac pacingLead failureDevice-related infectionsReintervention rateAdult patientsAdverse eventsHeart transplantRetrospective reviewVenous thrombosisCardiac perforationMayo ClinicReinterventionPatientsLead recallDual chamberPacingPrevalence and predictors of intracranial aneurysms in patients with bicuspid aortic valve
Egbe A, Padang R, Brown R, Khan A, Luis S, Huston J, Akintoye E, Connolly H. Prevalence and predictors of intracranial aneurysms in patients with bicuspid aortic valve. Heart 2017, 103: 1508. PMID: 28596303, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-311076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overAortic ValveBicuspid Aortic Valve DiseaseBrainEchocardiographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesForecastingHeart Valve DiseasesHumansIntracranial AneurysmMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMiddle AgedMinnesotaPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex DistributionConceptsCoarctation of aortaBicuspid aortic valveLeft cusp fusionIntracranial aneurysmsCusp fusionAortic valveFemale genderBrain MR angiographyStudy mean ageAge tertilesRetrospective reviewCoil embolisationRisk factorsMayo ClinicHigh prevalenceAge 41General populationPatientsMR angiographyPrevalenceAneurysmsAgeRiskYearsEmbolisation