2019
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Tetralogy of Fallot: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Egbe A, Adigun R, Anand V, West C, Montori V, Murad M, Akintoye E, Osman K, Connolly H. Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Tetralogy of Fallot: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 35: 1784-1790. PMID: 31732195, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.07.634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular adverse eventsLV ejection fractionLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionLV systolic dysfunctionVentricular systolic dysfunctionSystolic dysfunctionHazard ratioLV systolic functionSudden cardiac deathNew treatment optionsClinical risk stratificationConfidence intervalsTetralogy of FallotVentricular tachycardia eventsRandom-effects modelCardiovascular outcomesAdverse eventsSystolic functionCardiac deathEjection fractionIndependent predictorsRisk stratificationPrognostic implicationsTreatment optionsTachycardia events
2018
Clinical End Points of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Compared With Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients <65 Years of Age (From the National Inpatient Sample Database)
Ando T, Akintoye E, Holmes A, Briasoulis A, Pahuja M, Takagi H, Schreiber T, Grines C, Afonso L. Clinical End Points of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Compared With Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients <65 Years of Age (From the National Inpatient Sample Database). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 122: 279-283. PMID: 29880287, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.03.356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisCause of DeathFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospital MortalityHumansIncidenceInpatientsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSurvival RateTime FactorsTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve implantationAortic valve replacementShorter hospital stayAortic valve implantationHospital mortalityHospital stayValve replacementValve implantationNational Inpatient Sample databaseSafe alternativeAcute kidney injuryOlder patient populationClinical end pointsAcute myocardial infarctionPropensity score analysisYears of agePostprocedure strokeKidney injuryValve surgeryVascular complicationsMajor complicationsPacemaker implantationPatient populationMyocardial infarction