2022
PCI in Patients With Heart Failure: Current Evidence, Impact of Complete Revascularization, and Contemporary Techniques to Improve Outcomes
Ahmad Y, Petrie M, Jolicoeur E, Madhavan M, Velazquez E, Moses J, Lansky A, Stone G. PCI in Patients With Heart Failure: Current Evidence, Impact of Complete Revascularization, and Contemporary Techniques to Improve Outcomes. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2022, 1: 100020. PMID: 39132568, PMCID: PMC11307477, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPercutaneous coronary interventionLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionCoronary artery diseaseHeart failureComplete revascularizationMedical therapyClinical outcomesClinical trialsCoronary artery bypassVentricular systolic dysfunctionClinical trial evidenceHigh operative riskHigh-risk patientsMajor cardiac surgeryExtent of revascularizationMinority of patientsFuture clinical trialsArtery bypassCause mortalityPeriprocedural complicationsSystolic dysfunctionCoronary interventionOperative riskArtery diseaseCardiac surgery
2018
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score and EuroSCORE-2 Appropriately Assess 30-Day Postoperative Mortality in the STICH Trial and a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Surgical Revascularization
Bouabdallaoui N, Stevens SR, Doenst T, Petrie MC, Al-Attar N, Ali IS, Ambrosy AP, Barton AK, Cartier R, Cherniavsky A, Demondion P, Desvigne-Nickens P, Favaloro RR, Gradinac S, Heinisch P, Jain A, Jasinski M, Jouan J, Kalil RAK, Menicanti L, Michler RE, Rao V, Smith PK, Zembala M, Velazquez EJ, Al-Khalidi HR, Rouleau JL, Investigators F. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score and EuroSCORE-2 Appropriately Assess 30-Day Postoperative Mortality in the STICH Trial and a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Surgical Revascularization. Circulation Heart Failure 2018, 11: e005531. PMID: 30571194, PMCID: PMC6309904, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.118.005531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative mortality riskCoronary artery bypassThoracic Surgeons risk scoreEuroScore 2Left ventricular dysfunctionContemporary cohortVentricular dysfunctionArtery bypassSTS scoreMortality riskRisk scoreSTICH patientsSTICH trialPostoperative mortalityUndergoing coronary artery bypassLeft ventricle ejection fractionVentricle ejection fractionGood c-statisticLow-risk scoresSurgical revascularizationSurvival benefitCardiac surgeryConsecutive patientsEjection fractionCC patients
2011
Utility of a Simple Algorithm to Grade Diastolic Dysfunction and Predict Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Swaminathan M, Nicoara A, Phillips-Bute BG, Aeschlimann N, Milano CA, Mackensen GB, Podgoreanu MV, Velazquez EJ, Stafford-Smith M, Mathew JP, Group C. Utility of a Simple Algorithm to Grade Diastolic Dysfunction and Predict Outcome After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2011, 91: 1844-1850. PMID: 21492828, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular diastolic dysfunctionMajor adverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryDiastolic dysfunctionGraft surgeryLong-term major adverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery bypass graft patientsMitral annular tissue velocityEarly flow velocityAdverse cardiac eventsVentricular diastolic dysfunctionBypass graft patientsLVDD gradeMedian followGraft patientsCardiac eventsEchocardiographic variablesCardiac surgeryCox modelingMore patientsPredicts outcomeTissue DopplerHigh incidence
2010
STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) Trial Enrollment
Jones RH, White H, Velazquez EJ, Shaw LK, Pietrobon R, Panza JA, Bonow RO, Sopko G, O'Connor CM, Rouleau JL. STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) Trial Enrollment. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2010, 56: 490-498. PMID: 20670760, PMCID: PMC3259709, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-risk patientsSTICH trialRAR groupBaseline characteristicsCardiac surgeryIschemic cardiomyopathyHigh-risk patientsNumber of patientsCountry of enrollmentSTICH patientsDuke DatabankRandomization groupTrial enrollmentCardiovascular diseaseRisk differencePatientsClinical decisionTrialsSurgeryCardiomyopathyRiskBroader populationEnrollment performanceDeathThirty-second