2021
Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial
Gaudino M, Sanna T, Ballman KV, Robinson NB, Hameed I, Audisio K, Rahouma M, Di Franco A, Soletti GJ, Lau C, Rong LQ, Massetti M, Gillinov M, Ad N, Voisine P, DiMaio JM, Chikwe J, Fremes SE, Crea F, Puskas JD, Girardi L, Investigators P. Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet 2021, 398: 2075-2083. PMID: 34788640, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02490-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPericardiotomy groupAtrial fibrillationCardiac surgeryIntervention groupVASc scoreHospital stayHospital dischargePericardial effusionCoronary arteryAortic valvePostoperative major adverse eventsPostoperative atrial fibrillationMajor adverse eventsLeft pleural cavityPostoperative pericardial effusionNew York Presbyterian HospitalEligible patientsITT populationMedian CHATreat populationWeill Cornell MedicinePostoperative complicationsAdult patientsAdverse eventsCommon complication
2020
Coronary Bypass With the Free Internal Thoracic Artery to Treat Anomalous Right Coronary Artery
Gaudino M, Robinson NB, Hameed I, Girardi LN. Coronary Bypass With the Free Internal Thoracic Artery to Treat Anomalous Right Coronary Artery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 109: e371-e373. PMID: 31987826, PMCID: PMC7799917, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal thoracic arteryRight coronary arteryCoronary arteryAnomalous originThoracic arteryFree right internal thoracic arteryAnomalous right coronary arteryFree internal thoracic arteryRight coronary artery bypassRight internal thoracic arteryCoronary artery bypassArtery bypassCoronary bypassSurgical treatmentArteryYoung adultsBypassTreatment