Featured Publications
Blood Management in High-risk Surgery
Hameed I, Cifu AS, Geirsson A. Blood Management in High-risk Surgery. JAMA 2022, 327: 578-579. PMID: 35133425, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.25299.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Robustness of the Comparative Observational Evidence Supporting Class I and II Cardiac Surgery Procedures
Gaudino M, Hameed I, Robinson NB, Naik A, Weidenmann V, Ruan Y, Tam D, Girardi LN, Fremes S. Robustness of the Comparative Observational Evidence Supporting Class I and II Cardiac Surgery Procedures. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e016964. PMID: 32815427, PMCID: PMC7660761, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBilateral internal thoracic arteryValve-sparing root replacementSingle internal thoracic arteryInternal thoracic arteryThoracic arteryBentall procedureRoot replacementMV repairObservational studyClass IEffect estimatesCardiac surgery proceduresImproved clinical outcomesMitral valve repairUnmeasured confoundingEffect sizeObserved effect estimatesMV replacementSurgery guidelinesClinical outcomesValve repairRisk ratioArterySurgery proceduresObserved associations
2019
Systematic Evaluation of the Robustness of the Evidence Supporting Current Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization Using the Fragility Index
Gaudino M, Hameed I, Biondi-Zoccai G, Tam DY, Gerry S, Rahouma M, Khan FM, Angiolillo DJ, Benedetto U, Taggart DP, Girardi LN, Crea F, Ruel M, Fremes SE. Systematic Evaluation of the Robustness of the Evidence Supporting Current Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization Using the Fragility Index. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2019, 12: e006017. PMID: 31822120, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.119.006017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research