2015
Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction
Samad Z, Shaw LK, Phelan M, Ersboll M, Risum N, Al-Khalidi HR, Glower DD, Milano CA, Alexander JH, O'Connor CM, Wang A, Velazquez EJ. Management and outcomes in patients with moderate or severe functional mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction. European Heart Journal 2015, 36: 2733-2741. PMID: 26233850, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseSevere mitral regurgitationEvent-free survival benefitHigher event-free survivalSevere functional mitral regurgitationMV surgerySevere LV dysfunctionEvent-free survivalOutcomes of patientsMitral regurgitationFunctional mitral regurgitationIPW adjustmentSystolic dysfunctionLV dysfunctionSurvival benefitEntire cohortTreatment strategiesSevere left ventricular systolic dysfunctionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsSevere left ventricular dysfunctionArtery bypass graft surgeryLeft ventricular systolic dysfunctionCox proportional hazards modelIsolated MV surgery
2010
Prevalence and predictors of mechanical dyssynchrony as defined by phase analysis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Samad Z, Atchley AE, Trimble MA, Sun JL, Shaw LK, Pagnanelli R, Chen J, Garcia EV, Iskandrian AE, Velazquez EJ, Borges-Neto S. Prevalence and predictors of mechanical dyssynchrony as defined by phase analysis in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2010, 18: 24-30. PMID: 21082299, PMCID: PMC3077282, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9310-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAlgorithmsCardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted TomographyFemaleHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedIncidenceMaleMyocardial Perfusion ImagingNorth CarolinaPrevalenceReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificityVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsLeft ventricular dysfunctionMechanical dyssynchronyVentricular dysfunctionIndependent predictorsBlack raceQRS durationPhase SDGated SPECT myocardial perfusionLeft ventricular ejection fractionTomography myocardial perfusion imagingStress scoresVentricular ejection fractionIschemic heart diseasePopulation of patientsMeasures of dyssynchronySPECT myocardial perfusionMyocardial perfusion imagingSingle photon emissionSignificant dyssynchronyEjection fractionEntire cohortUnivariate predictorsClinical variablesHeart diseaseMale gender