2016
Prognostic Implications of Long-Chain Acylcarnitines in Heart Failure and Reversibility With Mechanical Circulatory Support
Ahmad T, Kelly JP, McGarrah RW, Hellkamp AS, Fiuzat M, Testani JM, Wang TS, Verma A, Samsky MD, Donahue MP, Ilkayeva OR, Bowles DE, Patel CB, Milano CA, Rogers JG, Felker GM, O’Connor C, Shah SH, Kraus WE. Prognostic Implications of Long-Chain Acylcarnitines in Heart Failure and Reversibility With Mechanical Circulatory Support. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2016, 67: 291-299. PMID: 26796394, PMCID: PMC5429585, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCarnitineDisease ProgressionEnergy MetabolismExercise TherapyFemaleHeart Failure, SystolicHeart-Assist DevicesHospital MortalityHumansMaleMass SpectrometryMiddle AgedNorth CarolinaOutcome Assessment, Health CarePrognosisReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics as TopicConceptsEnd-stage heart failureSystolic heart failureHeart failureMechanical circulatory supportHF patientsClinical outcomesCirculatory supportEnd-stage systolic heart failureChronic systolic HF patientsLeft ventricular assist device placementLong-term mechanical circulatory supportVentricular assist device placementPeak VO2 levelsChronic HF patientsSystolic HF patientsAdverse clinical outcomesClinical trial outcomesLong-chain acylcarnitinesAssociations of metabolitesFrozen plasma samplesMechanical circulatoryCardiovascular deathCause hospitalizationCause mortalityLVAD group
2015
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosis is commonly overlooked at the time of transplant listing
Seidelmann SB, Laur O, Hwa J, Depasquale E, Bellumkonda L, Sugeng L, Pomianowski P, Testani J, Chen M, McKenna W, Jacoby D. Familial dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosis is commonly overlooked at the time of transplant listing. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2015, 35: 474-480. PMID: 26852066, PMCID: PMC5423783, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage heart failureStage heart failureHeart failureUNOS registryEchocardiographic findingsUNOS databaseTeaching hospitalDetailed pedigree analysisVentricular end-diastolic dimensionPanel reactive antibody levelsTertiary care teaching hospitalLarge tertiary teaching hospitalCenter-specific dataAdvanced heart failureEnd-diastolic dimensionOrgan Sharing registryMajority of patientsNon-ischemic DCMTertiary teaching hospitalMitral valve annulusDetailed family historyTransplant listingAdult patientsClinical characteristicsUNOS data