2022
Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018
Clark K, Reinhardt S, Chouairi F, Miller E, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai N. Contemporary US Trends In Heart Transplantation And LVAD Index Hospitalizations: Volumes Increase, Utilization And Cost Vary Over Time, 2015-2018. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s65. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayHeart transplantationHospital mortalityIndex hospitalizationLVAD implantationLonger median LOSMedian LOSLonger LOSPost-discharge utilizationNational Inpatient SampleHospitalization volumeInpatient mortalityHispanic patientsAsian patientsInpatient SampleHospitalizationMortalityStudy periodUS trendsPatientsTransplantationAdmissionLVADImplantationHigh percentage
2021
Outcomes in patients with anthracycline‐induced cardiomyopathy undergoing left ventricular assist devices implantation
Guha A, Caraballo C, Jain P, Miller PE, Owusu‐Guha J, Clark KAA, Velazquez EJ, Ahmad T, Baldassarre LA, Addison D, Weintraub NL, Desai NR. Outcomes in patients with anthracycline‐induced cardiomyopathy undergoing left ventricular assist devices implantation. ESC Heart Failure 2021, 8: 2866-2875. PMID: 33982867, PMCID: PMC8318466, DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnthracycline-induced cardiomyopathyIschemic cardiomyopathyCardiomyopathy patientsCF-LVADICM patientsLeft ventricular assist device implantationContinuous-flow LVAD implantationHigher major bleeding riskVentricular assist device implantationEnd-stage heart failureMechanically Assisted Circulatory SupportCox proportional hazards modelCF-LVAD implantationAcute kidney injuryMajor bleeding riskAssist device implantationEtiology of cardiomyopathyProportional hazards modelBleeding riskKidney injuryInteragency RegistryLVAD implantationMajor infectionMedian survivalRespiratory supportChanges in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy
Mullan CW, Chouairi F, Sen S, Mori M, Clark KAA, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 420-429. PMID: 33714748, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor heart allocation systemNumber of patientsHeart allocation systemVentricular assist deviceWaitlist survivalAssist deviceNew heart allocation policyLeft ventricular assist deviceAllocation system changePost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databaseOutcomes of patientsPost-transplantation outcomesProportion of patientsTime of transplantContinuous-flow LVADPost-transplantation survivalHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemBaseline recipientStatus 1AHeart transplantationIschemic timeLVAD implantationTransplant list
2018
(787) Gender and Diastolic Dysfunction May be the Driver of Failure of Myocardial Recovery Following LVAD Implantation
Stawiarski K, Zogg C, Park J, Jacoby D, Bellumkonda L, Chen M, Ahmad T, Testani J, McCloskey G, Sugeng L, Bonde P. (787) Gender and Diastolic Dysfunction May be the Driver of Failure of Myocardial Recovery Following LVAD Implantation. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2018, 37: s311. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiastolic dysfunctionLVAD implantation