2024
Impact of concomitant surgical interventions on outcomes of septal myectomy in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Altibi A, Sapru A, Ghanem F, Zhao Y, Alani A, Cigarroa J, Nazer B, Song H, Masri A. Impact of concomitant surgical interventions on outcomes of septal myectomy in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. International Journal Of Cardiology 2024, 400: 131790. PMID: 38242508, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.131790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiomyopathy, HypertrophicCoronary Artery BypassHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHospital MortalityHumansTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyMitral valve replacementCoronary artery bypass graftingConcomitant surgical interventionIn-hospital mortalitySeptal myectomyAdverse in-hospital eventsIn-hospital eventsSurgical interventionMV repairValve replacementHypertrophic cardiomyopathyOutcomes of septal myectomyAssociated with increased in-hospital mortalityOutcomes of patientsAortic valve replacementIn-hospital adverse eventsAdverse clinical eventsIsolated SMArtery bypass graftingIn-hospital deathNational Readmission DatabaseSymptomatic patientsMedical therapyAdverse events
2019
Native valve endocarditis caused by ErysipelothrixRhusiopathiae: presenting with refractory heart failure and requiring surgical valve replacement—report on a rare zoonosis
Altibi A, Khalid M, Kak V, Patel B. Native valve endocarditis caused by ErysipelothrixRhusiopathiae: presenting with refractory heart failure and requiring surgical valve replacement—report on a rare zoonosis. BMJ Case Reports 2019, 12: e230891. PMID: 31862813, PMCID: PMC6936573, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230891.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortic Valve InsufficiencyBacteremiaDiagnosis, DifferentialEndocarditis, BacterialErysipelothrixErysipelothrix InfectionsHeart FailureHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedZoonosesConceptsSevere acute aortic regurgitationInitiation of antimicrobial treatmentNative valve endocarditisLack of feverAcute aortic regurgitationRefractory heart failureSurgical valve replacementValve endocarditisAortic regurgitationValve replacementMale patientsCutaneous manifestationsGram-positive bacillusDifferential diagnosisHeart failureClinical dataAntimicrobial treatmentCutaneous lesionsSystemic infectionBacteraemiaMedical managementClinical meritRare zoonosisOccupational exposureClinical setting