2022
Real‐world VASCADE closure device versus manual compression use and outcomes in patients with severe common femoral artery disease
Nagpal S, Scierka LE, Castro‐Dominguez Y, Kansal D, Kunnirickal S, Hussain Y, Love K, Aboian E, Smolderen KG, Mena‐Hurtado C. Real‐world VASCADE closure device versus manual compression use and outcomes in patients with severe common femoral artery disease. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 100: 776-784. PMID: 36129818, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsManual compressionClosure deviceCommon femoral artery diseaseVascular Quality Initiative databaseFemoral artery diseasePropensity-matched cohortPseudoaneurysm rateRetroperitoneal bleedingArtery diseaseRetrospective reviewMean ageBaseline variablesInstitutional databaseNonsignificant reductionNonsignificant decreaseVascular interventionsMortality ratePatientsCompression useCollagen plugDiseaseInitiative databaseProcedural metricsDevice use
2021
Association of sleep apnea with outcomes in peripheral artery disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT study
Jelani QU, Mena-Hurtado C, Gosch K, Mohammed M, Labrosciano C, Regan C, Scierka LE, Spertus JA, Nagpal S, Smolderen KG. Association of sleep apnea with outcomes in peripheral artery disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT study. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0256933. PMID: 34506511, PMCID: PMC8432750, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePeripheral Artery QuestionnaireSleep apneaHealth statusArtery diseaseSummary scoresDisease-specific Peripheral Artery QuestionnaireFive-year survival curvesHigh ankle-brachial indexPAQ summary scoreVascular specialty clinicsAnkle-brachial indexLog-rank testSleep apnea statusHealth status outcomesWorse health statusQuality of lifeBetter health statusCause mortalityMultivariable adjustmentPAD symptomsCoronary diseasePeripheral interventionsUS patientsMean ageSafety and efficacy outcomes of the Pioneer Plus catheter in endovascular revascularization of lower extremity chronic total occlusions
Sheikh AB, Llanos-Chea F, Jelani QU, Anantha-Narayanan M, Attaran R, Schneider M, Ionescu C, Regan C, Nagpal S, Smolderen KG, Mena-Hurtado C. Safety and efficacy outcomes of the Pioneer Plus catheter in endovascular revascularization of lower extremity chronic total occlusions. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2021, 74: 746-755. PMID: 33592298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.01.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse limb eventsAdverse limb eventsDevice-related complicationsProcedure-related complicationsProcedure-related outcomesProcedural successEfficacy outcomesPseudoaneurysm formationSafety outcomesLimb eventsLower extremity chronic total occlusionMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsChronic total occlusion interventionAccess site hematomaAcute arterial thrombosisAcute limb ischemiaAdverse cardiovascular eventsProvider-level factorsArteriovenous fistula formationHigh-volume centersChronic total occlusionMajor bleedingPreprocedural symptomsCardiovascular eventsCatheter use
2020
Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sheikh AB, Anantha-Narayanan M, Smolderen KG, Jelani QU, Nagpal S, Schneider M, Llanos F, Ionescu C, Regan C, Attaran R, Altin SE, Mena-Hurtado C. Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2020, 54: 413-422. PMID: 32338163, DOI: 10.1177/1538574420920998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular interventionsPeriprocedural adverse eventsVascular complicationsAdverse eventsIntravascular ultrasoundPrimary patencyCause mortalityTechnical successMyocardial infarctionObservational studyVascular interventionsEnd pointSimilar patency ratesSimilar primary patencyPrimary end pointRate of reinterventionSecondary end pointsPeripheral arterial diseaseImproved clinical outcomesIVUS groupAmputation rateArterial diseaseClinical outcomesPatency ratesLower risk
2013
Long-term Outcomes After Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
Nagpal SV, Lerakis S, Halista M, Willis P, Block P, Douglas J, Morris D, Liff D, Stewart J, Devireddy C, Babaliaros V, Flueckiger P, Veledar E, Nahab F. Long-term Outcomes After Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2013, 346: 181-186. PMID: 23328836, DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e318276b071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous PFO closureLong-term outcomesPFO closureNeurological eventsRecurrent strokeCryptogenic strokePercutaneous patent foramen ovale closurePatent foramen ovale closureSerious long-term complicationsMigraines/monthThirty-day mortalityForamen ovale closureEmory University HospitalRecords of patientsLong-term complicationsPercutaneous patent foramenHistory of migraineSeverity of migraineEmergent surgeryChart reviewThirteen patientsConsecutive patientsMigraine frequencyPatent foramenAtrial fibrillation
2010
Ventricular Noncompaction and Associated Cardiac Anomalies
Lake M, Lerakis S, Willis P, Block P, Babaliaros V, Green J, Brown J, Nagpal S, Lerakis S. Ventricular Noncompaction and Associated Cardiac Anomalies. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2010, 340: 399-401. PMID: 20856104, DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e3181ec9431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular noncompactionTranscatheter aortic valve implantationAssociated cardiac anomaliesAortic valve implantationLeft ventricular apexSubaortic stenosisAortic stenosisSevere hypertrophyValve implantationCardiac anomaliesAortic valveVentricular apexRare caseAuthors' institutionCardiac abnormalitiesLeft ventricleMuscular ridgeGrand roundsNoncompactionStenosisEchocardiogramHypokinesisHypertrophyVentricleMyocardium