2004
Comparative costs of home positive inotropic infusion versus in-hospital care in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation
Upadya SP, Sedrakyan A, Saldarriaga C, Nystrom K, Bozzo J, Lee FA, Katz SD. Comparative costs of home positive inotropic infusion versus in-hospital care in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2004, 10: 384-389. PMID: 15470648, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2004.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac transplantationAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorInotropic therapyOutpatient strategiesAICD implantationHospital careEnd-stage heart failurePositive inotropic supportImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorDecision analysis modelInotropic supportHospital dischargeHeart failureInotropic infusionUnited NetworkHospital treatmentHospital costsCardioverter defibrillatorSuccessful bridgePatientsTransplantationHospital monitoringOutpatientsDaily costTherapyHome continuous positive inotropic infusion as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in patients with end-stage heart failure
Upadya S, Lee FA, Saldarriaga C, Verma S, Sedrakyan A, Nystrom K, Katz SD. Home continuous positive inotropic infusion as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in patients with end-stage heart failure. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2004, 23: 466-472. PMID: 15063407, DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(03)00203-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive inotropic therapyInotropic therapyCardiac transplantationFunctional capacityDecreased health care costsEnd-stage heart failureImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator dischargeHome therapy patientsStatus 1B patientsInitiation of therapyStable clinical statusNumber of hospitalizationsPre-treatment baselineImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorHealth care costsActuarial survivalInotropic treatmentRenal functionConsecutive patientsHeart failureClinical statusHemodynamic monitoringHome infusionInotropic infusionUnited Network
1996
Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation
Verhoeven P, Lee F, Ramahi T, Franco K, de Leon C, Amatruda J, Gorham N, Mattera J, Wackers F. Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1996, 28: 183-189. PMID: 8752812, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00094-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery vasculopathyOrthotopic cardiac transplantationCardiac transplantationEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyPrognostic valueRadionuclide angiographyClinical variablesNoninvasive testingHuman leukocyte antigen mismatchesStress thallium-201 imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingConsecutive transplant recipientsRoutine noninvasive testingStress myocardial imagingCold ischemic timeStress myocardial perfusionThallium-201 imagingTwo-dimensional echocardiographyNoninvasive diagnostic testingMyocardial perfusion imagingOnly significant predictorAntigen mismatchesLate deathsTransplant recipientsIschemic time
1995
Optimal timing and indications for cholecystectomy in cardiac transplant patients
Begos D, Franco K, Baldwin J, Lee F, Revkin J, Modlin I. Optimal timing and indications for cholecystectomy in cardiac transplant patients. World Journal Of Surgery 1995, 19: 661-667. PMID: 7676717, DOI: 10.1007/bf00294752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac transplantSeptic complicationsTransplant patientsEnd-stage cardiac diseaseCases of cholecystectomyPostcardiac transplant patientsCardiac transplant patientsStandard management approachType of procedureAsymptomatic calculiElective cholecystectomyPosttransplant groupsPosttransplant surveillancePretransplant groupPretransplant screeningUncontrollable arrhythmiaUrgent cholecystectomyAcute cholecystitisCardiac transplantationPosttransplant patientsPretransplant patientsHeart transplantSuch patientsTransplant centersCardiac risk