2021
Changing Demographics, Temporal Trends in Waitlist, and Posttransplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation in the United States: Analysis of the UNOS Database 1991–2019
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Shin D, Egbe A, Panos A, Sellke F, Briasoulis A. Changing Demographics, Temporal Trends in Waitlist, and Posttransplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation in the United States: Analysis of the UNOS Database 1991–2019. Circulation Heart Failure 2021, 14: e008764. PMID: 34689572, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.121.008764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplantationPosttransplant outcomesPatient characteristicsHigh-risk comorbiditiesCharacteristics of patientsShort-term survivalRisk comorbiditiesHospital strokeWaitlist mortalityRenal failureUnited NetworkTransplant volumeEra 1Organ SharingPatientsTransplantationWaitlistEra 4Study periodTime pointsSignificant decreaseTemporal trendsOutcomesSignificant changesUnited States
2018
Trends in Utilization, Mortality, Major Complications, and Cost After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the United States (2009 to 2014)
Briasoulis A, Inampudi C, Akintoye E, Adegbala O, Alvarez P, Bhama J. Trends in Utilization, Mortality, Major Complications, and Cost After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the United States (2009 to 2014). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 121: 1214-1218. PMID: 29525059, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.01.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAdultAgedCardiac TamponadeDatabases, FactualFemaleHealth Care CostsHeart FailureHeart-Assist DevicesHospital CostsHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMortalityMyocardial InfarctionPatient DischargePostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative HemorrhageProsthesis ImplantationRenal DialysisRespiratory Tract DiseasesStrokeSurgical Wound DehiscenceSurgical Wound InfectionUnited StatesConceptsLength of stayMajor complicationsHospital mortalityLeft ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantsVentricular assist device implantsVentricular assist device implantationAssist device implantationHospital mortality rateNational Inpatient SampleTime of dischargeCost of hospitalizationSignificant decreaseAnnual national estimatesVentricular assist deviceHospital complicationsMajor bleedingCardiac tamponadeRespiratory complicationsAdult patientsIschemic strokePostoperative infectionCF-LVADCF-LVADsDevice implantationInpatient Sample
2017
Trends in Vascular Complications in High-Risk Patients Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States
Ando T, Akintoye E, Telila T, Briasoulis A, Takagi H, Grines C, Afonso L. Trends in Vascular Complications in High-Risk Patients Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 119: 1433-1437. PMID: 28256249, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.01.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAortic Valve StenosisComorbidityDiabetes MellitusFemaleHospital Bed CapacityHospitalsHospitals, RuralHospitals, TeachingHospitals, UrbanHumansMalePeripheral Vascular DiseasesPostoperative ComplicationsRisk FactorsSex FactorsTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesVascular DiseasesConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementHigh-risk groupAortic valve replacementHigh-risk patientsVascular complicationsVC rateValve replacementHigh riskPeripheral vascular disease patientsOverall populationNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseHigh-risk cohortVascular disease patientsContinuous longitudinal monitoringTAVR patientsCenter experienceDiabetes mellitusDisease patientsWorse outcomesInternational ClassificationPatientsSample databaseLongitudinal monitoringSignificant decreaseStatistical significance