2022
Trends and Outcomes of Patients With Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Listed for Heart Transplantation
Akintoye E, Salih M, Aje K, Alvarez P, Sellke F, Briasoulis A, Dorbala S. Trends and Outcomes of Patients With Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Listed for Heart Transplantation. Canadian Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 38: 1263-1270. PMID: 35525397, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.04.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplantGraft survivalAmyloid cardiomyopathyWaitlist mortalityHeart transplantationRisk factorsSingle-organ heart transplantsStudy periodHeart transplant waitlistUnderwent heart transplantWorse graft survivalGraft survival ratesOutcomes of patientsPropensity-matched cohortOrgan Sharing databaseHigher waitlist mortalityNumber of patientsNumber of transplantsAmyloid recurrenceAdult patientsGraft failureRenal failureIndependent predictorsSharing databaseUnited NetworkWait List And Transplant Outcomes Of Diabetic Patients With Listed For Heart Transplantation: A Propensity-matched Analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Salih M, Briasoulis A. Wait List And Transplant Outcomes Of Diabetic Patients With Listed For Heart Transplantation: A Propensity-matched Analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s64. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiabetic patientsWaitlist mortalityHeart transplantPost-transplant graft survivalEnd-stage heart failurePropensity-matched cohortHeart failure patientsGraft survivalAdult patientsFailure patientsGraft failureHeart failureUnited NetworkRisk factorsOrgan SharingPatientsStudy periodTransplantMortalityFailureCohortWaitlistTrends In Waitlist And Post-transplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation In The United States: Analysis OfUNOS Database 1991-2019
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Shin D, Panos A, Briasoulis A. Trends In Waitlist And Post-transplant Outcomes After Heart Transplantation In The United States: Analysis OfUNOS Database 1991-2019. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s61-s62. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant outcomesHeart transplantationWaitlist mortalityPatient characteristicsAdult heart transplant recipientsHeart transplant recipientsHigh-risk comorbiditiesShort-term survivalHospital strokeHospital lengthTransplant recipientsRenal failureWaitlist deathsPatient selectionUnited NetworkPatient outcomesTransplant volumeSurgical techniqueEra 1Organ SharingEra 4PatientsNational databaseStudy periodTime pointsOutcomes of diabetic patients with end‐stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: A propensity‐matched analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Salih M, Sellke F, Briasoulis A. Outcomes of diabetic patients with end‐stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: A propensity‐matched analysis. Clinical Transplantation 2022, 36: e14590. PMID: 35018661, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic patientsWaitlist mortalityHeart transplantPost-transplant graft survivalEnd-stage heart failurePropensity-matched cohortHeart failure patientsGraft survivalAdult patientsFailure patientsGraft failureHeart failureUnited NetworkRisk factorsOrgan SharingPatientsStudy periodTransplantMortalityFailureCohortWaitlist
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 StatesShort and long term outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis patients listed for heart transplantation in the united states: a propensity-matched analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. Short and long term outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis patients listed for heart transplantation in the united states: a propensity-matched analysis. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0965. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant graft survivalGraft survivalGraft survival ratesPropensity-matched analysisCA patientsHigher waitlist mortalityHeart transplantationCardiac amyloidosis patientsWaitlist mortalityRestrictive cardiomyopathyRisk factorsDonor heartsAmyloidosis patientsSurvival rateStudy periodComparable graft survivalPoor graft survivalPropensity-matched cohortOrgan Sharing databaseSingle-center experienceCohort of patientsPredictors of survivalLong-term outcomesSignificant risk factorsAmyloid recurrenceChanging demographics, temporal trend in waitlist and post-transplant outcomes after heart transplantation in the United States: analysis of unos database 1991–2019
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Shin D, Egbe A, Panos A, Briasoulis A. Changing demographics, temporal trend in waitlist and post-transplant outcomes after heart transplantation in the United States: analysis of unos database 1991–2019. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0953. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0953.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transplant outcomesHeart transplantationWaitlist mortalityPatient characteristicsAdult heart transplant recipientsHeart transplant recipientsHigh-risk comorbiditiesCharacteristics of patientsShort-term survivalHospital strokeHospital lengthTransplant recipientsRenal failureWaitlist deathsPatient selectionUnited NetworkPatient outcomesTransplant volumeSurgical techniqueEra 1Organ SharingPatientsEra 4National databaseStudy periodOutcomes of diabetic patients with end-stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: a propensity-matched analysis
Akintoye E, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. Outcomes of diabetic patients with end-stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: a propensity-matched analysis. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0967. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart transplantWaitlist mortalityPost-transplant graft survivalEnd-stage heart failureOutcomes of patientsPropensity-matched cohortHeart failure patientsGraft survivalAdult patientsFailure patientsGraft failureDiabetic patientsHeart failureDiabetic cohortPoor outcomeUnited NetworkRisk factorsOrgan SharingPatientsTransplantStudy periodCohortMortalityOutcomesRisk
2020
State-Level Variation in Waitlist Mortality and Transplant Outcomes Among Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation in the US From 2011 to 2016
Akintoye E, Shin D, Alvarez P, Briasoulis A. State-Level Variation in Waitlist Mortality and Transplant Outcomes Among Patients Listed for Heart Transplantation in the US From 2011 to 2016. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2028459. PMID: 33295970, PMCID: PMC7726636, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplantationGraft survivalWaitlist mortalityStatus 1AAdult patientsTransplant ratesSignificant state-level variationNationwide retrospective cohort studyAdult heart transplantationOutcomes of patientsRetrospective cohort studyMultivariable-adjusted modelsOrgan Sharing databaseRate of transplantRate of deathState-level variationRisk-adjustment modelsTransplant outcomesCohort studySharing databaseMedian timeScientific RegistryUnited NetworkLowest quartileOutcome measures