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A phenomapping-derived tool to personalize the selection of anatomical vs. functional testing in evaluating chest pain (ASSIST)
Oikonomou EK, Van Dijk D, Parise H, Suchard MA, de Lemos J, Antoniades C, Velazquez EJ, Miller EJ, Khera R. A phenomapping-derived tool to personalize the selection of anatomical vs. functional testing in evaluating chest pain (ASSIST). European Heart Journal 2021, 42: 2536-2548. PMID: 33881513, PMCID: PMC8488385, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable chest painChest painPrimary endpointMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsNon-fatal myocardial infarctionAdverse cardiovascular eventsStudy's primary endpointCoronary artery diseaseClinical trial populationsCox regression modelParticipant-level dataSCOT-HEARTCardiovascular eventsCause mortalityHazard ratioPatients 5Artery diseaseFunctional testingPROMISE trialTrial populationMyocardial infarctionLower incidenceStudy populationPainCollected variables
2017
Efficacy of ganglionated plexi ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal versus persistent atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials
Kampaktsis PN, Oikonomou EK, Y. Choi D, Cheung JW. Efficacy of ganglionated plexi ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal versus persistent atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. Journal Of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2017, 50: 253-260. PMID: 28887742, DOI: 10.1007/s10840-017-0285-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary vein isolationAT/AFGP ablationAtrial fibrillationPV isolationVein isolationPlexi ablationAF patientsAtrial tachyarrhythmiasSubtype of AFSignificant structural heart diseaseParoxysmal AF patientsVentricular ejection fractionParoxysmal atrial fibrillationPersistent atrial fibrillationStructural heart diseaseSustained atrial fibrillationPersistent AF patientsClinical trial dataNon-significant trendPrimary endpointAF subtypesAtrial sizeEjection fractionHeart diseaseA prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study
Taggart DP, Amin S, Djordjevic J, Oikonomou EK, Thomas S, Kampoli AM, Sabharwal N, Antoniades C, Krasopoulos G. A prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2017, 51: 952-958. PMID: 28379404, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight coronary arteryComputed tomography angiographyCoronary arteryExternal stentRight internal mammary artery graftInternal mammary artery graftLeft internal mammary arteryGraft 1 yearMammary artery graftsRight coronary territoryCoronary artery bypassEnd of surgeryInternal mammary arterySaphenous vein graftsSide branchesLeft territoryRight territorySVG patencyArtery bypassArtery graftExternal stentingMammary arteryPrimary endpointGraft failureII study