2019
Development of a risk score for early saphenous vein graft failure: An individual patient data meta-analysis
Antonopoulos AS, Odutayo A, Oikonomou EK, Trivella M, Petrou M, Collins GS, Antoniades C, group S, Akoumianakis I, Channon K, Herdman L, Margaritis M, Neubauer S, Thomas S, Fremes S, Karkhanis R, Rade J, Fukui T, Nishida H, Takanashi S, Hwang H, Kim K, Mannacio L, Mannacio V, Nakano J, Perrault L, Kardos A, Okabayashi H, Tousoulis D, Kelion A, Sabharwal N, Krasopoulos G, Sayeed R, Taggart D. Development of a risk score for early saphenous vein graft failure: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2019, 160: 116-127.e4. PMID: 31606176, PMCID: PMC7322547, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly SVG occlusionIndividual patient dataSVG occlusionRisk scoreValidation cohortEarly saphenous vein graft failureEarly saphenous vein graft occlusionSaphenous vein graft failureSaphenous vein graft occlusionAggressive treatment strategiesPatient dataVein graft occlusionNovel risk scoreVein graft failureRisk score systemGraft failureGraft occlusionOperative characteristicsTreatment strategiesIndividualized riskOperative factorsScore systemOcclusionExternal validationCohort
2018
Development and Validation of a Clinical Score for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification of Long‐Term Childhood Cancer Survivors
Oikonomou EK, Athanasopoulou SG, Kampaktsis PN, Kokkinidis DG, Papanastasiou CA, Feher A, Steingart RM, Oeffinger KC, Gupta D. Development and Validation of a Clinical Score for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification of Long‐Term Childhood Cancer Survivors. The Oncologist 2018, 23: 965-973. PMID: 29593100, PMCID: PMC6156177, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term childhood cancer survivorsChildhood cancer survivorsCardiovascular risk stratificationCardiovascular mortalityCancer survivorsRisk scoreCardiovascular riskRisk stratificationRisk of CVMTreatment-related adverse eventsAdverse cardiovascular eventsRisk stratification toolSimple risk scoreCongestive heart failureCumulative incidence rateEnd Results ProgramMedian time periodPopulation-based studyHistory of lymphomaHigh-risk groupLow-risk groupSimple clinical toolHistory of radiationNon-white raceHealth care providers