2022
Patterns of care and outcomes of outpatient percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: Insights from Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample
Milioglou I, Guha A, Chouari F, Chaturvedi A, Clark KAA, Kochar A, Sung JG, Velazquez EJ, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Patterns of care and outcomes of outpatient percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: Insights from Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample. Hellenic Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 65: 51-52. PMID: 35272018, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2022.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Impact of Obesity on Heart Transplantation Outcomes
Chouairi F, Milner A, Sen S, Guha A, Stewart J, Jastreboff AM, Mori M, Clark KA, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Rogers JG, Notarianni A, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Mullan CW. Impact of Obesity on Heart Transplantation Outcomes. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021346. PMID: 34854316, PMCID: PMC9075353, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCohort StudiesHeart TransplantationHumansObesityRisk AssessmentTreatment OutcomeWaiting ListsConceptsBody mass indexHigher BMI categoriesImpact of obesityHeart transplantation outcomesBMI categoriesTransplantation outcomesHeart transplantationHigher body mass indexAllocation system changeAdvanced heart failureOrgan Sharing databaseObese BMI categoriesVentricular assist deviceNew Organ ProcurementPosttransplant deathPosttransplantation deathPosttransplant mortalityBackground PatientsBMI 18.5Adult patientsCohort studyHeart failureHeart transplantSharing databaseWaitlist deathsTrends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates
Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Natov P, Bhinder J, Rose Chiravuri M, Wilson L, Clark KA, Reinhardt SW, Mullan C, Miller PE, Davis RP, Rogers JG, Patel CB, Sen S, Geirsson A, Anwer M, Desai N, Ahmad T. Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e023662. PMID: 34743559, PMCID: PMC9075266, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.023662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDatabases, FactualFemaleHeart TransplantationHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisTissue DonorsTreatment OutcomeWaiting ListsConceptsLow-urgency patientsHigh-urgency patientsUrgency patientsCardiac transplantationAllocation system changeLonger waitlist timesOrgan Sharing databaseTime of transplantationCardiac transplantation candidatesNew allocation systemBaseline recipientPosttransplantation outcomesPosttransplantation survivalAdditional comorbiditiesClinical characteristicsConclusions PatientsHepatitis CIschemic timeTransplantation candidatesSharing databaseWaitlist timeWaitlist survivalUnited NetworkRetrospective analysisPatientsTrends in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in the United States, 2008-2018
Clark KA, Chouairi F, Kay B, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery M, Mullan CW, Guha A, Ahmad T, Desai NR. Trends in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in the United States, 2008-2018. American Heart Journal 2021, 243: 87-91. PMID: 34571040, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.03.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChanges in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy
Mullan CW, Chouairi F, Sen S, Mori M, Clark KAA, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 420-429. PMID: 33714748, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor heart allocation systemNumber of patientsHeart allocation systemVentricular assist deviceWaitlist survivalAssist deviceNew heart allocation policyLeft ventricular assist deviceAllocation system changePost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databaseOutcomes of patientsPost-transplantation outcomesProportion of patientsTime of transplantContinuous-flow LVADPost-transplantation survivalHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemBaseline recipientStatus 1AHeart transplantationIschemic timeLVAD implantationTransplant list
2017
Concurrent Central Venous Stent and Central Venous Access Device Placement Does Not Compromise Stent Patency or Catheter Function in Patients with Malignant Central Venous Obstruction
Clark K, Chick J, Reddy S, Shin B, Nadolski G, Clark T, Trerotola S. Concurrent Central Venous Stent and Central Venous Access Device Placement Does Not Compromise Stent Patency or Catheter Function in Patients with Malignant Central Venous Obstruction. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2017, 28: 602-607. PMID: 28238580, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.1222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral venous access devicesCentral venous obstructionCatheter functionStent patencyStent stenosisVenous obstructionClinical symptomsVenous stentsType of CVADCentral venous access device placementControl groupSuperior vena cava syndromeRecurrent clinical symptomsVena cava syndromeVenous access devicesCVAD placementStent revisionSymptomatic stenosisConsecutive patientsPatientsMalignant compressionStenosisPatencyDevice placementClinical performance