2024
Cerebral embolic protection device utilization and outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A nationally representative propensity matched analysis
Altibi A, Alhuneafat L, Jabri A, Al-Abdouh A, Ghanem F. Cerebral embolic protection device utilization and outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A nationally representative propensity matched analysis. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2024, 67: 112-114. PMID: 38653674, DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2024.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve replacementCerebral embolic protection devicesAortic valve replacementPropensity score matchingNational Readmission DatabaseIn-hospital strokeValve replacementIn-hospitalPeriprocedural strokeOdds ratioTranscatheter aortic valve replacement patientsTransfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacementPropensity score matched cohortAssociated with decreased riskScore matchingPropensity matched analysisRisk of periprocedural strokeRisk of in-hospital strokeAcute kidney injuryTAVR admissionsIn-hospital mortalityConfidence intervalsOutcomes post-TAVRAssociated with reduced oddsEmbolic protection devices
2020
Speckle tracking echocardiography can predict subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with sarcoidosis: A meta‐analysis
Barssoum K, Altibi A, Rai D, Kumar A, Kharsa A, Chowdhury M, Thakkar S, Shahid S, Abdelazeem M, Abuzaid A, Baibhav B, Parikh V, Feitell S, Balmer‐Swain M, Rao M, Amsallem M, Nanda N. Speckle tracking echocardiography can predict subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with sarcoidosis: A meta‐analysis. Echocardiography 2020, 37: 2061-2070. PMID: 33058271, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular global longitudinal strainGlobal circumferential strainSpeckle tracking echocardiographyStandardized mean differenceCardiac sarcoidosisCardiac magnetic resonanceSarcoidosis groupTracking echocardiographyHealthy controlsConfidence intervalsExtra-cardiac sarcoidosisGlobal longitudinal strainSubclinical myocardial involvementMeta-analysisScreening of CSAdvanced imaging modalitiesRandom-effects modelEnglish-language articlesPositron emission tomographyMyocardial involvementSarcoidosis patientsCardiac symptomsFDG-PETLongitudinal strainEchocardiographyGlobal longitudinal strain assessment of the left ventricle by speckle tracking echocardiography detects acute cellular rejection in orthotopic heart transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Elkaryoni A, Altibi A, Khan M, Okasha O, Ellakany K, Hassan A, Singh A, Qarajeh R, Mehta S, Nanda N. Global longitudinal strain assessment of the left ventricle by speckle tracking echocardiography detects acute cellular rejection in orthotopic heart transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Echocardiography 2020, 37: 302-309. PMID: 31967669, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute cellular rejectionGlobal longitudinal strainHeart transplant recipientsSpeckle tracking echocardiographyGlobal longitudinal strain assessmentOrthotopic heart transplant recipientsEndomyocardial biopsyWeighted mean differenceTracking echocardiographyTransplant recipientsCellular rejectionComparison to endomyocardial biopsyDetect acute cellular rejectionDiagnose ACRLeft ventricleNoninvasive screening modalityQuality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy StudiesComplication of transplantationCochrane Central Register of Controlled TrialsCentral Register of Controlled TrialsMeta-analysisRegister of Controlled TrialsConfidence intervalsStrain assessmentDiagnostic accuracy studies
2018
Clinicopathological implications of MET exon 14 mutations in non-small cell lung cancer – A systematic review and meta-analysis
Vuong H, Ho A, Altibi A, Nakazawa T, Katoh R, Kondo T. Clinicopathological implications of MET exon 14 mutations in non-small cell lung cancer – A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lung Cancer 2018, 123: 76-82. PMID: 30089599, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerMET exonCell lung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerLung cancerGenetic eventsOdds ratioPulmonary sarcomatoid carcinomaMeta-analysisConfidence intervalsC-Met inhibitorsRandom-effects modelSarcomatoid carcinomaPrognostic featuresClinicopathological profileDismal survivalTargeted therapyClinicopathological implicationsGenomic alterationsAdvanced ageWeb of ScienceC-MetNon-smokersRare mutationsPatients
2017
A meta-analysis of prognostic roles of molecular markers in papillary thyroid carcinoma
Vuong H, Duong U, Altibi A, Ngo H, Pham T, Tran H, Gandolfi G, Hassell L. A meta-analysis of prognostic roles of molecular markers in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Endocrine Connections 2017, 6: r8-r17. PMID: 28219937, PMCID: PMC5424840, DOI: 10.1530/ec-17-0010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-specific survivalDisease-free survivalPapillary thyroid carcinomaKaplan-Meier curvesPromoter mutationsHazard ratioPrognostic roleThyroid carcinomaData of hazard ratioVirtual Health LibraryAssess patient prognosisPooled hazard ratioInverse variance methodConfidence intervalsPrognosis of PTC patientsPredicting patient outcomesVisual inspection of funnel plotsMeta-analysesInspection of funnel plotsRandom-effects modelPrognostic valuePTC patientsEgger's regression testRisk stratificationPatient prognosis