2020
Assessment of right ventricular function following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation—The role of speckle‐tracking echocardiography: A meta‐analysis
Barssoum K, Altibi A, Rai D, Kharsa A, Kumar A, Chowdhury M, Elkaryoni A, Abuzaid A, Baibhav B, Parikh V, Masri A, Amsallem M, Nanda N. Assessment of right ventricular function following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation—The role of speckle‐tracking echocardiography: A meta‐analysis. Echocardiography 2020, 37: 2048-2060. PMID: 33084128, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricle free wall strainRight ventricle global longitudinal strainRight ventricular failureSpeckle-tracking echocardiographyRight ventricular failure patientsLeft ventricular assist deviceStandardized mean differenceTransthoracic echocardiographyPrediction of right ventricular failureSubgroup analysisAssessment of right ventricular functionVentricular assist deviceOdds ratioAssociated with worse outcomesFree wall strainGlobal longitudinal strainRight ventricular functionLeft ventricular assist device recipientsMeta-analysisMeta-analysis of published literaturePooled odds ratioRandom-effects modelNo significant differenceVentricular failureVentricular function
2019
Perioperative Stroke in Carotid Artery Stenting as a Surrogate Marker and Predictor for 30-day Postprocedural Mortality - A Pooled Analysis of 156,000 Patients with Carotid Artery Disease.
Altibi A, Saca E, Dhillon H, Thirumala P. Perioperative Stroke in Carotid Artery Stenting as a Surrogate Marker and Predictor for 30-day Postprocedural Mortality - A Pooled Analysis of 156,000 Patients with Carotid Artery Disease. Neurology India 2019, 67: 1423-1428. PMID: 31857527, DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.273642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredicting 30-day mortalityCarotid artery stenosisTransient ischemic attackPerioperative strokeCarotid endarterectomyOdds ratioOccurrence of perioperative strokeHigh-risk surgical patientsRelative riskPerioperative transient ischemic attackIncreased risk of strokeBilateral carotid diseasePooled odds ratioDetect intraoperative cerebral ischemiaSevere carotid stenosisCarotid artery stentingIntraoperative cerebral ischemiaCarotid artery diseaseCarotid stenosis patientsRisk of strokePatient ageStenosis patientsNeurophysiological monitoringPooled ORNeurological status