2014
Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device
Enriquez AD, Calenda B, Gandhi PU, Nair AP, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP. Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 64: 1883-1890. PMID: 25444141, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParoxysmal atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationHF hospitalizationThromboembolic eventsVentricular assist deviceHeartMate IIHMII LVADAssist deviceImpact of AFCox proportional hazards regressionEffect of AFKaplan-Meier survival analysisHigh INR levelsHeart failure hospitalizationMajor bleeding eventsPersistent atrial fibrillationProportional hazards regressionBleeding eventsHMII implantationINR levelsFailure hospitalizationPatient yearsComposite endpointIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesTHE CLINICAL IMPACT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE
Enriquez A, Calenda B, Gandhi P, Nair A, Anyanwu A, Pinney S. THE CLINICAL IMPACT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 63: a888. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(14)60888-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
The Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Enriquez AD, Calenda B, Miller MA, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP. The Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2013, 6: 668-674. PMID: 23873139, DOI: 10.1161/circep.113.000457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedArrhythmias, CardiacChi-Square DistributionDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleHeart FailureHeart TransplantationHeart-Assist DevicesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNew York CityProportional Hazards ModelsProsthesis DesignRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVentricular Function, LeftWaiting ListsYoung AdultConceptsVentricular arrhythmiasActive ICDPost-LVAD ventricular arrhythmiasVentricular assist device supportAssist device supportContinuous-flow LVADHeartMate II LVADEnd of studyImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorVentricular assist deviceAppropriate shocksConsecutive patientsImproved survivalIschemic cardiomyopathySingle centerWorse prognosisMedian lengthMean agePatient populationCardioverter defibrillatorPatientsDevice supportAssist deviceICDLVAD