2018
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score and EuroSCORE-2 Appropriately Assess 30-Day Postoperative Mortality in the STICH Trial and a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Surgical Revascularization
Bouabdallaoui N, Stevens SR, Doenst T, Petrie MC, Al-Attar N, Ali IS, Ambrosy AP, Barton AK, Cartier R, Cherniavsky A, Demondion P, Desvigne-Nickens P, Favaloro RR, Gradinac S, Heinisch P, Jain A, Jasinski M, Jouan J, Kalil RAK, Menicanti L, Michler RE, Rao V, Smith PK, Zembala M, Velazquez EJ, Al-Khalidi HR, Rouleau JL, Investigators F. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score and EuroSCORE-2 Appropriately Assess 30-Day Postoperative Mortality in the STICH Trial and a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Surgical Revascularization. Circulation Heart Failure 2018, 11: e005531. PMID: 30571194, PMCID: PMC6309904, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.118.005531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative mortality riskCoronary artery bypassThoracic Surgeons risk scoreEuroScore 2Left ventricular dysfunctionContemporary cohortVentricular dysfunctionArtery bypassSTS scoreMortality riskRisk scoreSTICH patientsSTICH trialPostoperative mortalityUndergoing coronary artery bypassLeft ventricle ejection fractionVentricle ejection fractionGood c-statisticLow-risk scoresSurgical revascularizationSurvival benefitCardiac surgeryConsecutive patientsEjection fractionCC patients
2017
Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Derived Baseline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes for Precise Risk Stratification of Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial
Pai RG, Varadarajan P, Rouleau JL, Stebbins AL, Velazquez EJ, Al-Khalidi HR, Pohost GM. Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Derived Baseline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Volumes for Precise Risk Stratification of Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial. JAMA Cardiology 2017, 2: 577-579. PMID: 28199489, PMCID: PMC5814980, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiomyopathiesFemaleHeart FailureHeart VentriclesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance Imaging, CineMaleMiddle AgedMortalityMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial IschemiaOrgan SizePlastic Surgery ProceduresRisk AssessmentStroke VolumeConceptsIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialCardiovascular magnetic resonance imagingHeart Failure TrialVentricular ejection fractionPrecise risk stratificationMagnetic resonance imagingEjection fractionIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical treatmentFailure TrialRisk stratificationResonance imagingPatientsCardiomyopathyBaselineTrials
2016
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome: To Shunt or Not to Shunt, That is the Question
Klein MR, Kiefer TL, Velazquez EJ. Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome: To Shunt or Not to Shunt, That is the Question. Texas Heart Institute Journal 2016, 43: 264-6. PMID: 27303248, PMCID: PMC4894711, DOI: 10.14503/thij-15-5280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac CatheterizationCardiac Surgical ProceduresDecision MakingDextrocardiaDyspneaFemaleForamen Ovale, PatentHeart Septal Defects, AtrialHumansHypoxiaSyndromeConceptsRight atrial pressurePatent foramenAtrial pressureLow right atrial pressureRight-sided heart catheterizationFirst-line therapyPlatypnea-orthodeoxia syndromePercutaneous patent foramenPulmonary arteriovenous malformationsUpright positionCardiac causesHeart catheterizationTransient hypoxemiaTransthoracic echocardiogramTransthoracic echocardiographyLeft shuntingSyncopal episodesPercutaneous closureTransesophageal echocardiogramEmergency departmentOxygen supplementationIntracardiac shuntingArteriovenous malformationsChest radiographsOxygen saturationGetting to a Man's Heart through His Colon
Samsky MD, DeVore AD, Durkin M, Stout JE, Velazquez EJ, Milano CA. Getting to a Man's Heart through His Colon. Texas Heart Institute Journal 2016, 43: 168-70. PMID: 27127437, PMCID: PMC4845564, DOI: 10.14503/thij-14-4946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular pseudoaneurysmVentricular pseudoaneurysmDor procedureVentricular apexIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialHeart Failure TrialCoronary artery bypassAnterior chest wallLeft ventricular apexLeft ventricular cavityDifficile bacteremiaSTICH trialArtery bypassPulsatile massTransthoracic echocardiogramDacron patchIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical explorationSurgical treatmentFailure TrialHemorrhagic shockPurulent materialThoracotomy siteChest wallPericardial space
2015
Impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on sphericity index in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: follow‐up from the STICH trial
Choi J, Daly RC, Lin G, Lahr BD, Wiste HJ, Beaver TM, Iacovoni A, Malinowski M, Friedrich I, Rouleau JL, Favaloro RR, Sopko G, Lang IM, White HD, Milano CA, Jones RH, Lee KL, Velazquez EJ, Oh JK. Impact of surgical ventricular reconstruction on sphericity index in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: follow‐up from the STICH trial. European Journal Of Heart Failure 2015, 17: 453-463. PMID: 25779355, PMCID: PMC4664050, DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiomyopathiesCoronary Artery BypassFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart VentriclesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlastic Surgery ProceduresConceptsSurgical ventricular reconstructionSVR groupSphericity indexVentricular reconstructionTreatment strategiesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialArtery bypass graft surgeryLV end-systolic volumeBypass graft surgeryHeart Failure TrialLV filling pressureEnd-systolic volumeIschemic cardiomyopathy patientsSmaller LV volumesLower sphericity indexImproved LVEFSTICH trialGraft surgeryWorse survivalIschemic cardiomyopathySurgical treatmentClinical outcomesFailure TrialMitral regurgitation
2010
STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) Trial Enrollment
Jones RH, White H, Velazquez EJ, Shaw LK, Pietrobon R, Panza JA, Bonow RO, Sopko G, O'Connor CM, Rouleau JL. STICH (Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure) Trial Enrollment. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2010, 56: 490-498. PMID: 20670760, PMCID: PMC3259709, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-risk patientsSTICH trialRAR groupBaseline characteristicsCardiac surgeryIschemic cardiomyopathyHigh-risk patientsNumber of patientsCountry of enrollmentSTICH patientsDuke DatabankRandomization groupTrial enrollmentCardiovascular diseaseRisk differencePatientsClinical decisionTrialsSurgeryCardiomyopathyRiskBroader populationEnrollment performanceDeathThirty-second
2007
The rationale and design of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial
Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, O’Connor C, Oh JK, Bonow RO, Pohost GM, Feldman AM, Mark DB, Panza JA, Sopko G, Rouleau JL, Jones RH, Investigators S. The rationale and design of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2007, 134: 1540-1547.e4. PMID: 18023680, PMCID: PMC3638867, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialCoronary artery bypassHeart Failure TrialSurgical ventricular reconstructionArtery bypassMedical therapySurgical treatmentFailure TrialVentricular reconstructionPrimary outcomeNormal left ventricular sizeIntensive medical therapyLeft ventricular dysfunctionVentricular ejection fractionCoronary artery diseaseLeft ventricular sizeLong-term survivalQuality of lifeLeft ventricular volumeCardiac causesSubsequent hospitalizationVentricular dysfunctionArtery diseaseEjection fractionHeart failure
2006
Contemporary performance of surgical ventricular restoration procedures: Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database
Hernandez AF, Velazquez EJ, Dullum MK, O'Brien SM, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED. Contemporary performance of surgical ventricular restoration procedures: Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Database. American Heart Journal 2006, 152: 494-499. PMID: 16923420, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.01.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical ventricular restorationNational Cardiac DatabaseThoracic Surgeons National Cardiac DatabaseSVR procedureCardiac DatabaseSurgical ventricular restoration proceduresAdverse procedural outcomesVentricular restoration proceduresCombined end pointSevere mitral insufficiencyLeft ventricular dysfunctionCongestive heart failureInsulin-dependent diabetesStatus of surgeryCombined deathMajor morbidityOperative mortalityVentricular dysfunctionBaseline characteristicsOperative riskRenal failureCoronary diseaseHeart failureMajor complicationsOperative outcomes