1995
Optimal timing of coronary artery bypass graft surgery after acute myocardial infarction.
Braxton J, Hammond G, Letsou G, Franco K, Kopf G, Elefteriades J, Baldwin J. Optimal timing of coronary artery bypass graft surgery after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1995, 92: ii66-8. PMID: 7586463, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.9.66.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryAcute myocardial infarctionQ-wave infarctionArtery bypass graft surgeryNon-Q-wave infarctionBypass graft surgeryMyocardial infarctionGraft surgeryControl groupNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionIntra-aortic balloon pumpOptimal timingGroup 1 patientsNeed of vasopressorsPerioperative myocardial infarctionWeeks of infarctionAngina refractoryPerioperative MIHospital mortalitySurgical mortalityBalloon pumpControl patientsMedical managementRelative riskHigh riskVentricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure
Batsford W, Mickleborough L, Elefteriades J. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Heart Failure. Cardiology Clinics 1995, 13: 87-91. PMID: 7796435, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(18)30064-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Elefteriades J, Biblo L, Batsford W, Rosenfeld L, Henthorn R, Carlson M, Waldo A, Hsu J, Geha A. Evolving patterns in the surgical treatment of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 1990, 49: 94-100. PMID: 2297279, DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90362-a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic implantable cardioverter defibrillatorResection groupThirty-day mortalityCoronary artery bypassMalignant ventricular tachyarrhythmiasIntractable ventricular arrhythmiasImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorAICD placementArtery bypassSurgical treatmentEndocardial resectionVentricular arrhythmiasVentricular tachyarrhythmiasAntiarrhythmic agentsSudden deathCardioverter defibrillatorResectionMortality figuresPatientsEffective interventionsGreatest overall benefitSurvivalGroupOverall benefitValuable alternative