2022
Performance Of The MELDXI Score In A Modern Left Ventricular Assist Device Cohort
Stawiarski K, Agboola O, Costantino A, Raskhe A, Bonde R, Bonde P. Performance Of The MELDXI Score In A Modern Left Ventricular Assist Device Cohort. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: s79-s80. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.03.201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-operative adverse eventsMELD-XIAdverse eventsHigh riskCox proportional hazard ratiosLeft ventricular assist device placementRed blood cell transfusionVentricular assist device placementMELD-XI scorePerioperative transfusion requirementsPostoperative adverse eventsAdverse perioperative eventsBlood cell transfusionPost-operative bleedingProportional hazard ratiosDisease risk scoreKaplan-Meir plotsWilcoxon rank sum testLog-rank statisticsRank sum testDevice cohortLVAD candidatesTransfusion requirementsBaseline characteristicsCause mortality
2021
Exploring Preoperative Hypocalcemia as a Biomarker for Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Survival and Adverse Events
Stawiarski K, Agboola O, Bonde R, Bonde P. Exploring Preoperative Hypocalcemia as a Biomarker for Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Survival and Adverse Events. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2021, 40: s430. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse eventsHypocalcemia groupPreoperative hypocalcemiaCause mortalityRight ventricular assist device useLeft ventricular assist device placementChronic heart failure patientsVentricular assist device placementVentricular assist device useDurable LVAD implantationPerioperative renal failureChronic kidney diseaseHeart failure patientsMajority of patientsSerum calcium levelsPoor prognostic markerAbnormal calcium handlingKaplan-Meir plotsLog-rank statisticsCox modellingLVAD implantationLVAD placementPreoperative levelsProlonged intubationRenal failure
2020
Progress on Wireless LVAD and Energy Sources for Mechanical Circulatory Systems
Valdovinos J, Park J, Smith J, Bonde P. Progress on Wireless LVAD and Energy Sources for Mechanical Circulatory Systems. 2020, 609-620. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47809-4_39.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscutaneous energy transfer systemWireless power transferPower transferMechanical circulatory supportEnergy systemsDevice-related infectionsPump reliabilityPulsatile blood pumpMechanical circulatory systemsEnergy transfer systemBlood pumpEnergy sourcesPump technologyMechanical circulatory support devicesHeart failure patientsCirculatory support devicesTransfer systemContinuous-flow devicesFlow deviceMCS therapyAdverse eventsFailure patientsHospital readmissionCirculatory supportDevice implantationThe Effects of Less Invasive Extra-Pericardial Placement of Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Right Ventricular Failure in the Early Postoperative Period
Stawiarski K, Agboola O, Park J, Mangi A, Geirsson A, Bellumkonda L, Lee F, Chen M, Jacoby D, Chou J, Ahmad T, Testani J, McCloskey G, Bonde P. The Effects of Less Invasive Extra-Pericardial Placement of Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Right Ventricular Failure in the Early Postoperative Period. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s151-s152. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.1087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight ventricular failureVentricular failureMedian sternotomyLeft ventricular assist deviceBlood product useChest tube outputGiant cell myocarditisPoor surgical candidatesPulmonary vascular resistanceSingle-center experienceEarly postoperative periodStandard median sternotomyVentricular assist deviceMann-Whitney testIABP useINTERMACS profileMS implantationRVAD placementRVAD useLess transfusionRV dilationSurgical candidatesVascular resistanceAdverse eventsLVAD patients