2018
Outcome After Operation for Aortic Dissection Type A in Morbidly Obese Patients
Kreibich M, Rylski B, Bavaria JE, Branchetti E, Dohle D, Moeller P, Vallabhajosyula P, Szeto WY, Desai ND. Outcome After Operation for Aortic Dissection Type A in Morbidly Obese Patients. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 106: 491-497. PMID: 29673638, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAortic AneurysmAortic DissectionBody Mass IndexBody WeightCohort StudiesComorbidityFemaleHospital MortalityHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidOdds RatioPostoperative ComplicationsPrognosisReference ValuesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsAortic dissection type AMorbidly obese patientsNormal weight patientsObese patientsSurgical repairWeight patientsDistal aortic repairImmediate surgical approachMore obese patientsCalculated blood volumeBody mass indexIntensive care unitLength of stayType AHospital mortalityHospital stayPostoperative complicationsAortic repairPostoperative outcomesCare unitClinical featuresClinical presentationMass indexNormal weightAdverse outcomes
2015
Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Definitive Surgical Repair After Post‐Myocardial Infarct Ventricular Septal Defect
Hobbs R, Korutla V, Suzuki Y, Acker M, Vallabhajosyula P. Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Definitive Surgical Repair After Post‐Myocardial Infarct Ventricular Septal Defect. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2015, 30: 535-540. PMID: 25940559, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular septal defectMechanical circulatory supportSurgical repairCirculatory supportMyocardial infarctionSeptal defectPost-MI ventricular septal defectExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridgeDefinitive surgical repairEmergent cardiac surgeryMultisystem organ failureEmergency surgeryCardiac surgeryMedical stabilizationOrgan failureSerious complicationsMortality ratePatientsSurgeryRepairComplicationsInfarction
2014
Distal aortic reintervention after surgery for acute DeBakey type I or II aortic dissection: open versus endovascular repair†
Rylski B, Beyersdorf F, Desai ND, Euringer W, Siepe M, Kari FA, Vallabhajosyula P, Szeto WY, Milewski RK, Bavaria JE. Distal aortic reintervention after surgery for acute DeBakey type I or II aortic dissection: open versus endovascular repair†. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2014, 48: 258-263. PMID: 25527171, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeBakey type IDistal reinterventionAortic reinterventionDissection repairEndovascular groupHospital mortalityAortic pathologyAcute aortic dissection repairAcute DeBakey type IType IAortic dissection repairDistal aortic pathologyDistal aortic reinterventionOpen repair patientsEndovascular patientsLate reinterventionSpinal ischaemiaAcute dissectionEndovascular repairAortic dissectionConsecutive patientsEndovascular approachSurgical repairTertiary centerMedian timeType A Aortic Dissection After Previous Cardiac Surgery: Results of an Integrated Surgical Approach
Rylski B, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Moser W, Vallabhajosyula P, Pochettino A, Szeto WY, Milewski RK. Type A Aortic Dissection After Previous Cardiac Surgery: Results of an Integrated Surgical Approach. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2014, 97: 1582-1589. PMID: 24629304, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DissectionBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationCardiac Surgical ProceduresCause of DeathCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospital MortalityHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsRadiographyReoperationRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics, NonparametricSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPrevious cardiac surgeryPCS patientsAortic dissectionCardiac surgeryAcute typeCardiac tamponadeHospital mortality risk factorsAcceptable postoperative mortalityPostoperative stroke ratePrior myocardial revascularizationA Aortic DissectionHospital mortality rateCoronary artery diseaseMortality risk factorsCoronary malperfusionHospital mortalityPostoperative mortalityAortic repairMyocardial revascularizationStanford typeArtery diseaseSurgical repairSurgical approachRisk factorsStroke rate