2025
Association between three-dimensional right ventricular ejection fraction and in-hospital outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. A multicenter study
Posada-Martinez E, Ivey-Miranda J, Ortiz-Leon X, Arias-Godinez J, Fritche-Salazar J, Rodriguez-Zanella H, Ruiz Esparza-Dueñas M, Romero-Zertuche D, Silvestre-Flores I, Morales-Portano J, Orea-Tejeda A, Rojas-Serrano J, McNamara R, Reyes Lopez P, Sugeng L. Association between three-dimensional right ventricular ejection fraction and in-hospital outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. A multicenter study. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2025 PMID: 39984139, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2025.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight ventricular ejection fractionRV function parametersVentricular ejection fractionCardiac surgeryEuroSCORE IIPrimary outcomeEjection fractionMechanical ventilationMulticenter study of adult patientsRight ventricular (RV) functionParameters of RV systolic functionPredictors of in-hospital mortalityStudy of adult patientsFunction parametersRV systolic functionProspective multicenter studyAssociated with shorter timeAccurate risk stratificationEvaluation of patientsIn-hospital mortalityIn-hospital outcomesTemporary ventricular assist devicesTransesophageal echocardiogramExploratory endpointsPrimary endpointThree-dimensional right ventricular ejection fraction: a strong predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, a multicenter study.
Posada-Martinez E, Ivey-Miranda J, Ortiz-Leon X, Arias-Godinez J, Fritche-Salazar J, Rodriguez-Zanella H, Esparza M, Romero-Zertuche D, Silvestre-Flores I, Morales-Portano J, Mcnamara R, Sugeng L. Three-dimensional right ventricular ejection fraction: a strong predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, a multicenter study. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging 2025, 26: jeae333.356. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeae333.356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLower RV ejection fractionRV ejection fractionCardiac surgeryPredictors of outcomePrimary outcomeEjection fractionMulticenter studyMechanical ventilationRight ventricular (RV) functionCohort study of adult patientsLeft ventricular ejection fractionRV-pulmonary arterial couplingComposite of in-hospital mortalityMultivariate Cox regression modelStudy of adult patientsBackground Cardiac surgeryAortic valve repairRV function parametersVentricular ejection fractionAssociated with shorter timeEvaluation of patientsAssociated with in-hospital outcomesBaseline demographic characteristicsTomTec Imaging SystemsIn-hospital mortality
2008
Systolic Function as a Predictor of Mortality and Quality of Life in Long‐term Survivors with Heart Failure
McNamara R, Austin B, Wang Y, Smith G, Vaccarine V, Krumholz H. Systolic Function as a Predictor of Mortality and Quality of Life in Long‐term Survivors with Heart Failure. Clinical Cardiology 2008, 31: 119-124. PMID: 18383045, PMCID: PMC6653267, DOI: 10.1002/clc.20118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeEjection fractionHeart failureLong-term survivorsFunctional declineSystolic functionKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire scoreModest survival advantageReduced ejection fractionDaily living scoreDisease-related qualityPredictors of mortalityHeart failure patientsClinical summary scoreLong-term survivalHigh mortality rateKCCQ scoresRenal insufficiencyFailure patientsLiving scoreDiabetes mellitusOverall mortalityPrimary outcomeLimitation scoresQOL scores