2024
Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Utilizing a New Risk Score
Hajj-Ali A, Gaballa A, Akintoye E, Jadam S, Ramchand J, Xu B, Ospina S, Thamilarasan M, Smedira N, Popovic Z, Desai M. Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Utilizing a New Risk Score. JACC Advances 2024, 3: 101235. PMID: 39512540, PMCID: PMC11540864, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApical hypertrophic cardiomyopathyRight ventricular systolic pressureLeft atrial volume indexAtrial volume indexVentricular systolic pressureRisk scoreApical aneurysmEnd pointsHypertrophic cardiomyopathyMean left ventricle ejection fractionSystolic pressureLong-term outcomes of patientsApical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patientsVolume indexBaseline cardiac magnetic resonanceComposite primary end pointPrimary end pointOutcomes of patientsVentricle ejection fractionDelayed gadolinium enhancementCardiac magnetic resonanceComposite end pointLong-term outcomesComposite event rateLeft ventricle apex
2018
Comparison of In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With-Versus-Without Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Abubakar H, Subahi A, Adegbala O, Yassin A, Akintoye E, Abdulrahman A, Ahmed A, Alade A, Pahuja M, Afonso L. Comparison of In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With-Versus-Without Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 123: 414-418. PMID: 30545482, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.10.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular assist device placementPostoperative myocardial infarctionLength of stayHospital mortalityVascular complicationsLVAD placementMyocardial infarctionEnd pointLeft ventricular assist device placementNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseST-segment myocardial infarctionDevice placementPeriprocedural vascular complicationsHeart failure etiologyIn-Hospital OutcomesPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsClinical end pointsHospital-level characteristicsCost of hospitalizationHemorrhage requiring transfusionMixed-effects logistic modelHospital outcomesFailure etiologyIschemic cardiomyopathyFinancial Implications and Impact of Pre-existing Atrial Fibrillation on In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (from the National Inpatient Database)
Abubakar H, Yassin A, Akintoye E, Bakhit K, Pahuja M, Shokr M, Lieberman R, Afonso L. Financial Implications and Impact of Pre-existing Atrial Fibrillation on In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (from the National Inpatient Database). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2018, 121: 1587-1592. PMID: 29622287, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.02.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAortic Valve StenosisArrhythmias, CardiacAtrial FibrillationCardiac Pacing, ArtificialCardiac TamponadeComorbidityDatabases, FactualFemaleHeart ArrestHeart FailureHospital CostsHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayLinear ModelsLogistic ModelsMaleMyocardial InfarctionPacemaker, ArtificialPericardial EffusionPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative HemorrhageStrokeTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationPre-existing atrial fibrillationLength of stayPeriprocedural cardiac complicationsAortic valve implantationAtrial fibrillationCost of hospitalizationCardiac complicationsHospital mortalityEnd pointValve implantationLonger hospital LOSUnderwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve ImplantationPre-existing AFHospital LOSIncidence of AFLonger LOSNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseIn-Hospital OutcomesPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsClinical end pointsHospital-level characteristicsMixed-effects logistic modelTAVI patients
2017
Comparison of Hospital Outcome of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample)
Ando T, Akintoye E, Telila T, Briasoulis A, Takagi H, Slovut D, Schreiber T, Grines C, Afonso L. Comparison of Hospital Outcome of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 119: 1250-1254. PMID: 28219665, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedAged, 80 and overBlood TransfusionDatabases, FactualDiabetes MellitusExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationFemaleHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHospital CostsHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMaleMyocardial InfarctionPacemaker, ArtificialPostoperative ComplicationsSepsisTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementUnited StatesConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementTAVR patientsValve replacementDM patientsHospital outcomesOdds ratioOutcomes of TAVRTranscatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve ReplacementNationwide Inpatient Sample databasePrimary end pointNew pacemaker implantationDiabetes mellitus patientsMean hospitalization costAcute myocardial infarctionLength of staySAVR patientsSAVR proceduresCardiac complicationsCause mortalityPerioperative complicationsPostoperative sepsisRespiratory complicationsVascular complications