2024
Successful Investigational Phage Therapy for Pan-Resistant Bacterial Mediastinitis Following Type II Hybrid Aortic Arch Replacement
Hameed I, Ahmed A, Gandhi S, Nassiri N, Steinbacher D, Vallabhajosyula P. Successful Investigational Phage Therapy for Pan-Resistant Bacterial Mediastinitis Following Type II Hybrid Aortic Arch Replacement. JACC Case Reports 2024, 29: 102816. PMID: 39691337, PMCID: PMC11646902, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSternal wound infectionWound infectionPhage therapyStanford type B aortic dissectionThoracic endovascular aortic repairType B aortic dissectionMediastinal wound infectionsAortic arch surgeryAortic arch replacementDelayed sternal closureEndovascular aortic repairHybrid arch repairB aortic dissectionHybrid aortic arch replacementBacterial mediastinitisArch repairArch replacementArch surgeryAortic repairCardiac surgeryMediastinal drainsIntraoperative courseFlap reconstructionMorbid complicationSternal closure
2019
Cerebral protection strategies in aortic arch surgery: A network meta-analysis
Hameed I, Rahouma M, Khan FM, Wingo M, Demetres M, Tam DY, Lau C, Iannacone EM, Di Franco A, Palaniappan A, Anderson H, Fremes SE, Girardi LN, Gaudino M. Cerebral protection strategies in aortic arch surgery: A network meta-analysis. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2019, 159: 18-31. PMID: 30902473, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeep hypothermic circulatory arrestAntegrade cerebral perfusionRetrograde cerebral perfusionHypothermic circulatory arrestAortic arch surgeryCerebral perfusionCirculatory arrestArch surgeryPostoperative strokeSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeBilateral antegrade cerebral perfusionGeneric inverse variance methodCerebral protection strategiesCirculatory arrest durationTransient neurologic deficitsOperative mortality rateBetter postoperative outcomesInverse variance methodSystematic literature searchCerebral protectionOperative mortalityRespiratory complicationsNeurologic deficitsPostoperative outcomes