2021
Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial
Gaudino M, Sanna T, Ballman KV, Robinson NB, Hameed I, Audisio K, Rahouma M, Di Franco A, Soletti GJ, Lau C, Rong LQ, Massetti M, Gillinov M, Ad N, Voisine P, DiMaio JM, Chikwe J, Fremes SE, Crea F, Puskas JD, Girardi L, Investigators P. Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an adaptive, single-centre, single-blind, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet 2021, 398: 2075-2083. PMID: 34788640, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02490-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPericardiotomy groupAtrial fibrillationCardiac surgeryIntervention groupVASc scoreHospital stayHospital dischargePericardial effusionCoronary arteryAortic valvePostoperative major adverse eventsPostoperative atrial fibrillationMajor adverse eventsLeft pleural cavityPostoperative pericardial effusionNew York Presbyterian HospitalEligible patientsITT populationMedian CHATreat populationWeill Cornell MedicinePostoperative complicationsAdult patientsAdverse eventsCommon complicationCardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Farrington WJ, Robinson NB, Rahouma M, Lau C, Hameed I, Iannacone EM, Ivascu NS, Mick SL, Gaudino MF, Girardi LN. Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2021, 34: 182-188. PMID: 33444770, PMCID: PMC7801821, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac surgeryCOVID-19 pandemicPerioperative COVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 negative patientsEmergency cardiac surgeryProper infection controlCardiac surgical careRecovery of patientsCardiac surgery outcomesCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19Preoperative demographicsHospital stayOperative mortalityAdult patientsNegative patientsPostoperative followPostoperative outcomesCardiopulmonary bypassMedian ageIntraoperative findingsPatient selectionMedian lengthSingle institutionInstitutional database
2019
AngioVac for extraction of venous thromboses and endocardial vegetations: A meta‐analysis
Hameed I, Lau C, Khan FM, Wingo M, Rahouma M, Leonard JR, Di Franco A, Worku BM, Salemi A, Girardi LN, Gaudino M. AngioVac for extraction of venous thromboses and endocardial vegetations: A meta‐analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 34: 170-180. PMID: 30843269, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rateThrombosis patientsOperative mortalityRecurrent thromboembolismVenous thrombosesVenous thrombiEndocardial vegetationsRight-sided vegetationsRandom-effects modelSuccessful removalHospital stayCardiac vegetationsOpen surgeryIntravascular thrombiPatientsEvent ratesMortalityAngioVacThrombusThromboembolismThrombosesSurgeryFollowEffects modelSystematic literature review