2021
Racial Differences in In-Hospital Outcomes after the Use of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Heart Transplant
Siddiqui E, Okoh A, Tibuakuu M, Hirji S, Hameed I, Osho A, Singh S, Grewal J, Montgomery M, Camacho M, Bravo C. Racial Differences in In-Hospital Outcomes after the Use of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Heart Transplant. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2021, 40: s404-s405. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTemporary mechanical circulatory supportMechanical circulatory supportHospital mortalityHeart transplantCirculatory supportRacial differencesAcute kidney injuryAllocation system changeIn-Hospital OutcomesNon-home dischargeIncidence of MACENational Inpatient SampleMultivariable logistic regressionHeart allocation systemTransplant allocation systemHospital complicationsPrior pacemakerPulmonary complicationsHospital deathHospital outcomesKidney injuryCardiac tamponadeDischarge dispositionIndependent predictorsInpatient Sample
2019
Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on the outcomes of open repair of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms
Gambardella I, Gaudino MFL, Rahouma M, Farrington WJ, Khan FM, Hameed I, Lau C, Iannacone E, Girardi LN. Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on the outcomes of open repair of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2019, 161: 534-541.e5. PMID: 31924362, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionDepressed left ventricular ejection fractionVentricular ejection fractionCubic spline analysisOperative mortalityIndependent predictorsAdverse eventsEjection fractionWorse long-term survivalRisk of MAEThoracoabdominal aneurysm repairWorse preoperative profilesMajor adverse eventsSpline analysisLong-term survivalTAAA repairThoracoabdominal aneurysmsOpen repairAneurysm repairThoracic aneurysmCox regressionPreoperative profilesMortalityMultivariate regressionPatients