2021
Impact of chronic lung disease on quality‐of‐life outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Catalano MA, Lin D, Mullan CW, Cassiere H, Rutkin B, Maurer G, Berg J, Hartman A, Yu P. Impact of chronic lung disease on quality‐of‐life outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 672-677. PMID: 33403744, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementChronic lung diseaseAortic valve replacementAortic stenosisLung diseaseValve replacementKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12Concomitant severe aortic stenosisLower baseline ejection fractionPreoperative pulmonary function testsSTS Predicted RiskSevere aortic stenosisBaseline ejection fractionPeripheral artery diseasePulmonary function testsObstructive lung diseaseSignificant differencesKCCQ-12TAVR patientsPostoperative outcomesSymptomatic improvementArtery diseaseEjection fractionRetrospective reviewFunction tests
2020
Psychiatric Comorbidity and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for End-Stage Heart Failure
Mullan C, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, McCullough M, Brown K, Aw TW, Gruen J, Clarke JD, Velazquez EJ, Geirsson A, Mori M, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Psychiatric Comorbidity and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for End-Stage Heart Failure. JACC Heart Failure 2020, 8: 569-577. PMID: 32535119, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2020.03.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric comorbidityMajor psychiatric illnessNarcotic dependencePsychiatric illnessAdverse eventsHeart failureAlcohol abuseKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire scoreDrug useVentricular assist device implantationEnd-stage heart failureMechanically Assisted Circulatory SupportAssist device implantationEnd-stage heartRisk of rehospitalizationContinuous-flow LVADRisk of mortalityVulnerable patient populationVentricular assist deviceDevice-related infectionsInteragency RegistryLVAD recipientsSpecific psychiatric conditionsClinical outcomesPatient selectionClinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation
Mullan C, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Mori M, McCullough M, Clarke JD, Anwer M, Velazquez EJ, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Clinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: 926-933. PMID: 32593561, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConcomitant tricuspid valve proceduresTricuspid valve proceduresSevere tricuspid regurgitationTricuspid regurgitationLVAD implantationValve proceduresLeft ventricular assist device implantationVentricular assist device implantationDegree of TREnd-stage heart failureAssist device implantationRisk of bleedingCases of mildContinuous-flow LVADVentricular assist deviceInteragency RegistryAdult patientsAdverse eventsSurvival benefitHeart failureClinical outcomesDevice implantationTR severityQOL outcomesClinical impact