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Sex differences in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: a pooled analysis of individual patient data
Gaudino M, Di Franco A, Alexander JH, Bakaeen F, Egorova N, Kurlansky P, Boening A, Chikwe J, Demetres M, Devereaux PJ, Diegeler A, Dimagli A, Flather M, Hameed I, Lamy A, Lawton JS, Reents W, Robinson NB, Audisio K, Rahouma M, Serruys PW, Hara H, Taggart DP, Girardi LN, Fremes SE, Benedetto U. Sex differences in outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. European Heart Journal 2021, 43: 18-28. PMID: 34338767, PMCID: PMC8851663, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassIndividual patient dataMyocardial infarctionArtery bypassCause mortalityWorse outcomesMultiple arterial graftingPatient dataOff-pump surgeryOutcomes of womenCABG trialBaseline characteristicsPatients 75Secondary outcomesPrimary outcomeArterial graftingCox regressionPooled analysisSurgical techniqueHigh riskHigh incidenceSimilar mortalitySystematic reviewRisk adjustmentMortality
2020
Tricuspid Stenosis in Pregnancy A Valve-in-Valve Conundrum
Adejumo OL, Hameed I, Grossman T, Landres I, Tam C, Villena-Vargas J, Hill SS, Feldman DN, Minutello RM, Kim L, Bergman G, Wong SC, Salemi A, Singh HS. Tricuspid Stenosis in Pregnancy A Valve-in-Valve Conundrum. JACC Case Reports 2020, 2: 2141-2145. PMID: 34317125, PMCID: PMC8299855, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 regressionPatientsAngioVac 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