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
2020
Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Gaudino M, Benedetto U, Fremes S, Ballman K, Biondi-Zoccai G, Sedrakyan A, Nasso G, Raman J, Buxton B, Hayward PA, Moat N, Collins P, Webb C, Peric M, Petrovic I, Yoo KJ, Hameed I, Di Franco A, Moscarelli M, Speziale G, Puskas JD, Girardi LN, Hare DL, Taggart DP. Association of Radial Artery Graft vs Saphenous Vein Graft With Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JAMA 2020, 324: 179-187. PMID: 32662861, PMCID: PMC7361649, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.8228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassSaphenous vein graftsComposite of deathRadial artery graftArtery bypassVein graftsRadial arteryMyocardial infarctionArtery graftCardiovascular outcomesClinical outcomesSaphenous veinLong-term cardiovascular outcomesPatient-level pooled analysisCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingArtery Bypass GraftingIndividual participant dataBypass GraftingAdult patientsComposite outcomeSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeRandomized trialsPooled analysisObservational study
2019
Characteristics and anatomic distribution of early vs late stroke after cardiac surgery
Ivascu NS, Khan FM, Rahouma M, Hameed I, Abouarab A, Segal AZ, Gaudino MFL, Girardi LN. Characteristics and anatomic distribution of early vs late stroke after cardiac surgery. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2019, 34: 684-689. PMID: 31212394, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate strokeOperative mortalityCardiac surgeryEarly strokePerioperative strokeOpen cardiac surgeryTime of presentationOpen heart surgeryImpact of strokeWeill Cornell MedicinePerioperative variablesAdult patientsAnterior circulationEmbolic eventsSecondary outcomesCardiopulmonary bypassLikely etiologyAnatomic distributionHeart surgeryRisk factorsAnatomic locationHigh incidencePatientsSurgeryStroke