2023
The Left Atrial Appendage and Atrial Fibrillation—A Contemporary Review
Sulague R, Whitham T, Danganan L, Effiom V, Candelario K, Latif N, Hameed I. The Left Atrial Appendage and Atrial Fibrillation—A Contemporary Review. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2023, 12: 6909. PMID: 37959374, PMCID: PMC10650862, DOI: 10.3390/jcm12216909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeft atrial appendageAtrial appendageAtrial fibrillationClinical utilityThrombus formationAtrial appendage occlusionGood alternative treatmentProcedure's clinical utilityThromboembolism prophylaxisThromboembolic eventsAppendage occlusionAlternative treatmentPatientsFibrillationContemporary reviewProphylaxis
2019
Effect of atrial pacing on post-operative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting: Pairwise and network meta-analyses
Ruan Y, Robinson NB, Naik A, Silva M, Hameed I, Rahouma M, Oakley C, Di Franco A, Zamvar V, Girardi LN, Gaudino M. Effect of atrial pacing on post-operative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting: Pairwise and network meta-analyses. International Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 302: 103-107. PMID: 31837901, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-operative atrial fibrillationCoronary artery bypassBiA pacingAtrial pacingArtery bypassSecondary outcomesAtrial fibrillationIncidence of POAFGeneric inverse variance methodRight atrial pacingInverse variance methodLargest risk reductionSystematic literature searchPOAF incidenceOperative mortalityPostoperative bleedingPrimary outcomePacing modalitiesClinical trialsLower incidencePacingLiterature searchIncidenceFibrillationRisk reduction