2024
The management of heart failure cardiogenic shock: an international RAND appropriateness panel
Williams S, Kalakoutas A, Olusanya S, Schrage B, Tavazzi G, Carnicelli A, Montero S, Vandenbriele C, Luk A, Lim H, Bhagra S, Ott S, Farrero M, Samsky M, Kennedy J, Sen S, Agrawal R, Rampersad P, Coniglio A, Pappalardo F, Barnett C, Proudfoot A. The management of heart failure cardiogenic shock: an international RAND appropriateness panel. Critical Care 2024, 28: 105. PMID: 38566212, PMCID: PMC10988801, DOI: 10.1186/s13054-024-04884-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporary mechanical circulatory supportClinical practiceHF-CSCritical care admissionMulti-disciplinary panelRandomised controlled trialsClinical guidelinesAcutely decompensated chronic HFBackgroundObservational dataControlled trialsDecompensated chronic HFAppropriate methodologiesTrial designInternational expertsConclusionThis studyClinical trial designMechanical circulatory supportChronic HFCardiogenic shockClinical trialsAppropriate panelThoracic ultrasoundCirculatory supportLos AngelesPractice
2021
Electrical storm in patients with left ventricular assist devices: Risk factors, incidence, and impact on survival
Rehorn MR, Black-Maier E, Loungani R, Sen S, Sun AY, Friedman DJ, Koontz JI, Schroder JN, Milano CA, Khouri MG, Katz JN, Patel CB, Pokorney SD, Daubert JP, Piccini JP. Electrical storm in patients with left ventricular assist devices: Risk factors, incidence, and impact on survival. Heart Rhythm 2021, 18: 1263-1271. PMID: 33839327, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.03.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of VAsPerioperative mechanical circulatory supportAntiarrhythmic drug useMechanical circulatory supportVentricular arrhythmiasElectrical stormRisk factorsLVAD implantationCirculatory supportDrug useVentricular assist device implantationLeft ventricular assist deviceTime of LVADAssist device implantationObservational retrospective studyPopulation of patientsQuaternary care centerVentricular tachycardia ablationCox proportional hazardsDuke University HospitalVentricular assist deviceSympatholytic therapyMedical therapyCatheter ablationDevice implantationImpact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies
Chouairi F, Mullan CW, Sen S, Mori M, Fuery M, Elder RW, Lesse J, Norton K, Clark KA, Miller PE, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Impact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247789. PMID: 33651802, PMCID: PMC7924739, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseAllocation system changeHeart allocation systemNew heart allocation policyNew heart allocation systemTransplantation of patientsOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation outcomesPost-transplant survivalTime of transplantationMechanical circulatory supportRate of transplantationNumber of patientsHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemStatus 1ACardiac transplantAdult patientsSharing databaseWaitlist survivalCirculatory supportClinical benefitCongenital cardiomyopathyUnited NetworkCHD patients