2024
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the volume, cost, and outcomes of cardiac electrophysiology procedures in the United States
Altibi A, Hashem A, Ghanem F, Sanghai S, Nazer B, Stecker E, Henrikson C. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the volume, cost, and outcomes of cardiac electrophysiology procedures in the United States. Heart Rhythm 2024, 21: 1121-1131. PMID: 38417597, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.02.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantationUnited StatesCardioverter-defibrillator implantationPermanent pacemakerEP proceduresCOVID-19 pandemicDeferral of elective proceduresDual-chamber permanent pacemakerAdverse in-hospital eventsNational Inpatient Sample databaseCardiac electrophysiology proceduresIn-hospital eventsInpatient Sample databaseProcedural trendsRevenue lossInternational Classification of DiseasesCases/million populationAblation proceduresArrhythmia ablationElectrophysiological proceduresDevice implantationImpact of COVID-19 pandemicClassification of DiseasesElective proceduresSample databaseImpact of concomitant surgical interventions on outcomes of septal myectomy in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Altibi A, Sapru A, Ghanem F, Zhao Y, Alani A, Cigarroa J, Nazer B, Song H, Masri A. Impact of concomitant surgical interventions on outcomes of septal myectomy in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. International Journal Of Cardiology 2024, 400: 131790. PMID: 38242508, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.131790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyMitral valve replacementCoronary artery bypass graftingConcomitant surgical interventionIn-hospital mortalitySeptal myectomyAdverse in-hospital eventsIn-hospital eventsSurgical interventionMV repairValve replacementHypertrophic cardiomyopathyOutcomes of septal myectomyAssociated with increased in-hospital mortalityOutcomes of patientsAortic valve replacementIn-hospital adverse eventsAdverse clinical eventsIsolated SMArtery bypass graftingIn-hospital deathNational Readmission DatabaseSymptomatic patientsMedical therapyAdverse events
2023
Hospital Procedural Volume and Clinical Outcomes Following Septal Reduction Therapy in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Altibi A, Ghanem F, Zhao Y, Elman M, Cigarroa J, Nazer B, Song H, Masri A. Hospital Procedural Volume and Clinical Outcomes Following Septal Reduction Therapy in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2023, 12: e028693. PMID: 37183831, PMCID: PMC10227305, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.028693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol septal ablationSeptal reduction therapyObstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathyIn-hospital mortalitySeptal ablationSeptal myectomyHypertrophic cardiomyopathyReduction therapyVolume-outcome relationshipVolume tertilesInverse volume-outcome relationshipPost-SMProcedure volumeIncidence of in-hospital deathAdverse in-hospital eventsIn-hospital eventsIn-hospital deathNational Readmission DatabaseHigh-volume hospitalsHospital procedure volumeAnnual procedure volumeClinical outcomesContemporary outcomesReadmissions DatabaseHospital volume
2022
Hospital procedural volume and clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement – US nationwide readmission database, 2016–2019
Altibi A, Ghanem F, Patel J, Al-Taweel O, Chadderdon S, Song H, Lantz G, Zahr F, Golwala H. Hospital procedural volume and clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement – US nationwide readmission database, 2016–2019. European Heart Journal 2022, 43: ehac544.2097. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve replacementHigh-volume centersTransfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacementNational Readmission DatabaseUS Nationwide Readmission DatabaseClinical outcomesHigh-volume hospitalsHospital procedure volumeProcedure volumePost-TAVRTAVR proceduresReadmission ratesReadmissions DatabaseHospital volumeTranscatheter aortic valve replacement outcomesCompare overall outcomesMultivariate logistic regression analysisHigh-volume TAVR centersDays post-TAVRTranscatheter aortic valve replacement casesAdverse in-hospital eventsAortic valve replacementHospital length of stayIn-hospital cardiac arrestAcute kidney injury