2023
Outcomes of patients with advanced liver disease undergoing cardiac surgery
Pétursson I, Amabile A, Degife E, Morrison A, Waldron C, Bin Mahmood S, Ragnarsson S, Krane M, Geirsson A. Outcomes of patients with advanced liver disease undergoing cardiac surgery. JTCVS Open 2023, 16: 532-539. PMID: 38204635, PMCID: PMC10774984, DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced liver diseaseCTP class ALiver diseaseCardiac surgeryLogistic regression analysisInferior outcomesEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) scoreMultivariate logistic regression analysisCTP class BPugh class ALiver Disease scoreOutcomes of patientsPeripheral vascular diseaseRegression analysisClass AClass BChild-TurcotteHospital mortalityPerioperative outcomesPostoperative complicationsRenal failureIndependent predictorsFemale sexVascular diseaseRisk factorsMultidisciplinary Management of Opioid Use–Related Infective Endocarditis: Treatment, QTc Values, and Cardiac Arrests due to Ventricular Fibrillation
Rosenfeld L, Jain S, Amabile A, Geirsson A, Krane M, Weimer M. Multidisciplinary Management of Opioid Use–Related Infective Endocarditis: Treatment, QTc Values, and Cardiac Arrests due to Ventricular Fibrillation. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2023, 12: 882. PMID: 36769531, PMCID: PMC9917424, DOI: 10.3390/jcm12030882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac arrestVentricular fibrillationOpioid useGroup IMOUD useInfective endocarditisYale-New Haven HospitalGroup II patientsCardiac surgeryMultidisciplinary managementQTc prolongationII patientsCS patientsInjection useOpioid epidemicHistorical groupLong-term effectsDisorder treatmentPatientsQTc measurementsQTcHospitalizationEndocarditisSurgeryArrest
2021
The impact of trainees' working hour regulations on outcome in CABG and valve surgery in the State of New York
Amabile A, Mori M, Brooks C, Weininger G, Shang M, Fereydooni S, Komlo CM, Mullan CW, Hameed I, Geirsson A. The impact of trainees' working hour regulations on outcome in CABG and valve surgery in the State of New York. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 4582-4590. PMID: 34617327, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort-term outcomesRisk-adjusted mortality ratesDuty hour regulationsTeaching hospitalBetter short-term outcomesWorse short-term outcomesCoronary artery bypassDuty hour policiesOverall surgical volumeArtery bypassCABG surgeryValve surgeryCABG proceduresCardiac surgeryValve proceduresSurgical volumeFirst-year residentsHospital typeMortality rateSurgeryCABGCall dutiesReporting System dataGraduate Medical EducationOutcomes