2021
Relationship of surgeon experience and outcomes of surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease
Yousef S, Singh S, Mullan CW, Dey P, Mori M, Brooks C, Bin Mahmood SU, Hashim S, Vallabhajosyula P, Geirsson A. Relationship of surgeon experience and outcomes of surgery for degenerative mitral valve disease. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 2621-2627. PMID: 33896034, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDegenerative mitral valve diseaseMitral valve diseaseValve diseaseSurgeon experienceExperienced surgeonsShorter cross-clamp timeCox proportional hazards methodCross-clamp timeWorse comorbidity profileIndependent risk factorMitral valve surgeryOutcome of surgeryKaplan-Meier curvesMitral regurgitation recurrenceProportional hazards methodsOperations/yearValve surgeryEmergent operationMeier curvesPatient characteristicsRegurgitation recurrenceComorbidity profilesRisk factorsSevere MRHazards methods
2020
Combined Valve Operations in the Aortic and Mitral Positions With or Without Added Tricuspid Valve Repair
Faggion Vinholo T, Mori M, Mahmood SUB, Mullan CW, Weininger G, Yousef S, Geirsson A. Combined Valve Operations in the Aortic and Mitral Positions With or Without Added Tricuspid Valve Repair. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2020, 32: 665-672. PMID: 32060011, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.02.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble valve surgeryPerioperative adverse eventsTricuspid valve repairTricuspid regurgitationValve surgeryAdverse eventsValve repairMitral valveMitral positionValve functionTriple valve surgeryMid-term survivalLimited clinical evidenceSingle-institution seriesSubpopulation of patientsTricuspid valve functionMitral valve diseaseValve operationsLogistic regression modelsSignificant additional riskMultivalve surgeryPostoperative echocardiogramsPatient comorbiditiesMultivariable analysisClinical evidence