2024
Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Waldron C, Mori M, Krane M, Reinhardt S, Ahmad Y, Kaple R, Forrest J, Geirsson A. Implementing Formal Mitral Heart Team Improves Multidisciplinary Evaluation Rate and Survival of Patients With Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033324. PMID: 38390804, PMCID: PMC11179864, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere primary mitral regurgitationPrimary mitral regurgitationHeart failure symptomsMitral regurgitationMultidisciplinary evaluationPatient survivalHeart teamFailure symptomsSociety of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityThoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityImprove overall patient survivalCorrection of MRAssociated with lower oddsMultidisciplinary heart teamSurvival of patientsAssociated with higher oddsOverall patient survivalProportion of patientsRetrospective cohort studyCardiac surgery servicesHistory of MIOptimal treatment decisionsPropensity-score matchingRisk of mortalityStructural cardiology
2019
Predictors and Risk Calculator of Early Unplanned Hospital Readmission Following Contemporary Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement from the STS/ACC TVT Registry
Sanchez CE, Hermiller JB, Pinto DS, Chetcuti SJ, Arshi A, Forrest JK, Huang J, Yakubov SJ. Predictors and Risk Calculator of Early Unplanned Hospital Readmission Following Contemporary Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement from the STS/ACC TVT Registry. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2019, 21: 263-270. PMID: 31255552, DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2019.05.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor vascular complicationsAdvanced heart failure symptomsEarly hospital readmissionHeart failure symptomsHigh-risk subsetHospital readmissionMitral valve regurgitationReadmission riskVascular complicationsTVT RegistryUnplanned readmissionHome oxygenValve regurgitationAtrial fibrillationMultivariable predictorsValidation cohortDischarge planningRisk calculatorFailure symptomsSelf-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacementSTS/ACC TVT RegistryEarly unplanned hospital readmissionTranscatheter aortic valve replacementIndex hospitalization lengthAcute kidney injury