2023
Early Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Receiving Acute Mechanical Support in the US
Jang S, Webber F, Alam M, Bae J, Aggarwal A, Thomas A, Zarich S, Ahmad T, Miller P, Davila C. Early Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Receiving Acute Mechanical Support in the US. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2023, 2: 101185. PMID: 39131072, PMCID: PMC11308019, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute mechanical circulatory supportStress-induced cardiomyopathyRenal replacement therapyCardiogenic shockIndex hospitalizationReplacement therapyIntra-aortic balloon pumpAggressive hemodynamic supportHospital mortality rateNationwide Readmissions DatabaseMechanical circulatory supportFuture prospective studiesLarge national databaseObserved mortality differencesHospital mortalityMore comorbiditiesHospital deathHemodynamic supportBalloon pumpMembrane oxygenationClinical outcomesCirculatory supportProspective studyAdministrative databasesImpella
2021
Impact 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