2024
Current practices in the management of temporary mechanical circulatory support: A survey of CICU directors in North America
Balgobind A, Pierce M, Alviar C, Barnett C, Barsness G, Chaudhry S, Chonde M, Cooper H, Daniels L, Gidwani U, Fordyce C, Goldfarb M, Katz J, Kontos M, Kwon Y, Liebner E, Liu S, Miller P, Newby L, O'Brien C, Papolos A, Pisani B, Potter B, Proudfoot A, Roswell R, Sinha S, Smith T, Thompson A, van Diepen S, Zakaria S, Morrow D, Villela M. Current practices in the management of temporary mechanical circulatory support: A survey of CICU directors in North America. American Heart Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly Serial Assessment of Aggregate Vasoactive Support and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock: Insights From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry
Patel S, Berg D, Bohula E, Baird-Zars V, Barsness G, Chaudhry S, Chonde M, Cooper H, Ginder C, Jentzer J, Kontos M, Miller P, Newby L, O’Brien C, Park J, Pierce M, Pisani B, Potter B, Shah K, Teuteberg J, Katz J, van Diepen S, Morrow D. Early Serial Assessment of Aggregate Vasoactive Support and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock: Insights From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry. Circulation Heart Failure 2024, 17: e011736. PMID: 38587438, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.124.011736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVasoactive-inotropic scoreCardiac intensive care unitVasoactive supportCardiogenic shockGradient of riskMechanical circulatory supportPatients admitted with CSCardiac intensive care unit admissionClinical decision-makingCritical Care Cardiology Trials NetworkIntensive care unitSCAI stagesNetwork registryCare unitTrials NetworkSOFA scoreMulticenter registryPrognostic associationMortalitySerial assessmentCirculatory supportSupportEarly changesScoresPatients
2023
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Kadosh B, Berg D, Bohula E, Park J, Baird-Zars V, Alviar C, Alzate J, Barnett C, Barsness G, Burke J, Chaudhry S, Daniels L, DeFilippis A, Delicce A, Fordyce C, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani U, Goldfarb M, Katz J, Keeley E, Kenigsberg B, Kontos M, Lawler P, Leibner E, Menon V, Metkus T, Miller P, O'Brien C, Papolos A, Prasad R, Shah K, Sinha S, Snell R, So D, Solomon M, Ternus B, Teuteberg J, Toole J, van Diepen S, Morrow D, Roswell R. Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. JACC Heart Failure 2023, 11: 903-914. PMID: 37318422, PMCID: PMC10527413, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitPulmonary artery catheterUse of PACHospital mortalityCare unitPAC useCardiac patientsCritical Care Cardiology Trials NetworkPulmonary artery catheter usePatient-level factorsIll cardiac patientsIntensive care unitMechanical circulatory supportCardiac critical careAppropriate useCardiogenic etiologyAdmission diagnosisShock patientsCatheter useArtery catheterCICU admissionHeart failureRandomized trialsCirculatory supportCritical care
2022
Characteristics, therapies, and outcomes of In-Hospital vs Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest in patients presenting to cardiac intensive care units: From the critical care Cardiology trials network (CCCTN)
Carnicelli A, Keane R, Brown K, Loriaux D, Kendsersky P, Alviar C, Arps K, Berg D, Bohula E, Burke J, Dixson J, Gerber D, Goldfarb M, Granger C, Guo J, Harrison R, Kontos M, Lawler P, Miller P, Nativi-Nicolau J, Newby L, Racharla L, Roswell R, Shah K, Sinha S, Solomon M, Teuteberg J, Wong G, van Diepen S, Katz J, Morrow D. Characteristics, therapies, and outcomes of In-Hospital vs Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest in patients presenting to cardiac intensive care units: From the critical care Cardiology trials network (CCCTN). Resuscitation 2022, 183: 109664. PMID: 36521683, PMCID: PMC9899313, DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitCritical Care Cardiology Trials NetworkOutcome of admissionIntensive care unitCardiac arrestCare unitContemporary cardiac intensive care unitsTertiary cardiac intensive care unitsTrials NetworkLower lactateLower crude mortalityRenal replacement therapyMechanical circulatory supportHospital cardiac arrestHospital mortalityIHCA patientsInvasive hemodynamicsCICU admissionIn-HospitalCoronary diseaseCrude mortalityHeart failureOHCA patientsAtrial fibrillationCirculatory supportStaffing models in the cardiac intensive care unit
Quien M, Thomas A, Ludmir J, Miller PE. Staffing models in the cardiac intensive care unit. Current Opinion In Critical Care 2022, 28: 453-459. PMID: 35757936, DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000958.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitContemporary cardiac intensive care unitsModern cardiac intensive care unitMechanical circulatory supportSick patient populationFuture multicenter studiesStaffing modelsPreponderance of dataShock teamRespiratory failureIll patientsCirculatory supportMulticenter studyCardiac arrestPatient populationCardiac intensivistsIll populationMortalityRecent evidenceIntensivistsPatientsRecent dataPopulation
2019
Clinical Implications of Respiratory Failure in Patients Receiving Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices for End-Stage Heart Failure
Miller PE, Caraballo C, Ravindra NG, Mezzacappa C, McCullough M, Gruen J, Levin A, Reinhardt S, Ali A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Clinical Implications of Respiratory Failure in Patients Receiving Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices for End-Stage Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure 2019, 12: e006369. PMID: 31707800, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.119.006369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDisease ProgressionFemaleFrailtyHealth StatusHeart FailureHeart-Assist DevicesHumansIntubation, IntratrachealLungMaleMiddle AgedProsthesis DesignQuality of LifeRecovery of FunctionRegistriesRespiratory InsufficiencyRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsMechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profile 1 patientsVentricular assist device implantationProfile 1 patientsAssist device implantationRespiratory failureInteragency RegistryLVAD implantationCirculatory supportDevice implantationMechanically Assisted Circulatory Support profile 1Right ventricular assist device implantationLeft ventricular assist device implantationAdvanced heart failure patientsEnd-stage heart failureMechanically Assisted Circulatory SupportAdvanced heart failure populationHeart failure populationHeart failure patientsLandmark clinical trialsMechanical circulatory supportContinuous-flow LVADVentricular assist devicePostimplant complicationsFailure patientsLVAD placement
2018
Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Alviar CL, Miller PE, McAreavey D, Katz JN, Lee B, Moriyama B, Soble J, van Diepen S, Solomon MA, Morrow DA, Group A. Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2018, 72: 1532-1553. PMID: 30236315, PMCID: PMC11032173, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.074.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsContemporary cardiac intensive care unitsPositive pressure ventilationInvasive positive pressure ventilationCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitCare unitPressure ventilationNoninvasive positive pressure ventilationMechanical positive pressure ventilationCardiogenic pulmonary edemaProportion of patientsManagement of patientsRisk of complicationsMechanical circulatory supportComplex patient populationRight ventricular physiologyCICU mortalityCardiogenic shockRespiratory failurePulmonary edemaCirculatory supportCardiac arrestPatient populationVentricular physiologyMedical complexity
2017
Advanced Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices for Cardiogenic Shock
Miller PE, Solomon MA, McAreavey D. Advanced Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices for Cardiogenic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 2017, 45: 1922-1929. PMID: 28857849, PMCID: PMC5640487, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000002676.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPercutaneous mechanical circulatory supportPercutaneous mechanical circulatory support devicesMechanical circulatory supportMechanical circulatory support devicesCirculatory support devicesCardiogenic shockExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationCirculatory supportMembrane oxygenationSupport devicesIntra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsationVeno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenationIntra-aortic balloon pumpGreater hemodynamic supportEarly coronary revascularizationSignificant vascular complicationsOngoing prospective studyBiventricular circulatory supportCoronary revascularizationHemodynamic supportStrength of associationVascular complicationsBalloon pumpComplication rateProspective study