Cardiac Surgery Presentations and Research

This quarterly report is a summary of the monthly Faculty Research Newsletter. Journal links within the publications below may require subscriptions or a log-in through the Columbia library while PubMed links are accessible to all.

Presentations

June 2019

Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting
Sitges, Spain, April 11-13, 2019

  • Blitzer D, LaPar D, Olds A, Ferris A, Solowiejczyk D, Snyder M, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Aortic Valve Neocuspidization in a Pediatric Population: An Early Single Center Experience. Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting, Sitges, Spain, April 11-13, 2019.
  • Olds A, Kazzi B, Liava’a M, Crystal M, Torres A, LaPar D, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Comparing Supraannular Melody Valve Implantation to Mechanical Valves for Pediatric Mitral Valve Replacement.
  • Tohme S, Jiang S, Shah A, Freud L, Ferrari G, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Ross Procedure in Neonate and Infant Populations: A Meta-analysis Review.

American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 99th Annual Meeting
Toronto, Canada, May 4-7, 2019

  • Ando M, Takayama H, Kurlansky PA, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Ono M, Takeda K. Contemporary Outcomes of Multiorgan Heart Transplantation in the United States – Are We Going in the Right Direction?
  • Bacha E. Management of Neoaortic Root Dilation After Arterial Switch Operation and Damus-Kaye-Stanzel.
  • Bacha EA. How I Do It: Pulmonary Valve Preserving Strategies.
  • Bacha EA. Reoperations in Adults with Previous Congenital Heart Surgery.
  • Bapat V. Transapical Mitral Valve Replacement.
  • Bapat VN. Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Ring.
  • Coselli JS, Preventza O, Malaisrie SC, Stewart A, Stelzer P, Roselli EE, Patel HJ, Gleason TG, Chen EP, Estrera A, Bavaria JE, Takayama H, Girardi LN, Fischbein MP, LeMaire SA. Hybrid Frozen Elephant Trunk Device for Transverse Aortic Arch Replacement: Early Results from a US IDE Trial.
  • Edelman J, Baron SJ, Arnold SV, Cohen DJ, Alu MC, Wang K, Zhang Z, Svensson LG, Kapadia S, Kodali S, George I, Makkar R, Bavaria JE, Szeto W, Hermann H, Babaliaro V, Shults C, Satler LF, Ailawadi G, Maniar H, Hahn RT, Leon MB, Mack MJ, Thourani VH. Impact of Peri-procedural Complications on Mortality and Cost After TAVR or SAVR: Results from the PARTNER 2A Randomized Trial.
  • George I. Hybrid Approaches to Combined Valvular and Coronary Disease.
  • George I, Emerging Transcatheter Therapies for Tricuspid Valve Disease.
  • Griffith BP, Bavaria J, Gammie JS, Heimansohn DA, Rozanski J, Bilewska A, Johnston D, Blackstone EH, Sadowski J, Bartus K, Girardi LN, Beaver T, Takayama H, Smith CR, Mumtaz MA, Halkos M, Rosengart T, Starnes V, Boateng P, Timek TA, Ryan W, Omar S, Svensson LG, Puskas JD.
  • Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement with a Bioprosthetic Valve with a Novel Tissue.
  • Hozain HE, O’Neill JD, Tipograf Y, Pinezich MR, Cunningham KM, Queen DS, Guenthart B, Kim J, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Bacchetta M. Normothermic Maintenance of Extracorporeal Lung for Four Days Using Cross-Circulation with a Conscious Swine Host.
  • Klautz RJ, Dagenais F, Labrousse L, Bapat VN, Moron M, Misfeld M, Kappetein P, Sabik JF. Insights Into Medication Use and Bleeding Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement With a Novel Low-Profile Stented Bovine Pericardial Bioprosthesis: Three-Year Outcomes.
  • Leon MB, Mack MJ, Alu MC, Makkar R, Thourani VH, Kodali S, Kapadia S, Szeto WY, Russo M, Williams MR, Malaisrie C, Pibarot P, Goldman S, Webb J, Cohen DJ, Smith CR. The PARTNER 3 Low-Risk TAVR Trial: Detailed Analysis of Primary Endpoint Components and Key Secondary Endpoints.
  • Naka Y. When to Use Central Mechanical Support Devices.
  • Saha A, Kurlansky P, Ning Y, Sanchez J, Garan AR, Cevasco M, Witer LJ, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Improving Outcomes of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Post-Cardiotomy Shock: A 12-Year, Single-Center Analysis.
  • Sanchez JE, Garan AR, Kirtane A, Cevasco M, Kurlansky PA, Masoumi A, Brodie D, Karmpaliotis D, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Impact of a Multidisciplinary Shock Team on Extracorporeal Membrane Osygenation Therapy in Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Smith CR, Moderator, AATS President’s Master Class: Managing Complications After Valve Surgery.
  • Smith CR. Invited Discussant. Appropriateness of 30-Day Mortality Versus 90-Day Mortality as a Quality Metric for Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes.

Pediatric Cardiology Society of Greater New York Annual Meeting
New York, May 28, 2019

  • Al Haddad E, Blitzer D, Anderson B, Ferris A, Krishnan U, Freud L, Richmond M, Corda R, LaPar D, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Outcomes and Predictors of Atrioventricular Valve Repaiin Patients with Single-Ventricle Physiology.
  • Blitzer D, LaPar D, Olds A, Ferris A, Solowiejczk D, Freud L, Starc T, Snyder M, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Aortic Valve Neocuspidization (Ozaki technique) in a Pediatric Population: An Early Single Center Experience.
  • Olds A, Blitzer D, Al hadda E, Kazzi B, Anderson B, Vincent J, Turner ME, Flynn P, Crystal MA, Torres A, Marans Z, LaPar D, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. A Comparison of the Ross Procedure and Prosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement in Children and Young Adults with Congenital Aortic Valve Disease in the Current Era.
  • Olds A, Kazzai B, Liava M, Crystal M, Torres A, LaPar D, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Comparing Supraannular Melody Valve Implantation to Mechanical Valves for Pediatric Mitral Valve Replacement.
  • Tohme S, Jiang S, Shah A, Freud L, Ferrari G, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Ross Procedure in Neonate and Infant Populations: A Meta-analysis Review.

May 2019

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
Orlando, FL, April 3-6, 2019

  • Akiyama K, Colombo PC, Stohr EJ, Ji R, Jimenez OG, Wu I, Shames S, Itatani K, Miyazaki S, Furusawa T, Nishino T, McDonnell BJ, Garan AR, Naka Y, Takeda K, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M. Blood Flow Kinetic Energy of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: A Marker for Right Ventricular Global Systolic Function.
  • Akiyama K, Ji R, Castagna F, Pinsino A, Cockcroft JR, Yuzefpolskaya, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Ross K, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, McDonnell BJ, Colombo PC, Wiley JZ, EJ Stohr. Wall Shear Stress in the Middle Cerebral Artery of HM II Patients – A Prospective, Mechanistic Study Using Vector Flow Mapping.
  • Akiyama K, Ji R, Stohr EJ, Jimenez OG, Wu I, Itatani K, Miyazaki S, Furusawa T, Nishino T, McDonnell BJ, Garan AR, Yuzefpolskaya, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K, Takayama H. Assessment of Wall Shear Stress on the Aortic Valve in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device Using Vector Flow Mapping.
  • Akiyam K, Stohr EJ, Ji R, Jimenez OG, Wu I, Itatani K, Miyazaki S, Furusawa T, Nishino T, McDonnell BJ, Garan AR, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K. Novel Approach to Assess Intraventricular Pressure Difference in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device during Ramp Study.
  • Axelrad J, Faye AS, Pinsino A, Cagliostro B, Thanataveerat A, Effner L, Pineda FM, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Gonda T, Yuzefpolskaya. Prospective Validation of the First Endoscopic Management Algorithm for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Batra J, Jennings DL, Garan AR, Truby LK, Takeda K, Takayama H, Restaino S, Latif F, Haythe J, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Farr MA, Topkara VK. Early Infection Risk Associated with Induction Immunosuppression after Cardiac Transplant in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Batra J, Jennings D, Garan AR, Truby LK, Latif F, Restaino S, Hayth J, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo P, Farr M, Topkara VK. Outcomes after Early Initiation of mTOR-Inhibitors in Adult Cardiac Transplant Recipients.
  • Cagliostro B, Zuver AM, Effner L, Parkis G, Mondelini GM, Royzman EA, Bravo CA, Te-Frey R, Lin EF, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya. Pre-LVAD Blood-Borne Infection is a Harbinger of Poor Prognosis after LVAD Implantation.
  • Cevasco M, Naka Y, Saha A, Garan AR, Witer L, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Melehy A, Fried J, Yusefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takayama H, Takeda K. Concurrent Mitral Valve Repair during Placement of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device.
  • Cevaasco M, Saha A, Garan AR, Witer L, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Yusefpolskaya M, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Incidence and Outcomes of Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Postcardiotomy Shock.
  • Colombo PC, Castagna F, Onat D, Lagana SM, Ka, Royzman EA, Faye AS, Axelrad JE, Gonda TA, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Parkis, Yuzefpolskaya M, Demmer R. Experimental Venous Congestion Causes Peripheral Release of Angiopoietin-2 and Tissue Necrosis Factor-α – A New Insight into the Pathophysiology of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in CF-LVAD Patients.
  • Coromilas EF, Takeda K, Ando M, Cevasco M, Green P, Karmpaliotis D, Topkara V, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takayama H, Naka Y, Burkhoff D, Colombo PC, Garan AR. Limitations of Preoperative Right Ventricular Failure Assessment in Patients Undergoing LVAD Insertion.
  • Defilippis EM, Garan AR, Givens RC, Truby LK, Latif F, Restaino SW, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Farr MA, Topkara VK. Regional Variation in Utilization of Hepatitis C-Positive Organs for Heart Transplantation in the United States.
  • DeFilippis EM, Garan AR, Givens RC, Truby LK, Latif F, WS Restaino SW, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Farr, Topkara VK. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Heart Transplant Recipients with Allograft Failure.
  • DeFilippis EM, Givens RC, Garan AR, Latif F, Restaino SW, Naka Y, Takeda K, Takayama H, Colombo PC, Farr MA, Topkara VK. Characteristics and Short-Term Outcomes of Hepatitis C Antibody Positive Organs for Heart Transplantation: UNOS Analysis.
  • Fried JA, Cevasco M, Witer L, Masoumi A, Brodie D, Griffith J, Topkara V, Clerkin K, Zuver A, Karmpaliotis D, Kirtane A, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Naka Y, Colombo P, Takeda K, Garan AR. Predictors of Survival to Discharge and Ventricular Recovery after VA-ECMO Support for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Fried JA, Lumish H, Zuver AM, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Cagliostro B, Parkis G, Cevasco M, Pineda MT, Mondellini GM, Ross K, Witer L, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Yuzefpolskaya M, Demmer RT, Colombo PC. Presence of Left Atrial or eft Ventricular Thrombus at the Time of CF-LVAD Implantation is Associated with Increased Post-Operative Risk of Stroke or Death.
  • Gaudig A, Mondellini GM, Toma K, Pinsino A, TeFrey R, Parkis G, Dominguez M, Masoumi A, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Colombo PC, Radhadrishnan J, Yuzefpolskaya M. Long- and Short-Term Changes in Serum Creatinine Prior to LVAD Surgery are Associated with Postoperative Outcomes.
  • Griffin JM, Lewis MJ, Yuzefpolskaya M, Cevasco M, TeFrey R, Tiburcio M, Ginns J, Elder RW, Rosenbaum M, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Takeda K, Axsom KM, Naka Y. HeartWare LVAD in Adult Patients with Complex Single Ventricle Physiology and Failed Systemic Ventricle.
  • Jennings DL, Ferreira BBD, Zuver A, Drew O, Gaine M, Royzman E, Hupf J, Farr M, Latif F, Restaino S, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Demmer R, Yuzefpolskaya M. Gut Microbial Diversity, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress is Associated with Tacrolimus Dosing Requirements Early after Heart Transplant.
  • Ji R, Akiyama K, Castagna F, Pinsino A, Cockcroft JR, Yuzefpolskaya M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Pineda MT, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, McDonnell B, Stohr EJ, Wiley JZ. Metabolic Vasoreactivity in the Middle Cerebral Artery of Heart Failure Patients with and without Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Support.
  • Krause M, Hastie J, Panzer O, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M, Naka, Takayama H, Sladen RN. Preemptive Hemodynamic Transesophageal Echocardiography after Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
  • Lumish H, Hupf JC, Latif F, Haythe JH, Farr MA, Zuver AM, Antler KL, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Gender Bias in LVAD Referral Patterns – A Survey of Patients and Providers.
  • Malick W, Fried JA, Takeda K, Zuver A, Cevasco M, Witer L, Masoumi A, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Karmpaliotis D, Kirtane A, Garan AR. Hemodynamic Support with Intra Aortic Balloon Pump Differs by Etiology of Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Melehy A, Seres D, Mullen H, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Garan AR, Topkara V, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Comprehensive Nutrition Assessment before Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Chronically Ill Hospitalized Patients.
  • Nishikawa M, Wiley J, Garan AR, Cevasco M, Witer L, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Kirtane A, Brodie D, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Incidence and Outcome of Neurological Complications in Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Nakagawa S, Ando M, Takeda K, Rosen A, Takayama H, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Blinderman CD. Difficulty in Dying on LVAD: A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Associated with Time to LVAD Withdrawal.
  • Nishikawa M, Wiley J, Garan AR, Cevasco M, Witer L, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Kirtane A, Brodie D, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Occurrence and Clinical Patterns of Stroke Based on Arterial Cannulation Strategy during Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support.
  • Pinsino A, Gaudig A, Hoffman KL, D’Angelo D, Royzman EA, Mondellini GM, Castagna F, Zuver AM, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC. Digoxin is Associated with Decreased Survival Free from Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events in LVAD Patients – A Propensity Score Matched Analysis.
  • Pinsino A, Gaudig A, Royzman EA, Dominguez MB, Radhakrishnam J, Toma K, Zuver AM, Tiburcio M, Topkara V, Masoumi A, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Faillace RT, Demmer RT, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Cystatin C is Superior to Creatinine for Prediction of Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing LVAD Implant.
  • Royzman EA, Mondellini GM, Zuver AM, Bravo CA, Brunjes DL, Onat D, Mabasa M, Hupf JC, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya. Associations among Biomarkers of Congestion, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure, LVAD and Heart Transplant.
  • Ruan D, Farr M, Topkara V, Garan AR, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Routine Right Heart Catheterization in LVAD Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant: What is the Appropriate Surveillance Interval?
  • Saha A, Jennings DL, Sanchez J, Melehy A, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Farr MA, Takayama, Naka Y, Takeda K. Effect of Methylene Blue Administration on Vasoplegia Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
  • Salna M, Garan AR, Kirtane A, Karmpaliotis P, Green P, Vahl T, Takayama H, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Novel Percutaneous Dual Lumen Cannula Right Ventricular Assist Device Provides Effective Support for Patients after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
  • Salna M, Garan AR, Takayama H, Cevasco M, Liter LJ, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Brodie D, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. 10-Year Outcomes of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at a Tertiary Center.
  • Sanchez JE, Farr M, Restaino S, Jennings D, Topkara V, Garan AR, Kurlansky P, Colombo P, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Peri-Operative Serum Amiodarone Levels are Not Predictive of Graft Dysfunction in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.
  • See SB, Pinsino A, Kunimune N, Onat D, Hittesdorf E, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K, Colombo PC, Wagener G, Yuzefpolskaya M, Zorn E. Natural Antibodies and Left Ventricular Assist Device Complications.
  • Stohr EJ, Ji R, Akiyama K, Castagna F, Pinsino A, Cockrcroft JR, Yuzefpolskaya M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Te-Frey RT, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Wiley JZ, McDonnell BJ. A Comparison of Middle Cerebral Artery and Central Retinal Artery Hemodynamics in HM II Patients.
  • Takeda K, Farr MA, Garan AR, Topkara V, Marisa C, Witer L, Restaino S, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Naka Y. 1-Year Graft Function and Hemodynamics in Heart Transplant Patients Who Experienced Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction.
  • Yuzefpolskaya M, Bohn B, Onat D, Zuver A, Brunjes DL, Royzman EA, Pinsino A, Antler KL, Hupf JC, Dominguez MB, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Demmer RT. Longitudinal Trends in Gut Microbial Community Diversity among HF Patients Undergoing LVAD.
  • Zuver AM, Hoffman KL, D’Angelo D, Onat D, Royzman EA, Hupf JC, Brunjes DL, Mondellini GM, Barvo CA, Tiburcio M, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Demmer RT, Yuzefpolskaya. Microbiome-Derived TMAO Exhibits No Protective Effect against GIB in LVAD Patients.
  • Zuver AM, Royzman EA, Bohn BDF, Brunjes DL, Nasiri Ahmadabadi M, Latif F, Farr MA, Restaino SW, Garan AR, Takayama H, Takeda K, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Yuzefpolskaya M. Exploring Sex Differences in Gut Microbial Diversity, Endotoxemia, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Assist Device, and Heart Transplant Patients.

April 2019

American College of Cardiology 68th Annual Sessions
New Orleans, LA, March 16-18, 2019

  • Anderson BR, Dragan K, Glied S, Woo J, LaPar D, Billings J. Building capacity to assess longitudinal outcomes and health expenditures for children with congenital heart diseases.
  • Bacha E. Aortic valve replacement for congenital aortic valve disease (in session titled Cutting Edge of Congenital Aortic Valve Disease).
    Castillero E, Akashi H, Wang C, Najjar M, Ruiping J, Liao X, Mills A, Alhau R, Yong K, Kiperman J, John J, Homma S, Topkara V, Takeda K, Naka Y, Ferrari G, Colombo P, Schulze C, George I. Bone morphogenic protein-1/tolloid-like metalloproteinase upregulation profile in human and murine ischemic heart failure.
  • Chiu L, Farr M, Axsom K, Colombo P, De Los Santos J, Garan AR, Goldsmith J, Haythe J, Helmke S, Horn E, Latif F, Lee SH, Lin E, Naka Y, Restaino S, Takayama H, Takeda K, Teruva S, Yuzefpolskaya M, Maurer M. Outcomes after heart transplantation for light-chain compared to transthyretin amyloidosis.
  • Gatzoflias S, Beier M, Gailes M, Guaman K, Segall M, Vasireddi A, Wang C, Takayama H, Bapat V, Naka Y, Argenziano M, Smith C, Kurlansky P, George I. Efficacy of surgical and medical intervention for treatment of left-sided infective endocarditis.
  • George I. Bicuspid aortic valve TAVR is not ready for prime time, SAVR is better.
  • Nouri SN, Madhaven M, Lumish HS, Lavelle M, Gavalas M, Brown T, Li J, Rosenzweig EB, Parikh S, Kirtane A, Garan A, Brodie D, Agerstrand C, Takeda K, Sethi S, Green P, Einstein A. Pulmonary embolism response teams: Do they result in better outcomes in severe pulmonary embolism? A single center retrospective analysis.
  • Tang D, Pianka M, Lifrieri A, Wang C, Armenta P, Guaman K, Alhau R, Vasireddi A, Agarwal V, Wolbinski M, Rubin J, Khera S, Ng V, Patel A, Vahl T, Khalique O, Bapat VN, Leon M, Hahn R, Nazif T, Kodali S, George I. Predictors of worsening or persistent tricuspid regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
  • Zaid S, Kamioka N, Terre J, Miyasaka M, Hirji S, Hensey M, Geloo N, Petrossian G, Robinson N, Sarin E, Yoon SH, George I, Kaneko T, Shah P, Sharma K, Szerlip M, Don C, Ahmad H, Kini A, Mack M, Webb J, Babliaros V, Kodali S, Makkar R, Tang G. 1-Year results of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in extremely large annuli>683mm2 with Edwards Sapien 3 valve: A multicenter experience.

February 2019

55th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
San Diego, CA, January 27-29, 2019

  • Isaac George
    –Tech-Con Adult Cardiac Track I: New Technologies in Ischemic, Heart Failure, and Atrial Fibrillation Surgery.
    –Treating Heart Failure With MitraClips: Is It Ready for Prime Time?
    –Course Director: Essentials of TAVR.
  • Syed T. Raza: "Shark Tank"— Rapid and Leakproof Aortic Anastomosis Stapler.
  • Blitzer D, Guariento A, Shin B, Moskowitzova K, Ramirez-Barbieri G, Orfani A, del Nido PJ, McCully JD. Delayed Mitochondrial Transplantation by Intracoronary Injection for Myocardial Salvage After Ischemia Reperfusion Injury.
  • Kari FA, Bohnens H, Bierbach BO, Bacha EA, Stiller B, Bauer U. Complex Transposition Repair: Up to 30 Years of Follow-Up.
  • LaPar DJ, Chave M, Borisuk MJ, Emani SM, Kaza AK, del Nido PJ, Friedman KG, Baird CW.Definitive Repair of Neonatal Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defects in the Modern Surgical Era.
  • Zenilman AL, Blitzer D, Anderson BR, Kalfa DM, Chai PJ, Bacha EA, LaPar DJ. Williams Syndrome: A 24-Year, Single-Institution Evaluation of Outcomes and Risk of Long-Term Reintervention.

November 2018

32nd Annual Congress of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
Milan, Italy, October 18-20

  • Schwann T, Habib R, Kurlansky P, Shahian D, Gaudino M, Wallace A, Engoren M, Tranbaugh R. Operative Outcomes of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery versus Left Internal Thoracic Artery/Radial Artery Multi-Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Report from the STS Database.
  • Kalfa D. Session moderator: Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect.

46th Annual Meeting, Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society
Chicago, IL, October 21-22, 2018

  • Nakamura Y, Levasseur S, Shah A, Freud L, Cheliah A, Chai P, Quaegebeur J, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Results after repair of D-transposition of the great arteries with VSD and left ventricular outflow obstruction.
  • Olds A, Kazzi B, Liava’a M, Crystal M, Torres A, LaPar D, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Comparative Outcomes of Pediatric Melody Valve and Mechanical Valve Replacement in the Mitral Position.
  • Stephens EH, Shakoor A, Jacobs SE, Okochi S, Zenilman A, Middlesworth W, LaPar DJ, Chai P, Kalfa D, Bacha E, Cheung EW. Characterization of ECMO support for single-ventricle patients.

TCT (Transcatheter Therapeutics) 2018
San Diego, CA, September 18-25, 2018

  • Bapat V:
    –Tricuspid Repair/Replacement Devices, Moderator
    –CT Imaging and Screening the Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Patient
    –How to Approach Aortic and Mitral Valve-in-Valve Interactive Training–
    –TAVR Valve in Valve, Valve in Ring, Valve in MAC and Valve in Bicuspid AS, Moderator
    –Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Failure: Valve-in-Valve Treatment, Valve Leaflet
    –Thrombosis, and Valve Durability, Discussant
    –Trans-Catheter Mitral Valve Intervention, Moderator
    –Trans-Catheter Mitral Valve Intervention: Technical and Clinical Lessons Learned from Early Human Clinical Studies, Featured Lecture
  • George I:
    –A Curious Case of Surgical TR Repair Case Presentation Outcome and Lessons Learned
    –Trans-septal Crossing for Mitral Using TEE and 3D Volume ICE Interactive Training
    –Trans-septal Crossing for LAA Using TEE and 3D Volume ICE Interactive Training
    –TAVR Innovation and Ancillary Technologies, Discussant
  • Takayama H:
    –Endografting in Type A Dissection With Case Examples
    –Operative Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
    –VA ECMO Is Best Implemented by the Cardiac Surgeon, Flash Debate

August 2018

Annual meeting of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 13-16, 2018

  • Raza ST, Further Refinements in Aortic Anastomosis Stapling Device, Best Poster Presentation Award.

51st Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
Ocean Reef, FL, July 13-15, 2018

  • Kurlansky P. Arterial grafting: Everything old is new again.
  • Kurlansky P. Transparency of cardiothoracic results reporting.

June 2018

American Association for Thoracic Surgery 98th Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA, April 28-May 1, 2018

  • DeRose JJ, Mancini D, Chang HL, Gillinov AM, Dagenais F, Ailawadi G, Perrault LP, Parides MK, Taddeio-Peters WC, Mack MJ, Glower D, Yerokun B, Athur P, Mullen JC, Puskas JD, O’Sullivan K, Sledzo-Joyce NM, Tremblay H, Moquete E, Ferke BS, Moskowitz AJ, Iribarne A, Gelifins AC, O’Gara P, Argenziano M. Title: Risk Factor sand Outcomes of Pacemaker Implantation after Concomitant Mitral Valve Surgery and Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from a Surgical Ablation during Mitral Valve Surgery Trial.
  • Eudaliley KW, Kodali S, George I. Suprasternal transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A novel simplified approach.
  • Greason KL, Blackstone E, Rajeswaran J, Svensson LG, Moses JW, Webb J, Tuzcu M, Smith CR, Mack M, Thourani VH, Kodali S, Miller DC. Inter-site variability of mortality and stroke for sites performing both surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic valve stenosis in intermediate risk patients.
  • Johnston DR, Puskas JD, Bavaria JE, Blackstone EH, Griffith B, Gammie JS, Heimansohn DA, Sadowski J, Bartus K, Rozanski J, Rosengart T, Girardi LN, Klodell CT, Mumtaz MA, Takayama H, Halkos M, Starnes V, Boateng P, Timek TA, Ryan W, Shuab O, Smith CR, Svensson LG. Three-year outcomes of aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve with a novel tissue.
  • LaPar DJ, Chave M, Emani S, Baird CW. Outcomes of complete septation for multiple muscular ventricular septal defects in infants under 4 kg.
  • Polanco AR, Chiang YP, Song JJ, D’Angelo AM, Engel DJ, Patel VI, Takayama H. Impact of high volume Marfan syndrome centers on mitral repair rates in patients with Marfan syndrome.
  • Takeda K, Sanchez J, Ando M, Cevasco M, Takayama H, Naka Y. Outcomes of bridge to cardiac re-transplantation in the contemporary mechanical circulatory support era: An analysis of the UNOS database.

May 2018

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 38th Meeting and Scientific Session
Nice, France, April 11-14, 2018

  • Akanni O, Garan AR, Takayama H, Han J, Kurlansky PA, Burkhoff DH, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Novel Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach for Refractory Cardiogenic Shock: A Hemodynamic Comparison With Current Percutaneous Strategies.
  • Axelrad JE, Pinsino A, Thanataveera A, Cagliostro B, Flanner MA, Ross K, Te-Frey RT, Effner L, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo P, Gonda T, Yuzefpolskaya M. A Prospective Validation of the First Endoscopic Management Algorithm for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Castagna F, Pinsino A, Nwokocha J, Brunjes DL, Stohr EF, McDonnell BJ, Cockcroft JR, McEniery CM, Pineda MFF, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Te-Frey RT, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Differences In 24-Hour Vascular Hemodynamic Profiles Among Healthy Subjects, Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Assist Device and Heart Transplant Patients.
  • Castagna F, Pinsino A, Stohr EJ, McConnell J, Brunjes DL, Nwokocha JK, Cockcroft JR, Te-Frey RT, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Reduced 24-hour Blood Pressure Variability is Associated With Lower Pulse Pressure in Patients on Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.
  • Cevasco M, Ando M, Takayama H, Kurlansky PA, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Takeda K. Pre-Transplant Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Less Than 40 Provides Similar Risks of Posttransplant Mortality Both in LVAD and Non-LVAD Heart Transplant Recipients.
  • Cevasco M, Ikegami H, Wiley J, Garan AR, Chan C, Han J, Colombo P, Yusefpolskaya M, Kurlansky P, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K. VA-ECMO Cannulation Strategy and Influence on Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities.
  • Chan CW, Patton-Rivera K, Beck JR, Fung K, Garan AR, Han J, Ando M, Cevasco M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K. Usefulness of Near-infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to Assess Lower-limb Perfusion on Femoral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
  • Cheng Y, Garan AR, Takayam H, Ando M, Han J, Kurlansky PA, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Nak Y, Takea K. Long-term Outcome of Patients Bridged to Recovery After Short-term Mechanical Circulatory Support for Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Coromilas EJ, Garan AR, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takeda K, Takayama H, Farr M, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK. Cardiac Recovery in Patients with Adriamycin-Induced Cardiomyopathy After Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.
  • Farooqi KM, Chelliah A, Chai PJ, Bacha EA, Saeed O, Jorde UP, Einstein AJ. Impact of Pre-Procedural Planning with 3D Printed Models on Patient Outcomes for Ventricular Assist Device Placement in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Rationale and Design of a Multicenter Prospective Registry.
  • Fried JA, Takeda K, Clerkin K, Ando M, Masoumi A, Topkara V, Burkhoff D, Yuzefpolskaya M, Kirtane A, Karmpaliotis D, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H, Garan A. Predictors of Survival to Discharge After VA-ECMO Support for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Fried JA, Truby L, Restaino S, Rubin G, Clerkin K, Takeda K, Takayama H, Farr M, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Fine B. Comparison of Predictors and Outcomes of Severe LV and RV Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplant Recipients.
  • Garan AR, Takeda K, Salna MP, Topkara VK, Sreekanth S, Vandenberge J, Yuzefpolskaya M, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Karmpaliotis D, Farrar D, Kirtane A, Takayama H, Kurlansky P. A Prospective Comparison of Veno-Arterial Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation and a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device for Cardiogenic Shock Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  • Givens RC, Topkara VK, Edmondson D, Restaino SW, Colombo PC, Latif F, Jennings D, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K, Farr MA. Predictors and Outcomes of Readmission After Heart Transplantation: An Analysis of UNOS/OPTN Data From 2000 to 2015.
  • Han J, Ando M, Cevasco M, Kurlansky PA, Garan AR, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Predictors of Neurologic Outcomes After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
  • Han J, Ando M, Garan AR, Farr M, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Post-Transplant Outcomes of Patients Initially Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Device as Either Bridge to Candidacy or Destination Therapy.
  • Han J, Pinsino A, Royzman E, Gaudig A, Mabasa M, takayama H, Kurlansky PA, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Naka Y, Takeda K, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Predictors of Postoperative Vasoplegia in Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Hoemann B, Cevasco M, Takayama H, Han J, Kurlansky P, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Takeda K. Ideal Body Weight May Be A Better Comparative Variable than Actual Body Weight for Donor-Recipient Matching in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.
  • Hoemann B, Takayama H, Wright M, Jennings DL, Han J, Restaino S, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Takeda K. Discontinuing Amiodarone Treatment Prior to Heart Transplant May Lower Incidence of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction.
  • Lange N, Baker WL, Shullo M, Latif F, Restaino S, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Farr M, Colombo P, Jennings DL. Outcomes Associated With Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibitors in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Meta-analysis.
  • Nakagawa S, Garan AR, Takeda K, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Blinderman CD. Palliative Care Consultation in Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Short-term Mechanical Circulatory Support—A Retrospective Description of Timing and Utilization From a Single Institution.
  • Pinsino A, Castagna F, Stohr EJ, McDonnell BJ, Cockcroft R, Tiburcio M, Effner L, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC. Estimation of Mean Arterial Pressure in HeartMate II Patients Using Doppler Blood Pressure and Pump Speed.
  • Pinsino A, Castagna F, Wiley JZ, Zuver AM, Flannery MA, Cagliostro B, Cockroft JR, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Colombo pC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Predictive Value of Mean Arterial Pressure Versus Systolic Blood Pressure and Visit-To-Visit Blood Pressure Variability for Stroke and Pump Thrombosis in HeartMate II Patients.
  • Pinsino A, Jennings DL, Willey JZ, Royzman EA, Mabasa M, Castagna F, Garan AR, Ross K, Effner L, Topkara VK, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K, McDonnell BJ, Cockroft JR, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Differential Effects of Carvedilol vs. Metoprolol on Mortality and Adverse Events in Left Ventricular Assist Devices Patients.
  • Pinsino A, Masoumi A, Radhakrishnan J, Demmer RT, Royzman EA, Mabasa M, Brunjes DL, Clemons AM, Cagliostro B, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M. Creatinine versus Cystatin C Based Equations for Estimation of Renal Function in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
  • Pinsino A, Masoumi A, Radhakrishnan J, Royzman A, Mabasa M, Castagna F, Zuver AM, Nasiri M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Demmer RT, Colombo PC, Yuzefposkaya M. Hemodynamic Determinants of Decline in Renal Function During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.
  • Rosenblum H, Pinsino A, Demmer RT, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Gaudig A, Pineda MT, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K, Castagna F, Wiley JZ, McDonnell BJ, Cockcroft JR, Stohr E. Increased Aortic Stiffness is Associated with Higher Rates of Stroke, GI-bleeding and Pump Thrombosis in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
  • Rosenblum H, Pinsino A, Gavalas M, Zuver A, Parikh K, Parkis G, Flannery M, Mabasa M, Royzman A, Gaudig A, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC. Prognostic Implications of Intermediate Hemolysis in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
  • Rubin G, Sanchez J, Bayne J, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Garan AR, Farr M, Wan E. Clinical Outcomes After Tricuspid Annuloplasty Prior to Cardiac Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
  • Sanchez JE, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Han J, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K. Ten-year Experience With CentriMag Ventricular Assist Device Use in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock.
  • See SB, Pinsino A, Kunimune N, Onat D, Nasiriahmadabadi H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K, Colombo PC, Zorn E. Natural Polyreactive Antibodies and Inflammatory Markers Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
  • Simpson MT, Takayama H, Han J, Kurlansky P, Garan AR, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Outcome of Cardiac Retransplantation for Late Allograft Failure: A Fifteen-Year Single Center Experience.
  • Simpson MT, Takayama H, Han J, Ando M, Cevasco M, Kurlansky P, Garan AR, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Mechanical Circulatory Support for Late Cardiac Allograft Failure.
  • Stohr EJ, Castagna F, Pinsino A, Cockcroft JR, Yuzefpolskaya M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Wiley JZ, McDonnell BJ. Transmission of Pulsatility Into the Brain of Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Stohr EJ, Gaudig A, Pinsino A, Castagna F, Colombo PC, Yuzefspolskaya M, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Cockroft JR, McDonnell BJ, Wiley JZ. Laterality of Cerebral Artery Hemodynamics in Continuous-Flow LVAD Patients: A Pilot Study in Relation to Stroke.
  • Truby LK, Farr M, Garan A, Givens R, Takayama H, Takeda K, Yuzefpolskaya M, Latif F, Restaino S, Axsom K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK. Pre-Transplant Hemoglobin A1c Predicts Long Term Outcomes Following Heart Transplantation.
  • Truby LK, Garan A, Givens R, Takayama H, Takeda K, Yuzefpolskaya M, Latif F, Restaino S, Farr M, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK. Pre-Transplant Proteinuria Predicts Post-Transplant Renal Replacement Therapy and Mortality in Patients Bridged with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Truby LK, Garan AR, Givens R, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takeda K, Latif F, Restaino S, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Farr M, Uriel N, Tobkara VK. Pulmonary Artery Decoupling Further Enhances Discriminatory Power of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Patients Bridged to Transplant with Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
  • Truby LK, Takeda K, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Latif F, Restaino S, Yuzefpolskaya M, Axsom K, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Farr M. Bridge to Transplant with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Increases Risk for Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction.
  • Yu SN, Cevasco M, Han J, Flannery M, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. After the Referral: How Patients Fare After Evaluation for Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement.
  • Yuzefpolskaya M, Demmer RT, Onat D, Nasiri M, Trinh P, Zuver AM, Pinsino A, Royzman EA, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Farr MA, Uhlemann A, Colombo PC. Advanced Heart Failure Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation Have Altered Oral Microbial Diversity Alongside Endotoxemia, Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.
  • Yuzefpolskaya M, Nasiri M, Onat D, Royzman EA, Nwokocha J, Pinsino A, Brunjes DL, Trinh P, Zuver AM, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Farr MA, Uhlemann A, Colombo PC, Demmer RT. Gut Microbiome-Generated Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-Oxide is Reduced After Heart Transplantation and Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure Patients.

The Yale Aortic Center
New Haven, CT, April 17, 2018

  • Raza ST. Hippocrates to Heart Surgery: Renaissance and the Transformation of Medicine.

February 2018

54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 27-31, 2018

  • Ando MA , Takeda K, Kurlansky PA , Wright MA, Lee CL, Han J, Garan AR1, Topkara Yuzefpolskaya MY, Colombo P, Farr M, Naka Y, Takayama H. Impact of Sharing Adult Blood Type O Donor Hearts With Non-O Recipients: Survival Simulation by Blood Type Using the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry and Markov Modeling.
  • Blitzer D, Stephes EH, Tchantchaleishvili V, Lou X, Chen P, Pattakos GS, Vardas PN. Risks and Rewards for the Expanding Role of Physician Extenders in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A National Survey.

January 2018

50th Anniversary of the First Human Heart Transplant, ISACB
Capetown, South Africa, December 4, 2017

  • Ferrari G. Advanced Glycation End Products: Pathophysiologic Role and Therapeutic Target in Ascending Aortic Disease

December 2017

Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association
Anaheim, CA, November, 2017

  • Ando M, Takeda K, Kurlansky PA, Wright M, Lee C, Han J, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Takayama H. How much blood type non-O recipients should get blood type O donor hearts? Survival simulation by blood type using the United Network for Organ Sharing registry and Markov mode.
  • George I. TAVR vs. SAVR: TAVR Pro: The Future of Cardiac Surgery.
  • Ferrari G. Influence of Mitral Annuloplasty on Durable Repair for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. Innovation in Cardiac Surgery: From Imaginative Research to Transformative Clinical Therapy.

Animal Medical Center's Third Annual One Health Conference
Cornell University New York, NY, November, 2017

  • Ferrari G. Pathophysiology Mitral Valve Prolapse.

November 2017

31st Annual Meeting European Association of CardioThoracic Surgery
Vienna, October 7-11, 2017

  • Kalfa D. Bioresorbable valved tube for pulmonary valve replacement and in situ regeneration.

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2017
Denver, CO, October 29-November 2, 2017

  • Vinayak Bapat, MD: Valve Disease Mitral/Tricuspid Valve Replacement, Live Cases, Transapical Mitral Valve in Valve with Lotus, First Report Investigations, TMVR: Preparing for the Next Revolution, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Isaac George, MD: Case #5: Trans-septal Mitral VIR, Cardiac Surgery, Live Cases: TAVR/SHD, Technology Forum—Most Frequently Used TAVR Systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
  • Craig Smith, MD: Ongoing Structural Heart Disease Trials: Predicting the Future, Live Cases, Novel: Provocative and Controversial Topics in Aortic Valve Disease, Live Cases, Treatment of Left Main Disease With CABG: Insights From EXCEL
  • Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD: Treatment of Left Main Disease with CABG: Insights from EXCEL, Live Case Demonstrations: Aortic Intervention, Trends in the Treatment of Aortic Disease, New Technologies for Aortic Aneurysms, Mechanical Circulatory Support.
  • Michael Argenziano, MD: Surgical Bailout of MitraClip Complications and Failures
  • Vinayak Bapat, MD: The New 4Tech Approach for Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Repair, Understanding Surgical Aortic Valve "Anatomy": Implications for Valve-in-Valve Therapy, Editorial Perspective: The TMVR Field: unmet Technological Needs, Competitive Landscape and Future Opportunities, Established TMVR 4: Intrepid - Device Description, Strengths and Weaknesses, and Updated Summary Outcomes, Antithrombotic Therapy Considerations After TMVR: What Can We Learn From the Surgical Experience?, Screening and Selecting the Appropriate Patients for TMVR
  • Isaac George, MD: Case Presentation: Valve-in MAC, Valve-in-Valve: Patient Selection, Technical Pearls and Outcomes.
  • Paul Kurlansky, MD: PCI vs. CABG: The Impact of Medication Adherence on Comparative Outcomes.
  • Craig Smith, MD: Predicting the Future: Will the Ongoing LOW RISK TAVR Trials Change How we Treat Low Surgical Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis.
  • Hiroo Takayama, MD: Current State of Thoracic Branch Devices and Ongoing Clinial Trials, Flash Perspectives: ECMO and ECMO Circuit Modifications Are the Best Methods to Achieve True Maximal Circulatory Support During High-Risk PCI, State-of-the-Art: Acute and Chronic Cardiopulmonary Support.

October 2017

Joint Conference on Advances in Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease Management
Ann Arbor, MI, September 29-October 1, 2017

  • Stephens E, Han J, Ginns J, Rosenbaum M, Chai P, Bacha E, Kalfa D. Outcomes and Prognostic Factors for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients Undergoing Primary or Reoperative Systemic Atrioventricular Valve Surgery.

Heart Failure Society of America, 21st Annual Scientific Meeting
Grapevine, TX, September 16-19, 2017

  • Zhao Q, Wang L, Kurlansky PA, Schein J, Baser O, Berger JS. Impact of coronary artery disease on clinical outcomes among patients with newly-diagnosed heart failure with systolic dysfunction: Is it changing over time?

July 2017

American Diabetes Association's 77th Scientific Sessions
San Diego, CA, June 9-13, 2017

  • Goland, Robin S.; Camacho-Rivera, Johanna; Raza, Syed T.; Kurlansky, Paul A. Positive influence of weekly diabetes workshops for health care providers managing patients recovering after coronary bypass graft surgery (CABG): Its potential role in reducing the surgical site infections.

Adult Congenital Heart Association
Orlando, FL, June 2, 2017

  • Invited Lecture: Kalfa D. 3D printing and how it impacts, diagnoses, interventions and surgical outcomes.

June 2017

American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Centennial Meeting
Boston, MA, May 1-3, 2017

  • Blackstone EH, Chang HL, Rajeswaran J, Parides MK, Ishwaran H, Li L, Ehrlinger J, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Miller MA, Argenziano MA, DeRose JJ, Dagenais F, Ailawadi G, Smith PK, Acker MA, Mack MJ, O’Gara PT, Gillinov AM. Biatrial Maze procedure versus pulmonary vein isolation in the CTSN randomized trial of surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery.
  • Fukuhara S, Tran, Han J, Takeda K, Naka Y, Takayama H. Posttransplant outcomes in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A comparison with population on continuous-flow left ventricular assist device support.
  • Malaisrie SC, Hodson RW, McAndrew T, Davidson C, Swanson J, Hahn RT, Pibarot P, Jaber W, Quader N, Zajarias A, Svensson L, George I, Trento A, Thourani VH, Szeto WY, Dewey T, Smith CR, Leon MB, Webb JG. Outcomes after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in intermediate risk patients with preoperative mitral regurgitation: Analysis of PARTNER IIA randomized cohort.
  • Kalfa D, Belli E, Bacha E, Lambert V, di Carlo D, Kostolny M, Nosal M, Horer J, Salminen J, Rubay J, Yemets I, Hazekamp M, Maruszewski B, Sarris G, Berggren H, Lacour-Gayet F. Outcomes and prognostic factors for acquired pulmonary vein stenosis in the current era.
  • Nees SN, Flyer JN, Chelliah A, Dayton JD, Kalfa D, Chai PJ, Bacha EA, Anderson BR. Patients with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery remain at risk even after surgical repair.
  • Salna M, Chai PJ, Kalfa DM, Nakamura Y, Krishnamurthy, Najjar M, Shah A, Levasseur S, Anderson BR, Bacha EA. Outcomes of arterial switch operation in <2.5kg neonates: A 10-year study.
  • Takeda K, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Han J, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H. Ten-year experience with continuous-flow external ventricular assist device: Evolution and improving outcomes in the treatment
    of refractory cardiogenic shock.
  • Zwishenberger J, Gleason T, Argenziano M, Bavaria J, Kane L, Coselli J, Engelman R, Tanaka K, Awady A, Sekela M. Use of a novel hemoadsorption technology to reduce plasma free hemoglobin during complex cardiac surgery: Results for the randomized controlled safety and feasibility REFRESH I trial.

American College of Cardiology 66th Annual Scientific Sessions
Washington, DC, March, 2017

  • Brinkman M, Patel A, Chen CH, Nazif T, Khalique O, Liao M, Vahl T, George I, Codner P, Kouz R, Terre J, Jantz J, Leon M, Kodali S, Hahn R. Redefining the classification of severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis using flow and gradient measurements to predict outcomes post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
  • Chen CH, Brinkman M, Khalique OK, Nazif T, Vahl T, George I, Patel A, Codner P, Kouz R, Terre J, Jantz J, Liao M, Leon MB, Kodali SK, Hahn RT. High Baseline Valvuloarterial Impedance Portends Worse 1-Year Outcomes after Transcatheter Valve Replacement.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons 53rd Annual Meeting
Houston, TX, January, 2017

  • Brevetti ER, George I, Hasting R, Spellman J. A Technique for Supra-Sternal Access for Aortic Valve Replacement.
  • Langer NB, van Boxtel B, Sorabella RA, Takayama H, Borger MA, Naka Y, Smith CR, George I, Argenziano M. Mitral valve repair versus replacement in patients with functional mitral regurgitation undergoing complex cardiac surgery.

International Stroke Conference, American Heart Association
Houston, TX, February 23, 2017

  • Valenzuela IA, Klein B, Dunn L, Sorabella R, Han SM, Willey J, George I, Gutierrez J. Predictors of Stroke in Patients with Infective Endocarditits.

May 2017

American Transplant Congress
Chicago, IL, May 1, 2017

  • Is the Current Heart Allocation System Just and Fair for Blood Type O Recipients? Propensity-Matched Analysis of 34353 Patients in the UNOS Registry, M. Ando, K. Takeda, P.A. Kurlansky, M. Wright, C.L. Lee, J. Han, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P.C. Colombo, M. Farr, Y. Naka, H. Takayama.

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
San Diego, CA, April 5-7, 2017

  • Severe PGD and Post-Operative Vasoplegia: Complications on the Same Spectrum or Different Entities? H. Takayama.
  • Gastro-Intestinal Dysmotility in Thoracic Organ Transplantation Revisited: Importance, Evaluation, Treatment, F. D'Ovidio.
  • The Impact of Age, Sex, Therapeutic Intent and Severity of Advanced Heart Failure on Outcomes in the Multicenter Study of Maglev Technology in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy with Heartmate 3 (Momentum 3) Pivotal Trial, D. Goldstein, M. R. Mehra, Y. Naka, C.T. Salerno, N. Uriel, D. Dean, A. Itoh, F. D. Pagani, E. R. Skipper, G. Bhat, N. Raval, B.A. Bruckner, J. Estep, R. Cogswell, C.A. Milano, L. Fendelander, J. B. O'Connell, J. Cleveland.
  • Is There a Rationale for an "Old-for-Old" Program in Lung Transplantation? A Comparative Study Using the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Database, A.M. Bernhardt, A.P. Levin, J. Stehlik, C. Benden, L. Edwards, F.M. Wagner, H. Reichenspurner.
  • Outcomes of Multiple Concomitant Valve Procedures in Patients Receiving Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device J. Han, H. Takayama, P.A. Kurlansky, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, V.K. Topkara, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, K. Takeda.
  • Successful Use of Temporary Percutaneous Right Ventricular Assist Devices in Acute Right Ventricular Failure After Acute Myocardial Infarction or LVAD Implantation, E. Coromilas, K. Takeda, A. Kirtane, V, K. Topkara, H. Takayama, M. Yuzefpolskaya, D. Karmpaliotis, Y. Naka, P. C. Colombo, A.R. Garan.
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support for Patients in Cardiogenic Shock After Right Ventricular Infarction: A Single-Center Experience, K. Patel, K. Takeda, L. Truby, C. Eckhardt, K. Ross, D. Karmpaliotis, Y. Naka, V.K. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P.C. Colombo, A. Kirtane, H. Takayama, A.R. Garan.
  • Minimally Invasive versus Sternotomy Approach for Centrimag Biventricular Support in Refractory Cardiogenic Shock, K. Takeda, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, J. Han, P. Kurlansky, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M.A. Farr, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, H. Takayama.
  • Genotype Guided Warfarin Protocol Improves Anticoagulation Quality Early After LVAD Implantation, D.L. Jennings, M. Yuzefpolskaya, A.R. Garan, A. Eisenberger, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, P. Colombo, V. Topkara.
  • Quality of Life and Functional Capacity Assessment in the Multicenter Study of Maglev Technology in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy with Heartmate 3 (Momentum 3) Pivotal Trial, J.A. Cowger, Y. Naka, K. Aaronson, D. Horstmanshoff, S. Gulati, D. Rinde-Hoffman, S. Pinney, S. Adatya, D.J. Farrar, U.P. Jorde.
  • Advanced Theranostics in Ex-Vivo Lung Bioengineering, B.A. Guenthart, J.D. O'Neill, J. Kim, G. Vunjak-Novakovic, M.
    Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Alpha Mediates Apoptotic Cell Death in the DCD Heart Following Prolonged Exposure to Warm Ischemia, A.A. Ali, P. Downey, A. Zalewski, K.J. Clerkin, I. George, P.C. Colombo, S. Messer, S.R. Large, Z.A. Ali.
  • Extending the Boundaries of DCD Heart Transplantation: Improved Functional Recovery of DCD Hearts Exposed to Prolonged Warm Ischemia by Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase, A.A. Ali, P. Downey, A. Zalewski, K.J. Clerkin, I. George, P.C. Colombo, S. Messer, S. Large, Z.A. Ali.
  • Impact of Center Volume on Bridging to Transplantation with Contemporary Left Ventricular Assist Devices, L.K. Truby, R. Givens, A.R. Garan, R.A. Blum, A. Clemons, R. Te-Frey, M. Yuzefpolskaya, F. Latif, S. Restaino, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, D.M. Mancini, M. Farr, Y. Naka, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Circadian Variation of Blood Pressure and Hemodynamics in Outpatients with Heart Mate II, F. Castagna1, A. Pinsino, E. J. Stöhr, B. McDonnell, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M. Flannery, D.L. Brunjes, N. Akter, R.T. TeFrey, M. F. Pineda, E. Royzman, V.K. Topkara, A.R. Garan, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, Y. Naka, J. Cockcroft, P.C. Colombo.
  • Prolonged Support Is Associated with Increased Risk of Cellular Rejection in Patient's Bridged to Transplantation with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices, L.K. Truby, A.R. Garan, R. Givens, M. Yuzefpolskaya, A. Clemons, R.A. Blum, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, F. Latif, S. Restaino, M. Maurer, D. M. Mancini, Y. Naka, M. Farr, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Bridging to Transplantation with Contemporary Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Decade Experience, L.K. Truby, R. Givens, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M. Flannery, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, J. Haythe, F. Latif, S. Restaino, M. Maurer, D.M. Mancini, Y. Naka, M. Farr, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Effects of Hospital Characteristics on In-Hospital Mortality and Hospitalization Costs for Mechanical Circulatory Support Device (MCSD) Therapy: Results from the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS), L. Sridharan, R. Givens, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, K. Takeda, F. Latif, S. Restaino, J. Haythe, M. Maurer, D.M. Mancini, M. Farr, Y. Naka, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Endoscopic Evaluation in Patients with CF-LVADs with Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Are We Ready for a Paradigm Shift to Improve Care? J. Axelrad, A. Pinsino, C. Brooks, P. Trinh, B. Cagliostro, F. Castagna, V.K. Topkara, A.R. Garan, L.A. Effner, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, Y. Naka, P.C. Colombo, M. Yuzefpolskaya, T. Gonda.
  • Trends in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of UNOS/OPTN Data from 2000 to 2015, R.C. Givens, V.K. Topkara, S.W. Restaino, F. Latif, Y. Naka, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, P.C. Colombo, M.A. Farr.
  • The New Heart Allocation System: Implications on Patients with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in the UNOS Registry, L. Sridharan, R. Givens, K. Takeda, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, F. Latif, S. Restaino, J. Haythe, J. Ginns, D. Mancini, Y. Naka, P. Colombo, M. Maurer, H. Takayama, V.K. Topkara.
  • Hemodynamic Effects and Clinical Response to Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Chronic Heart Failure Patients with Cardiogenic Shock, J. Fried, A. Nair, V.K. Topkara, A. Masoumi, K. Clerkin, P.C. Colombo, M. Yuzefpolskaya, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, A.R. Garan.
  • Contemporary ECMO Therapy for Postcardiotomy Shock: From REgiStry for Cardiogenic Shock: Utility and Efficacy of Device Therapy (RESCUE), H. Takayama, J. Han, M. Baltazar-Garcia, M. Lucas, M. Kai, M. Camacho, B. Sun, D. Ranney, M.A. Daneshmand, A. Itoh.
  • Vasoactive-Inotropic Score Is Associated with In-Hospital Mortality in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients, J. Han, H. Takayama, P.A. Kurlansky, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, V.K. Topkara, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, K. Takeda.
  • Extended Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Cat 3 Lung Donor Agonal and Post-Mortem Warm Ischemic Times (WIT) Do Not Affect Early Mortality, B. Levvey, L. Edwards, A. Robinson, S. Keshavjee, M. Erasmus, A. Glanville, P. Hopkins, M. Musk, A. Patterson, M. Hertz, F. D'Ovidio, K. McCurry, P. Camp, B. Carrico, J. Stehlik, D. Van Raemdonck, G. Snell.
  • Attenuation of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Dual Organ Transplantation, K.J. Clerkin, S.W. Restaino, F. Latif, M.A. Farr, E. Zorn, D.M. Mancini, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • The Impact of Blood Pressure Control on the Development of Left Ventricular Distension with VAECMO: A Comparison of Vasodilation vs. Diuresis, J. Han, H. Takayama, D. Burkhoff, M.L. Dickstein.
  • Novel Palliative Care Integration Program increases Days Alive and Out of Hospital and Reduces Inpatient Direct Costs Among Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients, S. Nakagawa, J.M. Luna, V.K. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, D. Vawdrey, A.R. Garan, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, C.D. Blinderman.
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Reduces Mortality and Cardiovascular Readmissions in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients, A.R. Garan, X. Mai, V.K. Topkara, K. Takeda, K.J. Clerkin, R. Demmer, M. Yuzefpolskaya, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, J. Chyou, H.M. Spotnitz, N. Uriel, J. Dizon, P.C. Colombo.
  • Comparison of Survival and Modes of Death by ICD Status Among LVAD Recipients, X. Mai, K. Clerkin, V.K. Topkara, K. Takeda, R. Demmer, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M. Tiburcio, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, H.M. Spotnitz, J. Dizon, P.C. Colombo, A.R. Garan.
  • How Old Is Too Old? The Influence of Advanced Age on VA-ECMO Outcomes, M. Salna, K. Takeda, P. Kurlansky, H. Ikegami, J. Han, S. Stein, V. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, A.R. Garan, H. Takayama.
  • Is the ISHLT-Suggested Inotrope Score a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality After Heart Transplantation? M. Wright, K. Takeda, C. Mauro, P. Kurlansky, J. Han, L. Truby, M. Salna, V. Topkara, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P. Colombo, Y. Naka, M. Farr, H. Takayama.
  • Bridge-to-Transplant LVAD or Primary Heart Transplantation in Young Patients? Both Offer Similar MidTerm Survival M. James, K. Takeda, P. Kurlansky, M. Ando, C. Lee, J. Han, M. Wright, V. Topkara, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M. Farr, P. Colombo, Y. Naka, H. Takayama.
  • VA ECMO as a Bridge to Transplantation: Emergent Eligibility and Outcomes, M.V. Habal, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, K. Takeda, F. Latif, S. Restaino, M. Yuzefpolskaya, R. Bijou, P. Colombo, H. Takayama, Y. Naka, M. Farr.
  • Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Is Not an Independent Predictor of Post-Transplant Outcome in Bridge-to Transplant Patients; It's Time to Re-Evaluate Our Current Heart Transplant Eligibility, M. Ando, K. Takeda, P.A. Kurlansky, M. Wright, C. Lee, J. Han, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P.C. Colombo, M. Farr, Y. Naka, H. Takayama.
  • Use of Pre-Device Exchange Computed Tomography Angiography for Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis, S.N. Yu, J. Han, K. Takeda, J.N. Ginns, P.A. Kurlansky, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, V.K. Topkara, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, H. Takayama.
  • Medical Management of Device Thrombosis in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients: Success Rate and Outcomes, E. Coromilas, R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, M. Farr, Y. Naka, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Prospective Evaluation of Urine Dipstick for Detection of Moderate and Severe Hemolysis in Outpatients on CF-LVAD Support, M.V. Gavalas, A. Breskin, P.N. Trinh, H. Rosenblum, M. Yuzefpolskaya, A. Eisenberger, A.R. Garan, A. Pinsino, B. Cagliostro, M. Flannery, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, Y. Naka, V.K. Topkara, P.C. Colombo.
  • Use of an Investigational Left Ventricular Assist Device Through a Left Thoracotomy Approach in a Patient with Complex Congenital Heart Disease, H. Ilias Basha, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, J. Ginns, N. Persaud, M.F. Pineda, M. Flannery, V.K. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, A.R. Garan.
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (MSCD) Therapy in the Era of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): National Trends in Hospitalization Costs and In-Hospital Mortality, L. Sridharan, R. Givens, A. R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, F. Latif, J. Haythe, S. Restaino, M. Maurer, D. Mancini, M.J. Farr, Y. Naka, P. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Variability in Gene Expression Profiling (GEP) Identifies Heart Transplant Recipients at Risk for Acute Cellular Rejection but Not Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, L.K. Truby, A.R. Garan, R. Givens, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, M. Yuzefpolskaya, S. Restaino, E. Zorn, D. Mancini, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, M. Farr, F. Latif, V.K. Topkara.
  • Predictors of Ventricular Recovery After Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock; C. Eckhardt, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, V.K. Topkara, A. Masoumi, J. Fried, K. Clerkin, M. Yuzefpolskaya, R. Te-Frey, A. Kirtane, D. Karmpaliotis, Y. Naka, P.C. Colombo, A.R. Garan.
  • Predictors of Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock Patients Treated with Extra-Corporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, S.J. Stein, H. Takayama, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, M. Salna, J. Han, P.A. Kurlansky, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M.A. Farr, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, K. Takeda.
  • Effect of Arterial Cannulation Site on Cerebral Blood Flow During Peripheral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, H. Ikegami, J. Z. Willey, D. Yoshioka, P.A. Kurlansky, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, M. Yuzefpolskaya, H. Takayama, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, K. Takeda.
  • Dose-Dependent Association Between Amiodarone and Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplantation, M. Wright, K. Takeda, C. Mauro, D. Jennings, P. Kurlansky, J. Han, L. Truby, S. Stein, V. Topkara, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, P. Colombo, Y. Naka, M. Farr, H. Takayama.
  • The Short-to-Shield Phenomenon in Heartmate II Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Single Center Experience, H. Ilias Basha, R.C. Givens, B. Cagliostro, G. Parkins, M. Flannery, R. Te-Frey, A.R. Garan, M. Yuzefpolskaya, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, Y. Naka, M.A. Farr, P.C. Colombo, V.K. Topkara.
  • Circadian Variation in Hemodynamics and Device Parameters in HeartMate II, Patients A. Pinsino, F. Castagna, E. J. Stöhr, B. McDonnell, M. Yuzefpolskaya, A. Clemons, M. Tiburcio, M. Pineda, K. Ross, V.K. Topkara, A.R. Garan, H. Takayama, K. Takeda, Y. Naka, J. Cockcroft, P. C. Colombo.
  • Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Replacement with a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation and Marginal Right Ventricular Function, K. Takeda, H. Takayama, J. Han, A.R. Garan, V.K. Topkara, P. Kurlansky, M. Yuzefpolskaya, M.A. Farr, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka.
  • Use of Abciximab and Heparin Can Safely Facilitate LVAD Implantation in Patients with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia, C. Lee, P.C. Colombo, D. Jennings, J. Han, M.P. Salna, M.A. Wright, K. Takeda, P.A. Kurlansky, M. Yuzefpolskaya, A.R. Garan, C. Chan, Y. Naka, H. Takayama.
  • A Case Study of LVAD Withdrawal in an Ambulatory Patient, S. Nakagawa, P.C. Colombo, Y. Naka, C.D. Blinderman.
  • Management Challenges for 'Crash and Burn' Patients: 'Shock Team' Approach to MCS, H. Takayama.

April 2017

Heart Valve Society 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting
Monaco, FR, March 2-4, 2017

  • Borger M. Neurological Complications: Is it Contraindicated to do Surgery?
  • Borger M Should All Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery be Treated with Tricuspid Annuloplasty or Should We Make a Selective Approach?
  • Stephens EH, Han J, Trawick E, Dimartino E, Akkiraju H, Brown LM, K. JGrandeAllen J, Connell J, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Takayama H. Aortic Valve Mechanical, Compositional and Structural Changes with Left-Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Implantation.
  • Pontailler M, Ahmad B, Blanch M, Voisin A, Villermain O, Menashe P, Williams G, Kalfa D. TPU/PCL polymer as a candidate for tissue engineered heart valve replacement scaffold.

American College of Cardiology, 66th Annual Scientific Session
Washington, DC, March 17-19, 2017

  • Bacha E. A Night at the Movies with Some Congenital Heart Surgeons—How Do They Actually Do That? Joint Symposium of the American Association for Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology, Panelist.
  • Bacha E. Engage @ ACC.17 Studio: The Newlywed Game for Pediatric Cardiac Providers, Participant.
  • Borger M. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: Neochord Chordal Replacement: Case and Overview.
  • Borger M. Mitral Valve Guidelines: Closing Knowledge Gaps; How Should We Be Treating Secondary MR in 2017?
  • Forrest JK, Mangi A, Popma J, Khabbaz K, Reardon M, Kleiman N, Yakubov S, Watson D, Kodali S, George I, Tadros P, Zorn G, Brown J, ipperman R, Staniloae C, Williams M.1 Initial Use of the Evolut Pro Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve.
  • Mehta RH, Leimberger JD, van Diepen S, Meza J, Wang A, Jankowich R, Harrison RW, Hay D, Fremes S, Duncan A, Soltesz EG, Luber J, Park S, Argenziano M, Murphy E, Marcel R, Kalavrouziotis D, Nagpal D, Bozinovski J, Toller W, Heringlake M, Goodman SG, Levy JH, Harrington RA, Anstrom KJ, Alexander JH; LEVO-CTS Investigators.
  • Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Simultaneous publication in New England Journal of Medicine, citation below.
  • Cerebral Embolic Protection in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR)—Cerebral Embolic Protection Devices During SAVR. Presented by Michael J Mack on behalf of CTSNet—Dr Argenziano participating.

Inventions

  • David Kalfa—A Provisional patent was filed by Columbia Technology Ventures on his invention of a Microfluidics-based heart valve prosthesis.
  • David Kalfa—A Provisional patent was filed by Columbia Technology Ventures for his invention of a Self-expandable growing heart valve prosthesis.

February 2017

Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Houston, TX, January 21-25, 2017

  • Michael Borger, MD, PhD
    Aortic/Endovascular Surgery
    Rapid Deployment Valves
  • A Prospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study of Mediastinal Infection After Cardiac Surgery L. P. Perrault, K. A. Kirkwood , H. Chang, J. C. Mullen, M. A. Miller, B. Gulack, K. Doud, M. Argenziano, R. K. Ghanta, B. A. Whitson, D. Williams, N. M.
    Sledz-Joyce, B. Lima, G. Greco, N. Fumakia, E. Rose, J. Puskas, R. D. Weisel, M. E. Bowdish.
  • Mitral Valve Repair vs Replacement in Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation Undergoing Complex Cardiac Surgery N. B. Langer1, B. S. Van Boxtel, R. A. Sorabella, Y. Wu, J. Park, H. Takayama, M. A. Borger, Y. Naka, C. Smith, I. George, M. Argenziano.
  • Neuropsychological Functioning And Psychosocial Outcomes In Adults With Dtransposition Of The Great Arteries Corrected With The Arterial Switch Operation. L Kasmi, M Montreuil, J Calderon, N Geronikola, V Lambert, E Belli, D Bonnet, D Kalfa.
  • Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes, Prognostic Factors, and Severity Score in a Multicenter Study D. Kalfa , E. Belli, E. A. Bacha, V. Lambert, D. di Carlo, M. Kostolny, J. Salminen, M. Nosal, J. Hörer, H. Berggren, I. Yemets, M. Hazekamp, B. Maruszewski, G. E. Sarris, T. Ebels, L. Francois.
  • Current Status of Endovascular Training for Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents in the United States P. N. Vardas, A. C. Stefanescu Schmidt, A. B. Goldstone, A. A. Shah, D. LaPar, W. F. DeNino, E. A. Gillaspie, A. G. Fiedler, M. S. Halbreiner, A. L. Eilers, D. M. Walters, E. H. Stephens, V. Tchantchaleishvili.
  • Two-Year Echocardiographic and Clinical Outcomes in 937 Intermediate Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement From the PARTNER 2A Study.
  • V. H. Thourani, W. Y. Szeto, S. Kodali, E. Blackstone, A. Lowry, R. Makkar, M. Williams, J. E. Bavaria, H. C. Herrmann, H. S. Maniar, V. Babaliaros, C. Smith, A. Trento, P. J. Corso, A. Pichard, D. Miller, L. G. Svensson, S. R. Kapadia, G. Ailawadi, R. M. Suri, K. L. Greason, R. Hahn, W. Jaber, J. Forcillo, M. Alu, M. B. Leon, M. J. Mack.
  • Aortic Root Enlarging Procedures and Aortic Valve Leaflet Reconstruction Course Directors: S. Adil Husain, San Antonio, TX, and Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Philadelphia, PA Faculty: Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY, Arminder Singh Jassar, Boston, MA, Alberto Pochettino, Rochester, MN, Edward Y. Sako, San Antonio, TX, Ibrahim Sultan, Pittsburgh, PA, and James S. Tweddell, Cincinnati.
  • A Comparison of Operative Outcomes Following Multi-Arterial versus Single Arterial Bypass Grafting: An Analysis of the STS Database 2004-2015 Thomas A. Schwann, Robert H. Habib, John Puskas, Paul Kurlansky, Jeffery P. Jacobs, Sean O'Brien, Amelia Wallace, Milo C. Engoren, Mark R. Bonnell, Robert Tranbaugh, Ritu Chakravarti.
  • Axillary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation With Transapical Left Ventricular Vent in Refractory Cardiogenic Shock. K. Takeda, H. Takayama, Y. Naka.
  • Significance of Intraoperative Revision During the Arterial Switch Operation in the Current Era. Y. Nakamura, D. Kalfa, P. Chai, A. Chelliah, L. Freud, J. Quaegebeur, E. A. Bacha.
  • Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis H. Wang, D. Kalfa, M. Rosenbaum, J. Ginns, M. Lewis, J. Glickstein, E. A. Bacha, P. Chai.

December 2016

Workshop on Regenerative Medicine, Bordeaux, FR
Oct 27-29th, 2016

  • Voisin A, Blancy M, Foulc MP, Pouponneau P, Mbélé G, Menasche P, Kalfa D Improving the biointegration of polymeric scaffolds via their surface functionalization: RGD peptides grafting through low-pressure plasma treatment.

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), Washington, DC
October 29-November 2, 2016

  • Craig R Smith, MD
    Discussant, Live Case
    Discussant, Late-breaking Clinical Trials 2
  • Michael Argenziano, MD
    Presentation, How good can surgical outcomes be in secondary MR?
    Presentation, Repair or replacement for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation
    Discussant, Mitral Regurgitation: Evolution of Surgical Therapy
  • Michael Borger, MD
    Moderator, Intermediate risk patients with severe aortic stenosis
    Moderator, Management of isolated severe TR postcardiac surgery
    Presentation, The case for sutureless/rapid deployment valves
    Live Case Operator
    Discussant, Structural heart disease technologies
  • Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD
    Presentation, Jarvik: Has the problem of driveline infections been solved?
    Discussant, Durable LVADs
  • Hiroo Takayama, MD
    Presentation, Flash perspectives on percutaneous circulatory support: ECMO and ECMO circuit modifications are the best methods to achieve true maximalcirculatory support!
    Discussant, Interventional heart failure
    Discussant. Ventricular dysfunction and hemodynamics in the CHIP patient
    Discussant, Focus Session: Rediscovering cardiovascular hemodynamics
  • Isaac George, MD
    Live Case Operator x4
    Presentation, Leaflet thrombosis following transcatheter valve-in-valve: Could it have been prevented?
    Presentation/Debate, TAVR for low risk patients—Is it time? NO, We don't yet know if it's as durable as surgical AVR!
    Discussant, Frequently used TAVR systems
    Discussant. Live Cases

TCT Abstracts

  • Baron S, Alu M, Thourani V, Kodali S, Arnold S, Chinnakondepali K, Magnuson E, Wang K, Pichard A, Babaliaros V, George I, Miller DC, Tuzcu M, Greason K, Hermann H, Smith CR, Leon M, Dohen D. Effect of Sapien-3 Transcatheter Valve Implant on Health Status in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis at Intermediate Surgical Risk: Results from the PARTNER S3i Trial, J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016; 68(18_S):B14-B14. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.09.056.
    Link
  • Nouri SN, Takeda K, Topkara V, Kalra S, Garber L, Doshi D, Karmpaliotis D, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takayam H, Naka Y, Colombo P, Kirtane A, Garan AR. Use of a Micro-axial Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device (pLVAD) for Patients with Cardiogenic Shock.
    Link
  • Popma J, Dibu G, Hughes GC, Kodali S, George I, Oh J, Slater J, Williams M. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Repositionable Self-expanding Bioprosthesis in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at High Risk for Surgery: OneYear Results from the Evolut R US Pivotal Study.
    Link
  • Szerlip M, Gualano S, Squiers J, White J, Doshi D, George I, Vazquez N, Dimaio JM, Makkar R, Williams M, Hermann H, Svensson L, Webb J, Han R, Kirtane A, Babaliaros V, Thourani V, Alu M, Kodali, Leon M, Mack M. Sex Specific Outcomes of TAVR with the Sapien 3 Valve: Insights From The PARTNER 2 S3 High-Risk and Intermediate-Risk Cohorts.
    Link
  • White J, Doshi D, Williams M, Szerlip M, Squiers J, Webb J, Hahn R, Kirtane A, Litherland C, Cohen D, Tuzcu EM, Szeto W, Zajarias A, Malaisrie SC, Alu M, Smith C, Leon M, Mack M, Kodali S. Sex-Specific Differences After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate Risk Patients: An Analysis from the PARTNER 2 Randomized Trial in Valvular Disease: Aortic November 01, 2016 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
    Link

American Heart Association
New Orleans, LA, November 14-16, 2016

  • Mehra MR, Naka Y, Uriel N, Goldstein DJ, Cleveland JC, Colombo PC, Walsh MN, Milano CA, Patel CB, Jorde UP, Pagani FD, Aaronson KD, Dean DA, McCants K, Itoh A, Ewald GA, Horstmanshof D, Long JW, Salerno C, for the MOMENTUM 3 (Heartmate 3) Investigators. A Fully Magnetically Levitated Circulatory Pump for Advanced Heart Failure. November 16, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1610426.
    Link
  • Anderson BR, Wallace AS, Hill KD, Gulack BC, Matsouaka R, Jacobs JP, Bacha EA, Glied SA, Jacobs ML. The Impact of Surgeon Experience on Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes. Circulation. 2016;134:A19400.
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  • Castillero E, Ji R, Kheysin N, Patel S, Leung D, Hegde S, Park JS, Stein S, Cuenca C, Akashi H, Wang C, Ali ZA, Colombo PC, Sweeney HL, Schulze PC, George I. Bone Morphogenetic Protein 1/Tolloid-Like Metalloproteinase (BMP-1/TLD) is Increased in Heart Failure and Regulates MMP12 and TIMP1 Levels in Cardiomyocytes. Circulation. 2016;134:A16584.
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  • Chyou JY, Whang W, Dizon J, Biviano A, Garan H, Naka Y, Colombo P, Garan AR. Characteristics, Therapeutic Efficacy, and Clinical Implications of Ventricular Tachycardias Detected Early After Implant of Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device. Circulation. 2016;134:A17132.
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  • Kurlansky, P, Baser O, Nemeth S, Tingley J, Argenziano, Smith C. East Meets West in the Assessment of Cardiac Risk: A Multicenter Comparative Study of the Influence of Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Risk Factors on Cardiac Surgical Risk Model Performance. Circulation. 2016;134:A12044.
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  • Rubin G, Bayne J, Givens R, Noonavath M, Takayama H, Takeda K, Naka Y, Garan H, Farr M, Wan E. Increased Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities After Tricuspid Annuloplasty During Cardiac Transplantation: A Single Center 3 Year Retrospective Review. Circulation. 2016;134:A14021.
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  • Venkatesh P, Maw AM, Evans AT, Patel AD, Pashun RA, Fujikura K, Minhas I, Kim LK, Swaminathan RV, Feldman DN, Minutello RM, Bergman G, Wong SC, Bacha E, Singh HS. Sudden cardiac death after atrial switch repair for D-transposition of the great arteries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation. 2016;134:A20647.
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  • Wang L, Baser O, Wells P, Peacock WF, Coleman C, Fermann GJ, Schein J, Crivera C. Benefit of early discharge among patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism: Focus on net clinical impact. Circulation. 2016;134:A13112.
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  • Wang L, Baser O, Wells P, Peacock WF, Coleman C, Fermann GJ, Schein J, Crivera C. Effectiveness of Rivaroxaban among patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. Circulation. 2016;134:A13140.
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October 2016

European Health Psychology Society, 29th Annual Meeting
Cyprus, September 1-5, 2016

  • L. Kasmi, D. Kalfa, E. Murzi, N. Geronikola, M. Montreuil Neuropsychological outcome and quality of life in adults after neonatal surgery for congenital heart disease.

European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, EACTS 30th Annual Meeting
Barcelona, Spain, October 1-5, 2016

  • D Kalfa, B Ahmad, M Pontailler, P Pouponneau, M Blanchy, K.Thibaut, P Menasché, G Williams Electrospinning of a bioresorbable polymeric anisotropic valved arterial conduit for pediatric cardiac surgery.
  • Kalfa D, Pontailler M, Ahmad B, Pouponneau P, Blanchy M, Neffe A, Vanneaux V, Menashe P. Recent progress of the TEH-TUBE program: Tissue Engineering of a biofunctionalized bioresorbable polymeric Heart valved TUBE.
  • M Padalino, M Comisso, A Frigo, M Kostolny, C Schreiber, J Samprec, D Barron, B Meyns, V Hraska, B Maruszewski, M Kozlowski, LA Vricella, N Hibino, S Collica, H Berggren, M Synnergren, S Lazarov, D Kalfa, E Bacha, C Pizarro, M Hazenkamp, V Sojak, J Jacobs, M Nosal, J Fragata, S Cicek, GE Sarris, P Zografos, V Vida, G Stellin. Early and late outcomes after surgical repair of congenital supravalvar aortic stenosis. A ECHSA multicentric study.

Publications

June 2019

  • DeRose JJ Jr, Mancini DM, Chang HL, Argenziano M, Dagenais F, Ailawadi G, Perrault LP, Parides MK, Taddei-Peters WC, Mack MJ, Glower DD, Yerokun BA, Atluri P, Mullen JC, Puskas JD, O'Sullivan K, Sledz NM, Tremblay H, Moquete E, Ferket BS, Moskowitz AJ, Iribarne A, Gelijns AC, O'Gara PT, Blackstone EH, Gillinov AM; CTSN Investigators. Pacemaker Implantation After Mitral Valve Surgery With Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 May 21;73(19):2427-2435. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.02.062.
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  • Dvir D, Bapat V. Feasibility of TAVR in Small Surgical Valves: Vive la Valve-in-Valve. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 May 27;12(10):933-935. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.04.003.
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  • George I, Kodali SK, Leon MB. Changing the Conversation to TAVR First!: Aftermath of the Low-Surgical Risk TAVR Studies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 May 27;12(10):908-910. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.04.030.
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  • Gleason TG, Argenziano M, Bavaria JE, Kane LC, Coselli JS, Engelman RM, Tanaka KA, Awad A, Sekela ME, Zwischenberger JB. Hemoadsorption to Reduce Plasma Free Hemoglobin during Cardiac Surgery: Results of REFRESH I Pilot Study. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 May 11. pii: S1043-0679(19)30062-0. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.05.006.
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  • Kalfa D. Commentary: To valve, or not to valve-That is the stage I question. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr 24. pii: S0022-5223(19)30889-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.109.
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  • Sanchez JE, Takayama H, Ando M, Han J, Kurlansky P, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Farr M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Outcomes of bridge to cardiac retransplantation in the contemporary mechanical circulatory support era. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 28. pii: S0022-5223(19)30525-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.135.
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May 2019

  • Anderson BR, Kumar SR, Gottlieb-Sen D, Liava'a MH, Hill KD, Jacobs JP, Moga FX, Overman DM, Newburger JW, Glied SA, Bacha EA; The Congenital Heart Technical Skill Study: Rationale and Design. Congenital Heart Technical Skill Study. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2019 Mar;10(2):137-144. doi: 10.1177/2150135118822689.
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  • Bacha E. Noonan's Syndrome and Cardiac Surgery: What Can We Learn? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Mar 1. pii: S1043-0679(19)30007-3. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.02.027.
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  • Bacha EA. Commentary: Single-ventricle reconstruction: Chronicle of a death foretold? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Mar 21. pii: S0022-5223(19)30670-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.119.
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  • Bacha EA. Commentary: The Norwood operation from 1982 to 2019: Continued surgical triumph or stagnation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan 31. pii: S0022-5223(19)30288-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.074.
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  • Bapat V, Tang GHL. Fracturing surgical valves to improve hemodynamics in transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve replacement: Insanity or ingenuity? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 27. pii: S0022-5223(19)30486-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.132
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  • Bapat V, Tang GHL. Axillary/Subclavian Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The Default Alternative Access? JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Apr 8;12(7):670-672. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.017.
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  • D'Angelo AM, van Boxtel BS, Wu IY, Smith CR. Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for resection of a right atrial accessory hepatic lobe. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr 4. pii: S0022-5223(19)30754-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.076.
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  • Durko AP, Head SJ, Pibarot P, Atluri P, Bapat V, Cameron DE, Casselman FPA, Chen EP, Dahle G, Ebels T, Elefteriades JA, Lancellotti P, Prager RL, Rosenhek R, Speir A, Stijnen M, Tasca G, Yoganathan A, Walther T, De Paulis R. Characteristics of surgical prosthetic heart valves and problems around labelling: a document from the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)-The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)-American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Valve Labelling Task Force. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 May 10. pii: ezz034. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz034.
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  • Garan AR, Takeda K, Salna M, Vandenberge J, Doshi D, Karmpaliotis D, Kirtane AJ, Takayama H, Kurlansky P. Prospective Comparison of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device and Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 May 7;8(9):e012171. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012171.
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  • Kassar M, Khalique OK, Pilgrim T, Reineke D, Carrel T, Windecker S, George I, Praz F. Surgical Transatrial Implantation of Transcatheter Heart Valves in Severe Mitral Annular Calcification. Interv Cardiol Clin. 2019 Jul;8(3):313-319. doi: 10.1016/j.iccl.2019.02.006.
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  • Kossar AP, Borger M, George I. Direct access valve-in-valve implantation for management of complex valvulopathy. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Apr 8. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28179.
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  • Kurlansky PA. The Impact of Preoperative Clopidogrel on Outcomes Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Commentary). Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 May 3. pii: S0003-4975(19)30613-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.03.094.
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  • Kurlansky P. Commentary: The superiority of noninferiority. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr 4. pii: S0022-5223(19)30755-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.077
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  • Kurlansky P. Commentary: Moving the guidelines for mitral repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Mar 21. pii: S0022-5223(19)30669-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.144.
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  • LaPar DJ, Bacha E. Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum With Borderline Tricuspid Valve: How Small Is Too Small. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2019;22:27-31. doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2019.02.007. Review.
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  • Salna M, Ikegami H, Willey JZ, Garan AR, Cevasco M, Chan C, Takayama H, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Transcranial Doppler is an effective method in assessing cerebral blood flow patterns during peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Card Surg. 2019 May 6. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14060.
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  • Schwann TA, Habib RH, Wallace A, Shahian D, Gaudino M, Kurlansky P, Engoren MC, Tranbaugh RF, Schwann AN, Jacobs JP. Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus radial artery multi-arterial bypass grafting: a report from the STS database†. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Apr 1. pii: ezz106. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz106.
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  • Smith CR. Commentary: When a choice is not an echo. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr 4. pii: S0022-5223(19)30745-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.067.
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  • Spina R, Khalique O, George I, Nazif T. Acute left main stem coronary occlusion following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in a patient without recognized coronary obstruction risk factors: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2018 Oct 23;2(4):yty112. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/yty112. eCollection 2018 Dec.
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  • Taramasso M, Gavazzoni M, Pozzoli A, Dreyfus GD, Bolling SF, George I, Kapos I, Tanner FC, Zuber M, Maisano F, Hahn RT. Tricuspid Regurgitation: Predicting the Need for Intervention, Procedural Success, and Recurrence of Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Apr;12(4):605-621. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.11.034. Review.
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  • Truby LK, DeRoo S, Spellman J, Jennings DL, Takeda K, Fine B, Restaino S, Farr M. Management of primary graft failure after heart transplantation: Preoperative risks, perioperative events, and postoperative decisions. Clin Transplant. 2019 Apr 1:e13557. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13557.
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April 2019

  • Baron SJ, Wang K, House JA, Magnuson EA, Reynolds MR, Makkar R, Herrmann HC, Kodali S, Thourani VH, Kapadia S, Svensson L, Mack MJ, Brown DL, Russo MJ, Smith CR, Webb J, Miller C, Leon MB, Cohen DJ. Cost-Effectiveness of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Intermediate Risk. Circulation. 2019 Feb 12;139(7):877-888.
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  • Breslin NT, Salerno DM, Topkara VK, Latif F, Restaino S, Takeda K, Takayama H, Farr M, Colombo PC, Jennings DL. Prior Amiodarone Exposure Reduces Tacrolimus Dosing Requirements in Heart Transplant Recipients. Prog Transplant. 2019 Mar 7:1526924819835840. doi: 10.1177/1526924819835840.
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  • Cevasco MR, Li B, Han J, Chiuzan C, Mauro CM, Kurlansky P, Garan AR, Takeda K, Naka Y, Takayama H. Adverse Event Profile Associated with Prolonged Use of CentriMag Ventricular Assist Device for Refractory Cardiogenic Shock. ASAIO J. 2019 Feb 20. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000893.
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  • Cheng YT, Garan AR, Sanchez J, Kurlansky P, Ando M, Cevasco M, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H, Takeda K. Mid-term outcomes of bridge-to-recovery patients after short-term mechanical circulatory support. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019, published online March 6.
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  • DeFilippis EM, Truby LK, Garan AR, Givens RC, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Haythe JH, Farr MA, Topkara VK. Sex-Related Differences in Use and Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation. JACC Heart Fail. 2019 Mar;7(3):250-257.
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  • DeRoo SC, Takayama H, Nemeth S, Garan AR, Kurlansky P, Restaino S, Colombo P, Farr M, Naka Y, Takeda K. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for primary graft dysfunction after heart transplant. J Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg. Accepted February 17, 2019.
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  • Hahn RT, Nabauer M, Zuber M, Nazif TM, Hausleiter J, Taramasso M, Pozzoli A, George I, Kodali S, Bapat V, Maisano F. Intraprocedural Imaging of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Mar;12(3):532-553.
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  • Kalfa D. Commentary: What is the best surgical technique to repair partial anomalous pulmonary venous return into the superior vena cava? We still do not know. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 6. pii: S0022-5223(19)30313-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.098.
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  • Kurlansky PA. Left-sided complete revascularization with bilateral internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Feb 2. pii: S0003-4975(19)30135-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.057.
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  • Kurlansky P. Commentary: A tree in winter: The case for arterial grafting in the diabetic patient. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 19. pii: S0022-5223(19)30456-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.023.
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  • Law S, Chai P, Ündar A. Welcome to the Fifteenth International conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion. Artif Organs. 2019 Mar 25. doi: 10.1111/aor.13437.
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  • Mack MJ, Leon MB, Thourani VH, Makkar R, Kodali SK, Russo M, Kapadia SR, Malaisrie SC, Cohen DJ, Pibarot P, Leipsic J, Hahn RT, Blanke P, Williams MR, McCabe JM, Brown DL, Babaliaros V, Goldman S, Szeto WY, Genereux P, Pershad A, Pocock SJ, Alu MC, Webb JG, Smith CR; PARTNER 3 Investigators. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1814052.
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  • Mehra MR, Uriel N, Naka Y, Cleveland JC Jr, Yuzefpolskaya M, Salerno CT, Walsh MN, Milano CA, Patel CB, Hutchins SW, Ransom J, Ewald GA, Itoh A, Raval NY, Silvestry SC, Cogswell R, John R, Bhimaraj A, Bruckner BA, Lowes BD, Um JY, Jeevanandam V, Sayer G, Mangi AA, Molina EJ, Sheikh F, Aaronson K, Pagani FD, Cotts WG, Tatooles AJ, Babu A, Chomsky D, Katz JN, Tessmann PB, Dean D, Krishnamoorthy A, Chuang J, Topuria I, Sood P, Goldstein DJ; MOMENTUM 3 Investigators. A Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device — Final Report. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1900486.
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  • Moore SKL, Chau KH, Chaudhary S, Rubin G, Bayne J, Avula UMR, Wang DY, Sorbera C, Dizon J, Biviano A, Waase M, Iyer V, George I, Kodali SK, Nazif TM, Garan H, Wan EY. Leadless pacemaker implantation: A feasible and reasonable option in transcatheter heart valve replacement patients. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Mar 4. doi: 10.1111/pace.13648.
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  • Russo J, Alesova N, Pitcher I, Couture E, Parlow S, Faraz M, Visintini S, Simard T, DiSanto P, Mathew R, So DY, Takeda K, Garan AR, Karmpaliotis D, Takayama H, Kirtane AJ, Hibbet B. Left Ventricular Unloading During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Feb 19;73(6):654-662.
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  • Sanchez JE, Takayama H, Ando M, Han J, Kurlansky P, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Farr M, Colombo P, Naka Y, Takeda T. Outcomes of bridge to cardiac re-transplantation in the contemporary mechanical circulatory support era. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Accepted Jan 4, 2019.
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  • Smith CR. Commentary: Move fast and break things. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 21. pii: S0022-5223(19)30468-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.034.
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  • Smith CR. Commentary: Massachusetts exceptionalism. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 11. pii: S0022-5223(19)30341-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.103.
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  • Truby LK, Sridharan L, Flores RJ, Garan R, Jennings D, Yuzepolskaya M, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK. Red cell distribution width predicts 90 day mortality in continuous-flow left ventricular assist device patients. ASAIO Journal. 2019:65:233-240.
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  • Uriel N, Imamura T, Sayer G, Agarwal R, Sims DB, Takayama H, John R, Pagani FD, Naka Y, Sundareswaran KS, Farrar DJ, Jorde UP; HeartMate II Clinical Investigators. High Transpulmonary Artery Gradient Obtained at the Time of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Negatively Impacts Survival following Cardiac Transplantation. J Card Fail. 2019 Mar 20. pii: S1071-9164(18)31147-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.03.010.
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February 2019

  • Allen KB, Icke KJ, Thourani VH, Naka Y, Grubb KJ, Grehan J, Patel N, Guy TS, Landolfo K, Gerdisch M, Bonnell M. Sternotomy closure using rigid plate fixation: a paradigm shift from wire cerclage. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Sep;7(5):611-620. doi: 10.21037/acs.2018.06.01.
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  • Blackstone EH, Chang HL, Rajeswaran J, Parides MK, Ishwaran H, Li L, Ehrlinger J, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Argenziano M, DeRose JJ Jr, Couderc JP, Balda D, Dagenais F, Mack MJ, Ailawadi G, Smith PK, Acker MA, O 'Gara PT, Gillinov AM; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network Investigators. Biatrial maze procedure versus pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: New analytical approaches and end points. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):234-243.
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  • Coromilas EJ, Takeda K, Ando M, Cevasco M, Green P, Karmpaliotis D, Kirtane A, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takayama H, Naka Y, Burkhoff D, Colombo PC, Garan AR. Comparison of Percutaneous and Surgical Right Ventricular Assist Device Support After Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion. J Card Fail. 2018 Dec 22. pii: S1071-9164(18)31381-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.12.005.
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  • Farooqi KM, Cooper C, Chelliah A, Saeed O, Chai PJ, Jambawalikar SR, Lipson H, Bacha EA, Einstein AJ, Jorde UP. 3D Printing and Heart Failure: The Present and the Future. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Dec 10. pii: S2213-1779(18)30716-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.09.011.
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  • Hahn RT, George I, Kodali SK, Nazif T, Khalique OK, Akkoc D, Kantor A, Vahl TP, Patel A, Elias E, Ng V, Spina R, Bartus K, Velagapudi P, Wu I, Leon M, Bapat V. Early Single-Site Experience With Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Dec 12. pii: S1936-878X(18)30852-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.08.034.
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  • Hannan El, Samadashvili Z, Smith CR, Lahey SJ Gold JP, Jordan D, Sundt TM, Girardi L, Ashraf MH, Chikwe J. Mitral valve repair versus replacement for patients with preserved left ventricular function without heart failure symptoms. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Sep 26. pii: S0022-5223(18)32485-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.091.
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  • Kalfa D, LaPar D, Chai P, Bacha E. Aortic valve neocuspidization: A bright future in pediatric aortic valve surgery? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb;157(2):728. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.050.
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  • Langer NB, Takayama H. Thinking outside the (cardiac) box. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Nov 27. pii: S0022-5223(18)33165-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.11.051.
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  • McElhinney DB, Aboulhosn JA, Dvir D, Whisenant B, Zhang Y, Eicken A, Ribichini F, Tzifa A, Hainstock MR, Martin MH, Kornowski R, Schubert S, Latib A, Thomson JDR, Torres AJ, Meadows J, Delaney JW, Guerrero ME, Salizzoni S, El-Said H, Finkelstein A, George I, Gewillig M, Alvarez-Fuente M, Lamers L, Cheema AN, Kreutzer JN, Rudolph T, Hildick-Smith D, Cabalka AK; VIVID Registry. Mid-Term Valve-Related Outcomes After Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve or Valve-in-Ring Replacement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Jan 22;73(2):148-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.051.
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  • Nakagawa S, Garan AR, Takeda K, Takayama H, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Yuill L, Lin SX, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Blinderman CD. Palliative Care Consultation in Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Palliat Med. 2019 Jan 7. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2018.0393.
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  • Sorajja P, Bapat V. Early experience with the Intrepid system for transcatheter mitral valve replacement. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Nov;7(6):792-798. doi: 10.21037/acs.2018.10.03.
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  • Zhao Q, Wang L, Kurlansky PA, Schein J, Baser O, Berger JS. Cardiovascular outcomes among elderly patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease and without atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Jan 15;19(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12872-018-0991-1.
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November 2018

  • Al Haddad E, LaPar DJ, Dayton J, Stephens EH, Bacha E. Complete atrioventricular canal repair with a decellularized porcine small intestinal submucosa patch. Congenit Heart Dis. 2018 Sep 21. doi: 10.1111/chd.12666.
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  • Bacha E. A one-way street no more? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Sep 15. pii: S0022-5223(18)32336-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.068.
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  • Chai PJ. Shedding more light on the use of mechanical aortic valve replacement in patients with congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Sep 1. pii: S0022-5223(18)32293-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.047.
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  • Chai PJ. Feasibility of Biventricular Intracorporeal Ventricular Assist in a Pediatric Patient. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Sep 7. pii: S1043-0679(18)30186-2.
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September 2018

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August 2018

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June 2018

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May 2018

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April 2018

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March 2018

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  • Ando M, Garan AR, Takayama H, Topkara VK, Han J, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda, K. A continuous-flow external ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock: Evolution over ten years. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Published online: February 13, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.12.148
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  • Bacha E. Aortic coarctation decision making comes of age. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar;155(3):1184-1185. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.058. Epub 2017 Nov 22.
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  • Cevasco M, Hastie J, Takayama H. Expanding our arsenal against an old foe. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018, Published online February 24, 2018.
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  • Han J, Mauro CM, Kurlansky PA, Fukuhara S, Yuzefpolskaya M, Topkara VK, Garan AR, Colombo PC, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K. Impact of Obesity on Readmission in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb 1. pii: S0003-4975(17)31461-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.043. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Kasmi L, Calderon J, Montreuil M, Geronikola N, Lambert V, Belli E, Bonnet D, Kalfa D. Neurocognitive and Psychological Outcomes in Adults With Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries Corrected by the Arterial Switch Operation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Mar;105(3):830-836. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.055. Epub 2017 Oct 21.
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February 2018

  • Ai L, Chen H, Lin V, Bapat VN. Rapid Deployment Aortic Valves Deliver Superior Hemodynamic Performance In Vitro. Innovations (Phila). 2017 Sep/Oct;12(5):338-345.
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  • Fukuhara S, Takeda K, Kurlansky PA, Naka Y, Takayama H. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a direct bridge to heart transplantation in adults. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Dec 21. pii: S0022-5223(17)33002-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.10.152. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Kodali SK, Bapat VN. Valve in Valve for Failed Surgical Bioprostheses: Not for Everyone! JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Jan 22;11(2):142-144.
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  • Nakagawa S, Hua M, Takayama H. Who is not comfortable with the term "palliative care"—patient, family or surgeon? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Accepted Date: 6 January 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.004
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  • Salna M, Takeda K, Kurlansky P, Ikegami H, Fan L, Han J, Stein S, Topkara V, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Karmpaliotis D, Naka Y, Kirtane AJ, Garan AR, Takayama H. The influence of advanced age on venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcomes. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jan 22. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx510. [Epub ahead of print]
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January 2018

  • ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/EACTS/HVS/SCA/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for the Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Valve Society, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Aortic Stenosis Writing Group, Bonow RO, Brown AS, Gillam LD, Kapadia SR, Kavinsky CJ, Lindman BR, Mack MJ, Thourani VH; Aortic Stenosis Rating Panel, Dehmer GJ, Bonow RO, Lindman BR, Beaver TM, Bradley SM, Carabello BA, Desai MY, George I, Green P, Holmes DR Jr, Johnston D, Leipsic J, Mick SL, Passeri JJ, Piana RN, Reichek N, Ruiz CE, Taub CC, Thomas JD, Turi ZG; Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, Doherty JU, Dehmer GJ, Bailey SR, Bhave NM, Brown AS, Daugherty SL, Dean LS, Desai MY, Duvernoy CS, Gillam LD, Hendel RC, Kramer CM, Lindsay BD, Manning WJ, Mehrotra P, Patel MR, Sachdeva R, Wann LS, Winchester DE, Allen JM. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 Dec 16. pii: S0894-7317(17)30760-5. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2017.10.020. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Castaño A, Narotsky DL, Hamid N, Khalique OK, Morgenstern R, DeLuca A, Rubin J, Chiuzan C, Nazif T, Vahl T, George I, Kodali S, Leon MB, Hahn R, Bokhari S, Maurer MS. Unveiling transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis and its predictors among elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Eur Heart J. 2017 Oct 7;38(38):2879-2887. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx350.
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  • Clerkin KJ, Topkara VK, Demmer RT, Dizon JM, Yuzefpolskaya M, Fried JA, Mai X, Mancini DM, Takeda K, Takayama H, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Garan AR. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients With a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: An Analysis of the INTERMACS Registry. JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Dec;5(12):916-926.
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  • Perrault LP, Kirkwood KA, Chang HL, Mullen JC, Gulack BC, Argenziano M, Gelijns AC, Ghanta RK, Whitson BA, Williams DL, Sledz-Joyce NM, Lima B, Greco G, Fumakia N, Rose EA, Puskas JD, Blackstone EH, Weisel RD, Bowdish ME. A Prospective Multi-Institutional Cohort Study of Mediastinal Infections After Cardiac Operations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec 6. pii: S0003-4975(17)31267-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.078. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Praz F, George I, Khalique OK, Kodali SK. Embolic protection for tricuspid valve-in-valve intervention. Eur Heart J 2017 Oct 28. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx627. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Schwann TA, Tatoulis J, Puskas J, Bonnell M, Taggart D, Kurlansky P, Jacobs JP, Thourani VH, O'Brien S, Wallace A, Engoren MC, Tranbaugh RF, Habib RH. Worldwide Trends in Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery 2004-2014: A Tale of 2 Continents. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Autumn;29(3):273-280. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.05.018. Epub 2017 Aug 8.
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  • Stephens EH, Han J, Trawick EA, Di Martino ES, Akkiraju H, Brown LM, Connell JP, Grande-Allen KJ, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Takayama H. Left-Ventricular Assist Device Impact on Aortic Valve Mechanics, Proteomics and Ultrastructure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec 6. pii: S0003-4975(17)31132-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.030. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Thourani VH, Forcillo J, Szeto WY, Kodali SK, Blackstone EH, Lowry AM, Semple M, Rajeswaran J, Makkar RR, Williams MR, Bavaria JE, Herrmann HC, Maniar HS, Babaliaros VC, Smith CR, Trento A, Corso PJ, Pichard AD, Miller DC, Svensson LG, Kapadia S, Ailawadi G, Suri RM, Greason KL, Hahn RT, Jaber WA, Alu MC, Leon MB, Mack MJ; PARTNER Trial Investigators. Outcomes in 937 Intermediate-Risk Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in PARTNER 2A. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec 15. pii: S0003-4975(17)31617-X. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.062. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Welch D, Spotnitz HM, Brenner DJ. Measurement of UV Emission from a Diffusing Optical Fiber Using Radiochromic Film. Photochem Photobiol. 2017 Nov;93(6):1509-1512. doi: 10.1111/php.12798. Epub 2017 Jul 21.
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December 2017

  • Ando M, Hiroo T, Naka Y, Takeda K. A minimally invasive right ventricular assist device insertion late after a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Aug 16. pii: S0022-5223(17)31719-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.07.066. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
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  • Ando M, Nakanishi K, Cevasco M, Takeda K, Takayama H. "Right ventricle looks bad." "no, it doesn't." "yes, it does." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Dec;154(6):1987.
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  • Cevasco M, Takayama H. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A bleeding patient’s best friend. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, Published on line Oct 2017.
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  • Chiang YP, Ginns JN, Takayama. Use of cutting edge technology to learn myocardial “Cutting Edge” in septal myectomy. J Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. Accepted Oct 27, 2017.DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.10.108.
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  • Grau JB, Fortier JH, Kuschner C, Ferrari G, Brizzio ME, Zapolanski A, Shaw RE. Implementing a protocol to optimize blood use in a cardiac surgery service: results of a pre-post analysis and the impact of high-volume blood users. Transfusion. 2017; 57(10):2483-2489.
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  • Hommes-Schattmann P, Neffe A, Ahmad B, Williams G, M’Bele G, Vanneaux V, Menasché P, Kalfa D, Lendlein A. RGD Constructs With Physical Anchor Groups As Polymer Co-Electrospinnable Cell Adhesives. Polym. Adv. Technol. 2017;28:1312–1317.
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  • Shimada YJ, Weiner SD, Takayama H. How amazing is a maze procedure in the obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy population? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep 11. pii: S0022-5223(17)31889-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.008. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Takayama H, Weiner SD, Bacha E. A deep dive into the left ventricle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Accpeted 9 November 2017. Doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.012.
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  • Yoshioka D, Li B, Takayama H, Garan RA, Topkara VK, Han J, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takeda K. Outcome of heart transplantation after bridge-to-transplant strategy using various mechanical circulatory support devices. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec 1;25(6):918-924. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx201.
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November 2017

  • Douglas PS, Leon MB, Mack MJ, Svensson LG, Webb JG, Hahn RT, Pibarot P, Weissman NJ, Miller DC, Kapadia S, Herrmann HC, Kodali SK, Makkar RR, Thourani VH, Lerakis S, Lowry AM, Rajeswaran J, Finn MT, Alu MC, Smith CR, Blackstone EH; PARTNER Trial Investigators. Longitudinal Hemodynamics of Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valves in the PARTNER Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Sep 27. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.3306. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Garan AR, Eckhardt C, Takeda K, Topkara VK, Clerkin K, Fried J, Masoumi A, Demmer RT, Trinh P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Naka Y, Burkhoff D, Kirtane A, Colombo PC, Takayama H. Predictors of survival and ability to wean from short-term mechanical circulatory support device following acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2017 Nov 1:2048872617740834. doi: 10.1177/2048872617740834. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Généreux P, Pibarot P, Redfors B, Mack MJ, Makkar RR, Jaber WA, Svensson LG, Kapadia S, Tuzcu EM, Thourani VH, Babaliaros V, Herrmann HC, Szeto WY, Cohen DJ, Lindman BR, McAndrew T, Alu MC, Douglas PS, Hahn RT, Kodali SK, Smith CR, Miller DC, Webb JG, Leon MB. Staging classification of aortic stenosis based on the extent of cardiac damage. Eur Heart J. 2017 Jul 21. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx381. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Gillespie MJ, Benson LN, Bergersen L, Bacha EA, Cheatham SL, Crean AM, Eicken A, Ewert P, Geva T, Hellenbrand WE, Hor KN, Horlick EM, Jones TK, Mayer J, McHenry BT, Osten MD, Powell AJ, Zahn EM, Cheatham JP. Patient Selection Process for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Early Feasibility Study. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Oct 15;120(8):1387-1392. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.07.034. Epub 2017 Jul 26.
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  • Kasmi L, Calderon J, Montreuil M, Geronikola N, Lambert V, Belli E, Bonnet D, Kalfa D. Neurocognitive and Psychological Outcomes in Adults With Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries Corrected by the Arterial Switch Operation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Oct 12. pii: S0003-4975(17)30952-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.055. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Lee CL, Colombo PC, Eisenberger A, Diuguid D, Jennings DL, Han J, Salna MP, Takeda K, KurlanskyPA, Yuzefpolskaya M, Garan AR, Naka Y, Takayama H. Abciximab/Heparin Therapy for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Patients With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Oct 4. pii: S0003-4975(17)30911-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.031. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Smith CR. Tissue adhesive innovations derived from the natural world. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.014.
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  • Terré JA, George I, Smith CR. Pros and cons of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Sep;6(5):444-452. doi: 10.21037/acs.2017.09.15. Review.
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  • Wang H, Kalfa D, Rosenbaum MS, Ginns JN, Lewis MJ, Glickstein JS, Bacha EA, Chai PJ.Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Oct 18. pii: S0003-4975(17)30961-X. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.061. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Terré JA, George I, Smith CR. Pros and cons of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Sep;6(5):444-452. doi: 10.21037/acs.2017.09.15. Review.
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October 2017

  • Kennel PJ, Saha A, Maldonado DA, Givens R, Brunjes DL, Castillero E, Zhang X, Ji R, Yahi A, George I, Mancini DM, Koller A, Fine B, Zorn E, Colombo PC, Tatonetti N, Chen EI, Schulze PC. Serum exosomal protein profiling for the non-invasive detection of cardiac allograft rejection. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Jul 19. pii: S1053-2498(17)31903-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.07.012. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Praz F, George I, Kodali S, Koulogiannis KP, Gillam LD, Bechis MZ, Rubenson D, Li W, Duncan A. Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Intervention for Degenerative Bioprosthetic Tricuspid Valve Disease. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 Aug 23. pii: S0894-7317(17)30473-X.
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September 2017

  • Allen KB, Thourani VH, Naka Y. Sternal healing comes from stable beginnings. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep;154(3):943-944.
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  • Anderson BR, Wallace AS, Hill KD, Gulack BC, Matsouaka R, Jacobs JP, Bacha EA, Glied SA, Jacobs ML. Association of Surgeon Age and Experience With Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Jul;10(7).
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  • Bacha E. Intervention on Surgical Systemic-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunts. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Aug 9. pii: S1936-8798(17)31295-5.
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  • Gillespie MJ, Benson LN, Bergersen L, Bacha EA, Cheatham SL, Crean AM, Eicken A, Ewert P, Geva T, Hellenbrand WE, Hor KN, Horlick EM, Jones TK, Mayer J, McHenry BT, Osten MD, Powell AJ, Zahn EM, Cheatham JP. Patient Selection Process for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Early Feasibility Study. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Jul 26. pii: S0002-9149(17)31199-2.
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  • Fukuhara S, Takeda K, Chiuzan C, Han J, Kurlansky PA, Takayama H, Naka Y. Concomitant mitral repair and continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: Is it warranted? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Apr 22. pii: S0022-5223(17)30840-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.04.021. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Han SM, Sorabella RA, Vasan S, Grbic M, Lambert D, Prasad R, Wang C, Kurlansky P, Borger MA, Gordon R, George I. Influence of Staphylococcus aureus on Outcomes after Valvular Surgery for Infective Endocarditis. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Jul 20;12(1):57.
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  • Kurlansky P, Arterial grafting for coronary revascularisation and the illusive search for truth. Heart 2017;103:1394–1395.
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  • Kurlansky P. Postoperative atrial fibrillation: The truth is stranger than fiction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Aug;154(2):499-500. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.057.
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  • Salna M, Takayama H, Garan AR, Kurlansky P, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Imahiyerobo T, Morrissey N, Naka Y, Takeda K. Incidence and risk factors of groin lymphocele formation after venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in cardiogenic shock patients. J Vasc Surg. 2017 Aug 16. pii: S0741-5214(17)31763-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.05.127.
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  • Takeda K, Garan AR, Ando M, Han J, Topkara VK, Kurlansky P, Yuzefpolskaya M, Farr MA, Colombo PC, Naka Y, Takayama H. Minimally invasive CentriMag ventricular assist device support integrated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in cardiogenic shock patients: a comparison with conventional CentriMag biventricular support configuration.Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Jun 22. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx189.
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  • Truby LK, Takeda K, Farr M, Beck J, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Tokpara V, Mancini D, Naka Y, Takayama H. Incidence and Impact of On-Cardiopulmonary Bypass Vasoplegia During Heart Transplantation. ASAIO J. 2017 Aug 2. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000623.
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July 2017

  • Anderson BR, Blancha VL, Duchon JM, Chai PJ, Kalfa D, Bacha EA, Krishnamurthy G, Ratner V. The effects of postoperative hematocrit on shunt occlusion for neonates undergoing single ventricle palliation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Apr;153(4):947-955.
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  • Hommes-Schattmann PJ, Neffe AT, Ahmad B, Williams GR, M'Bele G, Vanneaux V, Menasché P, Kalfa D, Lendlein A. RGD constructs with physical anchor groups as polymer co-electrospinnable cell adhesives. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 10 NOV 2016, DOI: 10.1002/pat.3963.
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  • Abadeer AI, Kurlansky P, Chiuzan C, Truby L, Radhakrishnan J, Garan R, Topkara V, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo P, Takeda K, Naka Y, Takayama H. Importance of stratifying acute kidney injury in cardiogenic shock resuscitated with mechanical circulatory support therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Apr 25. pii: S0022-5223(17)30862-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.04.042. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Kalfa D, Belli E, Bacha E, Lambert V, di Carlo D, Kostolny M, Salminen J, Nosal M, Poncelet A, Horer J, Berggren H, Yemets I, Hazekamp M, Maruszewski B, Sarris G, Pozzi M, Ebels T, Lacour-Gayet F; European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association. Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Severity Score in a Multicentric Study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jul;104(1):182-189.
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June 2017

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May 2017

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April 2017

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February 2017

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December 2016

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November 2016

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October 2016

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