Works from 2020
Auscultatory interregnum: Bicentennial of the stethoscope, Muhammad Fuad Jan and A. Jamil Tajik (Article)
Cost-Effectiveness of a Small Intrapericardial Centrifugal Left Ventricular Assist Device, Scott C Silvestry, Claudius Mahr, Mark S Slaughter, et al. (Article)
COVID-19 and hyperinflammatory syndrome in children: kawasaki disease with macrophage activation syndrome in disguise?, Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G Villarreal, and Saul Flores (Article)
Implication of hemodynamic assessment during durable left ventricular assist device support, Teruhiko Imamura and Nikhil Narang (Article)
Lower Rates of Heart Failure and All-Cause Hospitalizations During Pulmonary Artery Pressure-Guided Therapy for Ambulatory Heart Failure: One-Year Outcomes From the CardioMEMS Post-Approval Study, David M Shavelle, Akshay S Desai, William T Abraham, et al. (Article)
Neurohormonal blockade during left ventricular assist device support, Teruhiko Imamura, Priya Mehta, Ann Nguyen, et al. (Article)
Sleep Duration and Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence – The Debate Continues, Saurabh Aggarwal, Gaurav Aggarwal, and Rohit S. Loomba (Response or Comment)
Prevalence and control rates of hypertension in the USA: 2017-2018, Muchi Ditah Chobufo, Vijay Gayam, Jean Soluny, et al. (Article)
A gigantic right atrium due to tricuspid valve dysfunction, Dinesh K Kalra, Alok Arora, and Clifford Kavinsky (Article)
Prevalence and significance of isolated left ventricular non-compaction phenotype in normal black Africans using echocardiography, Samantha Nel, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Elena Libhaber, et al. (Article)
A recovered case of COVID-19 myocarditis and ARDS treated with corticosteroids, tocilizumab, and experimental AT-001, Justin Coyle, Efehi Igbinomwanhia, Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, et al. (Case Report)
Striking the balance between safety of patients and team members with effective, high-quality care, Denise Ignatowski, Sandra Zemke, Abby Payne, et al. (Article)
Frailty in heart transplantation: Report from the heart workgroup of a consensus conference on frailty, Jon Kobashigawa, Palak Shah, Susan Joseph, et al. (Article)
Speckle- tracking echocardiography for the staging of diastolic dysfunction: the correlation between strain-based indices and the severity of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, Farzad Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hadi Gharedaghi, Muhammad Zubair, et al. (Article)
Answering to the call of critically ill patients: Limiting sonographer exposure to COVID-19 with focused protocols, Abigail Kaminski, Abby Payne, Sarah Roemer, et al. (Article)
Authors' reply, Dhruv Chawla, Arshad Jahangir, Ryan Cooley, et al. (Article)
Can heat therapy help patients with heart failure?, Winnie N Ye, Madhura Thipse, Maleka Ben Mahdi, et al. (Article)
Role of surgeon intuition and computer-aided design in Fontan optimization: a computational fluid dynamics simulation study, Yue-Hin Loke, Byeol Kim, Paige Mass, et al. (Article)
Twin pregnancy normalizes triglyceride level in Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome, Pardeep Ratnani, Adib Chaus, and Alan S. Brown (Abstract)
Understanding the most commonly billed diagnoses in primary care: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Julia Rogers and Manisa Baker (Article)
Elevated diaphragm causing marked kinking of the inferior vena cava, Akshar Jaglan, Andy Kieu, Asad Ghafoor, et al. (Case Report)
Myocardial work index: A glimmer of hope in COVID-19, Akshar Jaglan, Sarah Roemer, Muhammad Fuad Jan, et al. (Case Report)
Pulmonary cusp positioning of a right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia in a pediatric patient identified using intracardiac echocardiography, Brian K Lee, Anthony C McCanta, and Anjan S Batra (Article)
Improving clinical outcomes following MitraClip, Teruhiko Imamura and Nikhil Narang (Letter)
Advances in hemodynamic monitoring in heart failure patients, Teruhiko Imamura and Nikhil Narang (Article)
Associations of outdoor fine particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 157 436 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study, Perry Hystad, Andrew Larkin, Sumathy Rangarajan, et al. (Article)
General anesthesia during atrial fibrillation ablation: Standardized protocol and experience, Jose Osorio, Anil Rajendra, Allyson Varley, et al. (Article)
Prasugrel use and clinical outcomes by age among patients undergoing PCI for acute coronary syndrome: from the PROMETHEUS study, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Usman Baber, Samantha Sartori, et al. (Article)
Specific considerations for sonographers when performing echocardiography during the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: supplement to the American Society of Echocardiography Statement, Carol Mitchell, Keith Collins, Lanqi Hua, et al. (Article)
Does position matter?, Emily Tanel, Sarah Roemer, Pedro D. Salinas, et al. (Article)
Clinical predictors of the need for pericardial window or recurrent effusion following therapeutic pericardiocentesis, Daniel Johnsrud, Akshar Jaglan, Ana C. Perez Moreno, et al. (Poster)
JTc Prolongation provides additional prognostic information for life threatening arrhythmias in patients with QRS prolongation, Mohsin Khan, Ana C. Perez Moreno, M. Eyman Mortada, et al. (Poster)
Novel 3D mapping system reduced procedure and fluoroscopy time for persistent atrial fibrillation ablation?, Abdul Safadi, Mohamed Djelmami-Hani, Lynn Erickson, et al. (Poster)
Pathogenic aortopathy genes are associated with faster thoracic aneurysm growth: Long term experience from the Aurora St. Luke's aortopathy clinic, Viviana Zlochiver, Xiaoxiao Qian, Ana C. Perez Moreno, et al. (Poster)
Predictors of conduction recovery in patients with high-degree atrioventricular block after self expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Abdur Rahman Ahmad, Ana C. Perez Moreno, Khawaja A. Ammar, et al. (Poster)
Retrospective review of pulmonary hypertension medication transitions within a large health care system, Ming Yang, Frank Spexarth, Eric Roberts, et al. (Poster)
Treatment strategies in patients with stable obstructive coronary artery disease and severe aortic valve stenosis who underwent TAVR, Mahmoud Ali, Marc Atzenhoefer, Payal Sharma, et al. (Poster)
Noninvasive biomarker-based risk stratification for development of new onset atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery, Farhan Rizvi, Mahek Mirza, Susan Olet, et al. (Article)
Relation of age to survival in patients with obstructive sleep apnea who develop an acute coronary event (from the national inpatient sample), Ashraf Abugroun, Pragnesh Patel, Sameera Natarajan, et al. (Article)
Commentary: Why bother? The case for understanding interstitial cells in the aortic valve, William E Stansfield (Article)
Factors influencing the uptake of influenza vaccination in African American patients with heart failure: Findings from a large urban public hospital, Titilope Olanipekun, Valery S Effoe, Olalekan Olanipekun, et al. (Article)
Longitudinal trajectories of hemodynamics following left ventricular assist device implantation: Hemodynamic trends in LVAD patients, Takeo Fujino, Aline Sayer, Daisuke Nitta, et al. (Article)
Optimal Patient Selection using Objective Parameters for Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy, Teruhiko Imamura and Nikhil Narang (Article)
Pickelhaube spike, a high-risk marker for bileaflet myxomatous mitral valve prolapse: Sonographer's quest for the highest spike, Denise Ignatowski, McKenzie Schweitzer, Kelly Pesek, et al. (Article)
Sodium nitroprusside versus nicardipine for hypertension management after surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Enrique G. Villarreal, Saul Flores, Connor Kriz, et al. (Article)
The Clinical Relevance and Management of High-Flow Arteriovenous Access, Bhavnish Bucktowarsing, Yael Vin, and Edgar Lerma (Article)
Myocardial Work Index: A Novel Method for Assessment of Myocardial Function in South Asian Recreational Athletes, Shantanu Sengupta, Renuka Jain, Nitin Burkule, Susan Olet, and Bijoy K. Khandheria (Original Research)
A case series of patients with left ventricular assist devices and concomitant mechanical heart valves, Tareq Al Saadi, Ambar Andrade, Krystina Chickerillo, et al. (Article)
Decoupling between diastolic pulmonary artery and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures is associated with right ventricular dysfunction and hemocompatibility-related adverse events in patients with left ventricular assist devices, Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang, Gene Kim, et al. (Article)
Atrial-ventricular function in rheumatic mitral regurgitation using strain imaging, Ruchika Meel, Ferande Peters, Bijoy K. Khandheria, et al. (Article)
An Ethical Argument for Professional Regulation and Regionalization of Care in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Angira Patel and Rupali Gandhi (Article)
Benefits of neurohormonal therapy in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices, Rayan Yousefzai, Michela Brambatti, Hao A Tran, et al. (Article)
Burden of arrhythmia and electrophysiologic procedures in alcoholic cardiomyopathy hospitalizations, Samian Sulaiman, Nazdar Yousef, Mina M Mehanni, et al. (Article)
Capnography as a hemodynamic indicator: Another heart lung interaction, Saul Flores, Rohit S. Loomba, and Ronald A Bronicki (Editorial)
Cardiac power efficiency as a hemodynamic predictor of outcomes in congestive heart failure, T. Symalla, Nikhil Narang, and V. Jeevanandam (Abstract)
Comment on: Implication of pulmonary artery pressure monitoring during left ventricular assist device supports, Teruhiko Imamura and Nikhil Narang (Letter)
Comparison of healthcare resource utilization and costs between rivaroxaban and warfarin for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in a skilled nursing facility setting, Dheeraj Mahajan, Bingcao Wu, Ji Song, et al. (Article)
Deep Y-descent in right atrial waveforms following left ventricular assist device implantation: Deep Y-descent in LVAD, Teruhiko Imamura, Daisuke Nitta, Takeo Fujino, et al. (Article)
Effectiveness and Safety of a Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent for Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions up to 190 mm: One-Year Outcomes of the Single-Arm IMPERIAL Long Lesion Substudy of the Eluvia Drug-Eluting Stent, Jaafer Golzar, Yoshimitsu Soga, Anvar Babaev, et al. (Article)
Erdheim-Chester Disease with extensive pericardial involvement: A case report and systematic review, Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, Andrea Anampa-Guzman, and Jessica Navarro-Motta (Article)
Healthcare resource utilization and costs among nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients initiating rivaroxaban or warfarin in skilled nursing facilities: a retrospective cohort study, V Simon Mittal, Bingcao Wu, Ji Song, et al. (Article)
Hemodynamic effects of concomitant mitral valve surgery and left ventricular assist device implantation, Teruhiko Imamura, Jerry Nnanabu, Daniel Rodgers, et al. (Article)
HVAD flow waveform estimates left ventricular filling pressure: HVAD Waveform and PCWP, Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang, Daniel Rodgers, et al. (Article)
Incidence, predictors and impact of stroke on mortality among patients with acute coronary syndromes following percutaneous coronary intervention- Results from the PROMETHEUS registry, Rishi Chandiramani, Huazhen Chen, Shunsuke Aoi, et al. (Article)
Multisystem Erdheim-Chester Disease with extensive pericardial and vascular involvement, Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, Tom Kai Ming Wang, Andrea Anampa-Guzmán, et al. (Article)
Peritoneal dialysis during congenital heart surgery admissions: Insights from a large database, Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Ronald A. Bronicki, et al. (Article)
Pre-operative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio predicts low cardiac output in children after cardiac surgery, Ilias Iliopoulos, Matthew N Alder, David S Cooper, et al. (Article)
Spontaneous reversal of stenosis in tissue-engineered vascular grafts, Joseph D Drews, Victoria K Pepper, Cameron A Best, et al. (Article)
Thyroid hormone (triiodothyronine) therapy in children after congenital heart surgery: A meta-analysis, Saul Flores, Rohit S. Loomba, Paul A Checchia, et al. (Article)
Tick-borne illness and infective endocarditis: A rare case of tularemia, Mark Kaeppler, Ridhima Kapoor, Neil Shah, et al. (Article)
The dynamic relationship between serum chloride and cardiorenal syndrome, Amir Kazory and Maria Rosa Costanzo (Article)
Double jeopardy: Gene testing to the rescue, Lauren Richards, Andy Kieu, Patrycja Galazka, et al. (Abstract)
The hemodynamic response of patients on gabapentin therapy during dobutamine stress testing in transplanted heart, Khalil Odeh, Mirza Nubair Ahmad, Daniel Ortiz, et al. (Abstract)
Interprofessional communication in the cardiac catheterization laboratory cardiology, Matthew McDiarmid, Charnai Sherry, Jodi L. Zilinski, et al. (Poster)
A curious case of an elevated diaphragm causing marked kinking of the inferior vena cava, Akshar Jaglan, Andy Kieu, Asad Ghafoor, et al. (Abstract)
Cardiac computed tomography characterization of Watchman leak: To plug or not to plug, Adib Chaus and Edward Passen (Abstract)
Fit or faint: A case of hyper-vagotonic nerve stimulation, Akshar Jaglan, Arshad Jahangir, and Atul Bhatia (Abstract)
JTc prolongation provides additional prognostic information for life threatening arrhythmias in patients with QRS prolongation, Mohsin Khan, Ana Cristina Perez Moreno, M. Eyman Mortada, et al. (Abstract)
Non-invasive right ventricular function assessment in heart transplant recipients, Marc Atzenhoefer, Britta Goplin, Vinay Thohan, et al. (Abstract)
Secular trend of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring use at St. Luke's Medical Center, Marc Atzenhoefer, Mary Mangan, Ana C. Perez Moreno, et al. (Abstract)
The dynamic nature of apical pouch in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Insights from contrast-enhanced exercise echocardiography, Mahmoud Ali, Patrycja Galazka, Bijoy K. Khandheria, et al. (Abstract)
The holy grail of identifying patients needing permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with 100% accuracy, Jessica Roback, Tanvir Bajwa MD, Daniel O'Hair, et al. (Abstract)
Very late presentation of fulminant myocardial immune-related toxicity in a patient on pembrolizumab, Mahmoud Ali, Marc Atzenhoefer, Kevin Bodker, et al. (Abstract)
What do patients think of their cardiovascular fellows? Capturing valuable feedback, Marc Atzenhoefer, Jodie Ruffin, David Parewski, et al. (Abstract)
Bicuspid aortic valve associated with severe aortic regurgitation and large aortic root aneurysm, Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, Miguel Treminio Quezada, Valentina Celis, et al. (Article)
Hypercalcemia-induced ST-Segment elevation mimicking acute myocardial injury: a case report and review of the literature, Ashraf Abugroun, Aneesh Tyle, Farah Faizan, et al. (Article)
Multimodality imaging in evaluation of complications of myocardial infarction: Is it an aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, or neither?, David Houff, Renuka Jain, Mirza Baig, et al. (Abstract)
Unexpected reduced biventricular ejection fraction in a healthy young male, Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, Valentina Celis, Miguel Treminio Quezada, et al. (Article)
Developmental outcomes after early surgery for complex congenital heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Darlene Huisenga, Sacha La Bastide-Van Gemert, Andrew Van Bergen, et al. (Article)
Estimation of the severity of aortic insufficiency by HVAD flow waveform, Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang, Daniel Rodgers, et al. (Article)
Hemodynamic comparison between LVAD-bridged heart transplant and standard transplant, Teruhiko Imamura and Nikhil Narang (Letter)
Hypertonic saline: The genesis of the exodus of fluid in heart failure, Maria Rosa Costanzo (Article)
Outcomes following left ventricular assist device exchange, Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang, Daniel Rodgers, et al. (Article)
Pathogenic aortopathy genes are associated with faster thoracic aneurysm growth: long-term experience from our aortopathy clinic, Xiaoxiao Qian, Viviana Zlochiver, Muhammad Fuad Jan, et al. (Abstract)
Short-term efficacy and safety of tolvaptan in patients with left ventricular assist devices, Takeo Fujino, Teruhiko Imamura, Ann Nguyen, et al. (Article)
Topsy-turvy heart: a case of congenital absence of the pericardium, Akshar Jaglan, Biana Leybishkis, and A. Jamil Tajik (Article)
Giant right atrium: a long-term complication of rheumatic heart disease, Ashraf Abugroun, Mohamed Taha, Hussein Daoud, et al. (Article)
10-Year trend in the prevalence and predictors of depression among patients with heart failure in the USA from 2007-2016, Muchi Ditah Chobufo, Saad Khan, Valirie Ndip Agbor, et al. (Article)
Familial mitral arcade, tricuspid dysplasia, left ventricular noncompaction and short-chain acyl-CoA reductase deficiency, Amina Adil, Fatima Samad, Michelle L. Bush, et al. (Article)
Continued versus Suspended Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation, Henri Roukoz, Adarsh Bhan, Ashwin Ravichandran, et al. (Article)