Works from 2024
2-year clinical and echocardiography follow-up of transcatheter mitral valve replacement with the transapical intrepid system, Vinayak Bapat, Eric Weiss, Tanvir Bajwa, et al. (Article)
Right Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain for Pulmonary Embolism Risk Stratification, Blake Brown DO; Nicholas Nassif MD, MS; Kristina Strupp MSN, ARNP, AGCNS-BC; James Adefisoye MS; Lynn Erickson MS; Manuel Lamptey MS; Renuka Jain MD; Vladyslav Dieiev MD; and Pedro Salinas MD (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Abnormal Myocardial Work Parameters in Septic ICU Patients With Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, Jonathan Barnett MD, Pedro Salinas MD, Vladyslav Dieiev MD, David Kramer MD, Manuel Lamptey MS, Lynn Erickson MS, and Renuka Jain MD (Oral/Podium Presentation)
A Rare Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma Found in an Exceptionally Rare Location, Cory Barnish DO and Valentin Suma MD (Poster)
Characteristics of Patients With Lung Uptake on N-13 Ammonia Positron Emission Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, Jesse Galuk MD; Steven Port MD; Patrycja Galazka MD; Daniel Harland MD; Shaun Harrison; and Janelle Falk Cardiac Support, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Advocate Health (Poster)
Clinical Interpretation of Genetic Variants in the Evaluation and Management of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection, Zaid Abood MD; M Fuad Jan MBBS, MD; Viviana S. Zlochiver PhD; Heather K. Sanders NP; Arshad Jahangir MD; and A Jamil Tajik MD (Poster)
Evaluation of Aortic Valve Calcium Score in Patients With Concordant vs. Discordant Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis With Preserved Ejection Fraction Who Underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Muddasir Ashraf MD; Zaid Abood MD; Suhail Allaqaband MD; Tanvir Bajwa MD; A Jamil Tajik MD; Viviana S. Zlochiver PhD; David Boulware MS; John D. Crouch MD; Eric Weiss MD; and M Fuad Jan MBBS, MD (Poster)
Near Occlusion of the Tricuspid Valve by Metastatic Melanoma, Ekow Essien MD, Abdulghani Mounir MD, Matthew Peters MD, Faisal Masood DO, and Joaquin Solis MD (Poster)
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in a Patient With Metastatic Primary Cardiac Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report, Dorota Magdon MD, Patrycja Galazka MD, and Suhail Allaqaband MD (Poster)
The Consideration of Angiotensin II for Refractory Shock from Caffeine Toxicity: A Case Report, Anya Lei Koza DO; Kazi Khan MD; Abdul Hafeez Qureshi MD; and M Fuad Jan MBBS, MD (Poster)
Unusual Presentation of an Unusual Complication of a Usual Medication, Hinduja Nallamala DO, Renuka Jain MD, Amanda Robbe, Tanvir Bajwa MD, Suhail Allaqaband MD, and Daniel Harland MD (Poster)
The Impact of COVID-19 on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients: Causes, Predictors, and Outcomes of 30-Day Readmission, Zaid Abood MD; M Fuad Jan MBBS, MD; Arshad Jahangir MD; and A Jamil Tajik MD (Oral/Podium Presentation)
A Refractory Case of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS), Shanti Timilsina MD, Matthew Mahoney MD, Kidus Kebede MD, Abhay K. Jella MD, Salman Waheeduddin MD, and Joaquin Solis MD (Poster)
A Tale of Two Appendages: Large Native Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in a Cardiac Transplant Patient, Devin Stives DO, Asad Ghafoor MD, and Daniel Harland MD (Poster)
Mavacamten Safety and Efficacy in a Heart Transplant Patient Exhibiting Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Phenotype/Phenocopy, Zaid Abood MD; Muddasir Ashraf MD; Asad Ghafoor MD; Amanda Misicka RN; Patrycja Galazka MD; M Fuad Jan MBBS, MD; Arshad Jahangir MD; and A Jamil Tajik MD (Poster)
Anatomical variations of residual left atrial appendage post-surgical exclusion: A retrospective study, Blair Tilkens, Matthew Peters, Patrycja Galazka, et al. (Abstract)
Shedding light on safety: Assessing fetal radiation exposure in interventional echocardiography, Hinduja Nallamala, Nicholas Beaudrie, Matthew Peters, et al. (Abstract)
The feasibility of tricuspid annulus sizing by three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in patients presenting for transcatheter interventions, Matthew Peters, Emily Tanel, Nathan Marzlin, et al. (Abstract)
A-13: Outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft in nonagenarian patients with acute non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, Wamiq Banday, Muddasir Ashraf, Suhail Q. Allaqaband, et al. (Abstract)
B-36: In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: An insight from National inpatient sample data, Wamiq Banday, Muddasir Ashraf, M Fuad Jan, et al. (Abstract)
C-7: Evolving strategies in lipid-lowering therapy post-coronary CT angiogram: A decadal analysis at Aurora St. Luke Medical Center (2012-2022), Amjed Zidan, Viviana Zlochiver, Jim Kanani, et al. (Abstract)
E-37: Clinical outcomes with transcatheter aortic valve implantation in native and valve-in-valve severe aortic regurgitation: Single-center experience, David Rayan, David Boulware, Jeff Hall, et al. (Abstract)
E-38: Valve-in-valve: Single-center experience, David Rayan, David Boulware, Kirsten Tunink, et al. (Abstract)
Myocardial work indices in bileaflet mitral valve prolapse patients, Lakshmi Muthukumar, Arshad Jahangir, Muddasir Ashraf, et al. (Article)
Radiation risk in interventional echocardiography: Yet another barrier for women in cardiology, Nishath Quader and Renuka Jain (Letter)
Use and performance of the evolut FX transcatheter aortic valve system, Tanvir Bajwa, Guilherme F. Attizzani, Hemal Gada, et al. (Article)
ASD occluder device: Bail out strategy for iatrogenic anterior mitral valve leaflet perforation, Amel Tobaa, Hammam Shereef, Renuka Jain, et al. (Abstract)
A tale of two appendages: Large native left atrial appendage thrombus in a cardiac transplant patient, Devin Stives, Asad Ghafoor, and Daniel Harland (Abstract)
Biventricular arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy phenotype, Zaid Abood, Muddasir Ashraf, Andy Kieu, et al. (Abstract)
Cardiac paraganglioma, Hammam Shereef, Matthew Klinka, Patrycja Galazka, et al. (Abstract)
Emergent TEVAR stent deployment: A lifesaving measure for aorto-gastric fistula following argon plasma coagulation (APC) ablation, Hinduja Nallamala, Hammam Shereef, Jayant Khitha, et al. (Abstract)
Eosinophilic myocarditis in a young female patient leads to EGPA diagnosis, Rebecca M. Riley, Faisal Masood, and Patrycja Galazka (Abstract)
Evaluating hospitalization outcomes post-percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation in systolic heart failure patients, Huseyin E. Arman, Zaid Abood, Muddasir Ashraf, et al. (Abstract)
Evaluation of aortic valve calcium score in patients with concordant vs. discordant severe aortic valve stenosis with preserved ejection fraction who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Muddasir Ashraf, Zaid Abood, Mohamed Osman, et al. (Abstract)
In-hospital mortality of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in a nonagenarian treated with PCI: A 15-year nationawide analysis, Zaid Abood, Muddasir Ashraf, Huseyin Arman, et al. (Abstract)
Mavacamten safety and efficacy in a heart transplant patient exhibiting obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotype/phenocopy, Zaid Abood, Asad Ghafoor, Patrycja Galazka, et al. (Abstract)
Mitral annular size by 3D transthoracic echocardiography versus cardiac computed tomography, Matthew Peters, Emily Tanel, Nathan Marzlin, et al. (Abstract)
Primary high-risk PCI in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries and dextrocardia at 40 years of age, Faisal Masood, Rafath Ullah, Nathan Marzlin, et al. (Abstract)
Racial differences in medication awareness in a Midwestern United States outpatient cardiac practice, Lupita Guerra, Kirsten Tunink, David Boulware, et al. (Abstract)
Rate of left atrium and left atrial appendage thrombus after surgical excision of left atrial appendage, Blair L. Tilkens, Nathan Marzlin, Nicholas Beaudrie, et al. (Abstract)
Seasonal variation in outcomes of hospitalizations of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Muddasir Ashraf, Zaid Abood, M Fuad Jan, et al. (Abstract)
The consideration of angiotensin II for refractory shock from caffeine toxicity: A case report, Anya Lei Koza, Kazi Khan, Abdul Hafeez Qureshi, et al. (Abstract)
Unusual presentation of an unusual complication of a usual medication, Hinduja Nallamala, Renuka Jain, Tanvir K. Bajwa, et al. (Abstract)
Refining the upper limit of normal for the ascending aorta: In search of optimal criteria -- a large database study of normal individuals, Ji Ae Yoon, Mirza Mujadil Ahmad, Muhammad Nabeel Syed, et al. (Article)
Screening for transcatheter interventions by echocardiography: A comparison of 3D mitral annulus quantification in transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography, Matthew Peters, Emily Tanel, Nathan Marzlin, et al. (Article)
Radiation exposure to the interventional echocardiographers and sonographers: A call to action, Enrique Garcia-Sayan, Renuka Jain, Priscilla Wessly, et al. (Article)
Five-year follow-up from the CoreValve Expanded Use transcatheter aortic valve-in-surgical aortic valve study, Tanvir K. Bajwa, Roger J. Laham, Kamal Khabbaz, et al. (Article)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-septal perforator arteries doppler flow dynamics, Patrycja Galazka, Arshad Jahangir, Jim Kanani, et al. (Article)
Intentional oversizing of valve in transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Is bigger better? A large, single-center experience, Khawaja Afzal Ammar, Alexandria Graeber, Abdur Rahman Ahmad, et al. (Article)
Differences and disparities among self-referred and physician-referred populations undergoing coronary artery calcium scanning, Nathan Marzlin, Andrew Chapel, James Adefisoye, et al. (Article)
Biventricular arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy mimicking cardiac sarcoidosis, Mouna Kodali, Patrycja Galazka, Asad Ghafoor, et al. (Case Report)
Challenge in mitral valve intervention: Super-elongated anterior and diminutive posterior mitral valve, Nathan Marzlin, Nancy Barrett, Dena Burke, et al. (Article)
Effects of atherectomy on major adverse limb events for femoropopliteal interventions: Vascular Quality Initiative registry, Valery S. Effoe, Mark W. Mewissen, Tanvir K. Bajwa, et al. (Article)
Is there a role for nuclear cardiology in pulmonary hypertension?, Steven C. Port (Editorial)
Rethinking the management of asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis: Embracing early intervention for better outcomes, Amjed Zidan and Renuka Jain (Article)
Works from 2023
Commentary: The safety and efficacy of balloon-expandable vs. self-expanding trans-catheter aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, Michael J. Reardon, Tanvir Bajwa, and Jeffrey J. Popma (Response or Comment)
1-year outcomes following transfemoral transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement: Intrepid TMVR early feasibility study results, Firas Zahr, Howard K. Song, Scott Chadderdon, et al. (Article)
Echocardiographic and clinical outcomes in symptomatic patients with less than severe aortic stenosis after supra-annular self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Ravi K. Sharma, Roger J. Laham, Paul Sorajja, et al. (Article)
In 2023 invasive coronary angiography is preferred to PET myocardial perfusion imaging for the initial work-up of a symptomatic patient with a high coronary artery calcium score, Daniel O. Johnsrud and Steven C. Port (Article)
4-year outcomes of patients with aortic stenosis in the Evolut Low Risk trial, John K. Forrest, G Michael Deeb, Steven J. Yakubov, et al. (Letter)
Feasibility and Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain, Casey Carlson, Denise Ignatowski, Stacie Kroboth, Jim Kanani, Bijoy K. Khandheria, and Renuka Jain (Abstract)
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms of mitral regurgitation, Patrycja Galazka, Matthew Peters, and Renuka Jain (Article)
Pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma mimicking right ventricular outflow tract thrombus, Hammam Shereef, Omar Nahhas, Patrycja Galazka, et al. (Article)
Abstract 13320: Age-based trends in improvement in door-to-balloon time over 15 years, Muddasir Ashraf, Suhail Q. Allaqaband, Tanvir Bajwa, et al. (Abstract)
Abstract 13867: Sustained improvement in door-to-balloon time over 15 years: The Aurora St. Luke’s 24x7 STEMI program with redefinition of contemporary door-to-balloon time less than 60 minutes: 60 is the new 90, Muddasir Ashraf, Suhail Q. Allaqaband, Tanvir Bajwa, et al. (Abstract)
Abstract 13988: Post stress test high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I in the evaluation of patients with acute chest pain for enhanced ischemic risk assessment: A pilot study, Viviana Zlochiver, Sara Walczak, James Adefisoye, et al. (Abstract)
Abstract 14514: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - genotype distribution and genotype-phenotype correlations - a unique perspective from a single center study, Muddasir Ashraf, M Fuad Jan, Arshad Jahangir, et al. (Abstract)
Abstract 17431: A rare cause of constrictive pericarditis in a case of adult T-cell lymphoma, Abdulghani Mounir, Ekow Essien, Faisal Masood, et al. (Abstract)
Echocardiographic pattern of abnormal septal motion: Beyond myocardial ischemia, Roberta Manganaro, Maurizio Cusmà-Piccione, Scipione Carerj, et al. (Article)
Percutaneous closure of persistent left-sided superior vena cava connection to left upper pulmonary vein, Haroon Zubair, Daniel Johnsrud, Nathan Marzlin, et al. (Article)
Reassessing the clinical significance of electrocardiographically unrecognized myocardial infarctions: Radionuclide infarct size and its impact on long-term prognosis, Khawaja Afzal Ammar and Richard J. Rodeheffer (Article)
The uncertain benefit from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: How to guide clinical decision-making?, Mohsin Khan and Arshad Jahangir (Article)
Age-based outcomes in patients who underwent septal reduction therapy, Muddasir Ashraf, M Fuad Jan, Arshad Jahangir, et al. (Article)
Myocardial work in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Matthew Peters, M Fuad Jan, Muddasir Ashraf, et al. (Article)
Prevalence of dilated mid-ascending aorta in individuals 15 years and older: In search of optimal diagnostic criteria and their effect on the burden of disease, Mirza Mujadil Ahmad, Ji Ae Yoon, Muhammad Nabeel Syed, et al. (Article)
Barlow's mitral valve with a dancing chorda, Matthew Peters, McKenzie Schweitzer, and A Jamil Tajik (Article)
Age-based trends in the outcomes of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: Insights from a real-world database, Muddasir Ashraf, Suhail Q. Allaqaband, Tanvir Bajwa, et al. (Article)
Massive left ventricular hypertrophy with acromegaly: Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy phenocopy or phenotype?, Blair Tilkens, Patrycja Galazka, Joaquin Solis, et al. (Article)
Thrombotic risk in patients with acute coronary syndromes discharged on prasugrel or clopidogrel: Results from the PROMETHEUS study, Mauro Chiarito, Davide Cao, Samantha Sartori, et al. (Article)
Characteristics of patients with lung uptake on N-13 PET MPI, Jesse Galuk, Shaun Harrison, Janelle Falk, et al. (Abstract)
Use of multimodal mechanical support in refractory cardiogenic shock from bupropion overdose, Kevin Bodker, Abdulghani Mounir, Nathan Marzlin, et al. (Article)
Large symptomatic ventricular fibromas: A surgical challenge, Ali A. Hasnie, Lakshmi Muthukumar, Patrycja Galazka, et al. (Article)
PO-03-217 Suture closure after vein access for cardiac procedures (safe-vein) trial: A randomized, prospective study of the safety and efficacy of Perclose ProGlide closure device compared with a conventional closure strategy in large bore venous access procedures, Mahmoud Ali, Faisal Masood, Lynn Erickson, et al. (Abstract)
Post-septal myectomy coronary-cameral fistula: A brief review and search for underlying mechanisms, Muddasir Ashraf, Akshar Jaglan, M Fuad Jan, et al. (Article)
Racial disparities in diagnostic evaluation and revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction-a fifteen-year longitudinal study, Muddasir Ashraf, Viviana Zlochiver, Sulaiman Mohammad Sajed, et al. (Article)
P4-17 Real-time artificial intelligence based guidance of echocardiographic imaging by novices: Image quality and suitability for diagnostic interpretation and quantitative analysis, Juan I. Cotella, Victor Mor-Avi, Denise Ignatowski, et al. (Abstract)
P5-04 Real-time artificial intelligence based guidance of echocardiographic imaging: Does novice profile affect image quality and suitability for diagnostic interpretation?, Juan I. Cotella, Victor Mor-Avi, Denise Ignatowski, et al. (Abstract)
Doppler flow velocity profile of the left anterior descending in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and markedly elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure: A novel observation, Matthew Peters, Patrycja Galazka, Lauren Howard, et al. (Article)
Incidence of cardiac events in patients with MDS or AML receiving azacitidine or decitabine within a large community health system, Noor Naffakh, Michael Williams, Priyam Patel, et al. (Abstract)
Age-Based Trends in the Outcomes of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion – Insights from Real-World Database, Muddasir Ashraf, Tanvir K. Bajwa, Suhail Q. Allaqaband, Jayant Khitha, Viviana Zlochiver, and M. Fuad Jan (Poster)
A Masquerade of Acromegaly With Underlying Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, Blair Tilkens, Dajun Wang, Joaquin Solis, John D. Crouch, Heather K. Sanders, and A Jamil Tajik (Poster)
Cardiac implantable electronic device-related interference with the tricuspid valve apparatus and impact on tricuspid regurgitation, Linda Lee, Michael Henry, Megan Yamat, et al. (Abstract)
Defining progression of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on surface echocardiography, Eisha Wali, Rukmini Roy, Deyu Sun, et al. (Abstract)
Early vs. Delayed Conduction Disease Post Alcohol Septal Ablation in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Patients, Mahmoud Ali, Michael Barkett, Jacob Morgan, Lynn Erickson, Viviana Zlochiver, James Adefisoye, M. Fuad Jan, Suhail Allaqaband, Tanvir Bajwa, Arshad Jahangir, and A Jamil Tajik (Poster)
External Validation of Toronto and Mayo Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Predictive Models for Pathogenic Mutation, Muddasir Ashraf, M. Fuad Jan, Arshad Jahangir, Stacie Kroboth, Viviana Zlochiver, Heather Sanders, and Abdul Jamil Tajik (Poster)
Multimodality Imaging of Congenital Sub-Mitral Left Ventricular Aneurysm Associated With Mitral Valve Blood Cysts, Matthew Peters, Patrycja Galazka, Scott Johnson, and A Jamil Tajik (Poster)
Racial Differences in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Muddasir Ashraf, M. Fuad Jan, Arshad Jahangir, Viviana Zlochiver, Stacie Kroboth, and A Jamil Tajik (Poster)
The Feasibility and Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain, Casey Carlson, Denise Ignatowski, Stacie Kroboth, Jim Kanani, Bijoy Khandheria, and Renuka Jain (Poster)
Survival into the seventh decade of life following mustard repair, Matthew Peters, Steven Port, Heather Sanders, et al. (Article)
B-62 | Safety and efficacy of self expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients denied surgery and oversized aortic annulus: A single-center case control series, Duaa Majeed, Nicholas Beaudrie, Afzal Ammar, et al. (Abstract)