A5035077372- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
- Viral-associated cancers and disorders
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Radiology practices and education
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
Loyola University Medical Center
2014-2024
University of Iowa
2024
Loyola University Chicago
2019-2023
Loyola Medicine
2021
Cleveland Clinic
2013
Scripps Clinic
2011
Scripps Research Institute
2011
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
2006
Background: A pocket mobile echocardiography (PME) device is commercially available for clinical use, but public data documenting its accuracy compared with standard transthoracic (TTE) are not available. Objective: To compare the of rapidly acquired PME images those by TTE. Design: Cross-sectional study. At time referral TTE, ultrasonographers first in 5 minutes or less. Ultrasonographers were blinded to indication imaging image results when obtaining TTE images. Two experienced...
Background Isolated cardiac sarcoid (iCS) is reported to have more severe clinical presentation and greater risk of adverse events compared with (CS) extracardiac involvement (nonisolated CS). Delays in diagnosing specific organ may play a role these described differences. Methods Results A retrospective observational study patients CS over 20-year period was conducted. Objective evidence time onset based on consensus criteria were identified. confirmed by histology all from myocardium only...
Smoking is a major public health issue, and its effect on cardiovascular outcomes well established. This study evaluates the impact of donor smoking heart transplant (HT) outcomes.HT recipients between January 1, 2005, December 31, 2016, with known status were queried from International Society Heart Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) registry. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality, secondary endpoints graft failure, acute rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy. We utilized...
Background Left atrial (LA) function and strain patterns by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been investigated as markers of several cardiovascular pathologies, including cardiac amyloidosis (CA). However, associations with clinical outcomes not investigated. Purpose To compare LA MRI in CA patients to a matched cohort without disease (CVD) evaluate the association long‐term patients. Study Type Retrospective case control. Population A total 51 age‐, gender‐, race‐matched controls CVD...
Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a common cause of morbidity among patients supported by left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The aim this study was to identify if pre-LVAD right (RV) dysfunction associated with risk GIB after LVAD implantation. Of 398 implanted LVADs between July 2008 and 2016, 130 (33%) developed at median 2.6 months following Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) were found in 42 (34%) patients. Patients older more likely have hypertension, diabetes, ischemic...
Current guidelines recommend against the use of hearts from donors that abuse alcohol. We explored effect donor alcohol (AA) on cardiac allograft function and outcomes in heart transplant (HTx) recipients.Overall, 370 HTx recipients were divided into two groups: (a) alcoholic group (AD, n = 58) (b) non-alcoholic (NAD, 312).Recipients AD had a slower rate (86 ± 13 vs 93 13, P 0.004) an increased incidence early atrial fibrillation (AF) (30% 11%, 0.003). Echocardiographic left ventricular mass...
Background. Exercise performance remains limited in some patients after heart transplantation (HTx). The goal of this study was to assess for association between cardiopulmonary exercise test at 1 year HTx and future development cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Methods. Overall 243 recipients performed testing HTx. During the median follow-up period 31 (interquartile range 19;61) months, 76 (32%) were diagnosed with CAV (CAV group). Results. group had lower capacity (5.2 ± 1.9 versus...
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is rare autoimmune polyneuropathy that infrequently seen in the post-transplant population, presumably due to presence of immunosuppression. When it does occur this setting, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection a common inciting factor. Treatment modalities for GBS include intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasmapheresis. Rarely, IVIg infusion has been associated with myocardial infarction. We describe case patient status post heart transplantation who presented...