Outputs (169)

Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with preexisting physical disability: a report in the United States. (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2022). Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with preexisting physical disability: a report in the United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2022.2138858

BACKGROUND: A significant proportion of the world's population lives with physical disability (PD) requiring healthcare services. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as hypertension and diabetes are more prevalent among patients with P... Read More about Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with preexisting physical disability: a report in the United States..

Socioeconomic Factors and their Impact on Access and Use of Coronary and Structural Interventions (2022)
Journal Article
Bullock-Palmer, R. P., Bravo-Jaimes, K., Mamas, M. A., & Grines, C. L. (2022). Socioeconomic Factors and their Impact on Access and Use of Coronary and Structural Interventions. European Cardiology Review, 17, https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2022.23

In the past few decades, the accelerated improvement in technology has allowed the development of new and effective coronary and structural heart disease interventions. There has been inequitable patient access to these advanced therapies and signifi... Read More about Socioeconomic Factors and their Impact on Access and Use of Coronary and Structural Interventions.

Phenotypical differences in the characteristics of a population affects both the mortality and the performance of a risk-scoring model. (2022)
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Moledina, S. M., Kontopantelis, E., & Mamas, M. (2022). Phenotypical differences in the characteristics of a population affects both the mortality and the performance of a risk-scoring model. European Heart Journal, 4212 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac477

This commentary refers to ‘Ethnicity-dependent performance of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score for prediction of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in-hospital mortality: nationwide cohort study’, by S.M. Moledina e... Read More about Phenotypical differences in the characteristics of a population affects both the mortality and the performance of a risk-scoring model..

Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017. (2022)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2022). Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017. Cancer Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5373

BACKGROUND: Pericardiocentesis is undertaken in patients with cancer for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. However, there are limited data on the frequency, characteristics and mortality of patients with different cancers undergoing pericardiocent... Read More about Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017..

Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does On-Site Surgical Cover Make a Difference? (2022)
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Mamas, M. A., Rashid, M., Zaman, M., Ludman, P., Wijeysundera, H. C., Curzen, N., Kinnaird, T., Moledina, S., Abbott, J. D., & Grines, C. L. (2022). Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does On-Site Surgical Cover Make a Difference?. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 15(10), Article e012037. https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.122.012037

Background: Nonsurgical centers (NSC) contribute significantly to the capacity of overall percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United Kingdom. Although previous studies have demonstrated similar PCI outcomes in surgical centers (SC) versus... Read More about Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does On-Site Surgical Cover Make a Difference?.

Indirect effects of the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary care for cardiovascular disease in the UK: an electronic health record analysis across three countries (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2022). Indirect effects of the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary care for cardiovascular disease in the UK: an electronic health record analysis across three countries. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.13.22281031

<h4>Background</h4> Although morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 have been widely reported, the indirect effects of the pandemic beyond 2020 on other major diseases and health service activity have not been well described. <h4>Methods</h4> Analyses... Read More about Indirect effects of the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic on secondary care for cardiovascular disease in the UK: an electronic health record analysis across three countries.

Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery. (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2022). Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.17020

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine utilization and outcomes of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) in the current practice of cardiac surgery. BACKGROUND: tMCS is an evolving adjunct to cardiac surgery not fully characterize... Read More about Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery..

Relationship of Neighbourhood Social Deprivation and Ethnicity on Access to Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve A (2022)
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Marcus, G., Dahir, M., Qiu, F., Manoragavan, R., Austin, P. C., Roifman, I., Czarnecki, A., Malebranche, D., Cohen, E. A., Ko, D. T., Madan, M., Mamas, M. A., & Wijeysundera, H. C. (2023). Relationship of Neighbourhood Social Deprivation and Ethnicity on Access to Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve A. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 39(1), 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2022.10.0020828-282X

Background
Wide geographic variation in access to transcatheter (TAVR) and surgical (SAVR) aortic valve replacement exists, but the impact of socioethnic factors on the geographic variation of AS management in Ontario, Canada, is unknown.

Methods... Read More about Relationship of Neighbourhood Social Deprivation and Ethnicity on Access to Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve A.

Relationship of Neighbourhood Social Deprivation and Ethnicity on Access to Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Population-Level Study. (2022)
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Marcus, G., Dahir, M., Qiu, F., Manoragavan, R., Austin, P. C., Roifman, I., Czarnecki, A., Malebranche, D., Cohen, E. A., Ko, D. T., Madan, M., Mamas, M. A., & Wijeysundera, H. C. (2022). Relationship of Neighbourhood Social Deprivation and Ethnicity on Access to Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Population-Level Study. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2022.10.002

BACKGROUND: Wide geographic variation in access to transcatheter (TAVR) and surgical (SAVR) aortic valve replacement exists, but the impact of socioethnic factors on the geographic variation of AS management in Ontario, Canada, is unknown. METHODS: N... Read More about Relationship of Neighbourhood Social Deprivation and Ethnicity on Access to Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Population-Level Study..

Impact of Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure on the Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. (2022)
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Mamas. (2022). Impact of Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure on the Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal of Cardiology, 107 - 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.09.007

Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) is an important hemodynamic marker of left ventricular performance and affects coronary perfusion. We evaluated the association of LVEDP with patient outcomes after elective or urgent percutaneous coron... Read More about Impact of Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure on the Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..