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Incidence and Predictors of Postoperative Ischemic Stroke after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Incidence and Predictors of Postoperative Ischemic Stroke after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. International Journal of Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14067

Background: Data on the incidence and outcomes of ischemic stroke in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the current era is limited. The goal of this study was to examine contemporary trends, predictors, and outcomes of isch... Read More about Incidence and Predictors of Postoperative Ischemic Stroke after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Revascularisation Therapies Improve the Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Revascularisation Therapies Improve the Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure. International Journal of Cardiology, 205-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.09.076

Background – Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) carry a poor prognosis in acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). The impact of revascularisation therapies on outcomes in these patients is not fully understood. Methods –National Inpatient Samp... Read More about Revascularisation Therapies Improve the Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure.

Acute Myocardial Infarction in Autoimmune Rheumatological Disease: A Nationwide Analysis of Clinical outcomes and Predictors of Management Strategy (2021)
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Mamas, Clarson, Roddy, Mallen, & Helliwell. (2021). Acute Myocardial Infarction in Autoimmune Rheumatological Disease: A Nationwide Analysis of Clinical outcomes and Predictors of Management Strategy. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 388-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.044

Objectives: The present study sought to examine national-level differences in management strategies and outcomes in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between 2004 and 2014. Methods: All AMI hos... Read More about Acute Myocardial Infarction in Autoimmune Rheumatological Disease: A Nationwide Analysis of Clinical outcomes and Predictors of Management Strategy.

Outcomes following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Renal Transplant Recipients; A Binational collaborative analysis (2021)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2021). Outcomes following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Renal Transplant Recipients; A Binational collaborative analysis. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 363-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.045

Objective: We sought to investigate the clinical and procedural characteristics in patients with a history of Renal Transplant (RT) and compare the outcomes with non-RT patients in two national cohorts of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary int... Read More about Outcomes following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Renal Transplant Recipients; A Binational collaborative analysis.

In-Hospital and 30-Day Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England in the Pre-COVID and COVID Eras (2021)
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Mamas, M., & Rashid, M. (2021). In-Hospital and 30-Day Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England in the Pre-COVID and COVID Eras. Journal of Invasive Cardiology,

BACKGROUND: Public reporting of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes is a performance metric and a requirement in many healthcare systems. There are inconsistent data on the causes of death after PCI, and the proportion of these deaths t... Read More about In-Hospital and 30-Day Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England in the Pre-COVID and COVID Eras.

Sex-specific in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement with third generation transcatheter heart valves. (2021)
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Simard, T., Alqahtani, F., Hibbert, B., Mamas, M. A., El‐Hajj, S., El-Hajj, S., …Alkhouli, M. (2021). Sex-specific in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement with third generation transcatheter heart valves. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 98(1), 176 - 183. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29499

BACKGROUND: Sex-based differences in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes have been previously documented. However, whether these differences persist with contemporary third generation transcatheter heart valves (THVs) is unknown. M... Read More about Sex-specific in-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement with third generation transcatheter heart valves..

Best Practices of Social Media for the Clinician. (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Best Practices of Social Media for the Clinician. Current Cardiology Reviews, 118 - 121. https://doi.org/10.2174/1573403X16666200128101509

Over recent years, social media use has substantially expanded not only for millennials, but across all generations. Today, it no longer remains a means for simple social networking. It has evolved into a powerful tool that can be used for career dev... Read More about Best Practices of Social Media for the Clinician..

Mobile health applications for the detection of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Mobile health applications for the detection of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa139

AIMS: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and an important risk factor for stroke and heart failure. We aimed to conduct a systematic review of the literature and summarize the performance of mobile health (mHealth) devic... Read More about Mobile health applications for the detection of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review..

Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England. (2021)
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Rashid, M., Wu, J., Timmis, A., Curzen, N., Clarke, S., Zaman, A., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England. Journal of Internal Medicine, 290(1), 88-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.13246

BACKGROUND: Patients with underlying cardiovascular disease and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to characterise the presenting profile and outcomes... Read More about Outcomes of COVID-19 Positive Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients; a multisource Electronic Healthcare Records Study from England..

Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. (2021)
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Shoaib, A., Mohamed, M., Rashid, M., Khan, S. U., Parwani, P., Contractor, T., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96(1), 120 - 131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.05.047

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the management strategies, temporal trends, and clinical outcomes of patients with a history of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We under... Read More about Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..

Breaking the deadlock of calcified coronary artery lesions: A contemporary review. (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Breaking the deadlock of calcified coronary artery lesions: A contemporary review. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 108 - 120. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29221

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of severely calcified lesions is known to result in lower procedural success rates, higher complication rates, and worse long-term clinical outcomes compared to noncalcified lesions. Adequate lesion preparatio... Read More about Breaking the deadlock of calcified coronary artery lesions: A contemporary review..

Trial characteristics associated with under-enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review. (2021)
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Mamas, M. (2021). Trial characteristics associated with under-enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2034

AIMS: To evaluate temporal trends in the enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) published in high-impact journals, and assess RCT characteristics associated with under-enrol... Read More about Trial characteristics associated with under-enrolment of females in randomized controlled trials of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review..

Comparison of distal radial access versus standard transradial access in patients with smaller diameter radial Arteries(The distal radial versus transradial access in small transradial ArteriesStudy: D.A.T.A - S.T.A.R study). (2021)
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Chugh, Y., Sasidhar Kanaparthy, N., Piplani, S., Chugh, S., Shroff, A., Vidovich, M., …Kumar Chugh, S. (2021). Comparison of distal radial access versus standard transradial access in patients with smaller diameter radial Arteries(The distal radial versus transradial access in small transradial ArteriesStudy: D.A.T.A - S.T.A.R study). Indian Heart Journal, 73(1), 26 - 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2020.11.002

AIMS: To evaluate safety and efficacy of distal right radial access (DRRA) compared to right radial access (RRA), for coronary procedures, in patients with smaller diameter radial arteries (SDRA) (radial artery diameter (RAD) 

Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Heart, 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317912

OBJECTIVE: To describe the place and causes of acute cardiovascular death during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Retrospective cohort of adult (age =18 years) acute cardiovascular deaths (n=5?87?225) in England and Wales, from 1 January 2014 to 30 Ju... Read More about Place and causes of acute cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission in the United States (2021)
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Nolan, J., Mamas, M., Kwok, C. S., Amin, A. P., Shah, B., Kinnaird, T., …Bagur, R. (2021). Cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission in the United States. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 97(1), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28660

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 30-day unplanned readmissions. Background: There is limited understanding of the hospital cost of index PCI and 30-day... Read More about Cost of coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention and 30-day unplanned readmission in the United States.

Sex disparities in the choice of cardiac resynchronization therapy device utilized: an analysis of trends, predictors and outcomes. (2021)
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Rashid, & Mamas. (2021). Sex disparities in the choice of cardiac resynchronization therapy device utilized: an analysis of trends, predictors and outcomes. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2020.02.073

Background There is limited evidence on the influence of sex on the decision to implant a cardiac resynchronization therapy device with pacemaker (CRT-P) or defibrillator (CRT-D) and the existence of sex-dependent differences in complications that m... Read More about Sex disparities in the choice of cardiac resynchronization therapy device utilized: an analysis of trends, predictors and outcomes..