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Indirect impact of the war in Ukraine on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Poland (2024)
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Mamas, M. A., Martin, G. P., Grygier, M., Wadhera, R. K., Mallen, C., Curzen, N., …Siudak, Z. (2024). Indirect impact of the war in Ukraine on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Poland. Polish Archives of Internal Medicine, 134(6), https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.16737

Introduction: The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 resulted in displacement of approximately 12.5 million refugees to adjacent countries, including Poland, which may have strained health care service delivery. Objectives: Using the ST-... Read More about Indirect impact of the war in Ukraine on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Poland.

Clinical Significance of Coronary Arterial Dominance: A Review of the Literature. (2024)
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Wu, B., Kheiwa, A., Swamy, P., Mamas, M. A., Tedford, R. J., Alasnag, M., …Abramov, D. (in press). Clinical Significance of Coronary Arterial Dominance: A Review of the Literature. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(9), Article e032851. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.032851

Coronary dominance describes the anatomic variation of coronary arterial supply, notably as it relates to perfusion of the inferior cardiac territories. Differences in the development and outcome in select disease states between coronary dominance pa... Read More about Clinical Significance of Coronary Arterial Dominance: A Review of the Literature..

Intravascular Imaging-Guided Versus Coronary Angiography-Guided Complex PCI: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. (2024)
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Hamed, M., Mohamed, S., Mahmoud, M., Kahan, J., Mohsen, A., Rahman, F., …Elbadawi, A. (in press). Intravascular Imaging-Guided Versus Coronary Angiography-Guided Complex PCI: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Cardiology and Therapy, 13(2), 379-399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40119-024-00364-7

Trials evaluating the role of intravascular imaging in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for complex coronary artery disease have yielded mixed results. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of intravascular imaging specifically intravascul... Read More about Intravascular Imaging-Guided Versus Coronary Angiography-Guided Complex PCI: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials..

Influence of Social Vulnerability Index on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Expenditures upon Discharge (2024)
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Ibrahim, R., Lin, L., Sainbayar, E., Pham, H. N., Shahid, M., Le Cam, E., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Influence of Social Vulnerability Index on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Expenditures upon Discharge. Journal of Investigative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/10815589241247791

Medicare beneficiaries’ healthcare spending varies across geographical regions, influenced by availability of medical resources and institutional efficiency. We aimed to evaluate whether social vulnerability influences healthcare costs among Medicare... Read More about Influence of Social Vulnerability Index on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Expenditures upon Discharge.

Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in the process of care and outcomes among cancer patients with acute coronary syndrome (2024)
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Mohamed, M., Ghosh, A. K., Banerjee, A., & Mamas, M. (in press). Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in the process of care and outcomes among cancer patients with acute coronary syndrome. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 40(6), 1146-1153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2024.03.012

Cancer and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally, with many shared risk factors between both conditions. There are several challenges to the management of patients with cancer prese... Read More about Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in the process of care and outcomes among cancer patients with acute coronary syndrome.

The Evolving Field of Acute Coronary Syndrome Management: A Critical Appraisal of the 2023 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (2024)
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Licordari, R., Costa, F., Garcia-Ruiz, V., Mamas, M. A., Marquis-Gravel, G., de la Torre Hernandez, J. M., …Micari, A. (in press). The Evolving Field of Acute Coronary Syndrome Management: A Critical Appraisal of the 2023 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(7), Article 1885. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13071885

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), encompassing conditions like ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS), represent a significant challenge in cardiovascular care due to their complex pathophysi... Read More about The Evolving Field of Acute Coronary Syndrome Management: A Critical Appraisal of the 2023 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Association of myocardial injury with adverse long-term survival among cancer patients. (2024)
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Bashar, H., Kobo, O., Curzen, N., & Mamas, M. A. (in press). Association of myocardial injury with adverse long-term survival among cancer patients. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Article zwae116. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae116

Over time, cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths increasingly exceed those from malignancy among cancer survivors. However, the association of myocardial injury with long-term survival (beyond three years) in cancer patients has not been previously des... Read More about Association of myocardial injury with adverse long-term survival among cancer patients..

Pregnancy-Associated Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024)
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Walters, B., Midwinter, I., A. Chew-Graham, C., P. Jordan, K., Sharma, G., C. Chappell, L., …Wu, P. (2024). Pregnancy-Associated Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 8(2), 188-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2024.02.002

This study aimed to systematically evaluate and quantify the risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with pregnancy-associated cancer (PAC). This study was conducted from February 13, 2021, through July 24, 2023.... Read More about Pregnancy-Associated Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

No-Reflow Prediction in Acute Coronary Syndrome During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The NORPACS Risk Score (2024)
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Dawson, L. P., Rashid, M., Dinh, D. T., Brennan, A., Bloom, J. E., Biswas, S., …and BCIS Investigators, O. B. O. T. M. (2024). No-Reflow Prediction in Acute Coronary Syndrome During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The NORPACS Risk Score. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 17(4), https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.123.013738

BACKGROUND: Suboptimal coronary reperfusion (no reflow) is common in acute coronary syndrome percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and is associated with poor outcomes. We aimed to develop and externally validate a clinical risk score for angiogr... Read More about No-Reflow Prediction in Acute Coronary Syndrome During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The NORPACS Risk Score.

Has the first year of the COVID pandemic impacted the trends in obesity-related CVD mortality between 1999 and 2019 in the United States? (2024)
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Qamar, A., Abramov, D., Bang, V., Chew, N. W., Kobo, O., & Mamas, M. A. (2024). Has the first year of the COVID pandemic impacted the trends in obesity-related CVD mortality between 1999 and 2019 in the United States?. International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention, 21, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcrp.2024.200248

Background During the covid-19 pandemic there was a marked rise in the number of cardiovascular deaths. Obesity is a well-known modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has been identified as a factor... Read More about Has the first year of the COVID pandemic impacted the trends in obesity-related CVD mortality between 1999 and 2019 in the United States?.

Sex differences in trends and in-hospital outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: insights from a large national database. (2024)
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Rivera, F. B., Cha, S. W., Liston, M. B., Redula, S., Bantayan, N. R. B., Shah, N., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Sex differences in trends and in-hospital outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: insights from a large national database. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2024.2329720

Sex differences in clinical outcomes following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are well known. However, data on sex differences among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are limited. We aimed to explore sex differences in outcomes of A... Read More about Sex differences in trends and in-hospital outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia: insights from a large national database..

Systematic Review of the Association of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score with Mortality in Patients with Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Disease. (2024)
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Sokhal, B. S., Menon, S. P. K., Willes, C., Corp, N., Matetić, A., Mallen, C., & Mamas, M. (in press). Systematic Review of the Association of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score with Mortality in Patients with Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Disease. Current Cardiology Reviews, 20(3), Article e290224227533. https://doi.org/10.2174/011573403X276647240217112151

There is limited systematic data on the association between the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) and characteristics and mortality in patients with cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This systematic review aimed to summarise the use... Read More about Systematic Review of the Association of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score with Mortality in Patients with Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Disease..

Radiation Exposure, Training, and Safety in Cardiology. (2024)
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Tamirisa, K. P., Alasnag, M., Calvert, P., Islam, S., Bhardwaj, A., Pakanati, K., …Kort, S. (2024). Radiation Exposure, Training, and Safety in Cardiology. JACC: Advances, 3(4), Article 100863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100863

Exposure to ionizing radiation is an inherent occupational health hazard in clinical cardiology. Health risks have been reported previously, including predilection to cancer. In addition, orthopedic injury due to prolonged wearing of heavy protective... Read More about Radiation Exposure, Training, and Safety in Cardiology..

Efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and other weight loss drugs in overweight and obesity: a network meta-analysis. (2024)
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Pan, X., Tan, B., Chin, Y. H., Lee, E. C. Z., Kong, G., Chong, B., …Chan, M. Y. (in press). Efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and other weight loss drugs in overweight and obesity: a network meta-analysis. Obesity, 32(5), 840-856. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24002

This network meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy and safety of tirzepatide compared to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) and other weight loss drugs in the treatment of overweight and obesity. MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane CENTRAL... Read More about Efficacy and safety of tirzepatide, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and other weight loss drugs in overweight and obesity: a network meta-analysis..

Impact of the number of modifiable risk factors on clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: An analysis from the e-Ultimaster registry. (2024)
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Kobo, O., Levi, Y., Abu-Fanne, R., Von Birgelen, C., Guédès, A., Aminian, A., …Roguin, A. (in press). Impact of the number of modifiable risk factors on clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: An analysis from the e-Ultimaster registry. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 51, Article 101370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2024.101370

A substantial proportion of the patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have none of the of standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs): hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia and smoking. The aim of this anal... Read More about Impact of the number of modifiable risk factors on clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: An analysis from the e-Ultimaster registry..