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Prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of patients with malignancies undergoing de novo cardiac electronic device implantation in the United States (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of patients with malignancies undergoing de novo cardiac electronic device implantation in the United States. EP-Europace, 1083-1096. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa087

Aims: To study the outcomes of cancer patients undergoing cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation. Methods: De novo CIED implantations (2004 to 2015; n=2,670,590) from the National Inpatient Sample were analysed for characterist... Read More about Prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of patients with malignancies undergoing de novo cardiac electronic device implantation in the United States.

Institutional use of National Clinical Audits by healthcare providers (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Institutional use of National Clinical Audits by healthcare providers. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13403

Abstract Rationale, aims, and objectives Healthcare systems worldwide devote significant resources towards collecting data to support care quality assurance and improvement. In the United Kingdom, National Clinical Audits are intended to contribute t... Read More about Institutional use of National Clinical Audits by healthcare providers.

Dual Versus Triple Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Dual Versus Triple Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 474 - 483

BACKGROUND: The safety and effectiveness of dual therapy (direct oral anticoagulant [DOAC] plus P2Y12 inhibitor) versus triple therapy (vitamin K antagonist plus aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitor) in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) after... Read More about Dual Versus Triple Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis..

Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in myelofibrosis. (2020)
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Lopez-Mattei, J., Verstovsek, S., Fellman, B., Iliescu, C., Bhatti, K., Hassan, S. A., …Faiz, S. A. (2020). Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in myelofibrosis. Annals of Hematology, 781 - 789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-03962-2

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been described in myelofibrosis (MF), but it is rare and typically found in advanced disease. Although the etiology of PH in MF is unclear, early predictors may be detected by echocardiogram. The goals of our study wer... Read More about Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in myelofibrosis..

COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL VERSUS TRANSFEMORAL ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STEMI PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS (2020)
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Jhand, A., Atti, V., Dhawan, R., Turagam, M., Mamas, M. A., Brilakis, E., …Velagapudi, P. (2020). COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL VERSUS TRANSFEMORAL ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STEMI PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097%2820%2931908-2

Background Transradial access (TRA) is increasingly being used for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in lieu of transfemoral access (TFA). We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized contr... Read More about COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL VERSUS TRANSFEMORAL ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STEMI PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS.

MULTIVESSEL VS CULPRIT VESSEL ONLY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (2020)
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Atti, V., Narayanan, M. A., Garcia, S., Sandoval, Y., Brilakis, E., Basir, M., …Velagapudi, P. (2020). MULTIVESSEL VS CULPRIT VESSEL ONLY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 171. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097%2820%2930798-1

Background Approximately half of patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) have multivessel coronary artery disease. Evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCT) comparing multivessel to culprit-only percutaneous cor... Read More about MULTIVESSEL VS CULPRIT VESSEL ONLY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS.

Temporal Changes in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Impact on Cardiovascular and Obstetric Outcomes (2020)
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Wu, P., Chew-Graham, C. A., Maas, A. H., Chappell, L. C., Potts, J. E., Gulati, M., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Temporal Changes in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Impact on Cardiovascular and Obstetric Outcomes. American Journal of Cardiology, 125(10), 1508-1516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.02.029

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a major cause of maternal morbidity. However, short-term outcomes of HDP subgroups remain unknown. Using National Inpatient Sample database, all delivery hospitalizations between 2004 and 2014 with or wit... Read More about Temporal Changes in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Impact on Cardiovascular and Obstetric Outcomes.

Contributors to the Growth of Same Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2020)
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Taxiarchi, P., Martin, G. P., Kinnaird, T., Curzen, N., Ahmed, J., Ludman, P., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Contributors to the Growth of Same Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 13(3), e008458 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.008458

BACKGROUND: Financial pressures for reducing hospitalization costs have driven to a move toward same day discharge (SDD) following uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention. The UK healthcare system has transitioned to predominantly SDD for el... Read More about Contributors to the Growth of Same Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Multiple unplanned readmissions after discharge for an admission with percutaneous coronary intervention (2020)
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Mamas, Kwok, C. S., Chatterjee, S., Bagur, R., Sharma, K., Alraies, M. C., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). Multiple unplanned readmissions after discharge for an admission with percutaneous coronary intervention. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 97(3), 395-408. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28797

Objective This study aims to describe temporal trends, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patients with more than one unplanned readmission within 30 and 180 days aer admission with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Background There is... Read More about Multiple unplanned readmissions after discharge for an admission with percutaneous coronary intervention.

Association between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Association between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review. Age and ageing, 184 - 192. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz178

BACKGROUND: Blood pressure variability (BPV) is a possible risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes and mortality. There is uncertainty as to whether BPV is related to differences in populations studied, measurement methods or both. We systema... Read More about Association between different methods of assessing blood pressure variability and incident cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality: a systematic review..

How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation. BMJ Open, e033208 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033208

INTRODUCTION: National audits are used to monitor care quality and safety and are anticipated to reduce unexplained variations in quality by stimulating quality improvement (QI). However, variation within and between providers in the extent of engage... Read More about How, in what contexts, and why do quality dashboards lead to improvements in care quality in acute hospitals? Protocol for a realist feasibility evaluation..

Corrigendum to: Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis (2020)
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Martinez, S. C., Mohamed, M., Potts, J., Abhishek, A., Roddy, E., Savage, M., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Corrigendum to: Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology, 59(9), 2655. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa101

Correction to https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez639

In-hospital outcome of peripheral vascular intervention in dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease patients. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). In-hospital outcome of peripheral vascular intervention in dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease patients. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28522

BACKGROUND: The impact of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) outcome remains incompletely elucidated. OBJECTIVES: We sought to compare the outcome of PVI in dialysis patients with those with normal kidney functio... Read More about In-hospital outcome of peripheral vascular intervention in dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease patients..

Risk Factors for Heart Failure 20-Year Population-Based Trends by Sex, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Risk Factors for Heart Failure 20-Year Population-Based Trends by Sex, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity. Circulation: Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006472

Background: There are multiple risk factors for heart failure, but contemporary temporal trends according to sex, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity are unknown. Methods: Using a national UK general practice database linked to hospitalizations (1998... Read More about Risk Factors for Heart Failure 20-Year Population-Based Trends by Sex, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity.

Intravascular imaging and 12-month mortality after unprotected left main stem PCI: an analysis of 11,624 cases from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Intravascular imaging and 12-month mortality after unprotected left main stem PCI: an analysis of 11,624 cases from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 346-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2019.10.007

Background: Limited registry data supports the use of intravascular imaging during unprotected left main-stem PCI (uLMS-PCI) to improve outcomes. We used the BCIS national PCI database to explore temporal changes in the use of intravascular imaging f... Read More about Intravascular imaging and 12-month mortality after unprotected left main stem PCI: an analysis of 11,624 cases from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database.

Comparison of 30-day Unplanned Readmissions to the Index Versus Non-Index Hospital After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Comparison of 30-day Unplanned Readmissions to the Index Versus Non-Index Hospital After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology, 1287-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.01.051

There is limited information about readmissions to index compared with nonindex hospitals after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aims to evaluate the rates, causes, and outcomes for unplanned readmissions following PCI depending o... Read More about Comparison of 30-day Unplanned Readmissions to the Index Versus Non-Index Hospital After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Impact of Diabetes on Complications, Long Term Mortality and Recurrence in 608,890 Hospitalised Patients with Stroke. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Impact of Diabetes on Complications, Long Term Mortality and Recurrence in 608,890 Hospitalised Patients with Stroke. Global Heart, 2 - ?. https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.364

Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have been found to be at an increased risk of suffering a stroke. However, research on the impact of DM on stroke outcomes is limited. Objectives: We aimed to examine the influence of DM on outcomes in... Read More about Impact of Diabetes on Complications, Long Term Mortality and Recurrence in 608,890 Hospitalised Patients with Stroke..

Outcomes of cardiac implantable electronic device transvenous lead extractions performed in centers without onsite cardiac surgery (2020)
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Mohamed, M., Rashid, M., Greenspon, A., Barker, D., Patwala, A., Mamas, M., …Kwok, C. (2020). Outcomes of cardiac implantable electronic device transvenous lead extractions performed in centers without onsite cardiac surgery. International Journal of Cardiology, 154-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.095

Background: While major complications associated with CIED lead extractions are uncommon, they carry a significant risk of morbidity and mortality in the absence of surgical intervention. However, there is limited data on the differences in outcomes... Read More about Outcomes of cardiac implantable electronic device transvenous lead extractions performed in centers without onsite cardiac surgery.