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Outcomes of Prediabetes Compared with Normoglycaemia and Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. (2023)
Journal Article
Ahsan, M. J., Latif, A., Ahmad, S., Willman, C., Lateef, N., Shabbir, M. A., …Velagapudi, P. (in press). Outcomes of Prediabetes Compared with Normoglycaemia and Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Heart International, 17(1), 45-53. https://doi.org/10.17925/HI.2023.17.1.45

: Patients with prediabetes are at increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the association between prediabetes and adverse clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is inconsistent, in contrast to outcomes... Read More about Outcomes of Prediabetes Compared with Normoglycaemia and Diabetes Mellitus in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis..

The added value of hypertonic saline solution to furosemide monotherapy in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: A meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis (2023)
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Diaz‐Arocutipa, C., Denegri‐Galvan, J., Vicent, L., Pariona, M., Mamas, M. A., & Hernandez, A. V. (in press). The added value of hypertonic saline solution to furosemide monotherapy in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: A meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis. Clinical Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.24033

We assessed the effects of hypertonic saline solution (HSS) plus furosemide versus furosemide alone in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). We searched four electronic databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) until June 30... Read More about The added value of hypertonic saline solution to furosemide monotherapy in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: A meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis.

Risk of Venous Thromboembolism With Gout Flares (2023)
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Cipolletta, E., Tata, L. J., Nakafero, G., Avery, A. J., Mamas, M. A., & Abhishek, A. (2023). Risk of Venous Thromboembolism With Gout Flares. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 75(9), 1638-1647. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42480

ObjectivePrevious studies demonstrated that the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increased in patients with gout, but not whether there was a temporal association between gout flare and VTE. This study was undertaken to evaluate potential temp... Read More about Risk of Venous Thromboembolism With Gout Flares.

Trends In ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Hospitalisation Among Young Adults: A Binational Analysis (2023)
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Moledina, S. M., Matetic, A., Weight, N., Rashid, M., Sun, L., Fischman, D. L., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Trends In ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Hospitalisation Among Young Adults: A Binational Analysis. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad035

Background ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) is typically associated with increased age, but there is an important group of patients that suffer STEMI under the age of fifty, that are not well characterized in studies. Methods & Results We... Read More about Trends In ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Hospitalisation Among Young Adults: A Binational Analysis.

Ethnic Disparities in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Outcomes and Processes of Care in Patients With and Without Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study (2023)
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Weight, N., Moledina, S., Sun, L., Kragholm, K., Freeman, P., Diaz-Arocutipa, C., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Ethnic Disparities in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Outcomes and Processes of Care in Patients With and Without Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Angiology, https://doi.org/10.1177/00033197231182555

Trials suggest patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) without ‘standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors’ (SMuRFs) have poorer outcomes, but the role of ethnicity has not been investigated. We analyzed 118,177 STEMI patients u... Read More about Ethnic Disparities in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Outcomes and Processes of Care in Patients With and Without Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Effects of Valvular Heart Disease on Clinical Outcomes in Sarcoidosis. (2023)
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Hussain, B., Markson, F., Mamas, M. A., Alraies, C., Aggarwal, V., Kumar, G., …Paul, T. K. (2023). Effects of Valvular Heart Disease on Clinical Outcomes in Sarcoidosis. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(10), Article 101866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101866

Systemic sarcoidosis can lead to heart failure, conduction abnormalities and ventricular arrhythmias although data on concomitant valvular heart disease (VHD) is limited. We reported the prevalence and outcomes of VHD in systemic sarcoidosis. A retro... Read More about Effects of Valvular Heart Disease on Clinical Outcomes in Sarcoidosis..

Predicted clinical and economic burden associated with reduction in access to acute coronary interventional care during the COVID-19 lockdown in two European countries. (2023)
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Lunardi, M., Mamas, M. A., Mauri, J., Molina, C. M., Rodriguez-Leor, O., Eggington, S., …Solé, A. R. (in press). Predicted clinical and economic burden associated with reduction in access to acute coronary interventional care during the COVID-19 lockdown in two European countries. European Heart Journal, Article qcad025. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad025

Aims
As a consequence of untimely or missed revascularization of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients died at home or survived with serious sequelae, resulting in potential long-term worse p... Read More about Predicted clinical and economic burden associated with reduction in access to acute coronary interventional care during the COVID-19 lockdown in two European countries..

Intravenous iron therapy among patients with heart failure and iron deficiency: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. (2023)
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Hamed, M., Elseidy, S. A., Ahmed, A., Thakker, R., Mansoor, H., Khalili, H., …Elbadawi, A. (2023). Intravenous iron therapy among patients with heart failure and iron deficiency: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Heliyon, 9(6), Article e17245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17245

Background: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) evaluating the role of intravenous (IV) iron administration in patients with heart failure (HF) and iron deficiency (ID) have yielded inconsistent results.

Methods: Electronic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE... Read More about Intravenous iron therapy among patients with heart failure and iron deficiency: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials..

Trends and predictions of metabolic risk factors for acute myocardial infarction: findings from a multiethnic nationwide cohort. (2023)
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Chew, N. W. S., Chong, B., Kuo, S. M., Jayabaskaran, J., Cai, M., Zheng, H., …Chan, M. Y. (2023). Trends and predictions of metabolic risk factors for acute myocardial infarction: findings from a multiethnic nationwide cohort. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 37, Article 100803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100803

Understanding the trajectories of metabolic risk factors for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is necessary for healthcare policymaking. We estimated future projections of the incidence of metabolic diseases in a multi-ethnic population with AMI. The... Read More about Trends and predictions of metabolic risk factors for acute myocardial infarction: findings from a multiethnic nationwide cohort..

Intracoronary imaging in PCI for acute coronary syndrome: Insights from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society registry. (2023)
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Zaman, M., Stevens, C., Ludman, P., Wijeysundera, H. C., Siudak, Z., Sharp, A. S. P., …Mamas, M. A. (2023). Intracoronary imaging in PCI for acute coronary syndrome: Insights from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society registry. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 56, 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2023.05.020

While previous studies have demonstrated the superiority of ICI-guided PCI over an angiography-based approach, there are limited data on all-comer ACS patients. This study aimed to identify the characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients und... Read More about Intracoronary imaging in PCI for acute coronary syndrome: Insights from British Cardiovascular Intervention Society registry..

Developing prediction models to estimate the risk of two survival outcomes both occurring: A comparison of techniques (2023)
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Pate, A., Sperrin, M., Riley, R. D., Sergeant, J. C., Van Staa, T., Peek, N., …Martin, G. P. (2023). Developing prediction models to estimate the risk of two survival outcomes both occurring: A comparison of techniques. Statistics in Medicine, 42(18), 3184-3207. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9771

Introduction
This study considers the prediction of the time until two survival outcomes have both occurred. We compared a variety of analytical methods motivated by a typical clinical problem of multimorbidity prognosis.

Methods
We considered f... Read More about Developing prediction models to estimate the risk of two survival outcomes both occurring: A comparison of techniques.

Sex-based differences in risk factors for incident myocardial infarction and stroke in the UK Biobank (2023)
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Remfry, E., Ardissino, M., McCracken, C., Szabo, L., Neubauer, S., Harvey, N. C., …Raisi-Estabragh, Z. (in press). Sex-based differences in risk factors for incident myocardial infarction and stroke in the UK Biobank. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad029

Aim
This study examined sex-based differences in associations of vascular risk factors with incident cardiovascular events in the UK Biobank.

Methods
Baseline participant demographic, clinical, laboratory, anthropometric, and imaging characteris... Read More about Sex-based differences in risk factors for incident myocardial infarction and stroke in the UK Biobank.

What do we mean by complex percutaneous coronary intervention? An assessment of agreement amongst interventional cardiologists for defining complexity (2023)
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Rjoob, K., McGilligan, V., McAllister, R., Bond, R., Doolub, G., Leslie, S. J., …Peace, A. (2023). What do we mean by complex percutaneous coronary intervention? An assessment of agreement amongst interventional cardiologists for defining complexity. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 102(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.30684

Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Computed Tomography and Echocardiography Are Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2023)
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Chong, B., Jayabaskaran, J., Ruban, J., Goh, R., Chin, Y. H., Kong, G., …Chew, N. W. (2023). Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Computed Tomography and Echocardiography Are Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 16(5), https://doi.org/10.1161/circimaging.122.015159

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has garnered attention as a prognostic and risk stratification factor for cardiovascular disease. This study, via meta-analyses, evaluates the associations between EAT and cardiovascular outcomes stratified across imag... Read More about Epicardial Adipose Tissue Assessed by Computed Tomography and Echocardiography Are Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Racial Disparities in Mortality Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction and COVID-19 in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis (2023)
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Muhyieddeen, A., Cheng, S., Mamas, M. A., Beasley, D., Weins, G. C., & Gulati, M. (2023). Racial Disparities in Mortality Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction and COVID-19 in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(9), Article 101798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101798

This study assessed the COVID-19 pan-demic's impact on racial disparities in acute myocar-dial infarction (AMI) management and outcomes. We reviewed AMI patient management and outcomes in the pandemic's initial nine months, comparing COVID-19 and non... Read More about Racial Disparities in Mortality Associated With Acute Myocardial Infarction and COVID-19 in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis.

Long-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pre-existing Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2023)
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Mamas. (2023). Long-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pre-existing Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology, 101626 - 101626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101626

Coronary artery ectasia is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction. This meta-analysis evaluates outcomes following acute myocardial infarction in patients with pre-existing coronary artery ectasia. A search strategy was desi... Read More about Long-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pre-existing Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

In-hospital Outcomes of Patients With and Without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Who Present With a Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (2023)
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Dhaduk, N., Xia, Y., Feit, F., Mamas, M., Alviar, C., Keller, N., …Bangalore, S. (2023). In-hospital Outcomes of Patients With and Without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Who Present With a Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Cardiology, 194, 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.02.013

The clinical course of patients with a previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is not well defined. We aimed to compare the management and outcomes of patients with and with... Read More about In-hospital Outcomes of Patients With and Without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Who Present With a Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females with type 2 diabetes Mellitus: an Umbrella review of systematic reviews (2023)
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Yaow, C. Y. L., Chong, B., Chin, Y. H., Kueh, M. T. W., Ng, C. H., Chan, K. E., …Chew, N. W. S. (2023). Higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females with type 2 diabetes Mellitus: an Umbrella review of systematic reviews. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 30(12), 1227–1235. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwad133

Background
Previous studies have shown that females with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) may have excess mortality risk compared to their male counterparts. An important next step to address the high global burden of T2DM and cardiovascular disease... Read More about Higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in females with type 2 diabetes Mellitus: an Umbrella review of systematic reviews.