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The digital prescription: A systematic review and meta-analysis of smartphone apps for blood pressure control. (2024)
Journal Article
Motta-Yanac, E., Riley, V., Ellis, N. J., Mankoo, A., & Gidlow, C. J. (in press). The digital prescription: A systematic review and meta-analysis of smartphone apps for blood pressure control. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 195, 105755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105755

Assess the effectiveness of digital health interventions (DHIs) in reducing blood pressure (BP) among individuals with high blood pressure and identify the impact of age, sex, and phone-based delivery methods on BP. A systematic review and meta-analy... Read More about The digital prescription: A systematic review and meta-analysis of smartphone apps for blood pressure control..

Standards for Quality Improvement Registries on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Delphi Consensus Report From VASCUNET and International Consortium of Vascular Registries. (2024)
Journal Article
Grima, M. J., Ancetti, S., Pherwani, A. D., Gonçalves, F. B., Budtz-Lilly, J., Behrendt, C.-A., Scali, S. T., Beck, A. W., & Mani, K. (in press). Standards for Quality Improvement Registries on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Delphi Consensus Report From VASCUNET and International Consortium of Vascular Registries. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.12.002

Outcome registries in vascular surgery are increasingly used to drive quality improvement by vascular societies. The VASCUNET collaboration, within the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS), and the International Consortium of Vascular Registr... Read More about Standards for Quality Improvement Registries on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Delphi Consensus Report From VASCUNET and International Consortium of Vascular Registries..

Percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon with one knot offers equivalent results as the same procedure with two knots. A comparative prospective study. (2024)
Journal Article
Maffulli, N., Christidis, G., Gougoulias, N., Christidis, P., Poku, D., Hassan, R., Migliorini, F., & Oliva, F. (in press). Percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon with one knot offers equivalent results as the same procedure with two knots. A comparative prospective study. British Medical Bulletin, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae019

The present prospective comparative study included patients with acute Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) who underwent percutaneous repair with one knot compared to percutaneous repair with two knots. All patients underwent the procedure under local anes... Read More about Percutaneous repair of the Achilles tendon with one knot offers equivalent results as the same procedure with two knots. A comparative prospective study..

Sex Differences in Patients Undergoing Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina: Data From a National Registry. (2024)
Journal Article
Shamkhani, W., Zathar, Z., Khattak, S., Nolan, J., Chieffo, A., Kinnaird, T., & Mamas, M. A. (2024). Sex Differences in Patients Undergoing Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina: Data From a National Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(22), Article e036569. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.036569

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) for stable angina has steadily increased. Outcomes stratified by sex are inconclusive and limited. We assessed sex-based trends and differences in clinical outcomes amon... Read More about Sex Differences in Patients Undergoing Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina: Data From a National Registry..

Quantifying Morphological Changes in Middle Trapezius With Ultrasonography and Histogram Matching for Participants With and Without Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (2024)
Journal Article
Philp, F., Meilak, E., Seyres, M., Willis, T., Winn, N., & Pandyan, A. (2024). Quantifying Morphological Changes in Middle Trapezius With Ultrasonography and Histogram Matching for Participants With and Without Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, https://doi.org/10.1177/87564793241293782

Objective: Echogenicity is a biomarker in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Currently, it is not possible to compare echogenicity values, derived using quantified muscle sonography capture, based on different equipment instrumentation se... Read More about Quantifying Morphological Changes in Middle Trapezius With Ultrasonography and Histogram Matching for Participants With and Without Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.

Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article
Baroncini, A., Maffulli, N., Pilone, M., Pipino, G., Memminger, M. K., Pappalardo, G., & Migliorini, F. (2024). Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(22), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13226864

Background: Low back pain is common. For patients with mechanic or non-specific chronic LBP (cLBP), the current guidelines suggest conservative, nonpharmacologic treatment as a first-line treatment. Among the available strategies, physiotherapy repre... Read More about Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review.

Trends in Management and Consultations for Gout: A Study of 18 Million Adults Using the OpenSAFELY Platform (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Russell, M., Massey, J., Roddy, E., MacKenna, B., Bacon, S., Goldacre, B., Andrews, C., Hickman, G., Mehrkar, A., Mahto, A., Rutherford, A., Patel, S., Adas, M., Alveyn, E., Nagra, . D., Bechman, K., Ledingham, J., Hudson, J., Norton, S., Cope, A., & Galloway, J. (2024, November). Trends in Management and Consultations for Gout: A Study of 18 Million Adults Using the OpenSAFELY Platform. Poster presented at Abstract Supplement ACR Convergence 2024, Washington DC

Background/Purpose: Data from before the COVID-19 pandemic had shown persistently poor care for people with gout in many countries worldwide. Whether this was further exacerbated by the pandemic is not fully understood. Our objective was to investiga... Read More about Trends in Management and Consultations for Gout: A Study of 18 Million Adults Using the OpenSAFELY Platform.

Abstract 4143119: National Inpatient Mortality Trend of Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abood, Z., Allaqaband, S., Galazka, P., Tunink, K., Sokhal, B., Hommeida, M., Bajwa, T., & Jan, M. F. Abstract 4143119: National Inpatient Mortality Trend of Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis. Presented at Abstracts From the American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions and the American Heart Association's 2024 Resuscitation Science Symposium, November 12 2024

Background: Mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) is performed for high-risk patients with severe mitral regurgitation and multiple comorbidities. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is one poor prognostic factor in M-TEER. However, real... Read More about Abstract 4143119: National Inpatient Mortality Trend of Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis.

Abstract 4143796: Inpatient Mortality Trend in Obese Versus Non-Obese Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: “An Obesity Paradox” – 15-Year Nationwide Sample Analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abood, Z., Bajwa, T., Sokhal, B., Tunink, K., Hommeida, M., Allaqaband, S., & Jan, M. F. Abstract 4143796: Inpatient Mortality Trend in Obese Versus Non-Obese Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: “An Obesity Paradox” – 15-Year Nationwide Sample Analysis. Presented at Abstracts From the American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions and the American Heart Association's 2024 Resuscitation Science Symposium, 12 November 2024

Background: Obesity is endemic in the United States. Previous studies have reported an obesity paradox in mortality associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and inpatient mortality trends over a... Read More about Abstract 4143796: Inpatient Mortality Trend in Obese Versus Non-Obese Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: “An Obesity Paradox” – 15-Year Nationwide Sample Analysis.

Abstract 4143813: Secular Trends and Mortality Rates in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: 15-Year Nationwide Survey (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abood, Z., Allaqaband, S., Sokhal, B., Tunink, K., Hommeida, M., Bajwa, T., & Jan, M. F. Abstract 4143813: Secular Trends and Mortality Rates in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: 15-Year Nationwide Survey

Background: Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity, with variable mortality across age groups. Older patients exhibit higher in-hospital mortality and often experience delayed percutaneous c... Read More about Abstract 4143813: Secular Trends and Mortality Rates in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: 15-Year Nationwide Survey.

Abstract 4134687: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Complicating Stroke (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jang, S. H., Sposato, L., Choi, Y.-H., Geressu, A., Mamas, M., & Bagur, R. Abstract 4134687: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Complicating Stroke. Presented at American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions and the American Heart Association's 2024 Resuscitation Science Symposium

Background: There have been studies suggesting Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) as a potential complication following cerebrovascular accident (CVA), but the association, contributing factors, and prognosis significance have not been well-characterized... Read More about Abstract 4134687: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Complicating Stroke.

Subsidence of the Corail stem in total hip arthroplasty: no influence of bony contact (2024)
Journal Article
Migliorini, F., Maffulli, N., Pilone, M., Kämmer, D., Hofmann, U. K., Nobili, A., Velaj, E., & Bell, A. (2024). Subsidence of the Corail stem in total hip arthroplasty: no influence of bony contact. Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 25(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10195-024-00794-y

Introduction: This study investigated stem subsidence following primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) with a Corail stem in patients who underwent two-staged bilateral THA. The second outcome of interest was to investigate whether a specific single co... Read More about Subsidence of the Corail stem in total hip arthroplasty: no influence of bony contact.

Management of knee osteoarthritis using bone marrow aspirate concentrate: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Migliorini, F., Pilone, M., Ascani, J., Schäfer, L., Jeyaraman, M., & Maffulli, N. (2024). Management of knee osteoarthritis using bone marrow aspirate concentrate: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae016

Introduction Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint condition and a major cause of disability in the general population. Source of data Recent published literature identified from PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Scopus. Areas of... Read More about Management of knee osteoarthritis using bone marrow aspirate concentrate: a systematic review.

Correction to: same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion in the UK. (2024)
Journal Article
Taxiarchi, P., Kontopantelis, E., Kinnaird, T., Curzen, N., Ahmed, J., Zaman, A., Ludman, P., Shoaib, A., Martin, G. P., & Mamas, M. A. (in press). Correction to: same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion in the UK. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/21.00036.cx

This corrects the article doi: 10.25270/jic/21.00036.

High-volume injections in Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Hassan, R., Poku, D., Miah, N., & Maffulli, N. (2024). High-volume injections in Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae015

Introduction Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is common, particularly in runners. High-volume injections (HVIs) may be beneficial in the management of AT compared to other conservative management options, including exercise regimens, platelet-rich plasma (... Read More about High-volume injections in Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review.

Interventions for people with perceptual disorders after stroke: the PIONEER scoping review, Cochrane systematic review and priority setting project (2024)
Journal Article
Hazelton, C., Todhunter-Brown, A., Campbell, P., Thomson, K., Nicolson, D. J., McGill, K., SY Chung, C., Dorris, L., Gillespie, D. C., Hunter, S. M., Williams, L. J., & Brady, M. C. (2024). Interventions for people with perceptual disorders after stroke: the PIONEER scoping review, Cochrane systematic review and priority setting project. Health Technology Assessment, 28(69), 1-141. https://doi.org/10.3310/WGJT3471

Stroke often affects recognition and interpretation of information from our senses, resulting in perceptual disorders. Evidence to inform treatment is unclear. To determine the breadth and effectiveness of interventions for stroke-related perceptual... Read More about Interventions for people with perceptual disorders after stroke: the PIONEER scoping review, Cochrane systematic review and priority setting project.

Outcomes of 1.3 million patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention according to the presence of cancer and atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study. (2024)
Journal Article
Istanbuly, S., Matetić, A., Bang, V., Sharma, K., Golwala, H., Kheiri, B., Osman, M., Swamy, P., Bharadwaj, A., & Mamas, M. A. (2024). Outcomes of 1.3 million patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention according to the presence of cancer and atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study. Croatian Medical Journal, 65(5), 405-416

To evaluate outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with cancer and atrial fibrillation (AF). Data of all adult discharges undergoing PCI between October 2015 and December 2018 were obtained from the National Inpatient Sam... Read More about Outcomes of 1.3 million patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention according to the presence of cancer and atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study..

TCT-59 Optimal Versus Sub-Optimal Intravascular Imaging-guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamed, M., Elseidy, S., Ahmed, A., Gabr, E., Kahan, J., & Mamas, M. TCT-59 Optimal Versus Sub-Optimal Intravascular Imaging-guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis. Presented at Thirty-Sixth Annual Symposium Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)–Abstracts, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA

Background
Intravascular imaging–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has shown promising results. Our study aimed to compare the outcomes of optimal vs suboptimal intravascular imaging–guided PCI.