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Assessment of Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Balloon Only Angioplasty in STEMI. (2023)
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Mamas. (2023). Assessment of Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Balloon Only Angioplasty in STEMI. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 16(7), 771 - 779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2023.01.380

BACKGROUND: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES) has emerged as the standard of care, but stent-related events have persisted. Drug-coated balloon (DCB)-only angioplasty is an emerging technology, although... Read More about Assessment of Paclitaxel Drug-Coated Balloon Only Angioplasty in STEMI..

Relationship Between Activity Level and Knee Function Is Influenced by Negative Affect in Patients Undergoing Cell Therapy for Articular Cartilage Defects in the Knee. (2023)
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Kuiper. (2023). Relationship Between Activity Level and Knee Function Is Influenced by Negative Affect in Patients Undergoing Cell Therapy for Articular Cartilage Defects in the Knee. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 23259671231151925 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671231151925

BACKGROUND: Increased activity level is generally reported to be positively related to improved knee function after knee surgery. However, little research has been conducted into this relationship on an individual patient basis, or the influence of d... Read More about Relationship Between Activity Level and Knee Function Is Influenced by Negative Affect in Patients Undergoing Cell Therapy for Articular Cartilage Defects in the Knee..

A Randomized Trial of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Alternative Forms of Surgical Cartilage Management in Patients With a Failed Primary Treatment for Chondral or Osteochondral Defects in the Knee (2023)
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Snow, M., Middleton, L., Mehta, S., Roberts, A., Gray, R., Richardson, J., …O’Brien, S. (2023). A Randomized Trial of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Alternative Forms of Surgical Cartilage Management in Patients With a Failed Primary Treatment for Chondral or Osteochondral Defects in the Knee. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(2), 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465221141907

BACKGROUND: There are limited randomized controlled trials with long-term outcomes comparing autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) versus alternative forms of surgical cartilage management within the knee. PURPOSE: To determine at 5 years after s... Read More about A Randomized Trial of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Versus Alternative Forms of Surgical Cartilage Management in Patients With a Failed Primary Treatment for Chondral or Osteochondral Defects in the Knee.

Temporal Trends in In-Hospital Outcomes Following Unprotected Left-Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Analysis of 14 522 Cases From British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database 2009 to 2017 (2023)
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Kinnaird, T., Gallagher, S., Farooq, V., Protty, M., Back, L., Devlin, P., …Curzen, N. (2023). Temporal Trends in In-Hospital Outcomes Following Unprotected Left-Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Analysis of 14 522 Cases From British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database 2009 to 2017. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 16(1), Article e012350. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.122.012350

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used as a treatment option for unprotected left main stem artery (unprotected left main stem percutaneous intervention) disease. However, whether patient outcomes have improved over... Read More about Temporal Trends in In-Hospital Outcomes Following Unprotected Left-Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Analysis of 14 522 Cases From British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database 2009 to 2017.

Post-infarction ventricular septal defect: percutaneous or surgical management in the UK national registry (2022)
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Mamas. (2022). Post-infarction ventricular septal defect: percutaneous or surgical management in the UK national registry. European Heart Journal, 5020-5032. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac511

Background and Aims Postinfarction ventricular septal defect (PIVSD) is a mechanical complication of myocardial infarction (MI) with a poor prognosis. Surgical repair is the mainstay of treatment, although percutaneous closure is increasingly underta... Read More about Post-infarction ventricular septal defect: percutaneous or surgical management in the UK national registry.

Sex differences in clinical profile and outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion. (2022)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2022). Sex differences in clinical profile and outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 49, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2022.12.005

BACKGROUND: There are limited data around sex differences in the risk profile, treatments and outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions in contemporary interventional practice. We investigated the i... Read More about Sex differences in clinical profile and outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion..

"I could have a proper ankle" - a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of total ankle replacement and ankle fusion surgery. (2022)
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Anderson, A. M., Chapman, L. S., Siddle, H. J., Watson, S., Klugerman, J., Antcliff, D., …Brockett, C. L. (2022). "I could have a proper ankle" - a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of total ankle replacement and ankle fusion surgery. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 15(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-022-00595-8

BACKGROUND: End-stage ankle osteoarthritis typically causes severe pain and impaired function. Surgical treatment involves total ankle replacement (TAR) or ankle fusion. Definitive evidence about which procedure is optimal is lacking. No previous stu... Read More about "I could have a proper ankle" - a qualitative study of patients' perceptions of total ankle replacement and ankle fusion surgery..

Comparison of Transfemoral versus Transsubclavian/Transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
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Mamas. (2022). Comparison of Transfemoral versus Transsubclavian/Transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101156

Femoral access is the gold standard for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Safe alternative access, that represents about 15 % of TAVR cases, remains important for patients without adequate transfemoral access. We aimed to perform a syste... Read More about Comparison of Transfemoral versus Transsubclavian/Transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Intrathecal morphine in combination with bupivacaine as pre-emptive analgesia in posterior lumbar fusion surgery: a retrospective cohort study (2022)
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Trivedi, R., John, J., Ghodke, A., Trivedi, J., Munigangaiah, S., Dheerendra, S., …Kuiper, J. (2022). Intrathecal morphine in combination with bupivacaine as pre-emptive analgesia in posterior lumbar fusion surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03124-2

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of intrathecal morphine (ITM) in combination with bupivacaine as pre-emptive analgesia in patients undergoi... Read More about Intrathecal morphine in combination with bupivacaine as pre-emptive analgesia in posterior lumbar fusion surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017. (2022)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2022). Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017. Cancer Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5373

BACKGROUND: Pericardiocentesis is undertaken in patients with cancer for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. However, there are limited data on the frequency, characteristics and mortality of patients with different cancers undergoing pericardiocent... Read More about Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017..

Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does On-Site Surgical Cover Make a Difference? (2022)
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Mamas, M. A., Rashid, M., Zaman, M., Ludman, P., Wijeysundera, H. C., Curzen, N., …Grines, C. L. (2022). Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does On-Site Surgical Cover Make a Difference?. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 15(10), Article e012037. https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.122.012037

Background: Nonsurgical centers (NSC) contribute significantly to the capacity of overall percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United Kingdom. Although previous studies have demonstrated similar PCI outcomes in surgical centers (SC) versus... Read More about Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does On-Site Surgical Cover Make a Difference?.

Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery. (2022)
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Mamas. (2022). Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.17020

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine utilization and outcomes of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) in the current practice of cardiac surgery. BACKGROUND: tMCS is an evolving adjunct to cardiac surgery not fully characterize... Read More about Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery..

The Road to Total Knee Replacement - Utilisation of Knee Surgeries up to 10 Years Before Total Knee Replacement in England and Sweden. (2022)
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Dell'Isola, A., Appleyard, T., Yu, D., Hellberg, C., Thomas, G., Turkiewicz, A., …Englund, M. (2022). The Road to Total Knee Replacement - Utilisation of Knee Surgeries up to 10 Years Before Total Knee Replacement in England and Sweden. Arthritis Care and Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25033

OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence and timing of knee surgery (including meniscal, ligamentous, synovial and osteotomy) in the ten years prior to primary total knee replacement (TKR) between England and Sweden. METHODS: This was a population-based... Read More about The Road to Total Knee Replacement - Utilisation of Knee Surgeries up to 10 Years Before Total Knee Replacement in England and Sweden..

Cardiovascular outcomes and trends of Transcatheter vs. Surgical aortic valve replacement among octogenarians with heart failure: A Propensity Matched national cohort analysis. (2022)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2022). Cardiovascular outcomes and trends of Transcatheter vs. Surgical aortic valve replacement among octogenarians with heart failure: A Propensity Matched national cohort analysis

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome with symptoms and signs that result from any structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood. Limited data is available regarding the in-hospital outcomes o... Read More about Cardiovascular outcomes and trends of Transcatheter vs. Surgical aortic valve replacement among octogenarians with heart failure: A Propensity Matched national cohort analysis..

TCT-146 Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does Onsite Surgical Cover Make a Difference? (2022)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2022). TCT-146 Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does Onsite Surgical Cover Make a Difference?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, B59 - B59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.171

Background Nonsurgical centres (NSCs) contribute to the significant capacity of overall PCI in the UK. Whilst previous studies have demonstrated similar PCI outcomes in surgical centres (SCs) vs NSCs, it is unknown whether this applies to more comple... Read More about TCT-146 Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Does Onsite Surgical Cover Make a Difference?.

Content and delivery of pre-operative interventions for patients undergoing total knee replacement: a rapid review. (2022)
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Anderson, A. M., Drew, B. T., Antcliff, D., Redmond, A. C., Comer, C., Smith, T. O., & McHugh, G. A. (2022). Content and delivery of pre-operative interventions for patients undergoing total knee replacement: a rapid review. Systematic Reviews, Article 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02019-x

BACKGROUND: Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common operation typically performed for end-stage knee osteoarthritis. Patients awaiting TKR often have poor health-related quality of life. Approximately 20% of patients experience persistent pain post-... Read More about Content and delivery of pre-operative interventions for patients undergoing total knee replacement: a rapid review..

A Person-Centred Prehabilitation Program based on Cognitive Behavioural Physical Therapy for patients scheduled for Lumbar Fusion surgery: A mediation analysis to assess fear of movement (kinesiophobia), self-efficacy and catastrophizing as mediators of health outcomes (2022)
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(2022). A Person-Centred Prehabilitation Program based on Cognitive Behavioural Physical Therapy for patients scheduled for Lumbar Fusion surgery: A mediation analysis to assess fear of movement (kinesiophobia), self-efficacy and catastrophizing as mediators of health outcomes. European Journal of Pain, 1790 - 1799. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2004

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To investigate whether early changes in fear of movement (kinesiophobia), self-efficacy and catastrophizing were mediators of the relationship between allocation to the pre-habilitation intervention and later changes in health outcomes.... Read More about A Person-Centred Prehabilitation Program based on Cognitive Behavioural Physical Therapy for patients scheduled for Lumbar Fusion surgery: A mediation analysis to assess fear of movement (kinesiophobia), self-efficacy and catastrophizing as mediators of health outcomes.