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1. Bicarbonate use and mortality outcome among critically ill patients with metabolic acidosis: A meta analysis

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Pradhum Ram, Veronica Garvia, Kevin Bryan Lo, Janani Rangaswami, and Jessica M. Stempel

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Critical Illness, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Sodium bicarbonate, business.industry, Metabolic acidosis, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Intensive care unit, High anion gap metabolic acidosis, Intensive Care Units, Sodium Bicarbonate, 030228 respiratory system, chemistry, Lactic acidosis, Meta-analysis, Acidosis, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Background The use of sodium bicarbonate in the treatment of metabolic acidosis in critically ill subjects has long been a subject of debate. Despite empiric use in the setting of severe acidemia in critically ill patients, there is little data looking into the role of sodium bicarbonate in the treatment of severe metabolic acidosis in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Methods We conducted a comprehensive search of Pubmed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials addressing bicarbonate use in the metabolic acidosis in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. We examined mortality as end point. Pooled odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for all outcomes using a random-effect model. Results The final search yielded 202 articles of which all were screened individually. A total of 11 studies were identified but 6 studies were excluded due to irrelevance in mortality outcome and methodology. Analysis was done separately for observational studies and randomized controlled trials. The pooled OR [95% CI] for mortality with bicarbonate use in the observational studies was 1.5 [0.62–3.67] with heterogeneity of 67%, while pooled OR for mortality in the randomized trials was 0.72 [0.49–1.05] (figure 2). In combining all studies, the pooled odds ratio was 0.93 95% [0.69–1.25] but with heterogeneity of 63%. After sensitivity analysis with removing the study done by Kim et al. 2013, heterogeneity was 0% with OR 0.8 [0.59–1.10]. Conclusion There is no significant difference in mortality in the use of bicarbonate among critically ill patients with high anion gap metabolic acidosis predominantly driven by lactic acidosis.

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2020

2. Burden and trends of arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its impact of mortality and resource utilization

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Byomesh Tripathi, Brijesh Patel, Purnima Sharma, Pradhum Ram, Varun Jain, Varunsiri Atti, Safi U. Khan, Abhishek Deshmukh, Varun Kumar, Sopan Lahewala, Mahek Shah, Vamsidhar Naraparaju, and Shilpkumar Arora

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medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, outcomes, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, atrial fibrillation, 030212 general & internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, Secondary prevention, business.industry, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cost trend, Atrial fibrillation, Original Articles, medicine.disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Comorbidity, lcsh:RC666-701, Ventricular fibrillation, Cardiology, cardiovascular system, Original Article, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cost of care, business, arrhythmias, Atrial flutter, Resource utilization
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Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) accounts for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Arrhythmias are considered the main cause of mortality, however, there is paucity of data relating to trends of arrhythmia and associated outcomes in HCM patients. Methods Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2003 to 2014 was analyzed. HCM related hospitalizations were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD9‐CM) code 425.1 and 425.11 in all diagnosis fields. Results Overall, there was an increase in number of hospitalizations related to arrhythmias among HCM patients from 7784 in 2003 to 8380 in 2014 (relative increase 10.5%, P

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2019

3. Trends in the prevalence of malignancy among patients admitted with acute heart failure and associated outcomes: a nationwide population-based study

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Kevin Bryan Lo, Andrew Tiu, Mahek Shah, Pradhum Ram, and Kaushal Parikh

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, Colorectal cancer, Breast Neoplasms, Comorbidity, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Cancer Survivors, Risk Factors, Neoplasms, Internal medicine, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Lung cancer, Aged, Cause of death, Aged, 80 and over, Heart Failure, business.industry, Prostatic Neoplasms, Cancer, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Cardiotoxicity, Hospitalization, Acute Disease, Female, Colorectal Neoplasms, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA, and cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors. Cancer survivors share common risk factors for cardiovascular disease with non-cancer patients. With improved survival, cancer patients become susceptible to treatment-related toxicity often involving the heart. The impact of concurrent malignancy on outcomes particularly among heart failure patients is an area of active research. We studied the trends in the prevalence of a concurrent diagnosis of breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer among admissions for acute heart failure and the associated trends for in-hospital mortality. Patients aged ≥ 18 years who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of “congestive heart failure” (CCS codes 99 and 108) from years 2003 to 2014 were included. We analyzed the rate of admission and in-hospital mortality among patients who had a concurrent diagnosis for either lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer (among females), or prostate cancer (among males). We performed a multivariate analysis to assess the role of a concurrent diagnosis of any cancer in predicting in-hospital mortality among HF admissions. From 2003 to 2014 across over 12 million HF admissions, ≈ 7% had a concurrent diagnosis of either lung, breast, colorectal, or prostate cancer. The prevalence was highest for breast cancer (2.3%) followed by prostate cancer (2.1%) and colorectal cancer (1.5%) and lowest with lung cancer (1.1%). The prevalence of cancer increased over the duration of study among all four cancer types with the largest increase in prevalence of breast cancer. Baseline comorbidities including hypertension, diabetes, smoking, chronic kidney disease, and coronary artery disease increased over time among patients with and without cancer. In-hospital mortality was higher among those with a diagnosis of lung cancer (5.9%) followed by colorectal cancer (4.0%), prostate cancer (3.5%), no diagnosis of cancer (3.3%), and breast cancer (3.2%). In-hospital mortality declined across HF admissions with and without a cancer diagnosis from 2003 to 2014. Decline in such mortality among heart failure was highest for patients with lung cancer (8.1 to 4.6% from 2003 to 2014; p

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2019

4. Interrelationship Between Kidney Function and Percutaneous Mitral Valve Interventions: A Comprehensive Review

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Vincent M. Figueredo, Janani Rangaswami, Leandro Slipczuk, Pradhum Ram, Kevin Bryan Lo, Sandeep Dayanand, and Pradeep Dayanand

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Percutaneous, medicine.medical_treatment, review, patient outcomes, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, urologic and male genital diseases, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Mitral valve, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve repair, business.industry, MitraClip, renal function, Hemodynamics, Mitral valve replacement, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Treatment Outcome, medicine.anatomical_structure, cardiovascular system, Cardiology, Mitral Valve, Female, Percutaneous mitral repair, mitraclip, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, chronic kidney disease, Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair, Kidney disease
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Percutaneous mitral valve repair is emerging as a reasonable alternative especially in those with an unfavorable surgical risk profile in the repair of mitral regurgitation. At this time, our understanding of the effects of underlying renal dysfunction on outcomes with percutaneous mitral valve repair and the effects of this procedure itself on renal function is evolving, as more data emerges in this field. The current evidence suggests that the correction of mitral regurgitation via percutaneous mitral valve repair is associated with some degree of improvement in cardiac function, hemodynamics and renal function. The improvement in renal function was more significant for those with greater renal dysfunction at baseline. The presence of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in turn has been associated with poor long-term outcomes including increased mortality and hospitalization among patients who undergo percutaneous mitral valve repair. This was true regardless of the degree of improvement in GFR post repair advanced CKD. The adverse impact of CKD on long-term outcomes was consistent across all studies and was more prominent in those with GFR

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2019

5. Acute Kidney Injury Post Cardiac Catheterization: Does Vascular Access Route Matter?

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Janani Rangaswami, Gregg S. Pressman, Kevin Bryan Lo, Pradhum Ram, and Benjamin Horn

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Male, Cardiac Catheterization, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Vascular access, MEDLINE, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.artery, Humans, Medicine, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Radial artery, catheterization, Cardiac catheterization, Transradial, business.industry, Acute kidney injury, transfemoral, vascular access, General Medicine, Acute Kidney Injury, medicine.disease, Treatment Outcome, anatomical challenges, Emergency medicine, kidney injury, Access site, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Complication
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Background: Acute Kidney Injury as a complication of cardiac catheterization is associated with increased length of hospital stay and mortality. In recent years, the use of the radial artery for cardiac catheterization is increasing in frequency. Objective: The objective of this concise review was to evaluate the method of cardiac access site and its impact on Acute Kidney Injury following cardiac catheterization. Methods: After a thorough search on Medline, Google Scholar and PubMed, we included all the literature relevant to Acute kidney injury following transradial and transfemoral cardiac catheterization. Results: While acute kidney injury was caused due to a variety of reasons, it was important to consider each case on an individual basis. We found a trend towards increased use of transradial approach in patients at high risk of developing kidney injury. However, limitations such as operator experience, anatomical challenges and so on do exist with this approach. Conclusion: Transradial access offers several advantages to a patient at high risk of acute kidney injury undergoing cardiac catheterization. Further large studies are needed to establish this trend in the years ahead.

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2019

6. Carcinoid Heart Disease: Review of Current Knowledge

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Janani Rangaswami, Kevin Bryan Lo, Gregg S. Pressman, Pradhum Ram, and Jorge Penalver

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Diagnostic Imaging, medicine.medical_specialty, Carcinoid Heart Disease, Review, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Global Health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Correspondence, medicine, Humans, In patient, business.industry, Disease Management, Diagnostic test, medicine.disease, Serotonin metabolism, Combined Modality Therapy, Pathophysiology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Heart failure, Cardiology, Morbidity, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiac magnetic resonance, business, Carcinoid syndrome
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Carcinoid heart disease is the collective term for all cardiac manifestations in patients who have carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid heart disease has a multifactorial pathophysiology, and the right side of the heart is usually involved. Symptoms and signs vary depending upon the affected cardiac components; most typical is right-sided heart failure secondary to diseased tricuspid and pulmonary valves. Despite no single ideal diagnostic test, strong suspicion, coupled with serologic and imaging results, usually enables diagnosis. Advances in imaging, such as speckle-tracking echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance, have improved the diagnostic yield. Treatment is challenging, warrants a multidisciplinary approach, and can be medical or surgical depending on the cardiac manifestations. Investigators are exploring the therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies and new somatostatin analogues. In this review, we cover current knowledge about the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of carcinoid heart disease.

Published
2019

7. Echocardiographic and Hemodynamic Parameters Associated with Diminishing Renal Filtration among Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

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Kene Mezue, Janani Rangaswami, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy, Mahek Shah, Gregg S. Pressman, Pradhum Ram, Abhinav Goyal, Shuchita Gupta, and Kevin Bryan Lo

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Heart Ventricles, Urology, medicine.medical_treatment, 030232 urology & nephrology, Cardiorenal syndrome, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Kidney, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.artery, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Renal Insufficiency, Myocardial infarction, Pulmonary wedge pressure, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Hemodynamics, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Echocardiography, Ventricular assist device, Heart failure, Pulmonary artery, Ventricular Function, Right, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerular Filtration Rate
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Background: Renal dysfunction is an important predictor of poor outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is implicated as one of the explanations for worsening renal function in cardiorenal syndrome. Novel right heart catheterization (RHC) parameters such as pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi) and right atrial to pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ratio (RA:PCWP) have been found as predictors of RV dysfunction. However, most studies investigating these parameters have been done in the setting of myocardial infarction or left ventricular assist device implantation, with limited data on these metrics in patients with HFpEF. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether novel RHC parameters such as RA:PCWP and PAPi correlate with long-term renal outcomes among patients with HFpEF. Methods: A retrospective single-center study of adult patients with a documented diagnosis of heart failure who had RHC was performed between January 2006 and December 2010 at Einstein Med ical Center Philadelphia. Selected patients also had a serum B-type natriuretic peptide level ≥100 pg/mL and a PCWP ≥15 mm Hg. Patients with an ejection fraction < 50%, including those with recovered ejection fraction, and end-stage renal disease were excluded. Results: A total of 81 patients with a clinical diagnosis of HFpEF were identified who met the inclusion criteria. On multivariate analysis, after adjusting for age, sex, race, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiac index, PAPi was associated with long-term estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (β = 3.43, 95% CI = 0.635–6.23, p = 0.017), and RA:PCWP showed a trend towards significance (β = 14.81, 95% CI = –0.096–29.73, p = 0.051). The results were unchanged after further adjustment for eGFR at the time of RHC. Conclusion: Novel hemodynamic indices obtained by RHC may have predictive value for long-term renal dysfunction in patients with HFpEF.

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2018

8. Pre-existing cardiovascular disease, acute kidney injury, and cardiovascular outcomes in hospitalized blacks with COVID-19 infection

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Anekwe Onwuanyi, Obiora Egbuche, Elizabeth Ofili, Bivek Wagle, Martin Luther Campbell, Pradhum Ram, Melvin R. Echols, Dolphurs Hayes, Rupak Desai, Temidayo Abe, Kenechukwu Mezue, Jayne Morgan, Jacques Kpodonu, Valery S. Effoe, Ky Huynh, Opeyemi Jegede, and Shirley I Nwokike

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Mechanical ventilation, ARDS, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Acute kidney injury, Retrospective cohort study, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Spotlight on Special Topics, Internal medicine, medicine, Original Article, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Cardiovascular outcomes
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BACKGROUND: The Corona Virus 19 (COVID-19) infection is associated with worse outcomes in blacks, although the mechanisms are unclear. We sought to determine the significance of black race, pre-existing cardiovascular disease (pCVD), and acute kidney injury (AKI) on cardiopulmonary outcomes and in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of blacks with/without pCVD and with/without in-hospital AKI, hospitalized within Grady Memorial Hospital in Georgia between February and July 2020, who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on qualitative polymerase-chain-reaction assay. The primary outcome was a composite of in-hospital cardiac events. RESULTS: Of the 293 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in this study, 71 were excluded from the primary analysis (for race/ethnicity other than black non-Hispanic). Of the 222 hospitalized COVID-19 patients included in our analyses, 41.4% were female, 78.8% had pCVD, and 30.6% developed AKI during the admission. In multivariable analyses, pCVD (OR 4.7, 95% CI 1.5-14.8, P=0.008) and AKI (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.3-5.5, P=0.006) were associated with increased odds of in-hospital cardiac events. AKI was associated with increased odds of in-hospital mortality (OR 8.9, 95% CI 3.3-23.9, P

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2020

9. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

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Gregory A. Roth, George A. Mensah, Catherine O. Johnson, Giovanni Addolorato, Enrico Ammirati, Larry M. Baddour, Noël C. Barengo, Andrea Z. Beaton, Emelia J. Benjamin, Catherine P. Benziger, Aimé Bonny, Michael Brauer, Marianne Brodmann, Thomas J. Cahill, Jonathan Carapetis, Alberico L. Catapano, Sumeet S. Chugh, Leslie T. Cooper, Josef Coresh, Michael Criqui, Nicole DeCleene, Kim A. Eagle, Sophia Emmons-Bell, Valery L. Feigin, Joaquim Fernández-Solà, Gerry Fowkes, Emmanuela Gakidou, Scott M. Grundy, Feng J. He, George Howard, Frank Hu, Lesley Inker, Ganesan Karthikeyan, Nicholas Kassebaum, Walter Koroshetz, Carl Lavie, Donald Lloyd-Jones, Hong S. Lu, Antonio Mirijello, Awoke Misganaw Temesgen, Ali Mokdad, Andrew E. Moran, Paul Muntner, Jagat Narula, Bruce Neal, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Glaucia Moraes de Oliveira, Catherine Otto, Mayowa Owolabi, Michael Pratt, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Marissa Reitsma, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Nancy Rigotti, Anthony Rodgers, Craig Sable, Saate Shakil, Karen Sliwa-Hahnle, Benjamin Stark, Johan Sundström, Patrick Timpel, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Marco Valgimigli, Theo Vos, Paul K. Whelton, Magdi Yacoub, Liesl Zuhlke, Christopher Murray, Valentin Fuster, Noel C. Barengo, Andrea Beaton, Aime Bonny, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Sumeet Chugh, Michael H. Criqui, Nicole K. DeCleene, Joaquim Fernández-Sola, F. Gerry R. Fowkes, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Walter J. Koroshetz, Awoke T. Misganaw, Ali H. Mokdad, Gláucia M.M. Oliveira, Catherine M. Otto, Mayowa O. Owolabi, Marissa B. Reitsma, Nancy A. Rigotti, Craig A. Sable, Saate S. Shakil, Karen Sliwa, Benjamin A. Stark, Imad I. Tleyjeh, Liesl J. Zuhlke, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Alireza Abdi, Aidin Abedi, Victor Aboyans, Woldu A. Abrha, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Abdelrahman I. Abushouk, Dilaram Acharya, Tim Adair, Oladimeji M. Adebayo, Zanfina Ademi, Shailesh M. Advani, Khashayar Afshari, Ashkan Afshin, Gina Agarwal, Pradyumna Agasthi, Sohail Ahmad, Sepideh Ahmadi, Muktar B. Ahmed, Budi Aji, Yonas Akalu, Wuraola Akande-Sholabi, Addis Aklilu, Chisom J. Akunna, Fares Alahdab, Ayman Al-Eyadhy, Khalid F. Alhabib, Sheikh M. Alif, Vahid Alipour, Syed M. Aljunid, François Alla, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Sami Almustanyir, Rajaa M. Al-Raddadi, Adeladza K. Amegah, Saeed Amini, Arya Aminorroaya, Hubert Amu, Dickson A. Amugsi, Robert Ancuceanu, Deanna Anderlini, Tudorel Andrei, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Zelalem A. Anteneh, Ippazio Cosimo Antonazzo, Benny Antony, Razique Anwer, Lambert T. Appiah, Jalal Arabloo, Johan Ärnlöv, Kurnia D. Artanti, Zerihun Ataro, Marcel Ausloos, Leticia Avila-Burgos, Asma T. Awan, Mamaru A. Awoke, Henok T. Ayele, Muluken A. Ayza, Samad Azari, Darshan B. B, Nafiseh Baheiraei, Atif A. Baig, Ahad Bakhtiari, Maciej Banach, Palash C. Banik, Emerson A. Baptista, Miguel A. Barboza, Lingkan Barua, Sanjay Basu, Neeraj Bedi, Yannick Béjot, Derrick A. Bennett, Isabela M. Bensenor, Adam E. Berman, Yihienew M. Bezabih, Akshaya S. Bhagavathula, Sonu Bhaskar, Krittika Bhattacharyya, Ali Bijani, Boris Bikbov, Mulugeta M. Birhanu, Archith Boloor, Luisa C. Brant, Hermann Brenner, Nikolay I. Briko, Zahid A. Butt, Florentino Luciano Caetano dos Santos, Leah E. Cahill, Lucero Cahuana-Hurtado, Luis A. Cámera, Ismael R. Campos-Nonato, Carlos Cantu-Brito, Josip Car, Juan J. Carrero, Felix Carvalho, Carlos A. Castañeda-Orjuela, Ferrán Catalá-López, Ester Cerin, Jaykaran Charan, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Simiao Chen, Ken L. Chin, Jee-Young J. Choi, Dinh-Toi Chu, Sheng-Chia Chung, Massimo Cirillo, Sean Coffey, Sara Conti, Vera M. Costa, David K. Cundiff, Omid Dadras, Baye Dagnew, Xiaochen Dai, Albertino A.M. Damasceno, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Kairat Davletov, Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora, Fernando P. De la Hoz, Jan-Walter De Neve, Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez, Meseret Derbew Molla, Behailu T. Derseh, Rupak Desai, Günther Deuschl, Samath D. Dharmaratne, Meghnath Dhimal, Raja Ram Dhungana, Mostafa Dianatinasab, Daniel Diaz, Shirin Djalalinia, Klara Dokova, Abdel Douiri, Bruce B. Duncan, Andre R. Duraes, Arielle W. Eagan, Sanam Ebtehaj, Aziz Eftekhari, Sahar Eftekharzadeh, Michael Ekholuenetale, Nevine El Nahas, Islam Y. Elgendy, Muhammed Elhadi, Shaimaa I. El-Jaafary, Sadaf Esteghamati, Atkilt E. Etisso, Oghenowede Eyawo, Ibtihal Fadhil, Emerito Jose A. Faraon, Pawan S. Faris, Medhat Farwati, Farshad Farzadfar, Eduarda Fernandes, Carlota Fernandez Prendes, Pietro Ferrara, Irina Filip, Florian Fischer, David Flood, Takeshi Fukumoto, Mohamed M. Gad, Shilpa Gaidhane, Morsaleh Ganji, Jalaj Garg, Abadi K. Gebre, Birhan G. Gebregiorgis, Kidane Z. Gebregzabiher, Gebreamlak G. Gebremeskel, Lemma Getacher, Abera Getachew Obsa, Alireza Ghajar, Ahmad Ghashghaee, Nermin Ghith, Simona Giampaoli, Syed Amir Gilani, Paramjit S. Gill, Richard F. Gillum, Ekaterina V. Glushkova, Elena V. Gnedovskaya, Mahaveer Golechha, Kebebe B. Gonfa, Amir Hossein Goudarzian, Alessandra C. Goulart, Jenny S. Guadamuz, Avirup Guha, Yuming Guo, Rajeev Gupta, Vladimir Hachinski, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Teklehaimanot G. Haile, Randah R. Hamadeh, Samer Hamidi, Graeme J. Hankey, Arief Hargono, Risky K. Hartono, Maryam Hashemian, Abdiwahab Hashi, Shoaib Hassan, Hamid Y. Hassen, Rasmus J. Havmoeller, Simon I. Hay, Khezar Hayat, Golnaz Heidari, Claudiu Herteliu, Ramesh Holla, Mostafa Hosseini, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Mihaela Hostiuc, Sorin Hostiuc, Mowafa Househ, Junjie Huang, Ayesha Humayun, Ivo Iavicoli, Charles U. Ibeneme, Segun E. Ibitoye, Olayinka S. Ilesanmi, Irena M. Ilic, Milena D. Ilic, Usman Iqbal, Seyed Sina N. Irvani, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Rakibul M. Islam, Hiroyasu Iso, Masao Iwagami, Vardhmaan Jain, Tahereh Javaheri, Sathish Kumar Jayapal, Shubha Jayaram, Ranil Jayawardena, Panniyammakal Jeemon, Ravi P. Jha, Jost B. Jonas, Jitendra Jonnagaddala, Farahnaz Joukar, Jacek J. Jozwiak, Mikk Jürisson, Ali Kabir, Tanvir Kahlon, Rizwan Kalani, Rohollah Kalhor, Ashwin Kamath, Ibrahim Kamel, Himal Kandel, Amit Kandel, André Karch, Ayele Semachew Kasa, Patrick D.M.C. Katoto, Gbenga A. Kayode, Yousef S. Khader, Mohammad Khammarnia, Muhammad S. Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Khan, Maseer Khan, Ejaz A. Khan, Khaled Khatab, Gulam M.A. Kibria, Yun Jin Kim, Gyu Ri Kim, Ruth W. Kimokoti, Sezer Kisa, Adnan Kisa, Mika Kivimäki, Dhaval Kolte, Ali Koolivand, Vladimir A. Korshunov, Sindhura Lakshmi Koulmane Laxminarayana, Ai Koyanagi, Kewal Krishan, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Barthelemy Kuate Defo, Burcu Kucuk Bicer, Vaman Kulkarni, G. Anil Kumar, Nithin Kumar, Om P. Kurmi, Dian Kusuma, Gene F. Kwan, Carlo La Vecchia, Ben Lacey, Tea Lallukka, Qing Lan, Savita Lasrado, Zohra S. Lassi, Paolo Lauriola, Wayne R. Lawrence, Avula Laxmaiah, Kate E. LeGrand, Ming-Chieh Li, Bingyu Li, Shanshan Li, Stephen S. Lim, Lee-Ling Lim, Hualiang Lin, Ziqiang Lin, Ro-Ting Lin, Xuefeng Liu, Alan D. Lopez, Stefan Lorkowski, Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra Lugo, Nirmal K. M, Fabiana Madotto, Morteza Mahmoudi, Azeem Majeed, Reza Malekzadeh, Ahmad A. Malik, Abdullah A. Mamun, Navid Manafi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Lorenzo G. Mantovani, Santi Martini, Manu R. Mathur, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Suresh Mehata, Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Toni Meier, Ritesh G. Menezes, Atte Meretoja, Tomislav Mestrovic, Bartosz Miazgowski, Tomasz Miazgowski, Irmina Maria Michalek, Ted R. Miller, Erkin M. Mirrakhimov, Hamed Mirzaei, Babak Moazen, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Yousef Mohammad, Dara K. Mohammad, Shafiu Mohammed, Mohammed A. Mohammed, Yaser Mokhayeri, Mariam Molokhia, Ahmed A. Montasir, Ghobad Moradi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Paula Moraga, Lidia Morawska, Ilais Moreno Velásquez, Jakub Morze, Sumaira Mubarik, Walter Muruet, Kamarul Imran Musa, Ahamarshan J. Nagarajan, Mahdi Nalini, Vinay Nangia, Atta Abbas Naqvi, Sreenivas Narasimha Swamy, Bruno R. Nascimento, Vinod C. Nayak, Javad Nazari, Milad Nazarzadeh, Ruxandra I. Negoi, Sandhya Neupane Kandel, Huong L.T. Nguyen, Molly R. Nixon, Bo Norrving, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Brice E. Nouthe, Christoph Nowak, Oluwakemi O. Odukoya, Felix A. Ogbo, Andrew T. Olagunju, Hans Orru, Alberto Ortiz, Samuel M. Ostroff, Jagadish Rao Padubidri, Raffaele Palladino, Adrian Pana, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas, Utsav Parekh, Eun-Cheol Park, Mojtaba Parvizi, Fatemeh Pashazadeh Kan, Urvish K. Patel, Mona Pathak, Rajan Paudel, Veincent Christian F. Pepito, Arokiasamy Perianayagam, Norberto Perico, Hai Q. Pham, Thomas Pilgrim, Michael A. Piradov, Farhad Pishgar, Vivek Podder, Roman V. Polibin, Akram Pourshams, Dimas R.A. Pribadi, Navid Rabiee, Mohammad Rabiee, Amir Radfar, Alireza Rafiei, Fakher Rahim, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman, Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Amir Masoud Rahmani, Ivo Rakovac, Pradhum Ram, Sudha Ramalingam, Juwel Rana, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Sowmya J. Rao, Priya Rathi, Lal Rawal, Wasiq F. Rawasia, Reza Rawassizadeh, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Andre M.N. Renzaho, Aziz Rezapour, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Ross L. Roberts-Thomson, Leonardo Roever, Peter Rohloff, Michele Romoli, Gholamreza Roshandel, Godfrey M. Rwegerera, Seyedmohammad Saadatagah, Maha M. Saber-Ayad, Siamak Sabour, Simona Sacco, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Saeed Safari, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Sana Salehi, Hamideh Salimzadeh, Mehrnoosh Samaei, Abdallah M. Samy, Itamar S. Santos, Milena M. Santric-Milicevic, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Arash Sarveazad, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Monika Sawhney, Mete Saylan, Maria I. Schmidt, Aletta E. Schutte, Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Sadaf G. 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BMI, body mass index, GBD, Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, IS, ischemic stroke, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, MV, mitral valve, SDI, sociodemographic index, Global Health, UI, uncertainty interval, Global Burden of Disease, GBD-NHLBI-JACC Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Writing Group, 0302 clinical medicine, Cost of Illness, LDL, low-density lipoprotein, Case fatality rate, Global health, 030212 general & internal medicine, IKF, impaired kidney function, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Incidence (epidemiology), Health Policy, IHD, ischemic heart disease, 1. No poverty, AC, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, 3. Good health, HICs, high-income countries, Cardiovascular Diseases, DALYs, disability-adjusted life years, TMREL, theoretical minimum risk exposure level, Public Health, HHD, hypertensive heart disease, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, AF, atrial fibrillation, Population health, CVD, cardiovascular disease, LMICs, low- and middle-income countries, PM, particulate matter, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 03 medical and health sciences, JACC State-of-the-Art Review, RHD, rheumatic heart disease, Environmental health, medicine, Humans, LPA, low physical activity, YLLs, years of life lost, Health policy, Disease burden, PAD, peripheral artery disease, business.industry, SBP, systolic blood pressure, Public health, CKD, chronic kidney disease, The Present and Future, AFL, atrial flutter, Correction, HAP, household air pollution, ICD, International Classification of Diseases, CAVD, calcific aortic valve disease, YLDs, years lived with disability, Years of potential life lost, CHA, congenital heart anomalies, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Heart Disease Risk Factors, business, population health
Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper reviews the magnitude of total CVD burden, including 13 underlying causes of cardiovascular death and 9 related risk factors, using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. GBD, an ongoing multinational collaboration to provide comparable and consistent estimates of population health over time, used all available population-level data sources on incidence, prevalence, case fatality, mortality, and health risks to produce estimates for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019. Prevalent cases of total CVD nearly doubled from 271 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 257 to 285 million) in 1990 to 523 million (95% UI: 497 to 550 million) in 2019, and the number of CVD deaths steadily increased from 12.1 million (95% UI:11.4 to 12.6 million) in 1990, reaching 18.6 million (95% UI: 17.1 to 19.7 million) in 2019. The global trends for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and years of life lost also increased significantly, and years lived with disability doubled from 17.7 million (95% UI: 12.9 to 22.5 million) to 34.4 million (95% UI:24.9 to 43.6 million) over that period. The total number of DALYs due to IHD has risen steadily since 1990, reaching 182 million (95% UI: 170 to 194 million) DALYs, 9.14 million (95% UI: 8.40 to 9.74 million) deaths in the year 2019, and 197 million (95% UI: 178 to 220 million) prevalent cases of IHD in 2019. The total number of DALYs due to stroke has risen steadily since 1990, reaching 143 million (95% UI: 133 to 153 million) DALYs, 6.55 million (95% UI: 6.00 to 7.02 million) deaths in the year 2019, and 101 million (95% UI: 93.2 to 111 million) prevalent cases of stroke in 2019. Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of disease burden in the world. CVD burden continues its decades-long rise for almost all countries outside high-income countries, and alarmingly, the age-standardized rate of CVD has begun to rise in some locations where it was previously declining in high-income countries. There is an urgent need to focus on implementing existing cost-effective policies and interventions if the world is to meet the targets for Sustainable Development Goal 3 and achieve a 30% reduction in premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases., Central Illustration, Highlights • The burden of CVD, in number of DALYs and deaths, continues to increase globally. • CVD burden attributable to modifiable risk factors continues to increase globally. • Countries should invest in existing cost-effective public health programs and clinical interventions to target modifiable risks, promote healthy aging across the lifespan, and reduce disability and premature death due to CVD.

Published
2020

10. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases current efforts are inadequate. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a standardised and comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of risk factor exposure, relative risk, and attributable burden of disease. Methods GBD 2019 estimated attributable mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years of life lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 87 risk factors and combinations of risk factors, at the global level, regionally, and for 204 countries and territories. GBD uses a hierarchical list of risk factors so that specific risk factors (eg, sodium intake), and related aggregates (eg, diet quality), are both evaluated. This method has six analytical steps. (1) We included 560 risk-outcome pairs that met criteria for convincing or probable evidence on the basis of research studies. 12 risk-outcome pairs included in GBD 2017 no longer met inclusion criteria and 47 risk-outcome pairs for risks already included in GBD 2017 were added based on new evidence. (2) Relative risks were estimated as a function of exposure based on published systematic reviews, 81 systematic reviews done for GBD 2019, and meta-regression. (3) Levels of exposure in each age-sex-location-year included in the study were estimated based on all available data sources using spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression, DisMod-MR 2.1, a Bayesian meta-regression method, or alternative methods. (4) We determined, from published trials or cohort studies, the level of exposure associated with minimum risk, called the theoretical minimum risk exposure level. (5) Attributable deaths, YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs were computed by multiplying population attributable fractions (PAFs) by the relevant outcome quantity for each age-sex-location-year. (6) PAFs and attributable burden for combinations of risk factors were estimated taking into account mediation of different risk factors through other risk factors. Across all six analytical steps, 30 652 distinct data sources were used in the analysis. Uncertainty in each step of the analysis was propagated into the final estimates of attributable burden. Exposure levels for dichotomous, polytomous, and continuous risk factors were summarised with use of the summary exposure value to facilitate comparisons over time, across location, and across risks. Because the entire time series from 1990 to 2019 has been re-estimated with use of consistent data and methods, these results supersede previously published GBD estimates of attributable burden. Findings The largest declines in risk exposure from 2010 to 2019 were among a set of risks that are strongly linked to social and economic development, including household air pollution; unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing; and child growth failure. Global declines also occurred for tobacco smoking and lead exposure. The largest increases in risk exposure were for ambient particulate matter pollution, drug use, high fasting plasma glucose, and high body-mass index. In 2019, the leading Level 2 risk factor globally for attributable deaths was high systolic blood pressure, which accounted for 10.8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 9.51-12.1) deaths (19.2% [16.9-21.3] of all deaths in 2019), followed by tobacco (smoked, second-hand, and chewing), which accounted for 8.71 million (8.12-9.31) deaths (15.4% [14.6-16.2] of all deaths in 2019). The leading Level 2 risk factor for attributable DALYs globally in 2019 was child and maternal malnutrition, which largely affects health in the youngest age groups and accounted for 295 million (253-350) DALYs (11.6% [10.3-13.1] of all global DALYs that year). The risk factor burden varied considerably in 2019 between age groups and locations. Among children aged 0-9 years, the three leading detailed risk factors for attributable DALYs were all related to malnutrition. Iron deficiency was the leading risk factor for those aged 10-24 years, alcohol use for those aged 25-49 years, and high systolic blood pressure for those aged 50-74 years and 75 years and older. Interpretation Overall, the record for reducing exposure to harmful risks over the past three decades is poor. Success with reducing smoking and lead exposure through regulatory policy might point the way for a stronger role for public policy on other risks in addition to continued efforts to provide information on risk factor harm to the general public. Copyright (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Published
2020

11. Etiologies and predictors of readmission among obese and morbidly obese patients admitted with heart failure

Author

Brijesh Patel, Kevin Bryan Lo, Shilpkumar Arora, Nilay Patel, Manyoo Agarwal, Ulrich P. Jorde, Mahek Shah, Pradhum Ram, Byomesh Tripathi, and Sourin Banerji

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Post discharge, Aftercare, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Morbidly obese, Patient Readmission, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, business.industry, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Obesity, Confidence interval, Patient Discharge, Obesity, Morbid, Hospitalization, Heart failure, Etiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Index hospitalization, business
Abstract

The relationship between severity of obesity and outcomes in heart failure (HF) has long been under debate. We studied index HF admissions from the 2013–14 National Readmission Database. Admissions were separated into three weight-based categories: non-obese (Non-Ob), obese (Ob), and morbidly obese (Morbid-Ob) to analyze hospital mortality and readmission at 30 days and 6 months. We investigated etiologies and predictors of 30-day readmission among these weight categories. We studied a total of 578,213 patients of whom 3.0% died during index hospitalization (Non-Ob 3.3% vs. Ob 1.9% vs. Morbid-Ob 1.9%; p

Published
2020

12. Etiologies, Predictors, and Economic Impact of 30-Day Readmissions Among Patients With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Author

Vincent M. Figueredo, Brijesh Patel, Kevin Bryan Lo, Shantanu Patil, Pradhum Ram, Soumya Patnaik, Mahek Shah, Ulrich P. Jorde, Byomesh Tripathi, and Marvin Lu

Subjects
Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Peripartum cardiomyopathy, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Patient Readmission, Risk Assessment, Coronary artery disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Peripartum Period, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Hospital Costs, business.industry, Incidence, Incidence (epidemiology), Odds ratio, medicine.disease, United States, Confidence interval, Heart failure, Disease Progression, Cardiology, Etiology, Female, Cardiomyopathies, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a pregnancy-associated cause of heart failure. Given the significant impact of heart failure on healthcare, we sought to identify etiologies and predictive factors for readmission in PPCM. We queried the 2013 to 2014 National Readmissions Database to identify patients admitted with a diagnosis of PPCM. Patients who were readmitted within 30 days were evaluated to identify etiologies and predictors of readmission. We identified 6,977 index admissions with PPCM. Of the 6,880 (98.6%) patients who survived the index hospitalization, 30-day readmission rate was 13%. Seventy-six percent of readmitted patients were admitted once, and the other 24% were readmitted at least twice within 30 days of discharge. Length of stay was ≥8 days (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.08 to 3.77), multiparity (aOR 2.07, 95% CI 1.09 to 3.92), coronary artery disease (aOR 2.28, 95% CI 1.42 to 3.67), and long-term anticoagulation use (aOR 2.51, 95% CI 1.73 to 3.64) were independently associated with increased risk of 30-day readmission. Among the readmissions, 48% were due to cardiac causes, where PPCM and related complications (24%) were the most common cardiac cause followed by heart failure (16%). The annual cost of stay for index admissions was $64.2 million (average cost for index admission was $16,892). The annual charges attributed to readmission within 30 days were ≈$9 million. Cardiac etiologies were the most common cause for 30-day readmissions in PPCM patients, with a readmission rate of 13%. Long-term anticoagulation use, multiparity, coronary disease and length of stay predicted higher 30-day readmission.

Published
2018

13. Trends in mechanical circulatory support use and hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction and non-infarction related cardiogenic shock in the United States

Author

Pradhum Ram, Sahil Agrawal, Ulrich P. Jorde, Manyoo Agarwal, Brijesh Patel, Shilpkumar Arora, Nilay Patel, Mahek Shah, Lohit Garg, Joyce Wald, and Soumya Patnaik

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Databases, Factual, Population, Shock, Cardiogenic, Infarction, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Odds Ratio, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Practice Patterns, Physicians', education, Impella, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, Chi-Square Distribution, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Cardiogenic shock, Process Assessment, Health Care, Age Factors, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Logistic Models, Treatment Outcome, Shock (circulatory), Multivariate Analysis, Circulatory system, Cardiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Female, Heart-Assist Devices, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Recent trends on outcomes in cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) suggest improvements in early survival. However, with the ever-changing landscape in management of CS, we sought to identify age-based trends in these outcomes and mechanical circulatory support (MCS) use among patients with both AMI and non-AMI associated shock. We queried the 2005–2014 Nationwide Inpatient Sample databases to identify patients with a diagnosis of cardiogenic shock. Trends in the incidence of hospital-mortality, and use of MCS such as intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), Impella/TandemHeart (IMP), and extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) were analyzed within the overall population and among different age-categories (50 and under, 51–65, 66–80 and 81–99 years). We also made comparisons between patient groups admitted with CS complicating AMI and those with non-AMI associated CS. We studied 144,254 cases of CS, of which 55.4% cases were associated with an AMI. Between 2005 and 2014, an overall decline in IABP use (29.8–17.7%; ptrend < 0.01), and an uptrend in IMP use (0.1–2.6%; ptrend < 0.01), ECMO use (0.3–1.8%; ptrend < 0.01) and in-hospital mortality (44.1–52.5% AMI related, 49.6–53.5% non-AMI related; ptrend < 0.01) was seen. Patients aged 81–99 years had the lowest rate of MCS use (14.8%), whereas those aged 51–65 years had highest rate of MCS use (32.3%). Multivariable analysis revealed that patients aged 51-65 years (aOR 1.46, 95% CI 1.40–1.52; p

Published
2017

14. Commotio cordis: A review

Author

Mohammed Madadin, Pankaj Singh, Saba Ahmed, Sushil Allen Luis, Syed Ather Hussain, Pradhum Ram, Ritesh G. Menezes, Magdy A. Kharoshah, Huda Fatima, and Sadip Pant

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Thoracic Injuries, Poison control, Autopsy, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Wounds, Nonpenetrating, Sudden death, Commotio Cordis, Sudden cardiac death, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Commotio cordis, Injury prevention, medicine, Humans, 030216 legal & forensic medicine, Intensive care medicine, biology, Athletes, business.industry, Health Policy, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Precordium, Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, medicine.anatomical_structure, Athletic Injuries, Cardiology, Female, Crime, business, Law
Abstract

Commotio cordis is an increasingly reported fatal mechano-electric syndrome and is the second most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. It is most commonly associated with a sports-related injury, wherein, there is a high-velocity impact between a projectile and the precordium. By virtue of this impact, malignant arrhythmias consequently develop leading to the individual’s immediate demise, accompanied by a relatively normal post-mortem analysis. The importance of an autopsy remains paramount to exclude other causes of sudden death. With increasing awareness and reporting, survival rates are beginning to improve; however, prevention of the development of this condition remains the best approach for survival.

Published
2017

15. Knowledge and Attitude Towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among Doctors of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi

Author

Ritesh G. Menezes, Pankaj Singh, Pradhum Ram, Muhammad Mustafa Memon, Momal Jamali, Sushil Allen Luis, Muhammad Moinuddin Ashrafi, Jai Kumar, Muhammad Ahad Sher Khan, Fouzia Imtiaz, Zaiyn Ul Haq, Aiman Rehan, Savita Lasrado, Aamina Majid, and Rafia Irfan

Subjects
Medical curriculum, medicine.medical_specialty, Resuscitation, medicine.medical_treatment, education, resuscitation, Cardiology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, acute coronary syndrome, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Lack of knowledge, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Automated external defibrillator, health care economics and organizations, business.industry, Public health, public health, General Engineering, Basic life support, Tertiary care hospital, medicine.disease, Emergency Medicine, Medical emergency, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, coronary artery disease
Abstract

Objective Cardiac arrest is an emergency, which can be managed effectively by sound knowledge and practice of basic life support (BLS) skills. However, it has been globally reported that the knowledge of doctors regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and BLS is sub-standard. We conducted this study with the aim to assess the knowledge and attitude of doctors toward CPR in Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital, one of the largest tertiary care hospitals, in Pakistan. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study, in Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital located in Karachi, Pakistan, using cluster sampling. A total of 285 doctors were interviewed. Results A majority of the doctors were unaware of the revised rate and depth of chest compressions (65.6% and 75.8% respectively). While many know the abbreviations of BLS and CPR (96.55% and 95.4%, respectively), 56.5% did not know what automated external defibrillator (AED) stood for. CPR was preferred over chest compression-only resuscitation (CCR) by 91.6% of the doctors. Half of the participants rated their knowledge as average. Most stated that they will not be reluctant to perform CPR in an emergency situation. The majority also agreed that BLS training should be an integral part of the medical curriculum. Conclusion There is an evident lack of knowledge of CPR among healthcare professionals, particularly regarding the updates made in the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. However, an overall positive attitude was observed.

Published
2019

16. Trends in Incidence and Outcomes of Pregnancy-Related Acute Myocardial Infarction (From a Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database)

Author

Purnima Sharma, Ewelina Wojtaszek, Byomesh Tripathi, Nileshkumar J. Patel, Pradhum Ram, Varunsiri Atti, Sejal Savani, Avnish Tripathi, Toralben Patel, Brijesh Patel, Abhishek Deshmukh, Anmol Pitiliya, Varun Kumar, Shilpkumar Arora, Vincent M. Figueredo, Radha Gopalan, and Mahek Shah

Subjects
Adult, Databases, Factual, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular, Myocardial Infarction, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Logistic regression, Thrombophilia, computer.software_genre, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Hospital Mortality, Young adult, Retrospective Studies, Inpatients, Database, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), Incidence, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, United States, Hospitalization, Survival Rate, Concomitant, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, computer
Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during pregnancy is rare but fatal complication. Recent incidence of pregnancy related AMI and trends in the related outcomes are unknown. The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database was utilized from years 2005 to 2014. International Classification of Disease-Ninth Revision were used to identify pregnancy related admissions and AMI. Primary outcome was incidence and trend of AMI related to pregnancy and Secondary outcomes were trends in mortality, resource utilization, and predictors of AMI during pregnancy. Simple logistic regression model was used to calculate predictors of AMI during pregnancy. p Values for trends were generated by Cochrane-Armitage test for categorical variables and simple linear regression for continuous variables. A total of 43,437,621 pregnancy related hospitalization and 3,786 cases of AMI (86% ante-partum and 14% postpartum) were noted during study period. The incidence of AMI during the study period was 8.7 per 100,000 pregnancies with an overall increase in incidence during the study period (relative increase of 18.9%, p

Published
2018

17. A large mass in the right ventricle: Tumor or thrombus?

Author

Mahek Shah, Harish Raj Seetha Rammohan, Soumya Patnaik, Pradhum Ram, Alexander Rubin, and Saurabh Sharma

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Heart Ventricles, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Diagnosis, Differential, Heart Neoplasms, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Edema, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Thrombus, Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Ovarian Neoplasms, business.industry, Poorly differentiated, Disease Management, Thrombosis, General Medicine, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Echocardiography, Ventricle, Female, Neoplasm staging, Radiology, Sarcoma, medicine.symptom, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, business, Kidney disease
Abstract

A 69-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease presented with a 1-month history of worsening episodic dyspnea, lower-extremity edema, and dizziness. Two months earlier, she had been diagnosed with poorly differentiated pelvic adnexal sarcoma associated with a

Published
2017

18. Correction to: Readmission-free period and in-hospital mortality at the time of first readmission in acute heart failure patients—NRD-based analysis of 40,000 heart failure readmissions

Author

Ahmed M, Altibi, George, Prousi, Manyoo, Agarwal, Mahek, Shah, Byomesh, Tripathi, Pradhum, Ram, and Brijesh, Patel

Subjects
03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Abstract

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Unfortunately, the name of one of the authors (Dr. Pradhum Ram) has been misspelled as (Prathaum Ram) instead.

Published
2020

19. Clinical Outcomes After Treatment of Cocaine-Induced Chest Pain with Beta-Blockers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Vincent M. Figueredo, Kevin Bryan Lo, Pradhum Ram, Carlos Gongora, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Vladimir Lakhter, and Gregg S. Pressman

Subjects
Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_specialty, Chest Pain, business.industry, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Cocaine induced chest pain, General Medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, Chest pain, Confidence interval, 03 medical and health sciences, Cocaine-Related Disorders, 0302 clinical medicine, Treatment Outcome, Relative risk, Internal medicine, Meta-analysis, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, medicine.symptom, business, After treatment
Abstract

Background Recent guidelines have suggested avoiding beta-blockers in the setting of cocaine-associated acute coronary syndrome. However, the available evidence is both scarce and conflicted. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to investigate the evidence pertaining to the use of beta-blockers in the setting of acute cocaine-related chest pain and its implication on clinical outcomes. Methods Electronic databases were systematically searched to identify literature relevant to patients with cocaine-associated chest pain who were treated with or without beta-blockers. We examined the end-points of in-hospital all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction. Pooled risk ratios (RR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for all outcomes using a random-effects model. Results Five studies with a total of 1447 patients were included. Our analyses found no differences between patients treated with or without beta-blockers for either myocardial infarction (RR 1.08; 95% CI, 0.61-1.91) or all-cause mortality (RR 0.75; 95% CI, 0.46-1.24). Heterogeneity among included studies was low to moderate. Conclusion This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that beta-blocker use is not associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients presenting with acute chest pain related to cocaine use.

Published
2018

20. Etiologies, predictors, and economic impact of readmission within 1 month among patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Author

Byomesh Tripathi, Shantanu Patil, Pradhum Ram, Natee Sirinvaravong, Brijesh Patel, Kevin Bryan Lo, Mahek Shah, and Vincent M. Figueredo

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Databases, Factual, Cardiomyopathy, Clinical Investigations, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Patient Readmission, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Hospital Mortality, Private insurance, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, business.industry, Cost impact, General Medicine, After discharge, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Obesity, United States, Survival Rate, Heart failure, Etiology, Disease Progression, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on readmission among patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC), a commonly reversible cause of heart failure. HYPOTHESIS: We sought to identify etiologies and predictors for readmission among TC patients. METHODS: We queried the National Readmissions Database for 2013–2014 to identify patients with primary admission for TC using ICD‐9‐CM code 429.83. Patients readmitted to hospital within 1 month after discharge were further evaluated to identify etiologies, predictors, and resultant economic burden of readmission. Additionally, we analyzed readmission for TC at 6 months. RESULTS: We studied 5997 patients admitted with TC, of whom 1.2% experienced in‐hospital mortality. Median age was 67 years, with 91.5% being female. Among survivors, 10.3% were readmitted within 1 month; 25% of the initial 1‐month readmissions occurred within 4 days, 50% within 10 days, and 75% within 20 days from discharge. The most common etiologies for readmission were cardiac (26%), respiratory (16%), and gastrointestinal (11%) causes. Heart failure was the most common cardiac etiology. Significant predictors of increased 1‐month readmission included systemic thromboembolic events, length of stay ≥3 days, and underlying psychoses. Obesity and private insurance predicted lower 1‐month readmission. The annual national cost impact for index admission and 1‐month readmissions was ≈$112 million. Recurrent TC was seen among 1.9% of patients readmitted within 6 months. CONCLUSIONS: Though the overall rate of 1‐month readmission following TC is low, associated economic burden from readmission is still significant. Patients are readmitted mostly for noncardiac causes. Readmission for another episode of TC within 6 months was uncommon.

Published
2018

21. National trends in hospitalizations and outcomes in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy

Author

Kevin Bryan Lo, Janani Rangaswami, Pradhum Ram, Brijesh Patel, Mahek Shah, and Vincent M. Figueredo

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Adolescent, Databases, Factual, Substance-Related Disorders, Cardiomyopathy, Clinical Investigations, Disease, Comorbidity, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Alcoholic cardiomyopathy, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Age Distribution, Patient Admission, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Hospital Mortality, Sex Distribution, Depression (differential diagnoses), Aged, business.industry, Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic, Smoking, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Natural history, Substance abuse, Treatment Outcome, Heart failure, Etiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Background Numerous studies have shown conflicting results regarding the natural history and outcomes with alcoholic cardiomyopathy (AC). Hypothesis Determining the trends in hospitalization among patients with AC and associated outcomes will facilitate a better understanding of this disease. Methods We conducted our analysis on discharge data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS) from 2002 through 2014. We obtained data from patients aged ≥18 years with diagnosis of "Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy." Death was defined within the NIS as in-hospital mortality. By using International Classification of Disease-9th edition-Clinical Modification (ICD-9CM) diagnoses and diagnosis-related groups different comorbidities were identified. Results We studied a total of 45 365 admissions among patients with AC. The absolute number of admissions decreased from 2002 to 2014 (3866-2834 admissions). In-hospital mortality was variable throughout study duration without a clinically relevant trend (Mean 4.5%, range 3.6%-5.6%). The patients were mostly male (87%) and Caucasian (50.5%). Commonest age groups involved were 45-59 years (46.7%) followed by 60-74 years (29.2%). Trends in associated comorbidities such as smoking, drug abuse, depression, and hypertension increased over the same time period. Among all admissions, almost half were for cardiovascular etiologies (48.9%) and heart failure (≈24%) was the commonest reason for hospital admission. Conclusion While the overall admissions among patients with AC decreased over time, the proportion of patients with high-risk characteristics such as smoking, depression, and drug abuse increased. Patients aged 45 and older were largely affected and cardiovascular etiologies predominated among causes for admission.

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2018

22. Left ventricular thrombosis in acute anterior myocardial infarction: Evaluation of hospital mortality, thromboembolism, and bleeding

Author

Lohit Garg, Shantanu Patil, Natee Sirinvaravong, Pradhum Ram, Byomesh Tripathi, Vincent M. Figueredo, Kevin Bryan Lo, Mahek Shah, and Brijesh Patel

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Heart Diseases, Heart Ventricles, Anterior wall, Clinical Investigations, Hemorrhage, Hospital mortality, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Fibrinolytic Agents, Internal medicine, Thromboembolism, medicine, Humans, Thrombolytic Therapy, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Hospital Mortality, Ventricular thrombosis, Propensity Score, Letters to the Editor, Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Incidence, Thrombosis, General Medicine, Left ventricular thrombus, Acute anterior myocardial infarction, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Survival Rate, Echocardiography, Propensity score matching, Cardiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Complication, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Background Left ventricular thrombosis (LVT) is a well-known complication of acute myocardial infarction, most commonly seen in anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). It is associated with systemic thromboembolism. Hypothesis Our aim was to evaluate the impact of LVT on in-hospital mortality, thromboembolism, and bleeding in patients with anterior STEMI. Methods Data was collected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample where patients with a primary diagnosis of "Anterior STEMI" [ICD9-CM code 410.1] were included. Comparisons were made between patients with LVT [ICD9-CM code 429.79] vs those without using propensity score matching (PSM). Results From 2002 to 2014, there were 157 891 cases of anterior STEMI. Among these, 649 (0.4%) had LVT. Post-PSM, there was no difference in in-hospital mortality between the groups with LVT and without (7.3% vs 8.6%). Thromboembolic event rate was higher with LVT compared to those without LVT (7.3% vs 2.1%). There was no difference in bleeding events between patients with LVT and those without (2.9% vs 3.2%). The baseline average length of stay in the group with LVT was longer than the group without LVT (7.9 ± 6.7 days vs 5.1 ± 6.0 days). The average hospitalization-related costs were also significantly higher among patients with LVT compared to those without (95 598 USD vs 66 641 USD per stay) at baseline. Conclusion Among patients hospitalized with anterior STEMI, presence of LVT is associated with increased thromboembolic events, average length of hospital stay and average cost of hospitalization. However, it is not associated with increased in-hospital mortality or bleeding events.

Published
2018

23. Validation of digital ankle-brachial index as a screening tool in symptomatic patients with peripheral arterial disease

Author

Manisha Ganapathi Raikar, Jon C. George, Deepakraj Gajanana, Sean Janzer, Pradhum Ram, Vincent M. Figueredo, and Vikas Bhalla

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Arterial disease, Point-of-Care Systems, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, Peripheral Arterial Disease, 0302 clinical medicine, Predictive Value of Tests, Medicine, Humans, Ankle Brachial Index, cardiovascular diseases, 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Philadelphia, Receiver operating characteristic, business.industry, Angiography, Reproducibility of Results, General Medicine, Gold standard (test), Odds ratio, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Peripheral, body regions, medicine.anatomical_structure, Point-of-Care Testing, Cohort, Female, Radiology, Ankle, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Introduction There is scarcity of data validating portable digital ankle-brachial index (ABI) with contrast angiography in peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Our aim was to provide an objective analysis of the relationship between digital ABI (dABI) and peripheral angiographic data. Methods Consecutive patients with symptoms of PAD between May 2014 to May 2015 at Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, who were undergoing simultaneous dABI and peripheral angiography, were evaluated. Measurements were made using the FloChec™ Digital ABI system (Bard) prior to the scheduled peripheral angiogram. Results The final cohort consisted of 51 patients. Mean age was 68.8 ± 9.5 years with 55% being male. Aorto-iliac disease accounted for 13% of the total lesions, while femoro-popliteal lesions comprised 55%. The FloChec™ digital ABI had a sensitivity of 84% and a positive predictive value of 84%. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.74 (p = 0.007). On multivariate analysis, FloChec™ digital ABI was still an independent predictor of PAD, Odds ratio 6.8 (2.3–20.6, p = 0.001). Conclusion A portable, point-of-care digital ABI system can be used as a valuable, simple, cost-effective and reliable screening tool with high sensitivity and accuracy. To date, ours is the first study validating FloChec™ digital ABI with the gold standard angiographic data.

Published
2018

24. Cerbera odollam toxicity: A review

Author

Tariq Jamal Siddiqi, Ritesh G. Menezes, Syed Bilal Pasha, Tooba Qadir Fatima, S. Senthilkumaran, Syed Ather Hussain, Mohammed Madadin, Muhammad Usman, Sushil Allen Luis, Huda Fatima, and Pradhum Ram

Subjects
Atropine, Pacemaker, Artificial, Digoxin, medicine.medical_treatment, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiotoxins, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Forensic Toxicology, Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments, 0302 clinical medicine, Cardenolide, medicine, Humans, Immunologic Factors, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cerbera odollam, Cardiac glycoside, biology, Traditional medicine, Digoxin immune fab, business.industry, Poisoning, food and beverages, General Medicine, Plant poison, biology.organism_classification, Apocynaceae, Cardenolides, chemistry, Toxicity, Cerberin, business, Law, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, medicine.drug
Abstract

Cerbera odollam is a plant species of the Apocynaceae family. It is often dubbed the 'suicide tree' due to its strong cardiotoxic effects, which make it a suitable means to attempt suicide. The plant grows in wet areas in South India, Madagascar, and Southeast Asia; and its common names include Pong-Pong and Othalanga. The poison rich part of the plant is the kernel which is present at the core of its fruit. The bioactive toxin in the plant is cerberin, which is a cardiac glycoside of the cardenolide class. Cerberin has a mechanism of action similar to digoxin; hence, Cerbera odollam toxicity manifests similar to acute digoxin poisoning. Ingestion of its kernel causes nausea, vomiting, hyperkalemia, thrombocytopenia, and ECG abnormalities. Exposure to high doses of Cerbera odollam carries the highest risk of mortality. Initial management includes supportive therapy and administration of atropine followed by temporary pacemaker insertion. Administration of digoxin immune Fab may be considered in severe cases, although efficacy is variable and data limited to isolated case reports.

Published
2017

25. Right Ventricular Free Wall Strain Is Associated With Long-Term Renal Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Author

Napatt Kanjanahattakij, Janani Rangaswami, Pradhum Ram, Gregg S. Pressman, Kevin Bryan Lo, and Shuchita Gupta

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Heart Ventricles, Renal function, Strain (injury), 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Kidney, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Text mining, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, business.industry, Stroke Volume, Middle Aged, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Term (time), 030228 respiratory system, Ventricular Function, Right, Cardiology, Female, Right Ventricular Free Wall, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, Follow-Up Studies, Glomerular Filtration Rate
Published
2018

26. Reply: Surprisingly low incidence of left ventricular thrombosis in anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Author

Vincent M. Figueredo, Kevin Bryan Lo, Pradhum Ram, and Mahek Shah

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), General Medicine, Hospital mortality, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, Anterior ST segment elevation, Thrombosis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Text mining, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Medicine, Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Ventricular thrombosis
Published
2018

27. Use of Aldosterone Antagonist to Treat Diarrhea and Hypokalemia of Ogilvie’s Syndrome

Author

Joshua Sloan, William McElhaugh, Marvin Lu, Pradhum Ram, and Abhinav Goyal

Subjects
History, medicine.medical_specialty, endocrine system diseases, Polymers and Plastics, 030232 urology & nephrology, Case Report, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, urologic and male genital diseases, Gastroenterology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Therapeutic approach, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, lcsh:RC799-869, Business and International Management, Femoral neck, Aldosterone, business.industry, Antagonist, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Abdominal distension, Hypokalemia, Surgery, Diarrhea, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, Spironolactone, lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Ogilvie’s syndrome (OS) is a functional obstruction of the bowel due to an autonomic imbalance. It often presents with diarrhea and is associated with hypokalemia. We present a case of a 70-year-old male who developed severe abdominal distension, watery diarrhea, and persistent hypokalemia status after left hip arthroplasty after suffering from a femoral neck fracture due to a fall and was diagnosed with OS. The persistent hypokalemia was slow to improve despite aggressive repletion because of the high potassium losses in the stool. This is most likely mediated through the increased expression of BK channels in the colonic mucosa. Aldosterone is theorized to have a role in the regulation of BK channels. Spironolactone was subsequently given and resulted in marked improvement of the diarrhea and hypokalemia. Thus, this case suggests a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of Ogilvie’s syndrome-associated diarrhea and hypokalemia.

Published
2016

28. Hospital mortality and thirty day readmission among patients with non-acute myocardial infarction related cardiogenic shock

Author

Pradhum Ram, Jooyoung J. Shin, Byomesh Tripathi, Shantanu Patil, Manyoo Agarwal, Ulrich P. Jorde, Brijesh Patel, Soumya Patnaik, and Mahek Shah

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, Myocardial Infarction, Shock, Cardiogenic, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Patient Readmission, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Hospital Mortality, education, Impella, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Cardiogenic shock, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Heart failure, Emergency medicine, Etiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Background Cardiogenic shock (CS) in absence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has significant morbidity and mortality. This population of patients has been excluded from prior major randomized trials and observational studies. Methods We included patients with CS in absence of AMI from the 2013–14 HCUP's National Readmission Database. 30-day readmissions were studied and etiology for readmission was identified by using ICD-9CM codes in primary diagnosis field. Multivariable mixed effect logistic regression models were created to identify predictors of 30-day readmission and in-hospital mortality, respectively. Results We studied 38,198 index admissions with non-AMI CS, with an in-hospital mortality of 35.4%. Mean age, length and cost of stay were 63.6 years, 16.9 days and 69,947$, respectively among survivors of index admission. Among those discharged, 22.6% were readmitted within 30 days with >50% readmissions occurring within 11-days. Cardiovascular etiologies (42.3%), especially heart failure (24.0%) comprised the commonest reason for readmission. Among non-cardiac causes were infectious (11.7%) and respiratory (9.2%) etiologies. Older age (50–64 years odds ratio:1.29, 65–79 years, OR:1.59, ≥80 years OR:2.69), ventilator use (OR:4.25), sepsis (OR:1.12), use of short term devices (intra-aortic balloon pump OR:2.67, Impella/TandemHeart OR:4.84, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation OR:3.68) and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy(OR:0.65) were among the predictors of in-hospital mortality. Older age (65–79 years, OR:1.25, ≥80 years OR:1.41), male sex (OR:1.08), and ventilator use (OR:1.21) predicted higher 30-day readmission. Conclusion Both, in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission among those admitted for non-AMI CS were significantly elevated. The majority of readmissions were due to non-cardiovascular causes. Identifying high-risk factors may help devise strategies to improve quality of care and reduce adverse outcome rates.

Published
2017

29. Breaking your heart-A review on CPR-related injuries

Author

Ritesh G. Menezes, Syed Ather Hussain, Mohammed Madadin, Sushil Allen Luis, Savita Lasrado, Natee Sirinvaravong, Glenn Eiger, and Pradhum Ram

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Thoracic Injuries, medicine.medical_treatment, Abdominal Injuries, Heart Massage, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Sex Factors, Risk Factors, medicine, Humans, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Facial Injuries, business.industry, Age Factors, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, General Medicine, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Heart Arrest, Emergency medicine, Emergency Medicine, Female, business, Airway
Abstract

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to increase survival after cardiac arrest, but is associated with the risk of acquired injuries to the patient. While traumatic chest wall injuries are most common, other injuries include upper airway, pulmonary and intra-abdominal injuries. This review discusses the risk factors and prevalence of CPR-related injuries.

Published
2017

30. Acute kidney injury post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Author

Janani Rangaswami, Kenechukwu Mezue, Gregg S. Pressman, and Pradhum Ram

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Blood transfusion, medicine.medical_treatment, Reviews, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Global Health, Risk Assessment, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Valve replacement, Risk Factors, Prevalence, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Embolization, Intensive care medicine, business.industry, valvular heart disease, Acute kidney injury, General Medicine, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Acute Kidney Injury, medicine.disease, Stenosis, Aortic valve stenosis, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Kidney disease
Abstract

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a treatment option in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis who are not surgical candidates. In light of emerging evidence, it is being increasingly performed even in intermediate-risk patients in recent years. Patients who develop acute kidney injury (AKI) following TAVR are known to have worse outcomes. The objective of this concise review was to identify the prevalence and the impact of AKI following TAVR on patient outcomes by including the most recent literature in our search. After a thorough search on MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and PubMed, we included all literature relevant to AKI following TAVR. We found that AKI was caused by a variety of reasons, such as hemodynamic instability during rapid pacing, blood transfusion, periprocedural embolization, and use of contrast medium, to name a few. In patients who developed AKI following TAVR, 30-day and 1-year mortality were increased. Further, in these patients, length and cost of hospital stay were increased as well. Preventive measures such as optimal periprocedural hydration, careful contrast use, and techniques to prevent embolization during device implantation have been tried with limited success. Given that TAVR is expected to be increasingly performed, this review aimed to summarize the rapidly expanding currently available literature in an effort to reduce procedural complications and thereby improve patient outcomes.

Published
2017

31. Successful Outcome with Transradial Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Author

Yashasvi Chugh, Sunita Chugh, Sanjay Kumar Chugh, and Pradhum Ram

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Clinical Biochemistry, acute myocardial infarction, lcsh:Medicine, cardiac arrest, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, St elevation myocardial infarction, Internal medicine, Intervention (counseling), medicine, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiovascular diseases, Out of hospital, Internal Medicine Section, business.industry, Cardiogenic shock, lcsh:R, Percutaneous coronary intervention, General Medicine, medicine.disease, radial approach, Cardiology, business
Abstract

Transradial access for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) has been shown to reduce mortality, major adverse cardiac events and bleeding, when compared with femoral access. Often patients with STEMIs present in the setting of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest. Prior published work has established the mortality benefit with early percutaneous coronary intervention in patients presenting with out of hospital cardiac arrests. However, the utility of transradial intervention in such patients is still under study. We present a case of transradial primary intervention performed during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a patient who presented with an antero-septal MI.

Published
2017

32. Clinical utility of the HEART score in patients admitted with chest pain to an inner-city hospital in the USA

Author

Obiora Maludum, Marvin Lu, Mahek Shah, Vincent M. Figueredo, Ritika Puri, Percy Balderia, Pradhum Ram, Soumya Patnaik, John Brady Imms, and Yaser Alhamshari

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Chest Pain, medicine.medical_treatment, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Revascularization, Chest pain, Coronary Angiography, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, Electrocardiography, 0302 clinical medicine, Hospitals, Urban, Patient Admission, Risk Factors, Severity of illness, medicine, Odds Ratio, Humans, Telemetry, Myocardial infarction, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Diagnostic Errors, Prospective cohort study, Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction, Retrospective Studies, Philadelphia, business.industry, Incidence, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Emergency medicine, Female, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Emergency Service, Hospital, Mace, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Background Chest pain is one of the most common presentations to a hospital, and appropriate triaging of these patients can be challenging. The HEART score has been used for such purposes in some countries and only a few validation studies from the USA are available. We aim to determine the utility of the HEART score in patients presenting with chest pain to an inner-city hospital in the USA. Patients and methods We retrospectively screened 417 consecutive patients admitted with chest pain to the observation/telemetry units at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 299 patients were included in the analysis. Patients were divided into low-risk (0-3) and intermediate-high (≥4)-risk HEART score groups. Baseline characteristics, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction score, need for revascularization during index hospitalization, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at 6 weeks and 12 months were recorded. Results There were 98 and 201 patients in the low-score group and intermediate-high-score group, respectively. Compared with the low-score group, patients in the intermediate-high-risk group had a higher incidence of revascularization during the index hospital stay (16.4 vs. 0%; P=0.001), longer hospital stay, higher MACE at 6 weeks (9.5 vs. 0%) and 12 months (20.4 vs. 3.1%), and higher cardiac readmissions. HEART score of at least 4 independently predicted MACE at 12 months (odds ratio 7.456, 95% confidence interval: 2.175-25.56; P=0.001) after adjusting for other risk factors in regression analysis. Conclusion HEART score of at least 4 was predictive of worse outcomes in patients with chest pain in an inner-city USA hospital. If validated in multicenter prospective studies, the HEART score could potentially be useful in risk-stratifying patients presenting with chest pain in the USA and could impact clinical decision-making.

Published
2017

33. Diverticular Pylephlebitis and Polymicrobial Septicemia

Author

Chitra Punjabi, Kamolyut Lapumnuaypol, and Pradhum Ram

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Pylephlebitis, business.industry, Sigmoid colon, Case Report, General Medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Diverticulitis, medicine.disease, Optimal management, digestive system diseases, Surgery, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, medicine, lcsh:RC109-216, 030212 general & internal medicine, Polymicrobial sepsis, business
Abstract

Diverticulitis primarily affects the sigmoid colon and is often complicated by intra-abdominal abscesses and fistulas. Rarely, however, mesenteric venous thrombosis has been known to occur. Optimal management is still unclear. We report the first case of polymicrobial sepsis resulting from diverticular pylephlebitis, managed successfully with bowel rest, antibiotics, and anticoagulation.

Published
2017

34. The mystery of a deadly recurrent constrictive pericarditis: TB or not TB?

Author

Pradhum Ram, Majorie Stanek, Seyedhesamaldin Mostafavitoroghi, Ernest C. Madu, ParasuramKrishnamoorthy, Edwin Tulloch-Reid, and Kenechukwu Mezue

Subjects
Constrictive pericarditis, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, business.industry, Signs and symptoms, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, Dermatology, Cardiac surgery, Surgery, 03 medical and health sciences, Pericarditis, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Right heart failure, 030228 respiratory system, cardiovascular system, medicine, Etiology, Pericardium, business
Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by scarring and loss of elasticity of the Pericardium, and subsequently, this leads to signs and symptoms of right heart failure. Common etiologies include previous cardiac surgery, repeated pericarditis, and Radiation therapy. However, less common causes include tuberculosis, neoplasms, and autoimmune disorders. Here we present a rare case of constrictive pericarditis of possible tuberculous etiology and review the diagnosis and management of the condition.

Published
2017

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