Siva Taduru

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At present, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is not only used in high-surgical-risk patients with aortic stenosis (AS), but its use has also been extended to low-risk patients, resulting in its increasing utilization in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). BAV however presents unique challenges for TAVR due to its distinct valvular anatomy, and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remains the primary recommended method of aortic valve replacement in patients with BAV. Nonetheless, observational data have been quickly accumulating regarding the successful use of TAVR in BAV...

Although seen in ∼5% of sarcoidosis patients, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) accounts for nearly 25% of disease-related deaths. This study aimed to describe characteristics and outcomes among CS patients. Patients diagnosed with CS in 2016-2017 in the US National Inpatient Sample Database were evaluated to study patient characteristics, reasons ascribed to admission, in-hospital outcomes, and complications. A total of 2420 patients (median age 56 years) were included in the analysis. Most admissions occurred due to ventricular tachycardia (12...

Adults with congenital heart diseases may not be candidates for conventional therapies for ventricular systolic dysfunction including MCS which moves potential heart transplantation recipients to a higher priority listing status. This results in longer wait list times and mortality. Exception status listing allows for one pathway for this complex and anatomically heterogenous group of patients to be listed for heart transplantation at appropriately high listing status. Our study queried the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) registry to evaluate trends in utilization of exception status listing amongst adults with congenital heart diseases awaiting heart transplantation...

Discrepancies in medical care are well known to adversely affect patients with opioid abuse disorders (OUD), including management and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with OUD. We used the National Inpatient Sample was queried from Jan 2006 to Sept 2015 to identify all patients ≥18years admitted with a primary diagnosis of AMI (weighted N=13,030; unweighted N=2670) and concomitant OUD. Patients using other non-opiate illicit drugs were excluded. Propensity matching (1:1) yielded well matched 2253 pairs among which intergroup comparison of invasive revascularization strategies and cardiac outcomes was performed...

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) may impart substantial morbidity and mortality, and novel imaging modalities are now available to aid in early diagnosis of this clinically silent disease. A better understanding of the clinical experience with CS is important. Twenty-eight patients were diagnosed with the aid of multimodality imaging techniques and were treated by a multidisciplinary team. Demographics, symptomatology, imaging, and therapeutic interventions were compiled from our referral center. In patients with CS, nuclear and MR techniques were often the first studies performed...

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) use in treatment of stage D heart failure (HF) has evolved and expanded in the past decade. There is paucity of data on LVAD utilization in patients with age ≥65 years with multiple co-morbidities. We aimed to investigate utilization trends, outcomes, and rates and predictors of readmissions in patients receiving LVADs with age ≥65 years (AO) and comparing them with patient age <65 years (AY). We analyzed hospitalization data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2007 to 2015 to evaluate LVAD utilization trends and outcomes between the 2 patient cohorts...

A 24/7 intensivist model may improve important outcomes such as mortality, length of stay, and number of ventilator days. In this retrospective, single-center study at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, we examined patient outcomes before and after adopting a 24/7 model from 2014 to 2016. The addition of a nighttime intensivist did not lead to a statistically significant improvement in mortality (hospital and ICU) and LOS (hospital and ICU).

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OBJECTIVES: The authors sought to determine the clinical characteristics and in-hospital survival of women presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). BACKGROUND: The clinical presentation and in-hospital survival of women with AMI and SCAD remains unclear. METHODS: The National Inpatient Sample (2009 to 2014) was queried for all women with a primary diagnosis of AMI and concomitant SCAD...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) are established modalities of coronary revascularization. Choosing between the two requires taking into consideration not only disease severity, patient characteristics, and expected outcomes but also adverse effects. One such adverse effect is acute kidney injury (AKI), especially when considering coronary revascularization in patients with renal transplant (RT). We searched the National Inpatient Sample from 2008 to 2014 using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes for patients with RT (V42...