Submissions from 2023
Contemporary outcomes after treatment of aberrant subclavian artery and Kommerell's diverticulum, Jonathan Bath, Mario D'Oria, Richard T. Rogers, Jill J. Colglazier, Drew J. Braet, Dawn M. Coleman, Salvatore T. Scali, Martin R. Back, Gregory A. Magee, Anastasia Plotkin, Philip Dueppers, Alexander Zimmermann, Rana O. Afifi, Sophia Khan, Devin Zarkowsky, Gregory Dyba, Michael C. Soult, Kevin Mani, Anders Wanhainen, Carlo Setacci, Massimo Lenti, Loay S. Kabbani, Mitchell R. Weaver, Daniele Bissacco, Santi Trimarchi, Jordan B. Stoecker, Grace J. Wang, Zoltan Szeberin, Eniko Pomozi, Clare Moffatt, Hugh A. Gelabert, Shahed Tish, Andrew W. Hoel, Nicholas S. Cortolillo, Emily L. Spangler, Marc A. Passman, Giovanni De Caridi, Filippo Benedetto, Wei Zhou, Yousef Abuhakmeh, Daniel H. Newton, Christopher M. Liu, Giovanni Tinelli, Yamume Tshomba, Airi Katoh, Sammy S. Siada, Manar Khashram, Sinead Gormley, John R. Mullins, Zachary C. Schmittling, Thomas S. Maldonado, Amani D. Politano, Pawel Rynio, Arkadiusz Kazimierczak, Alexander Gombert, Houman Jalaie, Paolo Spath, Enrico Gallitto, Martin Czerny, Tim Berger, Mark G. Davies, Francesco Stilo, Nunzio Montelione, Luca Mezzetto, Gian Franco Veraldi, Sandro Lepidi, Peter Lawrence, and Karen Woo
Clinician Approach To Subtherapeutic INR Management In Patients With A Heartmate 3 LVAD: A Regional Subgroup Analysis Of The Momentum 3 (CAP And IDE) Trials, Sunit P. Chaudhry, Abigail S. Baldridge, Matthew Gonzalez, Dmitry Yaranov, J. Barr Biglane, Daizo Tanaka, William Fischer, Chris Larkin, Rafath Ullah, and Duc Pham
Single-center Experience with JETi Hydrodynamic Thrombectomy System for Arterial Occlusions of the Extremities, Chaitu Dandu, Kaitlyn Dobesh, Alexandra Yorks, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Alice Lee, Andi Peshkepija, Kevin Onofrey, Yasaman Kavousi, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani
Incidence of Positive Sentinel Lymph Node in cN0(f) Breast Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Opportunity to Defer Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis, Fallon Dimaano, Theresa Schwartz, Laura L. Susick, Elizabeth King MD, Christine Joliat, Anna Lehrberg, Lindsay Petersen, and Jessica Bensenhaver
NATURAL HISTORY AND RISK FACTORS OF BEDSIDE PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBES IN THE ICU, Michael Dix, Lucy Chau, Ryan Soheim, Nadia Obeid, Arielle H. Gupta, and Cletus Stanton
Short-Term Follow-up of Endovascular Electrocautery Septostomy and Fenestration for Distal Landing Zone Optimization in Chronic Distal Aortic Dissections, Kaitlyn Dobesh, Chaitu Dandu, Mitchell R. Weaver, Kevin Onofrey, Kyle Miletic, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani
Acute Limb Ischemia: Patient-reported Quality of Life and Ambulation Outcomes, Kaitlyn Dobesh, Dhruva Kadiyala, Alexander D. Shepard, Kevin Onofrey, Alice Lee, Andi Peshkepija, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani
A Single Institution Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Ciprofloxacin Versus Levofloxacin As Antibacterial Prophylaxis for Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Shatha Farhan, Peter Xie, Klodiana Neme, Angela German, Nancy Mikulandric, Josena K. Stephen, Mary A. Trapp, Elizabeth A. Henne, Sarah Szymanski, Scott R. Rohrer, Danielle L. Pelland, Nada Zagar, Izabela Z. Mazur, Nada Rida, Kunj Patel, Min Wu, Neda Kortam, Aseel Yaseen, Aroob Sweidan, Josephine Emole, Edward Peres, Muneer H. Abidi, and Mayur Ramesh
COMPARING NERVE BLOCK PAIN PUMPS TO STANDARD OF CARE IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY, David W. Gutenschwager, Laura Hencken, Kristin M. Griebe, Victor Coba, Hassan Nemeh, and Long To
Impact of National OCS Lung Procurement & Management Program on Post-Transplant Survival - Real World Data from the Thoracic Organ Perfusion (TOP) Post-Approval Registry, S. Huddleston, M. Hertz, G. Loor, P. Garcha, M. Hartwig, L. Snyder, A. Siddique, H. Strah, J. Kukreja, T. Song, R. Jablonski, M. Smith, R. Walia, A. Arjuna, L. Lozonschi, K. Patel, G. Katlaps, Hassan Nemeh, E. Saurez, H. Huang, N. Langer, J. Madsen, A. Lee, G. Dhillon, J. MacArthur, S. Keshavamurthy, S. Nandavaram, M. Daneshmand, D. Neujahr, E. Bush, D. Joyce, A. Ardehali, M. Budev, and K. McCurry
Association of Social Determinants with Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients with Cancer, Hollis E. Hutchings, N. Enofe, K. Brue, Samantha Tam, Steven S. Chang, Anqi Wang, and Ikenna Okereke
Novel technique to fenestrate an aortic dissection flap using electrocautery, Loay S. Kabbani, Marvin H. Eng, Kevin Onofrey, Mitchell R Weaver, and Timothy Nypaver
First Report of the Organ Care System (OCS) Thoracic Organ Perfusion (TOP) Post-Approval Registry, G. Loor, P. Garcha, S. Huddleston, M. Hertz, M. Hartwig, L. Snyder, A. Siddique, H. Strah, J. Kukreja, T. Song, R. Jablonski, M. Smith, R. Walia, A. Arjuna, L. Lozonschi, K. Patel, G. Katlaps, Hassan Nemeh, E. Suarez, H. Huang, N. Langer, J. Madsen, A. Lee, G. Dhillon, J. MacArthur, S. Keshavamurthy, S. Nandavaram, M. Daneshmand, D. Neujahr, E. Bush, D. Joyce, A. Ardehali, M. Budev, and K. McCurry
Impact of OCS Lung Warm Perfusion Times on Post-Transplant Survival - "Real-World" Experience from Thoracic Organ Perfusion (TOP) Registry, G. Loor, P. Garcha, S. Huddleston, M. Hertz, M. Hartwig, L. Snyder, A. Siddique, H. Strah, J. Kukreja, T. Song, R. Jablonski, M. Smith, R. Walia, A. Arjuna, L. Lozonschi, K. Patel, G. Katlaps, Hassan Nemeh, E. Suarez, H. Huang, N. Langer, J. Madsen, A. Lee, G. Dhillon, J. MacArthur, S. Keshavamurthy, S. Nandavaram, M. Daneshmand, D. Neujahr, E. Bush, D. Joyce, A. Ardehali, M. Budev, and K. McCurry
Sartorius Myoplasty for Exposed Composite Graft in the Groin, Alexander K. Lu, Sachinder Hans, and Phillip Nahirniak
Closing the Gap on Racial Disparities in Pancreas Cancer -the Impact of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for Surgical Patients with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in an Integrated, Tertiary Healthcare System, Georges Nassif, Meng-Hua Tao, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Julie Clark, Kyra Langley, Farzan Siddiqui, Parag J. Parikh, Gazala Khan, Philip A. Philip, Rupen Shah, Christopher Steffes, and David Kwon
Surgical outcomes after neoadjuvant ablative dose radiation among patients with borderline resectable and locally advanced pancreas cancer from the multi-institutional phase 2 Stereotactic MR-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy (SMART) trial, Parag J. Parikh, Domenech Asbun, Michael D. Chuong, Lorraine Portelance, Jashodeep Datta, Michael F. Bassetti, Sharon M. Weber, Bassem I. Zaki, Kerrington D. Smith, Ann C. Raldow, Timothy R. Donahue, Hyun Kim, William G. Hawkins, Patrick Kelly, Daniel Low, Percy Lee, Martin Fuss, and David S. Kwon
EX SITU END ISCHEMIC HYPOTHERMIC OXYGENATED PERFUSION (HOPE) VERSUS STATIC COLD STORAGE PRIOR TO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION-EARLY RESULTS OF THE BRIDGE TO HOPE PIVOTAL MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL ON THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VITASMART LIVER MACHINE PERFUSION SYSTEM (CLINICALTRIALS.GOV: Nct05045794), David J. Reich, Andrea Schlegel, Michael Rizzari, Koji Hashimoto, Sander S. Florman, Michael E. De Vera, David P. Foley, Shennen A. Mao, William C. Chapman, Garrett Roll, Antonio Pinna, Ashish Saharia, Shaheed Merani, Humberto E. Bohorquez, Mohamed Akoad, Chandrashekhar A. Kubal, and Sophoclis Alexopoulos
Treatment fragmentation and timely treatment in racially and socioeconomically diverse patients with head and neck cancers, Samantha Tam, Wan-Ting Su, Cara E. Cannella, Amy Tang, Katie Latack, F. Elssis, Haythem Y. Ali, Steven S. Chang, Andrew Popoff, Christine Neslund-Dudas, Brian Ahmedani, and Christine C. Johnson
Anticoagulation Bridging In Patients With Heartmate3 Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Regional Analysis Of The Momentum 3 Trial, Dmitry M. Yaranov, Abigail S. Baldridge, Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, Matthew Gonzalez, J. Barr Biglane, Daizo Tanaka, William Fischer, Chris Larkin, Rafath Ullah, and Duc Pham
Submissions from 2022
Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: An Intermacs Analysis, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, I Toumpoulis, David E. Lanfear, Celeste Williams, A Koliopoulou, S Adamopoulos, and Jennifer A. Cowger
Surgical Specialization and Standardization of Care Improves Outcomes in Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Single Center Experience, Donald D. Chang, M. Giraldo-Grueso, S. Desai, K. Marz, A. Bansal, K. Webre, and P. Parrino
Comparison of Outcomes in High Donation after Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation Usage Centers in the Acuity Circles Era, Lucy Chau, Kelly Collins, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Patient factors that affect pre-operative patient-reported outcomes in women undergoing breast cancer surgery, Wing L. Cheung, Cara E. Cannella, Yalei L. Chen, Sanjay Rama, Semar Yono, Isabela Romano, Jessica Bensenhaver, Daniel Yoho, and Dunya M. Atisha
Patient and disease pre-operative factors influencing surgical procedure choice for breast cancer treatment, Wing L. Cheung, Cara E. Cannella, Yalei Chen, Sanjay Rama, S Yono, Isabela Romano, Jessica Bensenhaver, Daniel Yoho, and Dunya M. Atisha
The Value of a Vascular Surgery Curriculum for Clinical Medical Students: Results of a National Survey of Nonvascular Educators, Chelsea Dorsey, Maria Paz, Jonathan Bath, Loay S. Kabbani, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, Angela Kokkosis, Murray L. Shames, Michael Malinowski, Bernadette Aulivola, Brigitte K. Smith, Kelly Kempe, and Dawn M. Coleman
Cholecystectomy Is Risker in Male Patients, Camden W. Gardner, Ashley N. Ver Beek, Ilan S. Rubinfeld, and Jeffrey L. Johnson
Immunotherapy before solid organ transplantation: an international transplant community-focused survey, Tommy Ivanics, Marco Claasen, David Al-Adra, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Evaluating the performance and external validity of machine learning-based prediction models in liver transplantation: an international study, Tommy Ivanics, D. So, M. Claasen, D. Wallace, M. Patel, A. Gravely, K. Walker, T. Cowling, L. Erdman, and G. Sapisochin
Evaluating the predictive performance and transferability of machine learning-based prediction models using national liver transplant data registries, Tommy Ivanics, Delvin So, Marco Claasen, David Wallace, Madhukar Patel, Annabel Gravely, Kate Walker, Thomas Cowling, Lauren Erdman, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
International multi-institutional comparison of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: United States, United Kingdom and Canada, Tommy Ivanics, D. Wallace, M. Claasen, M. Patel, W. Jassem, K. Menon, A. Suddle, N. Heaton, N. Mehta, J. van der Meulen, and G. Sapisochin
Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Patients with Pancoast Tumors: A National Cancer Database Analysis, Hollis E. Johanson, J. Cox, and Ikenna Okereke
Favorable waitlist and transplant outcomes in transplant centers with a rapid increase in center volume, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Tayseer Shamaa, Shingo Shimada, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Perception of Transplant Surgery and the Pursuit of a Career in Transplant Surgery Among US General Surgery Residents, Caitlin Loseth, Caroline Qin, Laura Zeiser, Dorry Segev, Leigh Anne Dageforde, Anthony Watkins, Kelly Collins, Jaime Glorioso, R. Cutler Quillin III, Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang, and Amit Tevar
Cardiovascular Responses to Mild Lower Body Negative Pressure during Spaceflight, Jason R. Lytle, Brandon R. Macias, Stuart M. Lee, David Martin, Douglas J. Ebert, Alan R. Hargens, Scott A. Dulchavsky, Irina V. Alferova, Michael B. Stenger, and Steven S. Laurie
Characterizing Outflow Graft Narrowing over Time, S. McCarthy, E. Molina, Hassan Nemeh, S. Chaudhry, S. Pinney, A. Srivastava, J. Grinstein, I. Hackett, and Jennifer A. Cowger
Is nodal staging necessary for older patients with HER2-positive or triple-negative breast cancers?, Leslie M. McDonough, Lindsay Petersen, Anna Lehrberg, Jessica Bensenhaver, Omar Qutob, Laura L. Susick, Elisabeth Ekkel, Hemi Thaker, and Theresa Schwartz
Thromboelastography and Liver Transplantation: A Target Group, Adhnan Mohamed, Toshihiro Kitajima, Santhalakshmi Angappan, Khortnal Delvecchio, Sirisha Yeddula, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Jaber El-Bashir, and Shunji Nagai
Long-term outcomes of donation after cardiac death and living donor liver transplant for primary sclerosing cholangitis, Dilip Moonka, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of LongTerm Survival After Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Abdul Kader Natour, Keinnan Hares, Alexander D. Shepard, and Loay S. Kabbani
Utilization Of Preoperative Vein Mapping In Patients Undergoing Infra-inguinal Bypass Is Associated With Increased Use Of Venous Conduits, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Robert Cuff, Nicholas J. Mouawad, Mark Mattos, Peter Henke, and Loay S. Kabbani
Impact of Preoperative Hemoglobin A1c in Patients Undergoing Open Distal Vascular Procedures, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, and Timothy Nypaver
Impact Of Preoperative Hemoglobina1c In Patients Undergoing Open Distal Vascular Procedures, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Timothy Nypaver, Peter Henke, and Loay S. Kabbani
Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization May Not Influence the Incidence of Spinal Cord Ischemia in Elective Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Andi Peshkepija, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani
Re-vascularization Of Left Subclavian Artery May Not Influence The Incidence Of Spinal Cord Injury After Endovascular Repair Of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Andi Peshkepija, Timothy Nypaver, and Loay S. Kabbani
The Relationship of Social Determinants and Distress in Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients, B. Okeke, J. Jones, G. Obanigba, A. Obi, M. Nkansah, N. Odiase, K. Khanipov, and Ikenna Okereke
Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity in Clinically Node Negative Breast Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Opportunities to Defer Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis, Omar Qutob, Jessica Bensenhaver, Laura L. Susick, Lindsay Petersen, Anna Lehrberg, Fallon Dimaano, and Theresa Schwartz
The effect of lymphatic microsurgical preventive healing approach (LYMPHA) on the development of upper-extremity lymphedema following axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients, Omar Qutob, Sanjay Rama, Lisa Black, Michele Zubalik, Jessica Bensenhaver, Lindsay Petersen, Saul D. Nathanson, Donna G. Tepper, Daniel Yoho, Maristella S. Evangelista, and Dunya M. Atisha
Disparity Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Pancreas Surgery at an Urban Tertiary Care Center, Mariam A. Saad, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Rupen Shah, Julie Clark, Kyra Langley, Erin Field, Christopher P. Steffes, and David S. Kwon
A single-center analysis of 30- and 90-day post-pancreatectomy complications in patients undergoing neoadjuvant radiation with EBRT versus MRI-guided SBRT, Mariam Saad, Julie Clark, Rupen A. Shah, Farzan Siddiqui, Parag J. Parikh, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Abdul Kader Natour, Gazala Khan, and David Kwon
Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (Novel) as an Assessment of Extended Criteria Donor Lungs: A Prospective Multi-Center Clinical Trial, P. G. Sanchez, E. G. Chan, R. D. Davis, M. Hartwig, T. Machuca, B. Whitson, M. Daneshmand, F. D. Ovidio, J. Dcunha, M. Weyant, M. Jessen, C. Bermudez, M. Mulligan, T. Wozniak, W. Lynch, Hassan Nemeh, C. Caldeira, T. Song, D. Kreisel, P. Camp, D. Ramzy, B. Griffith, and E. Cantu
Evaluation of Practice Patterns and Outcomes after Implementing SMART for Pancreatic Cancer, Eric Schaff, Parag J. Parikh, Pin Li, Rupen Shah, Gazala Khan, Farzan Siddiqui, Benjamin Movsas, and David Kwon
Measurement of physical activity and frailty in the early post-operative period after kidney transplant: Single-center prospective pilot study using Fitbit watch, Tayseer Shamaa, Lisa Allenspach, Toshihiro Kitajima, Omar Shamaa, Catherine Crombez, Omar Hage-Hassan, Shingo Shimada, Sirisha Yeddula, Iman Francis, Lauren Malinzak, Jason E. Denny, Dean Kim, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
The impact of pre-transplant treatment on post-transplant outcomes in liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, Shingo Shimada, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Adhnan Mohamed, Dilip Moonka, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
8605 Gynecologic Laparoscopy in the Bariatric Patient: A Retrospective Review of Abdominal Access and Associated Complications, G. H. Shukr, M. Shukr, D. I. Eisenstein, Arthur M. Carlin, and Joelle Abood
Risks and Outcomes Associated with Pleural Space Infections After Lung Transplantation, Jane Simanovski, Hassan Nemeh, Lisa Allenspach, L. L. Mei, Lisa Stagner, Julio Pinto Corrales, Kaitlin Olexsey, Domingo J. Franco-Palacios, and George Alangaden
Association of Discontinuing Pre-Injury Beta-Adrenergic Blockade Medication with Mortality in Severe Blunt Traumatic Brian Injury, C. J. Tignanelli, S. Arbabi, G. A. P. Iskander, Kurt A. Kralovich, A. M. Ledgerwood, J. W. Scott, N. Sangji, and M. R. Hemmila
Factors That Influence Discharge Opioid Prescribing among Bariatric Surgeons across Michigan, C. A. Vitous, A. L. Stricklen, R. A. Ross, A. A. Ghaferi, Arthur M. Carlin, and A. E. Ehlers
Update on a pilot study: Flumeltbi peripheral blood HLAhaploidentical stem cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide and bortezomib (Cy2Bor3), Sowjanya Vuyyala, Edward Peres, Klodiana Neme, Nancy Mikulandric, Susan M. Wautelet, Danielle L. Pelland, Nada Zagar, Mary A. Trapp, Scott R. Rohrer, Elizabeth A. Henne, Sarah Szymanski, Josephine Emole, Muneer H. Abidi, and Shatha Farhan
Submissions from 2021
Developing and validation of a liver transplantation donation after cardiac death risk index using the UNOS database, Lucy Chau, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Toshihiro Kitajima, Mei Lu, Sirisha Yeddula, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Extreme Hyponatremia as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality after Liver Transplantation in the MELD-Sodium Era, Tommy Ivanics, Shravan Leonard-Murali, Hassan Mouzaihem, Dilip Moonka, Toshihiro Kitajima, Sirisha Yeddula, T Shamaa, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Careful donor selection is key to improving post-liver transplant graft survival in older patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, Toshihiro Kitajima, Y Kuno, Luisa Arevalo, Nicole Murray, Eric Lisznyai, T Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Combined liver and lung transplantation with extended normothermic liver preservation using TransmedicsOrgan Care System (OCS)™ liver: A single center experience, Jonathan Konel, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Omar Shamaa, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Shunji Nagai, and Michael Rizzari
Predicting Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Derivation-Validation Multicenter Risk Score, C P. Kyriakopoulos, I Taleb, A G. Koliopoulou, N Ijaz, Zachary Demertzis, Adithya Peruri, E Dranow, O Wever-Pinzon, M Y. Yin, K S. Shah, L Kemeyou, T J. Richins, D G. Tang, Hassan W. Nemeh, J Stehlik, C H. Selzman, R Alharethi, W T. Caine, A G. Kfoury, J C. Fang, Jennifer A. Cowger, P Shah, and S G. Drakos
Pre-Transplant Prognostic Nutritional Index Predicts Short-Term Outcomes after Liver Transplantation, Eric Lisznyai, Toshihiro Kitajima, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, T Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
The Effect of Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio on 10-year Survival Outcomes Following Elective Open and EVAR Procedures, Megan A. Mitchell, Abdul Kader Natour, Keinnan Hares, A H. King, Loay S. Kabbani, V S. Kashyap, and J S. Cho
The Impact of Thromboelastography on Decreasing Blood Product Usage in Liver Transplantation, Adhnan Mohamed, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Ahmed M. Elsabbagh, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 Virus in a Kidney Transplant Recipient, Adhnan Mohamed, Rohini Prashar, George Alangaden, Lauren Malinzak, Jason E. Denny, Khortnal Delvecchio, and Dean Kim
Single-state Transcarotid Artery Revascularization Experience: Outcomes and Impact on Carotid Procedural and Operative Volumes, Farah Mohammad, Loay S. Kabbani, Peter Henke, Michael Battaglia, Nicolas Mouawad, Nick Osborne, Matt Corriere, and Timothy Nypaver
Impact of Preoperative Anemia in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Ali Rteil, Paul Corcoran, Amy Tang, and Loay S. Kabbani
Socioeconomic Disparities Do Not Affect Outcomes in Acute Limb Ischemia, Abdul Kader Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R. Weaver, and Andi Peshkepija
Symptomatic Extracranial Carotid Disease in COVID-19 Patients Is Related to Thrombus Formation, Timothy Nypaver, Daniel J. Miller, Mitchell R. Weaver, Horia Marin, Alice Lee, Brent Griffith, Dee Dee Wang, and Loay S. Kabbani
"Stronger but Not Faster": Flipped Classroom Teaching Significantly Improves Resident's Skills but Not Speed, Chinmayee Potti, Joshua J. Eby, Ali Rteil, Ann Woodward, Alexander D. Shepard, and Loay S. Kabbani
Quality of trace mineral monitoring and replacement for patients on teduglutide for short bowel syndrome, Austin H. Qasawa, Nemie Beltran, Shunji Nagai, Yakir Muszkat, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Bleeding Complications after Rubber Band Ligation of Internal Hemorrhoids in Anticoagulated Patients, Shahzad Qureshi, Madhu-Ashni Prasad, Surya Nalamati, Craig Reickert, and Edwin R. Itenberg
Variation of liver and kidney transplant practice and outcomes during public holidays in the United States, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Mei Lu, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Variations in transplant rates and post-transplant outcomes in liver transplantation based on season and climate regions in the United States, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Ahmed Elsabbagh, Mei Lu, Khortnal Delvecchio, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Effect of Season and Climate Regions on Liver Transplant Waitlist Outcomes, Mhd Tayseer Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Shingo Shimada, Adhnan Mohamed, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Carotid Endarterectomy During Index Hospital Admission for Patients With Acute Mild to Moderate Stroke, Vicki Sharma and Sachinder Hans
Improvements in Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus/HIV Coinfection after the Introduction of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapies, Shingo Shimada, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Mei Lu, and Shunji Nagai
Comparison of Common Minimally Invasive Operations Using Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), Amalia Stefanou, Camden Gardner, and Ilan S. Rubinfeld
Submissions from 2020
External validation of genomic classifier based risk-stratification tool to identify candidates for adjuvant radiation therapy in patients with prostate cancer, Firas Abdollah, M Shahait, Deepansh Dalela, Jenafer Kelly, N Vapiwala, and D Lee
Dynamic conformational changes of the left ventricular outflow tract compared to the aortic annulus and implications on transcatheter aortic valve selection and sizing, Ahmad O. Aljamal, Yusuf Alalwan, Nicholas Coriasso, Courtnay Hughes, Elsheikh Abdelrahim, James C. Lee, Dee Dee Wang, Milan Pantelic, Thomas Song, Marvin H. Eng, Tiberio M. Frisoli, Pedro Villablanca, and Janet F. Wyman
Indications for LVAD Explant and Predictors of Mortality after Explant in IMACS, Lindsey Aurora, Gillian Grafton, Hassan Nemeh, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Dimitrios Apostolou, Daizo Tanaka, and Jennifer A. Cowger
Mycotic Aneurysm After Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion, Scott Bendix, Ali Rteil, Chinmayee Potti, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Brian Lace, Ann Woodward, and Loay S. Kabbani
Poor Social Support Confers Worse Survival after MCS, Kelly Bryce, Imad Hariri, A Nemeh, Ginger St. John, and Jennifer A. Cowger
Racial Disparities Among Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Patients: A Retrospective Survival Analysis of Non-Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Eric M. Schaff, Celina Kirsch, David Kwon, Munther Ajlouni, Gazala Khan, Rupen Shah, Irina Dobrosotskaya, Parag J. Parikh, and Farzan Siddiqui
Percutaneous coronary revascularization is associated with higher exercise capacity after myocardial infarction, Sarah Gorgis, Zachary Demertzis, Kelly Malette, Georgi Fram, Kaitlyn Dobesh, Steven J. Keteyian, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mir B. Basir, and Clinton Brawner
Ventricular Assist Device Patient Phenotypes: What Attributes Describe Long Term Survival?, Imad Hariri, Bashar Hannawi, Gillian Grafton, Hassan Nemeh, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, David E. Lanfear, Dimitrios Apostolou, Yelena Selektor, Celeste T. Williams, Cristina Tita, and Daizo Tanaka
A Novel Risk Score Predicts Early Right Ventricular Failure after Lvad: A Derivation-validation Multicenter Study, Naila Ijaz, Christos P. Kyriakopoulos, Zachary Demertzis, Adithya Peruri, Tyler J. Richins, Liz Dranow, Daniel Tang, Hassan Nemeh, Josef Stehlik, Antigone G. Koliopoulou, Craig H. Selzman, Rami Alharethi, Jennifer A. Cowger, Palak Shah, and Stavros G. Drakos
Contemporary Management of Chronic Indwelling Inferior Vena Cava Filters: A Single-Institution Experience, Tommy Ivanics, Paul Williams, Hassan Nasser, Shavran Leonard-Murali, and Scott Schwartz
Pre-Hospital Admission Adversely Affects Outcomes after Colorectal Cancer Surgery: An Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) Database, Richard Kalu, Amy Tang, and Amalia Stefanou
EFFECTS OF AGING AND ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE ON LIVER TRANSPLANT WAITLIST MORTALITY, Toshihiro Kitajima, Yasutaka Kuno, Nicole Sukkarieh, Yukiko Suzuki, Shingo Shimada, Alexander Flores, Eric Lisznyai, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Michael Rizzari, Dilip Moonka, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Assessment of sarcopenia and obesity by bioelectrical impedance analysis in transplant and hepatobiliary populations, J Konel, Toshihiro Kitajima, L Arevalo, N Murray, Thomas Pietrowsky, Deepak Venkat, Humberto C. Gonzalez, Milagros Samaniego-Picota, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: AN ANALYSIS OF UNOS REGISTRY, Yasutaka Kuno, Toshihiro Kitajima, Dilip Moonka, Nicole Sukkarieh, Alexander Flores, Eric Lisznyai, Shingo Shimada, Yukiko Suzuki, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Intraoperative nerve monitoring in thyroidectomies for malignancy: Does it matter?, Shavran Leonard-Murali, Tommy Ivanics, Hassan Nasser, Amy Tang, and Michael C. Singer
Where is It? Breast Cancer Location and Associations with Metastasis and Survival, Shravan Leonard-Murali, Charlotte Burmeister, Laura L. Susick, Patricia Baker, and Saul David Nathanson
Crossover Left Common Femoral to Right Superficial Femoral Artery Bypass Graft Using a Lateral Approach, Q P. Le, Ana Lozano, and Sachinder S. Hans
Robot-assisted laparoscopic placement of extravascular stent for nutcracker syndrome, Judith C. Lin, Buddima Ranasinghe, Amit Patel, and Craig G. Rogers
USE OF NEURAL NETWORK MODELS TO PREDICT MORTALITY/ SURVIVAL AMONG PATIENTS ON THE LIVER TRANSPLANT WAITLIST, Shunji Nagai, Anubhav Reddy Nallabasannagari, Dilip Moonka, Madhu Reddiboina, Michael Nanna, Lucy Chau, Sirisha Yeddula, Toshihiro Kitajima, Iman Bajjoka-Francis, and Marwan S. Abouljoud