Publications

Effect of Treatment With Sacubitril/Valsartan in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Mann DL, Givertz MM, Vader JM, Starling RC, Shah P, McNulty SE, Anstrom KJ, Margulies KB, Kiernan MS, Mahr C, Gupta D, Redfield MM, Lala A, Lewis GD, DeVore AD, Desvigne-Nickens P, Hernandez AF, Braunwald E; LIFE Investigators. Effect of Treatment With Sacubitril/Valsartan in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Jan 1;7(1):17-25. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4567. PMID: 34730769; PMCID: PMC8567189.

Coronavirus disease 2019 in heart transplant recipients: Risk factors, immunosuppression, and outcomes

Genuardi MV, Moss N, Najjar SS, Houston BA, Shore S, Vorovich E, Atluri P, Molina M, Chambers S, Sharkoski T, Hsich E, Estep JD, Owens AT, Alexander KM, Chaudhry SP, Garcia-Cortes R, Molina E, Rodrigo M, Wald MJ, Margulies KB, Hanff TC, Zimmer R, Kilic A, Mclean R, Vidula H, Dodd K, Blumberg EA, Mazurek JA, Goldberg LR, Alvarez-Garcia J, Mancini D, Teuteberg JJ, Tedford RJ, Birati EY. Coronavirus disease 2019 in heart transplant recipients: Risk factors, immunosuppression, and outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 Sep;40(9):926-935. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.05.006. Epub 2021 May 19. PMID: 34140222; PMCID: PMC8131557.

Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Device Support

Birati EY, Najjar SS, Tedford RJ, Houston BA, Shore S, Vorovich E, Atluri P, Urgo K, Molina M, Chambers S, Escobar N, Hsich E, Estep JD, Alexander KM, Teuteberg JJ, Chaudhry SP, Ravichandran A, DeVore AD, Margulies KB, Hanff TC, Zimmer R, Kilic A, Wald JW, Vidula H, Martens J, Blumberg EA, Mazurek JA, Owens AT, Goldberg LR, Alvarez-Garcia J, Mancini DM, Moss N, Genuardi MV. Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Apr;14(4):e007957. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007957. Epub 2021 Apr 5. PMID: 33813838; PMCID: PMC8059761.

Active esophageal cooling for the prevention of thermal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation: a randomized controlled pilot study

Tschabrunn CM, Attalla S, Salas J, Frankel DS, Hyman MC, Simon E, Sharkoski T, Callans DJ, Supple GE, Nazarian S, Lin D, Schaller RD, Dixit S, Marchlinski FE, Santangeli P. Active esophageal cooling for the prevention of thermal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation: a randomized controlled pilot study. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2022 Jan;63(1):197-205. doi: 10.1007/s10840-021-00960-w. Epub 2021 Feb 23. PMID: 33620619.

Continuation versus discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a prospective, randomised, open-label trial

Cohen JB, Hanff TC, William P, Sweitzer N, Rosado-Santander NR, Medina C, Rodriguez-Mori JE, Renna N, Chang TI, Corrales-Medina V, Andrade-Villanueva JF, Barbagelata A, Cristodulo-Cortez R, Díaz-Cucho OA, Spaak J, Alfonso CE, Valdivia-Vega R, Villavicencio-Carranza M, Ayala-García RJ, Castro-Callirgos CA, González-Hernández LA, Bernales-Salas EF, Coacalla-Guerra JC, Salinas-Herrera CD, Nicolosi L, Basconcel M, Byrd JB, Sharkoski T, Bendezú-Huasasquiche LE, Chittams J, Edmonston DL, Vasquez CR, Chirinos JA. Continuation versus discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a prospective, randomised, open-label trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Mar;9(3):275-284. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30558-0. Epub 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33422263; PMCID: PMC7832152.

COVID-19 and cardiac arrhythmias

Bhatla A, Mayer MM, Adusumalli S, Hyman MC, Oh E, Tierney A, Moss J, Chahal AA, Anesi G, Denduluri S, Domenico CM, Arkles J, Abella BS, Bullinga JR, Callans DJ, Dixit S, Epstein AE, Frankel DS, Garcia FC, Kumareswaram R, Nazarian S, Riley MP, Santangeli P, Schaller RD, Supple GE, Lin D, Marchlinski F, Deo R. COVID-19 and cardiac arrhythmias. Heart Rhythm. 2020 Sep;17(9):1439-1444. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jun 22. PMID: 32585191; PMCID: PMC7307518.

Randomized elimination and prolongation of ACE inhibitors and ARBs in coronavirus 2019 (REPLACE COVID) Trial Protocol

Cohen JB, Hanff TC, Corrales-Medina V, William P, Renna N, Rosado-Santander NR, Rodriguez-Mori JE, Spaak J, Andrade-Villanueva J, Chang TI, Barbagelata A, Alfonso CE, Bernales-Salas E, Coacalla J, Castro-Callirgos CA, Tupayachi-Venero KE, Medina C, Valdivia R, Villavicencio M, Vasquez CR, Harhay MO, Chittams J, Sharkoski T, Byrd JB, Edmonston DL, Sweitzer N, Chirinos JA. Randomized elimination and prolongation of ACE inhibitors and ARBs in coronavirus 2019 (REPLACE COVID) Trial Protocol. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 Oct;22(10):1780-1788. doi: 10.1111/jch.14011. Epub 2020 Sep 16. PMID: 32937008; PMCID: PMC7722152.

Cooling or Warming the Esophagus to Reduce Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Zagrodzky J, Gallagher MM, Leung LWM, Sharkoski T, Santangeli P, Tschabrunn C, Guerra JM, Campos B, MacGregor J, Hayat J, Clark B, Mazur A, Feher M, Arnold M, Metzl M, Nazari J, Kulstad E. Cooling or Warming the Esophagus to Reduce Esophageal Injury During Left Atrial Ablation in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. J Vis Exp. 2020 Mar 15;(157). doi: 10.3791/60733. PMID: 32225140.

Sorafenib in Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Kawut SM, Ellenberg SS, Krowka MJ, Goldberg D, Vargas H, Koch D, Sharkoski T, Al-Naamani N, Fox A, Brown R, Levitsky J, Oh JK, Lin G, Song N, Mottram C, Doyle MF, Kaplan DE, Gupta S, Fallon MB. Sorafenib in Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Liver Transpl. 2019 Aug;25(8):1155-1164. doi: 10.1002/lt.25438. Epub 2019 May 30. PMID: 30816637; PMCID: PMC6910867.

Clinical Impact of Intrapulmonary Vascular Dilatation in Candidates for Liver Transplant

DuBrock HM, Krowka MJ, Forde KA, Krok K, Patel M, Sharkoski T, Sprys M, Lin G, Oh JK, Mottram CD, Scanlon PD, Fallon MB, Kawut SM. Clinical Impact of Intrapulmonary Vascular Dilatation in Candidates for Liver Transplant. Chest. 2018 Feb;153(2):414-426. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.09.035. Epub 2017 Oct 5. PMID: 28987478; PMCID: PMC5815876.