Publications

Heart Transplantation

Comparing Outcomes for Infiltrative and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies under the New Heart Transplant Allocation System.
Griffin JM, DeFilippis EM, Rosenblum H, Topkara VK, Fried JA, Uriel N, Takeda K, Farr MA, Maurer MS, Clerkin KJ.
Clin Transplant. 2020 Oct 13:e14109.

T cell repertoire analysis suggest a prominent bystander response in human cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
Habal MV, Miller AMI, Rao S, Lin S, Obradovic A, Khosravi-Maharlooei M, See S, Roy P, Ronzon S, Ho SH, Marboe C, Naka Y, Takeda K, Restaino S, Han A, Mancini D, Givertz M, C Madsen J, Sykes M, Addonizio L, Farr M, Zorn E.
Am J Transplant. 2020 Oct 5.

Preexisting melanoma and hematological malignancies, prognosis, and timing to solid organ transplantation: A consensus expert
opinion statement.
Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD.
Am J Transplant. 2020 Sep 25.

Pre-Transplant Solid Organ Malignancy and Organ Transplant Candidacy: A Consensus Expert Opinion Statement.
Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qauod T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD.
Am J Transplant. 2020 Sep 24.

Trends in US Heart Transplant Waitlist Activity and Volume During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.
DeFilippis EM, Sinnenberg L, Reza N, Givertz MM, Kittleson MM, Topkara VK, Farr MA.
JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Sep 1;5(9):1048-1052.

Hypogammaglobulinemia following heart transplantation: Prevalence, predictors, and clinical importance.
Fujino T, Kumai Y, Nitta D, Holzhauser L, Nguyen A, Lourenco L, Rodgers D, Raikhelkar J, Kim G, Sayer G, Uriel N.Clin
Transplant. 2020 Sep 21:e14087.

Outcomes of heart transplantation in adult congenital heart disease with prior intracardiac repair.
Kainuma A, Sanchez J, Ning Y, Kurlansky PA, Axsom K, Farr M, Sayer G, Uriel N, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep 16:S0003-4975(20)31478-8.

Heart transplantation in patients with localized prostate cancer-Are we denying a life-saving therapy due to an indolent tumor?
Raikhelkar J, Pham M, Lourenco L, Narang N, Chung B, Nguyen A, Kim G, Sayer G, Uriel N.
Clin Transplant. 2020 Sep 17:e14080.

Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Following Heart Transplantation.
DeFilippis EM, Rubin G, Farr MA, Biviano A, Wan EY, Takeda K, Garan H, Topkara VK, Yarmohammadi H. JACC Clin Electrophysiol.
2020 Aug;6(8):1028-1042.

Minimally invasive central venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for long-term ambulatory support as a bridge to heart-lung transplant.
Singh SK, D'Ovidio F, Garan AR, Brodie D, Sonett JR, Farr MA, Arcasoy SM, Takeda K. J
Artif Organs. 2020 Aug 16.

Mechanical Circulatory Support

Outcomes of mechanical support for cardiogenic shock associated with late cardiac allograft failure.
D'Angelo AM, Naka Y, Sanchez J, Kaku Y, Witer L, Fried J, Masoumi A, Farr MA, Sayer G, Uriel N, Takeda K.
J Card Surg. 2020 Oct 12.

Ten-year outcomes of extracorporeal life support for in-hospital cardiac arrest at a tertiary center.
Salna M, Sanchez J, Fried J, Masoumi A, Witer L, Kurlansky P, Agerstrand CL, Brodie D, Garan AR, Takeda K.
J Artif Organs. 2020 Oct 3.

Early venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation improves outcomes in post-cardiotomy shock.
Saha A, Kurlansky P, Ning Y, Sanchez J, Fried J, Witer LJ, Kaku Y, Takayama H, Naka Y, Takeda K.
J Artif Organs. 2020 Sep 14.

Prosthetic valve thrombosis during extracorporeal life support for postcardiotomy shock.
Melehy A, Sanchez J, Fried JA, Takeda K.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep 3:ivaa125.

Consequences of functional mitral regurgitation and atrial fibrillation in patients with left ventricular assist devices.
Hayashi H, Naka Y, Sanchez J, Takayama H, Kurlansky P, Ning Y, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Sayer GT, Uriel N, Takeda K.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Sep 3:S1053-2498(20)31715-0.

Predicting post-LVAD outcome: Is there a role for cognition?
Pavol MA, Boehme AK, Willey JZ, Festa JR, Lazar RM, Nakagawa S, Casida J, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC.
Int J Artif Organs. 2020 Sep 10:391398820956661.

Psychosocial Risk and Its Association With Outcomes in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
DeFilippis EM, Breathett K, Donald EM, Nakagawa S, Takeda K, Takayama H, Truby LK, Sayer G, Colombo PC, Yuzefpolskaya M, Uriel N, Farr MA, Topkara VK.
Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Sep 8

Late inflow or outflow obstruction requiring surgical intervention after HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device insertion.
Kaku Y, Naka Y, Witer L, Topkara V, Colombo P, Sayer G, Uriel N, Takeda K.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep 4

Should it be called "Suicide" or "Withdrawal of LVAD support"?
Nakagawa S, Uriel N, Prager KM.
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Aug 21

Clinical Impact of Hematoma Expansion in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
Melmed KR, Mondellini G, Roh D, Boehme A, Park S, Yuzefpolkya M, Naka Y, Uriel N, Agarwal S, Connolly ES, Claassen J, Colombo PC, Willey JZ.
World Neurosurg. 2020 Aug 1

Neurohormonal Blockade During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.
Imamura T, Mehta P, Nguyen A, Chung B, Narang N, Rodgers D, Raikhelkar J, Smith B, Song T, Ota T, Jeevanandam V, Kim G, Sayer G, Uriel N.
ASAIO J. 2020 Aug;66(8):881-885.

A reappraisal of the pharmacologic management of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices.
Littlefield AJ, Jones G, Ciolek AM, Yuzefpolskaya M, Jennings DL.
Heart Fail Rev. 2020 Sep 1.

Prosthetic valve thrombosis during extracorporeal life support for postcardiotomy shock.
Melehy A, Sanchez J, Fried JA, Takeda K.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep 3

Spinal Cord Infarction During Femoral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Salna M, Beck J, Willey J, Takeda K.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Sep 2

Heart Failure

Polypharmacy in Older Adults Hospitalized for Heart Failure.
Unlu O, Levitan EB, Reshetnyak E, Kneifati-Hayek J, Diaz I, Archambault A, Chen L, Hanlon JT, Maurer MS, Safford MM, Lachs MS, Goyal P.
Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Oct 13:CIRCHEARTFAILURE120006977.

A manifesto of collaborative longitudinal cardiovascular care in heart failure.
Lala A, Ravichandran AK, Chien CV, Garan AR, D'Souza B, Tong MZ, Srivastava A, Herr JJ, Yoo D, Cole RT, Sheikh FH, Abicht T, Kapur N, Silvestry S, Colombo PC;
IDEAL-HF. Heart Fail Rev. 2020 Nov;25(6):1089-1097.

Impact of Interatrial Shunts on Invasive Hemodynamics and Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Heart Failure.
Griffin JM, Borlaug BA, Komtebedde J, Litwin SE, Shah SJ, Kaye DM, Hoendermis E, Hasenfuß G, Gustafsson F, Wolsk E, Uriel N, Burkhoff D.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Sep

Clinical and imaging response to tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors in treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis: a multicenter experience.
Gilotra NA, Wand AL, Pillarisetty A, Devraj M, Pavlovic N, Ahmed S, Saad E, Solnes L, Garcia C, Okada DR, Constantinescu F, Mohammed SF, Griffin JM, Kasper EK, Chen ES, Sheikh FH.
J Card Fail. 2020 Sep 1

Complex and Potentially Harmful Medication Patterns in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Brinker LM, Konerman MC, Navid P, Dorsch MP, McNamara J, Willer CJ, Tinetti ME, Hummel SL, Goyal P.
Am J Med. 2020 Aug 18

Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy

Clinical and Imaging Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitors in Treatment of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Multicenter Experience.
Gilotra NA, Wand AL, Pillarisetty A, Devraj M, Pavlovic N, Ahmed S, Saad E, Solnes L, Garcia C, Okada DR, Constantinescu F, Mohammed SF, Griffin JM, Kasper EK, Chen ES, Sheikh FH.
J Card Fail. 2020 Sep 2:S1071-9164(20)30943-X.

Sex Differences in the Phenotype of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis due to Val122Ile Mutation: Insights from Non-Invasive Pressure-Volume Analysis.
Batra J, Rosenblum H, DeFilippis EM, Griffin JM, Saith SE, Gamino D, Teruya S, Santos JL, Helmke S, Burkhoff D, Maurer MS.
J Card Fail. 2020 Aug 20:S1071-9164(20)30913-1.

A Peak into the Pace of Cardiac Amyloidosis.
Kochav SM, Dizon J, Maurer MS.
JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep;6(9):1155-1157.

Avoiding misdiagnosis: expert consensus recommendations for the suspicion and diagnosis of transthyretin amyloidosis for the general practitioner.
Gertz M, Adams D, Ando Y, Beirão JM, Bokhari S, Coelho T, Comenzo RL, Damy T, Dorbala S, Drachman BM, Fontana M, Gillmore JD, Grogan M, Hawkins PN, Lousada I, Kristen AV, Ruberg FL, Suhr OB, Maurer MS, Nativi-Nicolau J, Quarta CC, Rapezzi C, Witteles R, Merlini G.
BMC Fam Pract. 2020 Sep 23;21(1):198.

Anticoagulation with warfarin compared to novel oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in adults with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: comparison of thromboembolic events and major bleeding.
Mitrani LR, De Los Santos J, Driggin E, Kogan R, Helmke S, Goldsmith J, Biviano AB, Maurer MS.
Amyloid. 2020 Aug 19:1-5.

COVID-19

Clinical and Cardiac Characteristics of COVID-19 Mortalities in a Diverse New York City Cohort.
Abrams MP, Wan EY, Waase MP, Morrow JP, Dizon JM, Yarmohammadi H, Berman JP, Rubin GA, Kushnir A, Poterucha TJ, Elias PA, Rubin DA, Ehlert F, Biviano A, Uriel N, Garan H, Saluja D.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Oct 6.

Outcomes and Mortality Associated with Atrial Arrhythmias Among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19.
Peltzer B, Manocha KK, Ying X, Kirzner J, Ip JE, Thomas G, Liu CF, Markowitz SM, Lerman BB, Safford MM, Goyal P, Cheung JW.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Oct 5.

The Prognostic Value of Electrocardiogram at Presentation to Emergency Department in Patients With COVID-19.
Elias P, Poterucha TJ, Jain SS, Sayer G, Raikhelkar J, Fried J, Clerkin K, Griffin J, DeFilippis EM, Gupta A, Lawlor M, Madhavan M, Rosenblum H, Roth ZB, Natarajan K, Hripcsak G, Perotte A, Wan EY, Saluja A, Dizon J, Ehlert F, Morrow JP, Yarmohammadi H, Kumaraiah D, Redford B, Gavin N, Kirtane A, Rabbani L, Burkhoff D, Moses J, Schwartz A, Leon M, Uriel N.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Oct;95(10):2099-2109.

D-dimer cut-off points and risk of venous thromboembolism in adult hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Choi JJ, Wehmeyer GT, Li HA, Alshak MN, Nahid M, Rajan M, Liu B, Schatoff EM, Elahjji R, Abdelghany Y, D'Angelo D, Crossman D, Evans AT, Steel P, Pinheiro LC, Goyal P, Safford MM, Mints G, DeSancho MT.
Thromb Res. 2020 Sep 17;196:318-321.

Transition of a Large Tertiary Heart Failure Program in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Changes That Will Endure.
Sayer G, Horn EM, Farr MA, Axsom K, Kleet A, Gjerde C, Latif F, Sobol I, Kelley N, Lancet E, Halik C, Takeda K, Naka Y, Yuzefpolskaya M, Kumaraiah D, Colombo PC, Maurer MS, Uriel N.
Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Sep 8

Association Between Antecedent Statin Use and Decreased Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19.
Gupta A, Madhavan MV, Poterucha TJ, DeFilippis EM, Hennessey JA, Redfors B, Eckhardt C, Bikdeli B, Platt J, Nalbandian A, Elias P, Cummings MJ, Nouri SN, Lawlor M, Ranard LS, Li J, Boyle C, Givens R, Brodie D, Krumholz HM, Stone GW, Sethi SS, Burkhoff D, Uriel N, Schwartz A, Leon MB, Kirtane AJ, Wan EY, Parikh SA.
Res Sq. 2020 Aug 11

Anti-complement C5 therapy with eculizumab in three cases of critical COVID-19.
Laurence J, Mulvey JJ, Seshadri M, Racanelli A, Harp J, Schenck EJ, Zappetti D, Horn EM, Magro CM.
Clin Immunol. 2020 Oct;219:108555.

Characteristics and Outcomes of LVAD patients with COVID-19.
Sobol I, Yuzefpolskaya M, Roth Z, Colombo PC, Horn E, Takeda K, Sayer G, Uriel N, Naka Y.
J Card Fail. 2020 Sep 19;26(10):895-7.

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load Predicts Mortality in Patients with and without Cancer Who Are Hospitalized with COVID-19.
Westblade LF, Brar G, Pinheiro LC, Paidoussis D, Rajan M, Martin P, Goyal P, Sepulveda JL, Zhang L, George G, Liu D, Whittier S, Plate M, Small CB, Rand JH, Cushing MM, Walsh TJ, Cooke J, Safford MM, Loda M, Satlin MJ.
Cancer Cell. 2020 Sep 15:S1535-6108(20)30481-5.

Tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: a matched cohort study.
Pereira MR, Aversa MM, Farr MA, Miko BA, Aaron JG, Mohan S, Cohen DJ, Husain SA, Ratner LE, Arcasoy S, Uriel N, Zheng EX, Fox AN, Tsapepas DS, Emond JC, Verna EC.
Am J Transplant. 2020 Sep 18:10.1111/ajt.16314.

Obesity and COVID-19 in New York City: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Goyal P, Ringel JB, Rajan M, Choi JJ, Pinheiro LC, Li HA, Wehmeyer GT, Alshak MN, Jabri A, Schenck EJ, Chen R, Satlin MJ, Campion TR Jr, Nahid M, Plataki M, Hoffman KL, Reshetnyak E, Hupert N, Horn EM, Martinez FJ, Gulick RM, Safford MM.
Ann Intern Med. 2020 Jul 6:M20-2730.