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Publications
Our physicians and researchers have published their findings in some of the most prestigious publications, and their efforts have led to potentially groundbreaking new devices, medications and protocols.
Abdelkader, A. E. A., Alsaid, A., Matar, R., Phatak, P., Manne, J. R. R., & Wang, Z. (2026). Quantifying mitral regurgitation in MVP: the added value of three-dimensional continuity equation. European Heart Journal. Imaging Methods and Practice, 4(1), qyag009.
Ahmad, Z., Agarwala, A., Cuchel, M., Barton Duell, P., Hegele, R. A., Hudgins, L., Jamison, A., Kalra, D., Khera, A., Knowles, J. W., Kullo, I. J., Morales, A., Rothstein, M. A., Saseen, J. J., Soffer, D. E., Warden, B. A., Weintraub, W. S., Williams, L., & Goldberg, A. C. (2026). Update on familial hypercholesterolemia: An expert clinical consensus from the National Lipid Association. Journal of Clinical Lipidology, 20(4), 708–737.
Al-Azizi, K., Abo Hajar, M. B., Pickering, T., Moubarak, G., Dorton, C. W., McCullough, K. A., Ladner, J., Elias, M., Parro, C., McCoy, S. L., Saeed, U., Ma, T.-W., Hale, S., Gupta, S., Harrington, K. B., Schaffer, J. M., Mohiuddin, A., Brinkman, W. T., Alsaid, A., … Mack, M. J. (2025). Impact of Measured and Predicted Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch on Quality of Life Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Structural Heart : The Journal of the Heart Team, 10(1), 100759.
Banerjee, S., Metzger, C., Thatipelli, M., Ramaiah, V. G., Sayfo, S., Das, T., Tsai, S., Hyder, O., Shammas, N. W., Bunte, M., Nseir, G., Thomas, A., Beasley, R., Bosarge, C., Gagne, P., Kwolek, C., Rao, S., Novak, S., Pershad, A., … Soukas, P. (2026). Safety and Effectiveness of the Santreva™-ATK Endovascular Revascularization Catheter in the RESTOR-1 Peripheral CTO Crossing Pivotal Study. The American Journal of Cardiology, 263, 33–42.
Banerjee, S., Gupta, A., Jeong, M., Vazquez, D. F., Abdullah, S., Grimsley, B. R., Parmar, R. J., Ahuja, V., Stoler, R. C., & Pandey, A. (2026).Risk of Cardiovascular Events Using the SMART Polyvascular Disease Risk Score. JACC: Advances, 5(2), 102508.
Cook, R., Gunn, D. C., Dutton, R. P., Pearl, G. J., Grimsley, B. R., & Ramamoorthy, S. (2025). A retrospective analysis of T1 erector spinae plane blocks compared to multimodal pain management alone in first rib resections for patients with thoracic outlet syndrome. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 38(6), 836–840.
Davidson, C. J., Hahn, R. T., Mehaffey, J. H., Cohen, D. J., Pinney, S. P., Arnold, S. V., Stolz, L., Lawlor, M. K., Lindenfeld, J., Brener, M. I., Afzal, A. M., Smith, R. L., White, R. M., Vemulapalli, S., Alu, M. C., Cohen, E., Regan, K., Sannino, A., Elmariah, S., … Hausleiter, J. (2026).Tricuspid Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 (TVARC-2). JACC, 87(15), 2044–2070.
Dorton, C. W., Pickering, T., McCullough, K. A., Eisenga, J. B., Prasad, T., Parro, M. C., Galvanek, E. B., Alsaid, A., Wang, Z., Schaffer, J. M., DiMaio, J. M., Desai, N., DeRoo, S. C., Burke, C. R., Mehta, C. K., Malaisrie, S. C., Brinkman, W. T., & Harrington, K. B. (2025). Ross procedure after prior aortic valve intervention: Outcomes from the North American Ross Consortium database. JTCVS Open, 29, 101565.
Doshi, S. K., Kar, S., Nair, D. G., Waggoner, T., Agarwal, H., Moussavian, M., Kashani, A., Oza, S., Feldman, L., Sadhu, A., DeLurgio, D., Alli, O., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Yamamoto, M., Alkhouli, M., Camm, A. J., Coylewright, M., Gibson, C. M., Granger, C. B., … Ellenbogen, K. A. (2026). Left Atrial Appendage Closure or Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation. The New England Journal of Medicine, 394(21), 2083–2094.
Eisenga, J. B., McCullough, K. A., Moubarak, G., Shih, E., Banwait, J., Vaishnav, R., Sheasby, J., Myers, D., Awad, O., DiMaio, J. M., & George, T. J. (2026). Patient outcomes following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 39(4), 543–550.
Fearon, W. F., Jeremias, A., Witberg, G., Al-Lamee, R., Cohen, D. J., Kaki, A., Sharma, R. P., Yeh, R. W., Chehab, B. M., Kim, M. C., Otake, H., Tayal, R., Matsuo, H., McEntegart, M., Patel, A. K., Sandoval, Y., Al-Azizi, K. M., Dan, K., Razzouk, L., … Kirtane, A. J. (2026).Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve to Guide PCI. The New England Journal of Medicine, 395(1), 9-19.
Feuchtner, G. M., Lacaita, P. G., Bax, J. J., Rodriguez, F., Nakanishi, R., Pontone, G., Mushtaq, S., Buechel, R. R., Gräni, C., Patel, A. R., Singulane, C. C., Choi, A. D., Mouaz Al-Mallah, Andreini, D., Karlsberg, R. P., Cho, G. W., Rochitte, C. E., Alasnag, M., Hamdan, A., … van Rosendael, A. (2025). AI-Quantitative CT Coronary Plaque Features Associate with a Higher Relative Risk in Women: CONFIRM2-Registry. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 18(6), e018235.
George, T. J., Rawitscher, D. A., Kabra, N., Milligan, G., Rusia, A., DiMaio, J. M., Nazeer, H., Harada, M., & Afzal, A. (2026). Everyone deserves a second chance: The importance of second opinions for left ventricular assist device candidacy. JHLT Open, 12, 100531.
Gottlieb, R. L., Giugni, M., & La Hoz, R. M. (2026). ARNI Over ACEI Lacks Clinical Benefit in Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy. JAMA, 335(1), 30–32.
Hughes, G. C., Dake, M. D, Patel, H. J., Matsumura, J. S., Azizzadeh, A., Desai, N., Brinkman, W. T., Gable, D., Han, S., & Oderich, G. (2025). Three-year outcomes of endovascular repair of descending thoracic aortic lesions with a single-branched endograft for left subclavian artery preservation. JTCVS Structural and Endovascular, 9, 100096.
Ibrahim, M. E., Toubat, O., Sperry, A. E., Bonnell, L., Elenbaas, C., Anzai, I., Fiorilli, P. N., Bonow, R. O., Smith, R. L., Habib, R. H., Acker, M. A., & Szeto, W. Y. (2026). Outcomes of Re-Repair vs Replacement After Failed Primary Mitral Regurgitation Repair: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 121(3), 571–579.
Jeong, M., Gupta, A., Sayfo, S., Rosol, Z. P., Weideman, S. G., Adelman, K. S., Chauhan, H. J., Mukhida, S. S., Fernandez-Vazquez, D., Henry, C. L., Hohmann, S. E., Grimsley, B. R., Vasquez, J., Metzger, C., Eidt, J., & Banerjee, S. (2026). Femoropopliteal Artery Atherectomy for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease in the XLPAD Registry. The American Journal of Cardiology, 266, 28–34.
Kahwash, R., Butler, J., Khan, M. S., Chalasani, P., Bertolet, B., Gravelin, L., Lambert, C., Sarkar, S., Van Dorn, B., Laechelt, A., Wehking, J., Patel, N., Gerritse, B., Laager, V., & Zile, M. R. (2025).Incidence of Cardiac Arrhythmias Identified by Insertable Cardiac Monitors in Patients With Symptomatic Heart Failure. JACC: Heart Failure, 13(8), 102527.
Kirtane, A. J., Shlofmitz, R., Moses, J., Bachinsky, W., Dohad, S., Rudick, S., Stoler, R., Jefferson, B. K., Nicholson, W., Altman, J., Bateman, C., Krishnaswamy, A., Grantham, J. A., Zidar, F. J., Tremmel, J. A., Grines, C., Ahmed, M. I., Latib, A., Tehrani, B., … Yeh, R. W. (2025).Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon for the Treatment of Multilayer In-Stent Restenosis: AGENT IDE Subgroup Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 86(7), 502–511.
Leon, M. B., Mack, M. J., Pibarot, P., Hahn, R. T., Thourani, V. H., Kodali, S. H., Généreux, P., Kapadia, S. R., Cohen, D. J., Pocock, S. J., Zhang, Y., Szerlip, M., Ternacle, J., Malaisrie, S. C., Herrmann, H. C., Szeto, W. Y., Russo, M. J., Babaliaros, V., Nazif, T., … Makkar, R. R. (2025).Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years. The New England Journal of Medicine, 394(8), 773-783. Lookstein, R. A., Konstantinides, S. V., Weinberg, I., Dohad, S. Y., Rosol, Z., Kopeć, G., Moriarty, J. M., Parikh, S. A., Holden, A., Channick, R. N., McDonald, B., Nagarsheth, K. H., Yamada, K., Rosovsky, R. P., AlBadri, A., Almahmoud, M., Arora, S., Arslan, B., Attanasio, S., … Zheng, W. (2026). Randomized Controlled Trial of Mechanical Thrombectomy With Anticoagulation Versus Anticoagulation Alone for Acute Intermediate-High Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Primary Outcomes From the STORM-PE Trial. Circulation, 153(1), 21–34.
McCullough, K. A., Dorton, C. W., Pothini, T., Eisenga, J. B., Ma, T.-W., Ahmed, S., Ringenberg, S. J., Fetten, K., Meyer, D. M., DiMaio, J. M., & Schwartz, G. S. (2025). Effect of Duration of Donor Ventilation on Lung Transplant Outcomes. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 120(4), 759–768.
Navarro, S. P., Hammonds, K., Mixon, T., Potluri, S., Al-Azizi, K., Szerlip, M. I., DiMaio, J. M., & Widmer, R. J. (2026).Revascularization in Patients Over 75 With Acute Coronary Syndrome. The American Journal of Cardiology, 261, 18–22.
Piffaretti, G., Lomazzi, C., Grassi, V., Böckler, D., Gable, D. R., Milner, R., Upchurch, G. R., & Trimarchi, S. (2026). Descending Thoracic Aortic Diameter Is a Predictor of Poor Outcome After Endovascular Aortic Repair. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery: Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 68(3), ezag108.
Roberts, C. S., McCullough, K. A., Eisenga, J. B., & DiMaio, J. M. (2026). Malperfusion on Presentation Versus Complexity of Operation as Determinants of Early Mortality in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. Aorta, 14(CP).
Satish, P., Vajramani, A., Gupta, S., Ma, T., Prasad, T., Lakshmanan, S., Budoff, M., Kalra, D. K., Khan, M. S., Leipsic, J., Alsaid, A., & Kulkarni, A. (2026). Age and sex specific coronary plaque characteristics among South Asians: Insights from the DILWALE CTA study. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 29, 101567.
Sayfo, S., Pickering, T., Moubarak, G., McCullough, K. M., Dorton, C. W., AboHajar, M.B., Prasad, T., Parro, C., Raghunathan, M., Bhavikati, P., Gupta, S., Shah, M. K., DiMaio, J. M., Thomas, S., Al-Azizi, K., Gable, D., Kedora, J., Dib, C., Potluri, S., … Banerjee, S. (2025).Evaluation of Long-Term Key Outcomes and Safety in Pulmonary Embolism: The EKOS-PE Study. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions, 4(8), 103712–103712.
Schaffer, J. M., Shih, E., Squiers, J. J., Banwait, J. K., Hale, S., Gasparini, A., Mack, M. J., & DiMaio, J. M. (2026). Multiarterial Grafting and Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Instrumental Variable Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 87(24), 3414–3428.
Szerlip, M., Gillam, L. D, Lim, D. S., Hausleiter, J., Zahr, F., Chadderdon, S., Makkar, R. R., von Bardeleben, R. S., Ruf, T. F., Kipperman, R. M., Rassi, A. N., Goldman, S., Koulogiannis, K., Marcoff, L., Smith, R. L., & CLASP IID Pivotal Trial Investigators. (2025). Sex-Specific Outcomes of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Results From the CLASP IID Trial. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions, 4(8), 103713.
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