Current Projects
updated: February, 8 2013
Meeting Title Author
AATS 2012 Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support (Destination Therapy):
On Track to Compete with Heart Transplantation?
James K. Kirklin, MD        (Published Sept. 2012, JTCVS)
AHA 2012 Predictors of Outcome in Continuous-Flow Ventricular Devices for the Evaluation of Therapy (POCKET) Score Sanjay Maniar, MD 
ISHLT 2012 Blood Urea Nitrogen to Creatinine Ratio Identifies Heart Failure Patients Likely to Experience Substantial Improvement in Renal Function Post-LVAD Placement: Insights from the INTERMACS Registry Meredith A. Brisco, MD
ISHLT 2012 Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay Following Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device: An Analysis of the INTERMACS Registry William Cotts, MD
ISHLT 2012 Impact of Malnutrition on Early Outcomes Following Implantation of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Daniel Goldstein, MD
ISHLT 2012 Improvement in Quality of Life after Ventricular Assist Device Implant is Similar, Regardless of Baseline Severity of Heart Failure Kathleen L. Grady, PhD
ISHLT 2012 Durability of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs): INTERMACS 2006-2011 William L. Holman, MD (Submitted Nov. 2012, JTCVS)
ISHLT 2012 Pump-Related Infections (PRI) after Implantation of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Devices (CF LVADs): Analysis of 2900 Patients from the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) Forum Kamdar, MD
ISHLT 2012 Right Ventricular Failure in Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Incidence and Risk Factors from INTERMACS  Michael Kiernan, MD
ISHLT 2012 Can a Registry Match the Data Quality of a Clinical Trial?  Lessons Learned from INTERMACS David C. Naftel, PhD
ISHLT 2012 Outcomes of Patients with Anthracycline Cardiomyopathy Treated with Mechanical Circulatory Support:  Data from the INTERMACS Registry Guilherme H. Oliveira, MD
ISHLT 2012 Implant Strategies for Continuous Flow LVAD Therapy in INTERMACS Impact on Outcomes and Variability over Time Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD (Submitted Jan. 2013, JACC)
ISHLT 2012 Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life at 6 months after LVAD Implantation: Findings from INTERMACS  Sherri Wissman, RN, BSN, CCTC
HFSA 2012 Biochemical Evidence of Liver Dysfunction Identifies Patients Likely to Have Improvement in Renal Function with Mechanical Circulatory Support: Insights from INTERMACS  Meredith A. Brisco, MD
HFSA 2012 Mechanical Circulatory Support-Induced Early Improvement in Renal Function is Transient and Differs by Device Flow: An INTERMACS Analysis Meredith A. Brisco, MD
STS 2013 Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant in the Elderly Is Associated With Increased, But Acceptable Risk: Analysis from the INTERMACS Database Pavan Atluri, MD
ISHLT 2013 Outcomes of Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy who Received Mechanical Circulatory Support Renzo Loyaga-Rendon, MD
ISHLT 2013 Relationship between Infection and Subsequent Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices Discharged from the Hospital Monica Shah, MD
ISHLT 2013 Outcomes of patients supported with peripheral left ventricular assist device or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to permanent mechanical circulatory support Eduardo Rame, MD
ISHLT 2013 Mechanisms and Risk Associated with Hemolysis in Patients Supported with Left Ventricular Assist Devices Jason Katz, MD
ISHLT 2013 Quantifying the Cardiorenal Syndrome and its Effect on Mortality after LVAD Implant: An Analysis of 4,917 Patients from INTERMACS James K. Kirklin, MD
AHA 2013 Regional Differences in Utilization ofLVAD Therapy Selim R. Krim, MD
AHA 2013 How do Readmissions impact Survival among Patients With Continuous Flow LVADS Robert Kormos, MD, Pramod Bonde, MD
AHA 2013 Incidence and Impact of TV Repair on Outcomes following LVAD Implantation Howard Song, MD, PhD
AHA 2013 Outcomes following the Use of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adults with Acute Myocarditis from the ELSO and INTERMACS Registries J. Wesley Diddle, MD
AHA 2013 Aortic Insufficiency in Patients Undergoing VAD Implant in INTERMACS Scott Silvestry, MD
AHA 2013 How Do Readmissions Impact Survival Among Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices?  Findings from INTERMACS Rey Vivo, MD
AHA 2013 Characteristics and Outcomes of the BTC-designated LVAD Patient in the INTERMACS Registry Dave Nagpal, MD
ISHLT 2014 Adult Congenital Heart Diesease and MCSD Betsy Blume, MD