Oliver Jawitz

Journal Article JHLT Open · February 2026 BACKGROUND: Lungs from older donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are underutilized; however, these organs may represent an opportunity to expand the donor pool. Herein, we evaluated utilization and outcomes of lung transplants using lungs from ol ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Out-of-Sequence Donor Heart Allocation: A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry Analysis.

Journal Article J Card Fail · August 7, 2025 BACKGROUND: Out-of-sequence (OOS) allocation is a mechanism by which donor organs are offered outside the standard match run, typically to expedite the placement of hard-to-match or time-sensitive allografts. Rising OOS rates are described in abdominal org ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early U.S. Heart Transplant Experience With Normothermic Regional Perfusion Following Donation After Circulatory Death.

Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · December 2024 BACKGROUND: Heart transplantation following donation after circulatory death (DCD HT) has short-term survival outcomes comparable to donation after brain death and has led to a significant increase in transplantation volume. The U.S. experience with the no ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: Consistent success after redo total arch replacement-have we reached the pinnacle?

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · October 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

Regional variation in donation after circulatory death heart allograft utilization.

Journal Article JTCVS Open · October 2024 OBJECTIVE: Randomized data support transplantation of hearts from donors after circulatory death. This may lead to a sizeable increase in the donor pool. Regional variations in donors after circulatory death heart use were examined to help elucidate barrie ... Full text Link to item Cite

Optimal circulatory arrest temperature for aortic hemiarch replacement with antegrade brain perfusion.

Conference J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · May 2023 OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify the optimal temperature for moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest in patients undergoing elective hemiarch replacement with antegrade brain perfusion. METHODS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surger ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: Different problem, different place…same conversation.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · March 2023 Full text Cite

The Impact of Adjuvant Hemithoracic Radiation on Outcomes in Patients With Stage I-III Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Dual Registry Analysis.

Journal Article Ann Surg · March 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: The outcomes associated with receipt of adjuvant radiation in patients after surgery for MPM are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to use 2 registries to compare the outcomes of patients receiving adjuvant radiation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: A bridge to somewhere.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · February 2023 Full text Cite

Comparing Consumer-Directed Hospital Rankings With STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Outcomes.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2023 BACKGROUND: Public interest in stratifying hospital performance has led to the proliferation of commercial, consumer-oriented hospital rankings. In cardiac surgery, little is known about how these rankings correlate with clinical registry quality ratings. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utilization Trends and Volume-outcomes Relationship of Endoscopic Resection for Early Stage Esophageal Cancer.

Conference Ann Surg · January 1, 2023 OBJECTIVES: We describe utilization trends and center volume-outcomes relationship of ER of early stage esophageal cancer using a large hospitalbased registry. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: ER is increasingly accepted as the preferred treatment for early sta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tumor Size, Histology, and Survival After Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy and Sublobar Resection in Node-negative Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Ann Surg · December 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: Although SABR is increasingly emerging as an alternative to surgery for node-negative non-small cell lung cancer, there is poor understanding of patients who may most benefit SABR compared to surgery. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · December 2022 BACKGROUND: This study sought to characterize the current US experience of aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) compared with native valve endocarditis (NVE). METHODS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database was queried for entries of active aortic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cardiovascular mechanism of donor brain death and heart recipient survival.

Journal Article J Card Surg · December 2022 BACKGROUND: Heart donation after donor brain death from cardiac arrest despite successful resuscitation may be associated with worse recipient outcomes due to potential graft ischemia or underlying rhythmic/structural defects. However, selected grafts from ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk of Each of the Five Lung Lobectomies: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2022 BACKGROUND: The perioperative risk of pulmonary lobectomy as a solitary procedure has been extensively studied, yet the differences in outcomes between lobes, which have unique anatomy and a different amount of lung parenchyma, are entirely unknown. The pu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Volume and Outcomes in 234 556 Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · October 2022 BACKGROUND: The relationship between institutional volume and operative mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remains unclear. METHODS: From January 2013 to June 2018, 234 556 patients underwent isolated SAVR (n = 144 177) or SAVR with c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stent Graft-induced Aortic Wall Injury: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · September 2022 BACKGROUND: Stent graft-induced new entry has been described in thoracic endovascular aortic repair for aortic dissection. The incidence of stent graft-induced aortic wall injury (SAWI) related to iatrogenic injury in nondissections is incompletely describ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Coronary Endarterectomy: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.

Conference Ann Thorac Surg · September 2022 BACKGROUND: Coronary endarterectomy (CE) is an uncommon and often unplanned technique used to approach difficult targets during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We evaluated the outcomes of CABG with CE (CE-CABG) using The Society of Thoracic Surgeo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: An innovative strategy for expanding the donor pool.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · August 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Anticoagulation in new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation: An analysis from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.

Journal Article Heart Rhythm O2 · August 2022 BACKGROUND: New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common complication after cardiac surgery and is associated with increased long-term stroke and mortality. Anticoagulation has been suggested as a potential therapy, but data on saf ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex Differences in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Techniques: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · June 2022 BACKGROUND: Female patients with coronary artery disease have inferior outcomes compared with male patients, including higher mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). We aimed to evaluate the association of female sex with the use of gu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cost-effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Among US Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · June 1, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) after exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is effective in reducing COPD hospitalizations and mortality while improving health-related quality of life, yet use of PR remains low. Estimates o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lung Transplantation After Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Early Outcomes From a US National Registry.

Journal Article Ann Surg · May 1, 2022 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine early lung transplant outcomes following EVLP using a large national transplant registry. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Lung transplantation in the United States continues to be constrained by a limited s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Donation after circulatory death heart transplantation in the United States: An early report of donor characteristics.

Journal Article JTCVS Tech · April 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

The Relationship Between Lymph Node Ratio and Survival Benefit With Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-positive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Ann Surg · March 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that the ratio of positive lymph nodes to total assessed lymph nodes (LNR) is an indicator of cancer burden in esophageal adenocarcinoma and may identify patients who may most benefit from AC. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study wa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors associated with short- versus long-term survival after lung transplant.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · March 2022 OBJECTIVE: A small but growing proportion of lung transplant recipients survive longer than a decade post-transplant. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with survival beyond a decade after lung transplant. METHODS: We queried the Unit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Time to Endoscopic Resection on Outcomes for Stage I Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · March 2022 BACKGROUND: Endoscopic resection (ER) is the preferred treatment for superficial esophageal cancer; however, a safe time frame for performing ER has not been established. This study evaluated the period in which ER can be performed for patients with stage ... Full text Link to item Cite

Right and left ventricular assist devices are an option for bridge to heart transplant.

Journal Article JTCVS Open · March 2022 BACKGROUND: Patients with a left ventricular assist device with right ventricular failure are prioritized on the heart transplant waitlist; however, their post-transplant survival is less well characterized. We aimed to determine whether pretransplant righ ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Impact of Adjuvant Therapy on Survival After Esophagectomy for Node-negative Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Ann Surg · February 1, 2022 OBJECTIVE: Determine whether adjuvant chemotherapy is associated with a survival benefit in high risk T2-4a, pathologically node-negative distal esophageal adenocarcinoma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: There is minimal literature to substantiate the NCCN gui ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility-assessing the validity of propensity score methods.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · February 2022 Full text Cite

A 20-Year Retrospective Analysis Shows Differential Predictors in Lung Procurement Between DCD and DBD Donors

Conference Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation · 2022 Link to item Cite

EXPANDing the Donor Pool: Quantifying the Potential Impact of a Portable Organ-Care System for Expanded Criteria Heart Donation.

Journal Article J Card Fail · December 2021 The recently concluded prospective Portable Organ Care System (OCS) Heart trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of The Portable Organ Care System Heart for Preserving and Assessing Expanded Criteria Donor Hearts for Transplantation (EXPAND) demons ... Full text Link to item Cite

Coronary surgery in women: How can we improve outcomes

Journal Article Jtcvs Techniques · December 1, 2021 Full text Cite

Reoperation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the future is here.

Journal Article European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · November 2021 Full text Cite

Greater Compliance With Early Sepsis Management is Associated With Safer Care and Shorter Hospital Stay.

Journal Article J Healthc Qual · November 2021 This retrospective, cross-sectional study of U.S. hospitals in Medicare's Inpatient Quality Reporting Program aimed to determine whether variation in Sepsis/Septic Shock (Bundle SEP-1) compliance is linked to hospital size and measures of safety and operat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Aggressive pursuit and utilization of non-ideal donor lungs does not compromise post-lung transplant survival.

Journal Article Clin Transplant · September 2021 BACKGROUND: Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) vary in willingness to pursue and utilize non-ideal donor lungs; implications of these practices for lung transplant (LTx) recipients remain unclear. We examined associations between OPO-level behavior tow ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anticoagulation and amiodarone for new atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: Prescription patterns and 30-day outcomes in the United States and Canada.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · August 2021 ObjectiveWe sought to elucidate national practice patterns regarding anticoagulation and antiarrhythmic medication use at discharge and examine short-term patient outcomes.MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed the data of ... Full text Cite

Commentary: One size fits all, maybe.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · August 2021 Full text Cite

Does deeper hypothermia reduce the risk of acute kidney injury after circulatory arrest for aortic arch surgery?

Conference Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · July 30, 2021 OBJECTIVES: The impact of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) temperature on postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) has not been evaluated. This study examined the association between circulatory arrest temperatures and AKI in patients undergoing proxima ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: Size may matter after all.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · July 2021 Full text Link to item Cite

Complications after Ravitch versus Nuss repair of pectus excavatum: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis.

Journal Article Surgery · June 2021 BACKGROUND: There are conflicting reports in the literature comparing outcomes after open Ravitch and minimally invasive Nuss procedures for pectus excavatum repair, and there is relatively little data available comparing the outcomes of these procedures p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: The silver lining of coronary artery bypass grafting in the era of coronavirus disease 2019.

Journal Article JTCVS open · June 2021 Full text Open Access Cite

Changes in analgesic strategies for lobectomy from 2009 to 2018.

Journal Article JTCVS Open · June 2021 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends in the use of epidural analgesia and nonopioid and opioid analgesics for patients undergoing lobectomy from 2009 to 2018. METHODS: We queried the Premier database for adult patients undergoing open, video-assisted, and robotic ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Heart Transplantation Survival Outcomes of HIV Positive and Negative Recipients.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · May 2021 BACKGROUND: In the era of antiretroviral therapy, HIV-positive patients have reduced mortality from HIV infection and increased morbidity from end-stage heart failure. The number of HIV-positive heart transplantation recipients remains scant. Long-term sur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Optimum surgical treatment for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons national database.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · April 2021 ObjectiveThe incidence of intravenous drug-associated tricuspid valve endocarditis in the United States is rapidly increasing. Our goal was to evaluate the outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve operations using the Society of Thoracic Surgeon Adult ... Full text Cite

The effect of extent of resection on outcomes in patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer.

Conference J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · April 2021 BACKGROUND: There is poor understanding of the comparative effectiveness of lobar and sublobar resections for limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). We analyzed the National Cancer Database to examine the outcomes of patients undergoing wedge resecti ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply from authors: Heart donor brain death duration-external validation from across the pond.

Journal Article The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · April 2021 Full text Cite

Mitigating the Impact of Using Female Donor Hearts in Male Recipients Using BMI Difference.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · April 2021 BACKGROUND: Heart transplantation is limited by the supply of donor organs. Previous studies have associated female donor to male recipient with decreased posttransplant survival. We wanted to evaluate whether this risk can be mitigated using higher donor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety and efficacy of an implantable device for management of gastroesophageal reflux in lung transplant recipients.

Journal Article J Thorac Dis · April 2021 BACKGROUND: Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) is a promising minimally invasive surgical technique for management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); however, device implantation after transplantation has not been studied and may be concerning i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Age on Surgical Outcomes for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · March 2021 BACKGROUND: Older patients are often considered high-risk surgical candidates for locally advanced esophageal cancer, and the benefit of surgery in this population is unclear. This national analysis examines the effect of age on esophagectomy outcomes and ... Full text Link to item Cite

A three-tier system for evaluation of organ procurement organizations' willingness to pursue and utilize nonideal donor lungs.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · March 2021 Lungs from "nonideal," but acceptable donors are underutilized; however, organ procurement organization (OPO) metrics do not reflect the extent to which OPO-specific practices contribute to these trends. We developed a comprehensive system to evaluate noni ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dual Procurement of Lung and Heart Allografts Does Not Negatively Affect Lung Transplant Outcomes.

Journal Article J Surg Res · March 2021 BACKGROUND: The data that exists regarding multiorgan procurement outcomes is conflicted. Given the increasing demand for pulmonary allografts, it is critical to assess the impact of dual procurement on lung transplant recipient outcomes. METHODS: The Unit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of nonuse of donation after circulatory death lung allografts.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · February 2021 OBJECTIVE: Despite growing evidence of comparable outcomes in recipients of donation after circulatory death and donation after brain death donor lungs, donation after circulatory death allografts continue to be underused nationally. We examined predictors ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of Use of Induction Therapy for T2N0 Esophageal Cancer.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · February 2021 BACKGROUND: Induction therapy for patients with cT2N0M0 esophageal cancer is controversial. We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of the National Cancer Database to examine the patterns of use of induction therapy for this population. METHODS: The N ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Effect of Tumor Size and Histologic Findings on Outcomes After Segmentectomy vs Lobectomy for Clinically Node-Negative Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Chest · January 2021 BACKGROUND: The interaction between tumor size and the comparative prognosis of lobar and sublobar resection has been defined poorly. RESEARCH QUESTION: The purpose of this study was to characterize the relationship between tumor size and the receipt of se ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between levosimendan, postoperative AKI, and mortality in cardiac surgery: Insights from the LEVO-CTS trial.

Journal Article Am Heart J · January 2021 OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the association between levosimendan treatment and acute kidney injury (AKI) as well as assess the clinical sequelae of AKI in cardiac surgery patients with depressed left ventricular function (ejection fraction <35%). METH ... Full text Link to item Cite

Center volume and primary graft dysfunction in patients undergoing lung transplantation in the United States - a cohort study.

Journal Article Transpl Int · January 2021 Lung transplantation primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is common and portends poor outcomes. We examined the association of lung transplant center volume with PGD and the risk of mortality. The United Network for Organ Sharing transplant registry was queried ... Full text Link to item Cite

Response.

Journal Article Chest · January 2021 Full text Link to item Cite

Changes in analgesic strategies for lobectomy from 2009 to 2018

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · 2021 Cite

Effect of Lymph Node Assessment on Outcomes in Surgery for Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · December 2020 BACKGROUND: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend surgery for limited stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). However, there is no literature on minimum acceptable lymph node retrieval in surgery for SCLC. METHODS: The National Cancer ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of Care in Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Node-Positive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · December 2020 BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to examine the factors associated with use of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCR) for patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer and to evaluate the effect of NCR on survival. METHODS: The 2004 to 2015 National ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Role of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma-An Institutional and National Analysis.

Journal Article J Natl Cancer Inst · November 1, 2020 BACKGROUND: There is no standard of care with respect to the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). We performed an intention-to-treat analysis with data from a single institution and the National Cancer D ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of Older Donor Lung Use: Are We Too Good at Saying No?

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2020 BACKGROUND: Patterns of use of older donor lungs within this previously underused donor population are poorly characterized. This study examined factors associated with the use of older donor lung allografts and factors associated with survival in recipien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Permissive Hypertension and Collateral Revascularization May Allow Avoidance of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2020 BACKGROUND: The utility of cerebrospinal fluid drainage (CSFD) for prevention of spinal cord ischemia (SCI) after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) remains unclear. We previously published our institutional algorithm restricting preoperative CSFD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply: Heart Transplant Allocation Under New Policy: Perceived Risk and Gaming the System.

Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · November 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

The Evolving Burden of Drug Use Associated Infective Endocarditis in the United States.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · October 2020 BACKGROUND: The rise in the number of valve operations performed for infective endocarditis (IE) due to drug use is an important manifestation of the opioid epidemic. This study characterized national trends and outcomes of valve surgery for drug use-assoc ... Full text Link to item Cite

How to Start an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Program.

Journal Article Crit Care Clin · October 2020 In this review the authors introduce a practical approach to guide the initiation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) cardiac surgery program. The first step in implementation is organizing a dedicated multidisciplinary ERAS cardiac team composed ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes following revascularization with radial artery bypass grafts: Insights from the PREVENT-IV trial.

Journal Article Am Heart J · October 2020 BACKGROUND: The optimal role of radial artery grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to examine angiographic and clinical outcomes following CABG among patients who received a radial artery graft. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Robot- vs Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Early Lung Cancer.

Journal Article JNCI Cancer Spectr · October 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Failed TAVR Prostheses: One More Piece of the Puzzle.

Journal Article Journal of the American College of Cardiology · October 2020 Full text Cite

COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN US ADULTS WITH COPD

Conference Chest · October 2020 Full text Cite

Reply: Redo SAVR After Primary TAVR, A Dangerous Sequence?

Journal Article JACC Cardiovasc Interv · September 28, 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

The Effect of Timing of Adjuvant Therapy on Survival After Esophagectomy.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · September 2020 BACKGROUND: Adjuvant chemotherapy (AC) after esophagectomy improves survival in esophageal cancer when induction therapy is not given; however, the optimal timing for initiation of AC is poorly characterized. We aimed to determine the impact of timing of A ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rationale and design of PROACT Xa: A randomized, multicenter, open-label, clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apixaban versus warfarin in patients with a mechanical On-X Aortic Heart Valve.

Journal Article Am Heart J · September 2020 Vitamin K antagonists are the only approved oral anticoagulants for long-term prophylaxis against valve thrombosis and thromboembolism in patients with a mechanical heart valve. Despite the proven efficacy and safety of anticoagulation with the oral direct ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply: Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Transplantation: Return of the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump.

Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · September 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Renal Outcomes in Patients Bridged to Heart Transplant With a Left Ventricular Assist Device.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · August 2020 BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage heart failure are increasingly being bridged to heart transplant (BTT) with mechanical circulatory support; however the association between a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) BTT strategy and posttransplant renal ou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased Calculated Panel Reactive Antigen Is Associated With Increased Waitlist Time and Mortality in Lung Transplantation.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · August 2020 BACKGROUND: Sensitized candidates with unacceptable antigens are a group that demands special attention in organ transplantation. Calculated panel reactive antigen (cPRA) is not used to modify allocation priorities in lung transplantation. The impact of cP ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply: Uncertainty in Uncertainty: How Risky Is Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement After TAVR?

Journal Article JACC. Cardiovascular interventions · August 2020 Full text Cite

Reoperation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.

Journal Article JACC Cardiovasc Interv · July 13, 2020 OBJECTIVES: This study sought to report the largest series of patients receiving a surgical reoperation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. BACKGROUND: TAVR has be ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early outcomes with durable left ventricular assist device replacement using the HeartMate 3.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · July 2020 BACKGROUND: The HeartMate 3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) (Abbott, Inc, Chicago, Ill) is a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal implantable pump used to treat patients with chronic heart failure. The MOMENTUM (Multicenter Study of MagLev ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of age on survival after endoscopic resection versus surgery for T1a esophageal cancer.

Conference J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · July 2020 BACKGROUND: Endoscopic resection has emerged as a treatment option for T1a esophageal cancer, but the impact of age on patient selection for surgery versus endoscopic resection has not been well studied. We hypothesized that endoscopic resection would be a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Commentary: Universal surgical risk models: The answer you receive depends on the question you ask.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · July 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of survival of stage I-III colon cancer by travel distance and hospital volume.

Journal Article Tech Coloproctol · July 2020 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated improved outcomes at high-volume colorectal surgery centers; however, the benefit for patients who live far from such centers has not been assessed relative to local, low-volume facilities. METHODS: The 2010-2 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reassessing Recipient Mortality Under the New Heart Allocation System: An Updated UNOS Registry Analysis.

Journal Article JACC Heart Fail · July 2020 BACKGROUND: An early report of recipient heart transplantation outcomes under the new U.S. heart allocation system introduced in late 2018 found a lower post-transplant survival rate compared with that of the prior system. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study ... Full text Link to item Cite

Aortic valve repair with a newly approved geometric annuloplasty ring in patients undergoing proximal aortic repair: early results from a single-centre experience.

Journal Article Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · June 1, 2020 OBJECTIVES: Aortic insufficiency (AI) is common in patients with proximal aortic disease, but limited options exist to facilitate aortic valve repair (AVr) in this population. This study reports 'real-world' early results of AVr using newly FDA-approved tr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increasing the United States heart transplant donor pool with donation after circulatory death.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · May 2020 DCD heart donation has the potential to significantly increase the pool of available donor allografts in the US, by as much as 30%, and will lead to a substantial decrease in waiting list mortality. ... Full text Link to item Cite

The influence of adjuvant therapy on survival in patients with indeterminate margins following surgery for non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · May 2020 BACKGROUND: The significance of indeterminate margins following surgery for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unknown. We evaluated the influence of adjuvant therapy on survival in patients whose cancer showed indeterminate margins. METHODS: Patients w ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Margin-Positive (R1) Esophagectomy: A National Analysis.

Journal Article J Surg Res · May 2020 BACKGROUND: We performed a nationwide analysis to assess the impact of adjuvant therapy on survival after a microscopically margin-positive (R1) resection for esophageal cancer. METHODS: The National Cancer Database was used to identify patients with R1 re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of donor brain death duration on outcomes following heart transplantation: A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry analysis.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · April 2020 OBJECTIVES: We hypothesized that an increased duration of donor brain death may worsen survival following orthotopic heart transplantation. METHODS: The United Network for Organ Sharing Registry was queried for first-time, adult recipients of heart transpl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of time to surgery on outcomes in stage I esophageal adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · April 2020 BACKGROUND: There are limited data on the safe interval from diagnosis to surgery in patients with stage I esophageal adenocarcinoma. We hypothesized that increased time to surgery would be associated with worse survival and increased nodal upstaging. METH ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of postoperative complications and outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting.

Journal Article Am Heart J · April 2020 BACKGROUND: The long-term effects of postoperative complications following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are unknown. METHODS: Medicare-linked records from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database were queried for isolated C ... Full text Link to item Cite

Five Year Follow-Up of Staged Bilateral Lung Transplantation for High-Risk Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease: A Matched Case-Control Study

Conference The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · April 1, 2020 PURPOSE: The choice of single (SOLT) or bilateral orthotopic lung transplant (BOLT) for interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains controversial. Our center adopted a staged BOLT approach for higher surgical risk ILD patients, in which they undergo a single l ... Full text Cite

Commentary: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · March 19, 2020 While microscopically positive bronchial margins were not associated with worse survival in this paper, only 28 patients had invasion at the margin, making the data difficult to interpret. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Heart Transplantation After HeartMate 3 Use Shortens Hospitalization but Might Impose Increased Risk of Rejection.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · March 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Reply from the authors: We do not know what we do not know-Mechanism of donor brain death and transplant recipient outcomes.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · March 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Is it time for the United States to engage in heart transplantation using donation after circulatory death?

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · February 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Use in Durable and Short-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

Journal Article ASAIO J · January 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Waiting List and Transplant Outcomes of Highly Sensitized Kidney Patients

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION · 2020 Cite

Risk Aversion in Lung Transplantation: Organ Procurement Organizations Differ in Willingness to Pursue Non-Ideal Donor Organs

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION · 2020 Cite

Surgery Is Associated With Survival Benefit in T4a Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A National Analysis.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · December 2019 BACKGROUND: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend consideration of surgery for clinical T4a esophageal adenocarcinoma. There are limited data on the outcomes of patients with T4a adenocarcinoma treated with surgery vs definitive ch ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes for Surgery in Large Cell Lung Neuroendocrine Cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Oncol · December 2019 INTRODUCTION: There are limited small, single-institution observational studies examining the role of surgery in large cell neuroendocrine cancer (LCNEC). We investigated the outcomes of surgery for stage I to IIIA LCNEC by using the National Cancer Databa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of surgery versus chemoradiotherapy in patients with clinical or pathologic stage N3 non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · December 2019 BACKGROUND: Because surgery is rarely recommended, there is minimal literature comparing the outcomes of surgery and chemoradiation in stage N3 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We examined the outcomes of definitive chemoradiation versus multimodality t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Donor Brain Death Duration on Outcomes After Lung Transplantation.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · November 2019 BACKGROUND: Donor brain death duration (BDD) may impact posttransplant graft function and survival in lung transplant. METHODS: We queried the 2007 to 2018 United Network for Organ Sharing Registry for adult recipients undergoing first-time isolated lung t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Donor and recipient age matching in heart transplantation: analysis of the UNOS Registry.

Journal Article Transpl Int · November 2019 The association of donor and recipient age with survival following adult heart transplantation has not been well characterized. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the relationship between donor and recipient age on post-transplant survi ... Full text Link to item Cite

P2.06-03 Timing of Surgery After Induction Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A National Analysis

Conference Journal of Thoracic Oncology · October 2019 Full text Cite

MA05.03 Impact of Time to Surgery on Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Outright Resection for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Conference Journal of Thoracic Oncology · October 2019 Full text Cite

Heart Transplantation Survival and the Use of Traumatically Brain-Injured Donors: UNOS Registry Propensity-Matched Analysis.

Journal Article J Am Heart Assoc · September 3, 2019 Background The transplantation of hearts from traumatically brain-injured (TBI) donors has been associated with inferior long-term survival in single-center analyses. However, in a more recent analysis, death caused by cerebrovascular accident was associat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Early Large Cell Lung Neuroendocrine Cancer: A National Analysis.

Journal Article Ann Thorac Surg · August 2019 BACKGROUND: Current guidelines do not routinely recommend adjuvant therapy for resected stage I large cell lung neuroendocrine cancer (LCNEC). However, data regarding the role of adjuvant therapy in early LCNEC are limited. This National Cancer Database (N ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by transanal local excision for T2 rectal cancer confers equivalent survival benefit as traditional transabdominal resection.

Journal Article Surgery · June 2019 BACKGROUND: Despite clinical guidelines classifying T2 rectal cancer as a contraindication for transanal local excision attributable to unacceptably high rates of local recurrence, it is a practice that persists clinically. Recent clinical trials have sugg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hospital Volume Threshold for the Treatment of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma.

Journal Article Anticancer Res · April 2019 BACKGROUND: Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) are rare, histologically heterogeneous, and anatomically complex tumors. National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend evaluation and management by multidisciplinary teams with experience in sarcoma. ... Full text Link to item Cite