Publications by authors named "Antoine Addoumieh"
Trigger related outcomes of takotsubo syndrome in a cancer population.
Front Cardiovasc Med
October 2022
Article Synopsis
- Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is more common in cancer patients compared to the general population, but the impact of various triggers on their health outcomes remains underexplored.
- The study analyzed cancer patients with acute coronary syndrome to identify how different TTS triggers (like chemotherapy, emotional stress, or medical procedures) affect major adverse cardiac events, survival rates, and heart function recovery.
- Findings show that most deaths were due to cancer-related causes, with immunomodulator and radiation-linked TTS having higher mortality rates, while emotional and chemotherapy-related TTS led to better heart function recovery.
Background: Management of coronary artery disease (CAD) is unique and challenging in cancer patients. However, little is known about the outcomes of using BMS or DES in these patients. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in cancer patients who were treated with bare metal stents (BMS) vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfective endocarditis (IE) is associated with marked morbidity and mortality in the United States and parallels the opioid pandemic. Few studies explore this interaction and its effect on clinical outcomes. We analyzed contemporary patients admitted with IE to determine predictors of readmission in the United States.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) have a hyperdynamic state due to decreased systemic vascular resistance and increased cardiac output. Preoperative evaluation with dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is used to risk-stratify patients prior to liver transplant. We sought to identify the impact of inducible left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) on DSE on post-operative liver transplant outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is an indicator of atherosclerosis, and the CAC score is a useful noninvasive assessment of coronary artery disease.
Objective: To compare the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with CAC > 0 versus CAC = 0 in asymptomatic and symptomatic population in patients without an established diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
Methods: A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted until January 2018 for any cohort study reporting cardiovascular events in patients with CAC > 0 compared with absence of CAC.