Publications by authors named "Babar Basir"
Background: There is limited data on gender differences among patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) who present as ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and develop cardiogenic shock (CS).
Objectives: To describe outcomes of SCAD patients presenting with STEMI and CS and outline the differences between men and women.
Methods: We queried the US Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) from January 2016 to December 2020 to identify patients with SCAD presenting with STEMI who developed CS.
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- * Among 239 patients assessed, 124 had RVD, which was linked to factors like lower left ventricular ejection fraction and higher blood urea nitrogen levels, but did not significantly affect certain immediate procedural outcomes.
- * RVD was found to be a strong predictor of worse long-term outcomes, with higher rates of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) at 90 days and increased mortality at one year post-procedure.
Background: There are limited data on volume-outcome relationships in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with cardiogenic shock (CS).
Objectives: In this study, the authors sought to evaluate the association between hospital percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) volume and readmission after AMI-CS.
Methods: Adult AMI-CS patients were identified from the Nationwide Readmissions Database for 2016-2019 and were categorized into hospital quartiles (Q1 lowest volume to Q4 highest) based on annual inpatient PCI volume.
Background: Prior studies have found that female patients have worse outcomes following high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (HRPCI).
Objectives: The authors sought to evaluate sex-based differences in patient and procedural characteristics, clinical outcomes, and safety of Impella-supported HRPCI in the PROTECT III study.
Methods: We evaluated sex-based differences in the PROTECT III study; a prospective, multicenter, observational study of patients undergoing Impella-supported HRPCI.
The investigators review the electrocardiographic manifestations of hiatal hernia and describe the case of an 86-year-old male who presented with a large distended hiatal hernia causing electrocardiographic findings of new onset ST segment elevation of the inferior leads without reciprocal changes. After decompression, the patient's electrocardiogram demonstrated resolution of the ST segment elevation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To study an alternative strategy for the treatment of radial artery occlusion (RAO) using balloon angioplasty and intrathrombus administration of abciximab.
Background: RAO is a well-described complication of transradial procedures. The optimal method to restore the patency of the radial artery following its occlusion remains unclear.