Publications by authors named "Mohamed Halane"
Background: Existing studies show that consuming food consistent with one's culture reduces cardiometabolic risk. However, few studies have assessed whether these dietary choices influence sleep health. Accordingly, this study assessed how Mexican food consumption by individuals of Mexican descent residing at the US-Mexico border, was associated with various measures of sleep, after accounting for acculturation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPulmonary hypertension (PH), defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure ≥25 mm Hg, may be a complication of a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD). This study sought to evaluate the impact of PH at time of ASD device closure on patient survival. A prospectively collected database of ASD closures was utilized.
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- Balloon postdilation (BPD) is a technique used during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to minimize paravalvular regurgitation (PVR), and this study evaluated the effectiveness of a time-integrated aortic regurgitation index (TIARI) in guiding BPD decisions.
- In a study of 157 TAVR patients, those who underwent BPD had significantly lower TIARI values after valve deployment compared to those who did not, and lower TIARI was a predictor of needing BPD.
- Higher TIARI levels post-deployment correlated with improved survival rates, indicating that measuring TIARI could enhance the management of patients undergoing TAVR by predicting the need for BPD
Importance: Diagnosis of low-gradient severe aortic stenosis (AS) is challenging. We hypothesized that the time between left ventricular (LV) and aortic systolic pressure peaks (TLV-Ao) is associated with aortic stenosis (AS) severity and may have additive value in diagnosing severe AS, especially in patients with low-gradient AS.
Objective: To investigate the diagnostic utility of measuring catheter-based TLV-Ao in patients with severe AS.