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Mark R Helmers

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Iyengar A, Song C, Weingarten N, Rekhtman D, Herbst D, Shin M, et al.
Ann Thorac Surg . 2023 May; 116(5):963-970. PMID: 37245789
Background: Patients with renal disease on dialysis have significant comorbidity limiting life expectancy; however, these patients may experience accelerated prosthetic valve degeneration. The purpose of this study was to examine...
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Shin M, Iyengar A, Helmers M, Patrick W, Cohen W, Weingarten N, et al.
J Heart Lung Transplant . 2023 Mar; 42(7):943-952. PMID: 36918338
Background: Extended criteria donors (ECD) hearts have demonstrated acceptable outcomes in select populations. However, their use in patients undergoing simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation (SHKT) has not been explored. This study is...
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Iyengar A, Patrick W, Helmers M, Kelly J, Han J, Williams M, et al.
Ann Thorac Surg . 2023 Jan; 115(4):940-947. PMID: 36623633
Background: Socioeconomic status has increasingly recognized influence on outcomes after cardiac surgery. However, singular metrics fail to fully capture the socioeconomic context within which patients live, which vary greatly between...
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Shin M, Iyengar A, Helmers M, Kelly J, Song C, Rekhtman D, et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg . 2022 Dec; 63(1). PMID: 36472453
Objectives: In 2018, the United Network for Organ Sharing modified their heart allocation policy to reduce waitlist mortality and prioritize patients with the greatest acuity. Considering declining rates of combined...
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Cohen W, Han J, Shin M, Iyengar A, Wang X, Helmers M, et al.
J Card Surg . 2022 Nov; 37(12):4883-4890. PMID: 36352776
Background: Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly used as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. As the 2018 United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) heart allocation policy change elevated waitlist...
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Iyengar A, Weingarten N, Herbst D, Helmers M, Kelly J, Meldrum D, et al.
Ann Thorac Surg . 2022 Aug; 116(6):1270-1275. PMID: 35987345
Background: In October 2018, the United States implemented a change in the donor heart allocation policy from a three-tiered to a six-tiered status system. The purpose of the current study...
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Shin M, Han J, Cohen W, Iyengar A, Helmers M, Kelly J, et al.
Ann Thorac Surg . 2022 Aug; 115(2):502-509. PMID: 35926639
Background: In 2018, a United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policy change increased prioritization of patients bridged with temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, such as venoarterial ECMO, for cardiac transplantation....
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Kim S, Helmers M, Iyengar A, Han J, Patrick W, Weingarten N, et al.
J Cardiol . 2022 Jul; 80(4):351-357. PMID: 35835640
Background: The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of donor obesity on outcomes following heart transplantation in the setting of routine (<4 h) and prolonged (≥4 h)...
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Smood B, Fowler C, Rao S, Genuardi M, Sperry A, Goel N, et al.
J Artif Organs . 2022 Jun; 26(2):119-126. PMID: 35751721
Subacute groin complications associated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannulation are well recognized, yet their effects on clinical outcomes remain unknown. This single-center, retrospective study reviewed all patients receiving venoarterial...
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Herbst D, Iyengar A, Weingarten N, Helmers M, Kim S, Atluri P
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg . 2022 Apr; 35(3). PMID: 35445717
Objectives: Early graft failure (EGF) is a devastating postoperative complication following heart transplant. Institutional studies have modelled donor and recipient risk factors predictive of graft failure. To date, no studies...