Integration of Patient Reported Quality-of-life Data into Risk Assessment in Heart Failure

Authors: SIDERIS, KONSTANTINOS ¹, ZHANG, MINGYUAN ², WOHLFAHRT, PETER ³, SIU, ALFONSO F. ¹, SHEN, JINCHENG ², CARTER, SPENCER ¹, KYRIAKOPOULOS, CHRISTOS P. ¹, TALEB, IOSIF ¹, WEVER-PINZON, OMAR ¹, SHAH, KEVIN ¹, SELZMAN, CRAIG H. ⁴, RODRIGUEZ-CORREA, CARLOS ¹, KAPELIOS, CHRIS ¹, BRINKER, LINA ¹, ALHARETHI, RAMI ⁵, HESS, RACHEL ¹, DRAKOS, STAVROS G. ¹, STEINBERG, BENJAMIN A. ¹, FANG, JAMES C. ¹, KFOURY, ABDALLAH G. ⁵, MELENOVSKY, VOJTECH ³, GREENE, TOM ², SPERTUS, JOHN A. ⁶, STEHLIK, JOSEF ^{1, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Cardiac Failure May 2025 31(5):761-770

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Intermacs Database Risk Model for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Authors: Pagani, Francis D. ^{1, ∗∗}, Singletary, Brandon ², Cantor, Ryan ², Mehaffey, J. Hunter ³, Nayak, Aditi ⁴, Teuteberg, Jeffrey ⁵, Shah, Palak ⁶, Cowger, Jennifer ⁷, Vega, J. David ⁸, Goldstein, Daniel ⁹, Kurlansky, Paul A. ¹⁰, Stehlik, Josef ¹¹, Jacobs, Jeffrey P. ¹², Shahian, David ¹³, Habib, Robert ¹⁴, Dardas, Todd F. ¹⁵, Kirklin, James K. ²

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery April 2025 119(4):907-916

Patterns of diuretic titration during inpatient management of acute decompensated heart failure

Authors: Bullock, Griffin ^{a, ⁎}, Jacobs, Joshua A. ^{#, b, c}, Carey, Jessica R. ^c, Pan, Irene Z. ^c, Kinsey, M. Shea ^c, Sideris, Konstantinos ^d, Kapelios, Chris J. ^d, Stehlik, Josef ^d, Fang, James C. ^d, Das, Sandeep ^e, Carter, Spencer J. ^d

Source: In American Heart Journal April 2025 282:30-39

Donor age and ischemic time in heart transplantation – implications for organ preservation

Authors: Jernryd, Victoria ^{a, b, c}, Stehlik, Josef ^d, Metzsch, Carsten ^{a, b, c}, Lund, Lars H. ^e, Gustav Smith, J. ^{f, g}, Andersson, Bodil ^{h, i}, Perez, Raquel ^c, Nilsson, Johan ^{a, b, c, ⁎}

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation March 2025 44(3):364-375

Heart Transplant and Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support for Specific Less-Common Cardiomyopathies

Authors: Roussoulières, Ana ^{a, ∗}, Farrero, Marta ^b, Gustafsson, Finn ^c, Kittleson, Michelle ^d, Munagala, Mrudula ^e, Stehlik, Josef ^f

Source: In CJC Open March 2025

HF STATS 2024: Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics An Updated 2024 Report from the Heart Failure Society of America

Authors: Bozkurt, Biykem, Ahmad, Tariq, Alexander, Kevin, Baker, William L., Bosak, Kelly, Breathett, Khadijah, Carter, Spencer, Drazner, Mark H., Dunlay, Shannon M., Fonarow, Gregg C., Greene, Stephen J., Heidenreich, Paul, Ho, Jennifer E., Hsich, Eileen, Ibrahim, Nasrien E., Jones, Lenette M., Khan, Sadiya S., Khazanie, Prateeti, Koelling, Todd, Lee, Christopher S., Morris, Alanna A., Page, Robert L., II, Pandey, Ambarish, Piano, Mariann R., Sandhu, Alexander T., Stehlik, Josef, Stevenson, Lynne W., Teerlink, John, Vest, Amanda R., Yancy, Clyde, Ziaeian, Boback

Source: In Journal of Cardiac Failure January 2025 31(1):66-116

PROMIS fatigue scores are moderately correlated with heart failure severity in pediatrics

Authors: May, Lindsay J., Stehlik, Josef, Ou, Zhining, Lambert, Linda M., Chen, Chiu-Yu, Rosenthal, David N., Machado, Desiree S., Lopez-Colon, Dalia, Shih, Renata, Gibbons, Taylor, Madden, Brian, Watanabe, Kae, Presson, Angela P., Cizik, Amy M., Keenan, Heather T.

Source: In JHLT Open November 2024 6

Extrinsic outflow graft obstruction of the HeartMate 3 LVAD: A state-of-the-art review

Authors: Goldstein, Daniel J., Kanwar, Manreet, Cowger, Jennifer, Patel, Snehal, Meyer, Dan M., Molina, Ezequiel, Salerno, Christopher, Elmer, Ashley, Schettle, Sarah, Teuteberg, Jeffrey, Pagani, Francis, Stehlik, Josef

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation November 2024 43(11):1873-1880

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Evaluation and Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates—2024

Authors: Peled, Yael, Ducharme, Anique, Kittleson, Michelle, Bansal, Neha, Stehlik, Josef, Amdani, Shahnawaz, Saeed, Diyar, Cheng, Richard, Clarke, Brian, Dobbels, Fabienne, Farr, Maryjane, Lindenfeld, JoAnn, Nikolaidis, Lazaros, Patel, Jignesh, Acharya, Deepak, Albert, Dimpna, Aslam, Saima, Bertolotti, Alejandro, Chan, Michael, Chih, Sharon, Colvin, Monica, Crespo-Leiro, Maria, D'Alessandro, David, Daly, Kevin, Diez-Lopez, Carles, Dipchand, Anne, Ensminger, Stephan, Everitt, Melanie, Fardman, Alexander, Farrero, Marta, Feldman, David, Gjelaj, Christiana, Goodwin, Matthew, Harrison, Kimberly, Hsich, Eileen, Joyce, Emer, Kato, Tomoko, Kim, Daniel, Luong, Me-Linh, Lyster, Haifa, Masetti, Marco, Matos, Ligia Neres, Nilsson, Johan, Noly, Pierre-Emmanuel, Rao, Vivek, Rolid, Katrine, Schlendorf, Kelly, Schweiger, Martin, Spinner, Joseph, Townsend, Madeleine, Tremblay-Gravel, Maxime, Urschel, Simon, Vachiery, Jean-Luc, Velleca, Angela, Waldman, Georgina, Walsh, James

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation October 2024 43(10):1529-1628

Redefining the molecular rejection states in 3230 heart transplant biopsies: Relationships to parenchymal injury and graft survival

Authors: Halloran, Philip F., Madill-Thomsen, Katelynn, Aliabadi-Zuckermann, Arezu Z., Cadeiras, Martin, Crespo-Leiro, Marisa G., Depasquale, Eugene C., Deng, Mario, Gökler, Johannes, Hall, Shelley, Jamil, Aayla, Kim, Daniel H., Kobashigawa, Jon, Macdonald, Peter, Melenovsky, Vojtech, Patel, Jignesh, Potena, Luciano, Shah, Keyur, Stehlik, Josef, Zuckermann, Andreas

Source: In American Journal of Transplantation August 2024 24(8):1414-1426

Efficient measurement of multiple ventricular assist device patient-reported outcomes: Creation of a 20-item profile from the MCS A-QOL study

Authors: Grady, Kathleen L., Kallen, Michael A., Cella, David, Allen, Larry A., Lindenfeld, JoAnn, McIlvennan, Colleen K., Beiser, David G., Walsh, Mary Norine, Denfeld, Quin E., Lee, Christopher S., Ruo, Bernice, Murks, Catherine, Stehlik, Josef, Kirklin, James K., Teuteberg, Jeffrey, Adler, Eric, Kiernan, Michael, Rich, Jonathan, Bedjeti, Katy, Hahn, Elizabeth A.

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation August 2024 43(8):1308-1317

Informing preconception counseling: Outcomes among female heart transplant recipients in the ISHLT registry

Authors: Bhagra, Catriona J. ^a, Cherikh, Wida S. ^b, Ross, Heather ^c, Kittleson, Michelle M. ^d, Stehlik, Josef ^e, Lewis, Alexandra ^b, DeFilippis, Ersilia M. ^{f, ⁎, 1}, Macera, Francesca ^{g, h, 1}

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation May 2024 43(5):727-736

A multicenter evaluation of external outflow graft obstruction with a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device

Authors: Wert, Leonhard, Stewart, Garrick C., Mehra, Mandeep R., Milwidsky, Assi, Jorde, Ulrich P., Goldstein, Daniel J., Selzman, Craig H., Stehlik, Josef, Alshamdin, Faisal D., Khaliel, Feras H., Gustafsson, Finn, Boschi, Silvia, Loforte, Antonio, Ajello, Silvia, Scandroglio, Anna M., Tučanová, Zuzana, Netuka, Ivan, Schlöglhofer, Thomas, Zimpfer, Daniel, Zijderhand, Casper F., Caliskan, Kadir, Dogan, Günes, Schmitto, Jan D., Maier, Sven, Schibilsky, David, Jawad, Khalil, Saeed, Diyar, Faerber, Gloria, Morshuis, Michiel, Hanuna, Maja, Müller, Christoph S., Mulzer, Johanna, Kempfert, Jörg, Falk, Volkmar, Potapov, Evgenij V.

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery April 2024 167(4):1322-1330

Molecular states associated with dysfunction and graft loss in heart transplants

Authors: Halloran, Philip F., Madill-Thomsen, Katelynn, Mackova, Martina, Aliabadi-Zuckermann, Arezu Z., Cadeiras, Martin, Crespo-Leiro, Marisa G., Depasquale, Eugene C., Deng, Mario, Gökler, Johannes, Hall, Shelley A., Kim, Daniel H., Kobashigawa, Jon, Macdonald, Peter, Potena, Luciano, Shah, Keyur, Stehlik, Josef, Zuckermann, Andreas, Reeve, Jeff

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation March 2024 43(3):508-518

Direct procurement with machine perfusion and normothermic regional perfusion in donation after circulatory death heart transplantation

Authors: Goodwin, Matthew L. ^{a, ∗}, Nickel, Ian C. ^a, Li, Hui ^a, Kagawa, Hiroshi ^a, Kyriakopoulos, Christos P. ^b, Hanff, Thomas C. ^b, Stehlik, Josef ^b, Drakos, Stavros G. ^b, Selzman, Craig H. ^a

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery October 2024

Novel measures to assess ventricular assist device patient-reported outcomes: Findings from the MCS A-QOL study

Authors: Grady, Kathleen L., Kallen, Michael A., Beiser, David G., Lindenfeld, JoAnn, Teuteberg, Jeffrey, Allen, Larry A., McIlvennan, Colleen K., Rich, Jonathan, Yancy, Clyde, Lee, Christopher S., Denfeld, Quin E., Kiernan, Michael, Walsh, Mary Norine, Adler, Eric, Ruo, Bernice, Stehlik, Josef, Kirklin, James K., Bedjeti, Katy, Cella, Dave, Hahn, Elizabeth A.

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation January 2024 43(1):36-50

Heart Transplant and Donors After Circulatory Death: A Clinical-Preclinical Systematic Review

Authors: DiChiacchio, Laura, Goodwin, Matthew L., Kagawa, Hiroshi, Griffiths, Eric, Nickel, Ian C., Stehlik, Josef, Selzman, Craig H.

Source: In Journal of Surgical Research December 2023 292:222-233

The impact of obesity and LVAD-bridging on heart transplant candidate outcomes: a linked STS INTERMACS – OPTN/UNOS data analysis

Authors: Alba, Ana C., Kirklin, James K., Cantor, Ryan S., Deng, Luqin, Ross, Heather J., Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Rao, Vivek, Hanff, Thomas C., Stehlik, Josef

Source: In Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation November 2023 42(11):1587-1596

Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America

Authors: Bozkurt, Biykem, Ahmad, Tariq, Alexander, Kevin M., Baker, William L., Bosak, Kelly, Breathett, Khadijah, Fonarow, Gregg C., Heidenreich, Paul, Ho, Jennifer E., Hsich, Eileen, Ibrahim, Nasrien E., Jones, Lenette M., Khan, Sadiya S., Khazanie, Prateeti, Koelling, Todd, Krumholz, Harlan M., Khush, Kiran K., Lee, Christopher, Morris, Alanna A., Page, Robert L., II, Pandey, Ambarish, Piano, Mariann R., Stehlik, Josef, Stevenson, Lynne Warner, Teerlink, John R., Vaduganathan, Muthiah, Ziaeian, Boback

Source: In Journal of Cardiac Failure October 2023 29(10):1412-1451

PROMIS: Physical, Mental and Social Health Outcomes Improve From Before to Early After LVAD Implant: Findings From the Mechanical Circulatory Support: Measures of Adjustment and Quality of Life (MCS A-QOL) Study

Authors: HAHN, ELIZABETH A., ALLEN, LARRY A., LEE, CHRISTOPHER S., DENFELD, QUIN E., STEHLIK, JOSEF, CELLA, DAVID, LINDENFELD, JOANN, TEUTEBERG, JEFFREY J., MCILVENNAN, COLLEEN K., KIERNAN, MICHAEL S., BEISER, DAVID G., WALSH, MARY N., ADLER, ERIC D., RUO, BERNICE, KIRKLIN, JAMES K., KLEIN, LIVIU, BEDJETI, KATY, CUMMINGS, PETER D., BURNS, JAMES L., VELA, ALYSSA M., GRADY, KATHLEEN L.

Source: In Journal of Cardiac Failure October 2023 29(10):1398-1411