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Azfar Sheikh
Researcher at Staten Island University Hospital
Publications - 5
Citations - 169
Azfar Sheikh is an academic researcher from Staten Island University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Atrial fibrillation & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 140 citations.
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Trends in Hospitalization for Atrial Fibrillation: Epidemiology, Cost, and Implications for the Future
Azfar Sheikh,Nileshkumar J. Patel,Nikhil Nalluri,Kanishk Agnihotri,Jonathan Spagnola,Aashay Patel,Deepak Asti,Ritesh Kanotra,Hafiz Khan,Chirag Savani,Shilpkumar Arora,Nilay Patel,Badal Thakkar,Neil Patel,Dhaval Pau,Apurva Badheka,Abhishek Deshmukh,Marcin Kowalski,Juan F. Viles-Gonzalez,Hakan Paydak +19 more
TL;DR: The trends in epidemiology, hospitalization, and cost of AF are reviewed along with its future implications on public health.
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Safety and efficacy of second-generation versus first-generation cryoballoons for treatment of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of current evidence
TL;DR: A pooled analysis showed significant superiority of second-generation cryoballoons in terms of less procedure time, less fluoroscopic time, and fewer incidences of arrhythmia recurrences compared to first-generation Cryoballoon at the cost of higher incidence of persistent and transient phrenic nerve palsy.
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Temporal Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes of In-Hospital Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Nileshkumar J. Patel,Dhaval Pau,Nikhil Nalluri,Parth Bhatt,Badal Thakkar,Ritesh Kanotra,Kanishk Agnihotri,Nitesh Ainani,Nilay Patel,Nish Patel,Sapna Shah,Sabeeda Kadavath,Shilpkumar Arora,Azfar Sheikh,Apurva Badheka,James Lafferty,Carlos Alfonso,Mauricio G. Cohen +17 more
TL;DR: The incidence of GIB in patients who underwent PCI remained stable from 2006 to 2012; however, the in-hospital mortality increased significantly, and a lower risk of G IB was associated with obese patients and patients with private insurance.
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Prognostic impact of atrial fibrillation on clinical outcomes of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.
Nileshkumar J. Patel,Aashay Patel,Kanishk Agnihotri,Dhaval Pau,Samir V. Patel,Badal Thakkar,Nikhil Nalluri,Deepak Asti,Ritesh Kanotra,Sabeeda Kadavath,Shilpkumar Arora,Nilay Patel,Achint Patel,Azfar Sheikh,Neil Patel,Apurva Badheka,Abhishek Deshmukh,Hakan Paydak,Juan F. Viles-Gonzalez +18 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that AF has an independent adverse prognostic impact on the clinical outcomes of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.
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Anti-arrhythmic medications increase non-cardiac mortality – A meta-analysis of randomized control trials
Bhavi Pandya,Jonathan Spagnola,Azfar Sheikh,Boutros Karam,Viswajit Reddy Anugu,Asif Khan,James Lafferty,David N. Kenigsberg,Marcin Kowalski +8 more
TL;DR: Anti‐arrhythmic medications (AAMs) are known to increase cardiac mortality significantly due to their pro‐arrHythmic effects, but the effect of AAMs on non‐cardiac mortality has not been evaluated.