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Nicholas G. Smedira
Researcher at Cleveland Clinic
Publications - 380
Citations - 19488
Nicholas G. Smedira is an academic researcher from Cleveland Clinic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transplantation & Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The author has an hindex of 75, co-authored 357 publications receiving 17884 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicholas G. Smedira include Utrecht University & University of Louisville.
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Unexpected Abrupt Increase in Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis
Randall C. Starling,Nader Moazami,Scott C. Silvestry,Gregory A. Ewald,Joseph G. Rogers,Carmelo A. Milano,J. Eduardo Rame,Michael A. Acker,Eugene H. Blackstone,John Ehrlinger,Lucy Thuita,Maria Mountis,Edward G. Soltesz,Bruce W. Lytle,Nicholas G. Smedira +14 more
TL;DR: The rate of pump thrombosis related to the use of the HeartMate II has been increasing at centers and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality.
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Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease
A. Marc Gillinov,Delos M. Cosgrove,Eugene H. Blackstone,Ramon Diaz,John H. Arnold,Bruce W. Lytle,Nicholas G. Smedira,Joseph F. Sabik,Patrick M. McCarthy,Floyd D. Loop +9 more
TL;DR: Durability of repair was greatest in patients with isolated posterior leaflet prolapse who have posterior leaflets resection and annuloplasty, and was enhanced by the use of intraoperative echocardiography.
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Withholding and Withdrawal of Life Support from the Critically Ill
Nicholas G. Smedira,B. H. Evans,L. S. Grais,Neal H. Cohen,Bernard Lo,Molly Cooke,William P. Schecter,C. Fink,E. Epstein-Jaffe,C. May +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that although life-sustaining care is withheld or withdrawn relatively infrequently from patients in the intensive care unit, such decisions precipitate about half of all deaths in theintensive care units of the hospitals the authors studied.
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Predictors of severe right ventricular failure after implantable left ventricular assist device insertion: analysis of 245 patients.
Yoshie Ochiai,Patrick M. McCarthy,Nicholas G. Smedira,Michael K. Banbury,Jose L. Navia,Jingyuan Feng,Amy Hsu,Michael Yeager,Tiffany Buda,Katherine J. Hoercher,Michael W. Howard,Masami Takagaki,Kazuyoshi Doi,Kiyotaka Fukamachi +13 more
TL;DR: The need for circulatory support, female gender, and nonischemic etiology were the most significant predictors for RVAD use after LVAD insertion, and this information may lead to better patient selection for isolated LVAD implantation.
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Clinical, imaging, and pathological characteristics of left ventricular thrombus: a comparison of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, transthoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography with surgical or pathological validation.
Monvadi B. Srichai,Chelif Junor,L. Leonardo Rodriguez,Arthur E. Stillman,Richard A. Grimm,Michael L. Lieber,Joan A. Weaver,Nicholas G. Smedira,Richard D. White +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the clinical, imaging, and pathology characteristics of confirmed left ventricular thrombus and compared the diagnostic value of contrastenhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with transthoracic (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for the diagnosis of LV thrombi.