Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Research

Cardiovascular disease fellows at the Schmidt College of Medicine are encouraged to participate in research activities. Below is a sample of research activities from our program's current fellows.

Research In-Progress

• Reclassification of severe aortic stenosis by flow: SVi vs TFR
• FFRCT Validity in AS
• Covid structural impact -- 2 parts
• Meta-analysis AF TAVR
• Mitral clip location and MR result

Manuscripts

Morcos, R., Kucharik, M., Bansal, P., Al Taii, H., Manam, R., Casale, J., … Maini, B. (2019). Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: Review and Practical Update. Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, 13, 1179546819878680. doi:10.1177/1179546819878680 | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826945/

Morcos, R., Al Taii, H., Bansal, P., Casale, J., Manam, R., Patel, V., ... & Maini, B. (2018). Accuracy of Commonly Used Imaging Modalities in Assessing Left Atrial Appendage for Interventional Closure. Journal of clinical medicine, 7(11), 441 | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262547/

Morcos, R., Al Taii, H., Bansal, P., Manam, R., & Maini, B. (2018). Transhepatic Vascular Access for Implantation of a Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device. Reports, 1(2), 15. | www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/1/2/15

Quality of Life Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagenarians. JIC. (pending)

Lodhi, H., Morcos, R., Bansal P., Mathews A., Al Taii, H., Maini, B., Khalili, H. (2020). Transcatheter Closure of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining to Pulmonary Vein. J Am Coll Cardiol Case Rep, 2 (8) 1120-1123 | doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.063

Posters

Morcos, R., Manam, R., Bansal, P., Al Taii, H., Casale, J., Kucharik, M., . . . Maini, B. (n.d.). Quality of Life Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagenarians. 15th annual Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics: Advanced Endovascular and Coronary Intervention Global Summit (C3) conference. June 2019; Orlando, FL.

Morcos, R., Manam, R., Bansal, P., Al Taii, H., Kucharik, M., Casale, J., . . . Maini, B. (n.d.). Quality of Life Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagenarians after adjusting for frailty scores. TVT Structural Heart Summit 2019. June 2019; Chicago, IL.

Manam R, Bansal P, Al Taii H, Patel V, Morcos R, Casale J, Sanon S, Maini B. Transseptal Closure of Mitral Paravalvular Leak with the Use of Amplatzer Vascular Plug II. TVT Structural Heart Summit 2019. June 2019; Chicago, IL.

Bansal P, Al Taii H, Khalili H, Maini B. A multidisciplinary approach to complex mitral valvular disease. ACC March 2019; New Orleans, LA.

Bansal, P., Lodhi, H., Morcos, R., Chandrasekhar, S., Fahmy, A., Doddapaneni, D., … Maini, B. (2020). Change in Transmitral Gradient In Patients With Concomitant Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 1219. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)31846-5

Taii, H. A., Morcos, R., Mora, L., Ravaee, B., Bansal, P., Freher, M., … Vivas, Y. (2020). Temporal Trend In Atrial Fibrillation And Atrial Flutter Associated Mortality In The United States (1999-2017). Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 401. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)31028-7

Taii, H. A., Abdulameer, H., Vivas, Y., Mora, L., Morcos, R., Freher, M., … Khalili, H. (2020). Incidence And Outcomes Of Bradyarrhythmia Requiring Pacemaker After Cardiac Transplantation: Updated Unos Analysis 2010 To 2018. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 311. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)30938-4

Mathews AT, Lodhi, H, et al Transcatheter Interventions for Concomitant Severe Aortic Stenosis and Severe Mitral Regurgitation. American College of Cardiology. March 2020. Chicago, IL

Mathews AT, Lee DH, et al. Abiraterone-induced Torsades de Pointes and Cardiac Arrest. American College of Cardiology Florida Chapter Meeting. August 2019. Orlando, FL.

Lodhi, H, Marcos, R, Mathews AT, et al. Relative quality of life improvement after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with reduced ejection fraction. Miami Valves. January 2020. Miami, FL.

Abstracts

Morcos, R., Al Taii, H., Bansal, P., Kucharik, M, Manam, R., Casale, J.., ... & Maini, B. (2019). Quality of Life Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagernarians. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 7(11), 441