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CT NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS: RESEARCH 2024

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

SECTION

PUBLICATIONS (2023)

PUBLICATIONS (2024)

ADULT CARDIAC

56

23

PEDIATRIC

24

7

THORACIC

18

9

TRANSLATIONAL

11

3

SAMPLES OF PUBLICATIONS

ADULT CARDIAC

Gelhard, S., O'Brien, L., Vincenti, S., Smego, D. R., Hobbs, R., Varghese, T. K., Jr, Selzman, C. H., & Pereira, S. J. (2024). Disparities in Gender and Diversity Representation Among Surgical Subspecialties: Are we Losing Momentum?. The Journal of surgical research293, 413–419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.08.051

Dichiacchio, L., Heiler, J., Kagawa, H., Selzman, C. H., & Goodwin, M. L. (2024). Minimally Invasive Direct Aortic Implantation of Impella 5.5 As Bridge to Transplant: A Case Report. Transplantation proceedings56(1), 145–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.10.006

Ciullo, A. L., & Tonna, J. E. (2024). The state of emergency department extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Where are we now, and where are we going?. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open5(1), e13101. https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.13101

Tonna, J. E., Boonstra, P. S., MacLaren, G., Paden, M., Brodie, D., Anders, M., Hoskote, A., Ramanathan, K., Hyslop, R., Fanning, J. J., Rycus, P., Stead, C., Barrett, N. A., Mueller, T., Gómez, R. D., Malhotra Kapoor, P., Fraser, J. F., Bartlett, R. H., Alexander, P. M. A., Barbaro, R. P., … Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) Member Centers Group (2024). Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry International Report 2022: 100,000 Survivors. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)70(2), 131–143. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000002128

PEDIATRIC

Wallace, M. W., Kastenberg, Z. J., Swendiman, R. A., Eckhauser, A. W., Rodriguez-Davalos, M., & Russell, K. W. (2024). Two-Stage Liver Transplantation and Tricuspid Valve Replacement After Blunt Trauma in a Pediatric Patient. The American surgeon, 31348241241716. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348241241716

Backer, C. L., Overman, D. M., Dearani, J. A., Romano, J. C., Tweddell, J. S., Kumar, S. R., Marino, B. S., Bacha, E. A., Jaquiss, R. D. B., Zaidi, A. N., Gurvitz, M., Costello, J. M., Pierick, T. A., Ravekes, W. J., Reagor, J. A., St Louis, J. D., Spaeth, J., Mahle, W. T., Shin, A. Y., Lopez, K. N., … Pasquali, S. K. (2023). Recommendations for centers performing pediatric heart surgery in the United States. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery166(6), 1782–1820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.09.001

Husain S. A. (2023). A Responsibility to Perpetually Seek Improved Risk Stratification Models: Achieving Data Nirvana. Journal of the American College of Cardiology82(23), 2222–2224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.004

THORACIC

Mitzman, B., Wang, X., Haaland, B., & Varghese, T. K., Jr (2024). Variation in Treatment Charges and Reimbursement Among Individual Thoracic Surgeons. The Annals of thoracic surgery117(3), 645–650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.07.008

Aßmann, E. S., Ose, J., Hathaway, C. A., Oswald, L. B., Hardikar, S., Himbert, C., Chellam, V., Lin, T., Daniels, B., Kirchhoff, A. C., Gigic, B., Grossman, D., Tward, J., Varghese, T. K., Jr, Shibata, D., Figueiredo, J. C., Toriola, A. T., Beck, A., Scaife, C., Barnes, C. A., … Peoples, A. R. (2024). Risk factors and health behaviors associated with loneliness among cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of behavioral medicine47(3), 405–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-023-00465-z

Mitzman B. (2024). An Innovative Solution to Lung Cancer Screening Adoption. The Annals of thoracic surgery117(2), 309–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.04.026

A full list of our research publications from the past couple of years can be found here

SUBMITTED FUNDING

Adult Cardio

  • Craig Selzman, MD
    • Title: Randomized Controlled Trail Comparing Dimethyl Sulfoxide Cryopreserved Platelets to Liquid Stored Platelets in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery (CRYPTICS)
    • Sponsor: Department of Defense (DoD) 

Translational Science

  • Aromolara Ademuyiwa, PhD
    • Title(s): R01 PA 20-185 Targeting IL-6; Role for Leukorienes
    • Sponsor: DHHS National Institutes of Health 

AWARDED FUNDING

  • Joseph Tonna, MD
    • Title: ECMO Trial- R01
    • Sponsor: DHHS National Institutes of Health

STUDY HIGHLIGHT

PI: Sara Pereira, MD 

Project: Randomized comparison of the clinical Outcome of single versus Multiple Arterial grafts: the ROMA Woman trial 

Sponsor:  Weill Cornell Medicine. The University of Utah is participating as a study site with Dr. Pereira as the site lead PI.

Background: Currently, an artery is used for the first graft and either an artery or vein is used for a second graft during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. It is unclear if either an artery or a vein is better for the second graft. The purpose of this study is to determine if one is better than the other  

Study Design: Participants are eligible if they are at least 18 years of age, female, and underwent isolated CABG for coronary artery disease, without disease of the right coronary artery. If enrolled, they will be followed for 180 days. Participants will be randomized to either a single arterial graft (SAG) or multiple arterial grafts (MAG) in a 1:1 randomization. 

For more information: 

DID YOU KNOW

CT Surgery Research encompasses: 

  • Adult Cardiac
  • Pediatric Cardiac (Primary Children’s)
  • Huntsman team (Huntsman Cancer Institute)
  • Animal Lab Research 
  • Perfusion 

Don’t see your publication or research highlight? Want to share new updates or projects in the works? Please contact Margaret (Margaret.carlson@hsc.utah.edu) to reflect in the next newsletter.