NY Cardiology Critical Pathways

Accepted Abstracts in National Meeting:

1. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Ajay Shah, Shruthi Shah, Donna MacMillan, Siu-Sun Yao, James Wilentz, Farooq A Chaudhry. Wall Motion Score by Stress Echocardiography is Superior to Angiographic Jeopardy Score for Risk Stratification and Prognosis. Accepted to ACC 2006

2. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Shadi Abdelnour, Bobocea Manuela Andreea Elena, Devi Gopinath, Dan Musat, Ajay Shah, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Comparison of 85% Of Age-predicted Maximum Heart Rate, Heart Rate Reserve and Rate Pressure Product for Risk Stratification and Prognosis in Diabetics: A Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Study. Submitted to AHA 2005

3. Emad Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Ashraf Fawzy, Deborah Tormey, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Risk Assessment and Stratification for future cardiac events in patients admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome using a novel critical pathway and its validation by Framingham Risk Score. Accepted to ACC 2006 as a poster.

4. Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Emad Aziz, Bilal Ayub, Sabrina Sawhney, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Prognostic Implications of Right Ventricular Ischemia in Patients Referred For Stress Echocardiography. Presented at AHA 2005

5. Saihari Sadanandan, Jacqueline Tamis, Jackerpan Chaipromprasit, Emad Aziz, James Slater. Clinical and angiographic predictors of CPK-MB release following coronary Stent implantation. JACC 35:4A, 2000.

6. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Raffy Kahn, Ashraf Fawzy, Deborah Tormey, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, James N. Slater. 10-year follow-up outcome of an interventional revascularization strategy in patients with stable angina, using conventional Bare-Metal Stent Angioplasty and/or Rotational Atherectomy. Presented at CRT 2006 as a poster presentation.

7. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Clenton Coleman, Raffy Khan, Deborah Tormey, Eyal Herzog. Impact of a Novel Critical Pathway for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome leads to markedly improved Compliance with Guidelines and decreased Angina Symptoms at 12-month follow-up. Accepted to ACC 2006 as Oral Presentation.

8. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Clenton Coleman, Deborah Tormey, Eyal Herzog. The Impact of the Implementation of a Novel Critical Pathway for Management of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome on House staff Education to improve Compliance with National Guidelines. Presented at the AHA 7th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, March 2006.

9. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Xiaoqian Zhang, Naoi Imai, Sanobar Parkar, Ajay Shah, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Role of Diastolic Dysfunction as Measured by Left Atrial Size in Patients Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted at ASE 2006.

10. Sripal Bangalore, Gayathri Kamalakkannan, Emad Aziz, Raffay Khan, Devi Gopinath, Catherine Weinberg, Omar Weaver Pinzon, Sabrina Sawhney, Nilo Ayuyao, Ajay Shah, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Prognostic Impact of Renal Function in Patients Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted at ASE 2006

11. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Gamal Hassanien, Afag Seidova, Franz Messerli. Evaluation of the role of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in complementing the standard treatment of prehypertension. Presented at ASH 21^st 2006, as a poster presentation.

12. Nicholas Mezitis, Emad Aziz, Sherryl Croitor, Dan Musat, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Assessment and Validation of a Novel Critical Pathway for the Management of Hyperglycemia in Cardiac Patients admitted to Coronary Care Units. Presented at EASD 42^nd 2006, as a Poster Presentation.

13. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Rabia Arshad, Ajay Shah, Ramya Smitha Suryadevara, Naohiko Imai, Sanobar Parkar, Deborah Cantales, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Stress Echocardiography can Risk Stratify and Prognosticate Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Circulation 2006;II-368:1859.

14. Delia Cotiga, Aysha Arshad, Emad Aziz, Walter Pierce, Jonathan S Steinberg. Don’t Be Fooled by CRT Device Counters in Patients with AF: Common Presence of Ineffective Biventricular Capture as Determined by Sophisticated Holter Monitoring. Circulation 2006;II-473:2314

15. Aysha Arshad, Dan Musat, Delia Cotiga, Emad Aziz, Omar Wever- Pinzon, Farooq Chaudhry, Jonathan S Steinberg. Comparison of Intracardiac Ultrasound of Pulmonary Vein Flow with Transthoracic Echocardiogram for Diastolic Dysfunction Diagnosis. Accepted as poster in AHA 2006.

16. Delia Cotiga, Raffay Khan, Emad Aziz, Arti Shah, Tina Sichrovsky, Walter Pierce, Aysha Arshad, Suneet Mittal, Jonathan S. Steinberg. Correlation of Clinical Response to Innefective Biventricular Capture as Determined by 12-lead Holter in Patients with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation. Submitted to ACC 2007

17. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sripal Bangalore, Deborah Tormey, Joseph Mathew, Daniel Marrero, Jorge Silva, Sabrina Swahney, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Overweight BMI Does Not Predict Adverse Effect In Patients Admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Carries a Lower Readmission Rate at 12 Month Follow-up. Submitted to ACC 2007

18. Emad F. Aziz, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Zlata Platzman, Deborah Tormey, Ashraf Fawzy, Galen Leung, Eyal Herzog, David L. Coven, Mun K. Hong. Role of Renal Function in Vascular Access Complication Rates in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Procedures using Arteriotomy Closure Devices. Submitted to ACC 2007

19. Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Daniel Marrero, Jorge Silva, Jaime Upegui, Karin Herzog, Olivier Frankenberger, Marrick Kukin. Time to First Diuretic Administration Predicts Length of Stay In Patients Treated For Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Using A Novel Pathway. Submitted to ACC 2007.

20. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Daniel Marrero, Jorge Silva, Raffy Khan, Olga Kuteyeva, Olivier Frankenberger, Marrick Kukin, Eyal Herzog. Admission B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Predicts Mortality and 30-days Readmission Rate in Patients Admitted With Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure Using a Novel Pathway. Submitted to ACC 2007.

21. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Delia Cotiga, Sripal Bangalore, Joseph Mathew, David Djebali, Jorge Silva, Ashraf Fawzy, Eyal Herzog, Aysha Arshad, Jonathan Steinberg. Complication Rate Following Device Implantation in Patients with Impaired Renal Function. Presented as e-poster in ACC 2007.

22. Emad F. Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Zlata Platzman, Dan Musat, Deborah Tormey, Galen Leung, Ashraf Fawzy, Sari Weissbard, Eyal Herzog, David L. Coven, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Mun K. Hong. Admission Glucose Levels is the Culprit in Vascular Access Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Transfemoral Coronary Procedures. Presented at SCAI Meeting 2007.

23. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Ajay Shah, Seth Uretsky, Jorge Silva, Sanobar Parkar, Sabrina Sawhney, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry. Obesity Paradox in Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Patients Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Presented as e-poster in ACC 2007.

24. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Jorge Silva, Sabrina Sawhney, Ajay Shah, Ramya Smitha Suryadevara, Shruthi Pranesh, Danny Pudpud, Naohiko Imai, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry. Prognostic Gender Differences during Stress Echocardiography. Presented as e-poster in ACC 2007.

25. Dan Musat, Aysha Arshad, Delia Cotiga, Emad Aziz, Sripal Bangalore, Tina Sichrovsky Jonathan Steinberg. Monitoring of Esophageal Temperature during Pulmonary Vein Isolation: New Computational Method for Assessment of Proximity of Ablation Site to Esophagus. Presented as e-poster in ACC 2007.

26. Sripal Bangalore, Sandeep Joshi, Farbod Raiszadeh, Shruthi Pranesh, Chris Cianci, Emad Aziz, Sanobar Parkar, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Prognostic Implications of Concentric versus Eccentric Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted as a Poster presentation at ASE 2007.

27. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Seth Uretsky, Sanobar Parkar, Chris Cianci, Sabrina Sawhney, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A Chaudhry. Risk Stratification and Prognosis of High Risk Females Undergoing Stress Echocardiography. Accepted as a Poster presentation at ASE 2007.

28. Joseph Mathew, Ravi Singh, Emad Aziz. Unusual Presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome in an HIV patient. Case Report submitted to the ACP 2007

29. Maria C Mirant-Borde, Lance Weathers, Jayanthi Koneru, Luis Chug, Pedro Rivera, Emad Aziz, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland. Heart Disease Awareness in Women from an Urban Community is lower than you think. Submitted to AHA 2007

30. Eyal Herzog, Sripal Bangalore, Donna MacMillan Marotti, Emad Aziz, Wallacy Garcia, Ajay Shah, Sandeep Joshi, Wanda Castillo, Debbie Kim, Farooq Chaudhry. Feasibility Trial of an Ultra-Portable Handheld Ultrasound: Are we ready for an “Echo Stethoscope”? Submitted to AHA 2007

31. Dan Musat, Jorge Silva, Emad Aziz, Donna MacMillian, Danny Pudpud, Aysha Arshad, Suneet Mittal, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Jonathan S. Steinberg. Atrial Strain Imaging of Pulmonary Veins in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation, Oct 2007; 116: II_570

32. Emad Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, David Djebali, Wallcey Garcia, Jaime Upequi, Deborah Tormey, Steve Lee, Geena Varghese, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Early Administration of Nitroglycerin in addition to Diuretics Improve Mortality at 12 Month in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Treated for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Accepted as a Poster Abstract in Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) Congress Meeting, April 2008.

33. Emad Aziz, Raffy Khan, Sripal Bangalore, Afag Seidova, Dan Musat, Deborah Tormey, Olivier Frankenberger, Nicholas Mezitis, Eyal Herzog. A Novel Pathway for the Management of Hyperglycemia Facilitates a Rapid Intensive Glycemic Control in Critical Care Patients Without Causing any Hypoglycemic Episodes. Circulation, Oct 2007; 116: II_850.

34. Dan Musat, Emad Aziz, Rimvida Obeleniene, Sripal Bangalore, Glenda, Winson, Vilma Castandena, Claudia Musat, Farooq Chaudhry, Mark Sherrid. Impact of Acute Response of Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy to Oral Disopyramide and Correlate of Response. Presented at ACC 2008 as a moderated e-Poster Session.

35. Emad F. Aziz, Catalin Florita, Sandeep Pulimi, Sripal Bangalore, Dan Musat, Hyun Kyung Rhee, Maged A. Hana, Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee, Eyal Herzog, David Coven, Tariqshah Syed, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Mun K. Hong. Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization and Treated with Closure Devices Dramatically Decreases Infection Risk. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 11, 2008; 51: B23 - B98.

36. Emad F. Aziz, Olivier Frankenberger, Natalie Slowik, Sunil Kumar, Dan Musat, Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee, Costantine Albany, Isabele Krupska, Alexander Ritter, Evan Schneidmesser, Saurabh Verma, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, Eyal Herzog. Hispanic patients with an Intermediate TIMI Risk Score Carry the Worst Outcome When Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome; a Local Experience from a Novel Pathway! Accepted as a Poster Abstract in Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) Congress Meeting, April 2008.

37. Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog, David Djebali, Olga Kuteyeva, Dan Musat, Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee, Alexander Ritter, Evan Scheidmessar, Olivier Frankenberger, Marrick Kukin. Early Diuretic Administration Combined With Admission B-Natriuretic Peptide Level are the Strongest Predictors of Readmission at 30 Days in Patients Treated for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Using a Novel Pathway. Accepted as a Poster at ACC 2008.

38. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Sripal Bangalore, Jules Aljammal, Bhatia Vivek, Jaime Upegui, Dan Musat, Steven Lee, Aaron Zigelbaum, Amanda Schneider, Anish Shah, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Early Administration of Nitroglycerin in Addition to Diuretic Improve Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Presenting With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, a Two Year Follow-Up. Accepted as a Poster at ACC 2008.

39. Emad F. Aziz, Olivier Frankenberger, Natalie Slowik, Dan Musat, Harikrishna Makani, Deborah Tormey, Sadia Maqsood, Emiri Hirokawa, Danielle DuBoise, Katie Knipscher, Eyal Herzog. Nutritional Depletion Assessed by Nutritional Risk Index is Associated With Worse Outcome in Patients Admitted with Acute Coronary Syndrome. A population-Based Study Using a Novel Critical Pathway. Submitted to ACC 2008.

40. Sripal Bangalore, Jorge Silva, Olga Kristof-Kuteyeva, Ganesh Kamath, Emad Aziz, Sandeep Joshi, Shruthi Pranesh, Rajeev Joshi, Chris Cianci, Danny Pudpud, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry. Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Hispanic Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Stress Echocardiography. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 11, 2008; 51: A98 - A177.

41. Sripal Bangalore, Emad Aziz, Natalie Slowik, Shruthi Pranesh, Gangadhara Kabli, Sunil Kumar, Olga Kristof-Kuteyeva, Sandeep Joshi, Siu-Sun Yao, Farooq A. Chaudhry. Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Obese Patients Unable to Exercise Referred for Stress Testing: Incremental Value of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 11, 2008; 51: A98 - A178.

42. Ganesh S. Kamath, Delia Cotiga, Aysha Arshad, Emad F. Aziz, Anisha Mandava, Suneet Mittal, and Jonathan S. Steinberg. 12-Lead Holter Monitoring Identifies Non-Responders Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Submitted to Heart Rhythm Society Meeting 2008.

43. Ganesh S. Kamath, Delia Cotiga, Dan Musat, Gangadhara Kabbli, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad F. Aziz, Aslam Khan, Daniel Marrero, Suneet Mittal and Jonathan S. Steinberg. Is There Any Value in Initiating Dofetilide After Sotalol Has Failed to Control Atrial Fibrillation? Submitted to Heart Rhythm Society Meeting 2008.

44. Ganesh S. Kamath, Gangadhara Kabbli, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad F. Aziz, Delia Cotiga, Dan Musat, Mark V. Sherrid, and Jonathan S. Steinberg.  Safety and Efficacy of Dofitalide for Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Submitted to Heart Rhythm Society Meeting 2008.

45. Ajay Shah, Rawa Sarji, Emad F. Aziz, Rajeev Joshi, Tseday Sirak, Danny Pudpud, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq Chaudhry. Long Term Comparison of Robotic Epicardial versus Endovascular Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Heart failure Hospitalization and Death. Accepted as a Poster Presentation at AHA, New Orleans 2008.

46. Emad F. Aziz, Dan Musat, Sandeep Pulimi, Amjad Nader, Lauren Rosenberg, Deborah Tormey, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Raja Singh, Anshu Alok, Olivier Frankenberger, Eyal Herzog. Implementation of a Novel pathway for Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably Decrease Mortality and Readmission Rates at Four Years Follow up. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 10, 2009; 53: A367 - A402

47. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Ajay Shah, Amjad Nader, Sahil Jaiswal, Hari Om Sharma, Balaji Pratrap, Sandeep Pulimi, Anshu Alok, Deborah Tormey, Steven Lee, Ritter Alexander, Suzanne Karl, Eyal Herzog. 25% Decrease in Admission B-type Natriuretic Peptide within 24 hours, Predicts The Most Favorable Outcome in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure patients. Accepted as a Poster Abstract in Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) Congress Meeting, May 2009.

48. Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Amjad Nader, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Dan Musat, Ajay Shah, Rishi Malhan, Divyajot Sandhu, Raja Singh, Sahil Jaiswal, Deborah Tormey, Suzanne Karl, Amanda Schneider, Marrick Kukin. Continuous Infusion of Furosemide combined with Low Dose Dopamine Compared to Intermittent Boluses in acutely Decompensated Heart Failure Patients is Less Nephrotoxic and Carries a Lower Readmission at 30-days. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 10, 2009; 53: A144 - A197

49. Emad Aziz, Eyal Herzog, Amjad Nader, Hari Om Sharma, Sandeep Pulimi, Manpreet Singh, Suchita Mishra, Deborah Tormey, Mina Botross, Marrick Kukin. Malnutrition as Assessed by Nutritional Risk Index is Associated with Worse Outcome in Patients Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. J Card Fail. August 2009;15(6), Supplement A: S4). Presented as an Oral Presentation to HFSA 2009 in Boston, Nominated for the Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Clinical/Integrative Physiology Award.

50. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Amjad Nader, Ajay Shah, Anshu Alok, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Maria Elena De Benedetti, Carlos Leon Alviar, Rishi Malhan, Rajan Garg, Deborah Tormey, Raja Singh, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Eyal Herzog. Right Ventricular Dysfunction is a Strong Predictor of developing Atrial Fibrillation in Acutely Decompensated Systolic Heart Failure Patients. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 10, 2009; 53: A100 - A143

51. Emad F. Aziz, Franz Messerli, Dan Musat, Catalin Florita, Glenda Winson, Mark V. Sherrid. Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Hypertension: Double Trouble. Submitted to AHA 2009.

52. Emad F. Aziz, Suneet Mittal, David Newman, Dan Musat, Balaji Pratarp, Sriram Chaowdary, Vipin Lohiya, Birju Shah, Mina Botross, Amjad Nader, Ganesh Kamath, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Eyal Herzog. Do Emergency Room Physicians Correctly Identify Patients Presenting with Unexplained Syncope who Warrant Hospitalization? Submitted to AHA 2009.

53. Emad F. Aziz, Suneet Mittal, Dan Musat, Juan Pablo Cordora, Balaji Pratarp, Nicolay Hernandez, Sriram Chaowdary, Vipin Lohiya, Birju Shah, Kiran Kunar Kalal, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Eyal Herzog. The Effect of Left Ventricular Dysfunction on Long-Term Outcome in Patients Presenting with Unexplained Syncope. Submitted to AHA 2009.

54. Emad F. Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Fahad Javed, Sandeep Pulimi, Balaji Pratarp, Amjad Nader, Eyal Herzog. Implementation of a Novel pathway for Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably Decrease Mortality and Readmission Rates; a Four Years ACAP-HF Analysis. Circulation, Nov 2009; 120: S882.

55. Jorge Silva Enciso, Harikrishna Makani, Jorge Romero, Emad Aziz, Marrick Kukin, Franz H Messerli. Do Statins have a role in the prevention of Heart Failure? J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,  2010, 55; A56:1131-109

56. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Alexandre Benjo, Ramya Suryadevara, Iffat Shaheen, Carlos Alviar, Jorge Romero, Eyal Herzog, Franz H Messerli. Lack of Effect of Thiazide Diuretics on Bone Mineral Density in Hypertensive Elderly African American Women. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.,  2010, 55; A56:1130-106

57. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Silva Enciso, Srinivas Bommireddipalli, Emad Aziz, Ameeta Ahuja, Farooq A Chaudhry. Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts Improvement Of Left Ventricular Function In Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Induced Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2009;120:S330).

58. Ajay Shah, Rajeev Joshi, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Ameeta Ahuja, Emad Aziz, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq A Chaudhry. Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy improves Left Ventricular Filling Pressure. Submitted to AHA 2009.

59. Ajay Shah, Rajeev Joshi, Emad Aziz, Ameeta Ahuja, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, Farooq A Chaudhry. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance predicts Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Circulation, Nov 2009; 120: S815.

60. Ajay Shah, Rawa Sarji, Rajeev Joshi, Emad Aziz, Sunil Joshi, Danny Pudpud, Sandhya Balaram, Jonathan S Steinberg, and Farooq A Chaudhry. Long Term Outcomes After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Comparison of Robotic Epicardial Versus Endovascular Procedures. Circulation, Oct 2008; 118: S_1031 - S_1032

61. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Carlos L. Alviar, Sriram Chowdhry, Nischala Dhanekula, Yoon K. Yang, Arvinder Cheema, Taruna Sharma, Vipin Lohiya, Jennifer L. Hou, Jeannette Huaman, Asher Stein, Eyal Herzog. CHADS₂ Score Greater Than Two Predicts Higher Mortality At 4-years Follow-up in Patients Admitted with Atrial Fibrillation; An ACAP-RACE Registry Analysis. Presented as a Poster to QCOR 2010

62. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratarp, Carlos L. Alviar, Sandeep Pulimi, Nischala Dhanekula, Yoon K. Yang, Venkat Rao, Ankit Garg, Arvinder Cheema, Taruna Sharma, Jennifer L. Hou, Asher Stein, Eyal Herzog. Low Risk ACS Patients Admitted to Telemetry Floors Carries Better Outcome than Those Admitted to Non-Telemetry Floors, an ACAP-ACS Analysis. Presented as a poster to QCOR 2010

63. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Fahed Javed, Yun K Yang, Kiran K. Kalal, Ravi K. Thimmisetty, Baltej Singh, Tanvir Singh, Sriram Chowdary, Yosef Chodakiewitz, Eyal Herzog. Comparison of the Utilization of Evidence-Based Therapies and Clinical Outcomes between Teaching and Non-teaching Medical Services after the Implementation of Novel Clinical Pathways for the Management of Cardiac Patients. Presented as a poster to QCOR 2010

64. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratarp, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Fahed Javed, Carlos L. Alviar, Kaylan K. Bandavaram, Sejal Mehta, Venkat R. Kakollu, R. Premji,  Danielle Binler,  Donald Kotler,  Eyal Herzog. Ziagen® (Abacavir) is Associated with Increase Event Rates and Mortality in Patients with Suspected Cardiovascular Disease and HIV Infection. Accepted as a poster presentation in AHA 2010

65. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Silva Enciso, Jorge Romero, Emad Aziz, Farooq A Chaudhry. Inotropic Contactile Reserve can Risk Stratify and Prognosticate Patients with HIV Cardiomyopathy: a Dobutamine Stress Echo Study. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2010, 55; A96:1261-249.

66. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad Aziz, Jorge Romero, Deborah Cantales, Farooq A Chaudhry. Role of Stress Echocardiography in Risk Stratification and Prognosis of Patients with HIV. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2010, 55; A95:1260-242.

67. Daniel L. Musat, Naga V. Garikipati, Alexandre Benjo, Akshay Avula, Emad F. Aziz, Sonali Mantoo, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal. The Effect of Atrial Rhythm on the QTc Interval: Implications for Dofetilide Dose Titration. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2010,55A2:1023-121

68. Shahzeb A Khan, Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish Nadkarni, Adnan Raufi, MD, Eyal Herzog. Acquired Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation/Noncompaction In Neurosarcoidosis – A Rare But Complicated Association. Poster finalist at internal medicine 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

69. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Narender Annapureddya, Alexandre Benjoa, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. The Association of the Friesinger Score and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in an Urban South Asian Patient Population. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Jun;55(4): Page B83 (April 2010)

70. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Rishi Malhan, Alexandre Benjo, Eyal Herzog. The association of the Friesinger score and Pulse Pressure in an urban South Asian Patient population: Pulse Pressure an independent predictor of coronary artery disease.  Journal of Clinical Hypertension Volume 12 Issue s1, Pages A18 - A147

71. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Narender Annapureddya, Alexandre Benjoa, Emad F Aziz, Eyal Herzog. The Association of the Friesinger Score and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in an Urban South Asian Patient Population. Accepted as a poster for presentation at 2010 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM10) April 13th - 17th, 2010  Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Orlando, FL

72. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Alexandre M Benjo, Franz H Messerli, Eyal Herzog. Association of Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in the Elderly African-American Females. Submitted to AHA HBPR 2010

73. Emad F. Aziz, Juan Pablo Cordova, Balaji Pratap, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Fahad Javed, Carlos L Alviar, Dan Musat, Eyal Herzog. Heart Failure Patients Admitted with Elevated Cardiac Troponin post implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Firing Carry the Highest Mortality Rates. August 2010 (Vol. 16, Issue 8, Supplement, Page S60).

74. Fahad Javed, Girish N Nadkarni, Emad F. Aziz, Alexandros Briasoulis, Narender Annapureddy, Shahzeb A. Khan, Manpreet Singh Sabharwal, Nay Hyte, Eyal Herzog. Low post-procedural estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) predicts higher rates of restenosis in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). AHA 2010

75. Eyal Herzog, Janet Shapiro, Emad F. Aziz, Ji Chong, Mun K Hong, Dan Wiener, Richard Lee, Gregory Janis, Yevgeny Azrieli, Barbara Velazquez, Leonida Lacdao, Suneet Mittal. Implementation of a Novel Pathway for the Management of Survivors of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Leads to 41% survival with a favorable neurological outcome. AHA 2010

76. Aleksandr Korniyenko, Juan P. Cordova, Ronaldo Sevilla, Girish Nadkarni, Carlos L. Alviar, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Utility of ST-Segment Changes in Lead aVR To Identify the Culprit Lesion in Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Updated Meta-analysis On Sensitivity and Specificity. Accepted as a poster in CRT 2010

77. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Romero, Jorge Silva Enciso, Sunil Kumar, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Malnutrition is Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiac Death in Patients with HIV Cardiomyopathy. AHA 2010.

78. Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jorge Romero, Jorge Silva Enciso, Emad F. Aziz, Eyal Herzog. Leukocyte Count Predicts Cardiovascular Events in Patients With HIV. Accepted for presentation at AHA 2010

79. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Alexandre M Benjo, Eyal Herzog, Franz H Messerli. Association between Body Mass Index and Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in the Elderly African-American female population. Accepted for presentation at AHA 2010

80. Fahad Javed, Emad F Aziz, Girish Nadkarni, Shahzeb A Khan, Alexandros Briasoulis, Manpreet S Sabharwal, Carlos L Alviar, Nay Htyte, Eyal Herzog. Low post-procedural estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate predicts higher rates of restenosis in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for Peripheral Artery Disease. Accepted for presentation at AHA 2010

81. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Terrence Park, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Praveen Devineni, Andre Tojino, Sejal Mehta, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Shubha D. Bhat, Yagnang K. Vyas, Eyal Herzog. Octogenarians with Atrial Fibrillation, Carry a Higher Risk of Death and Stroke with less use of Anticoagulation. An ACAP-RACE Analysis. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., April 5, 2011; 57: E1251.

82. Eyal Herzog, Janet Shapiro, Emad F. Aziz, Mun K. Hong, Dan Wiener, Suneet Mittal. A Novel Pathway to Provide Therapeutic Hypothermia to Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Leads to a Remarkable 43% Survival with an Excellent Neurologic Outcome in VT/VF but Failed to Improve Outcome for in Hospital Cardiac Arrest or Patients with an Asystole or PEA. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., April 5, 2011; 57: E1001.

83. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Terrence Park, Balaji Pratap, Kalyan K. Bandavaram, Andre Tojino, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Fahad Javed, Praveen Devineni, Eyal Herzog. Women with Atrial Fibrillation are at a Higher Risk to Develop Stroke, an ACAP-RACE Analysis. Presented as a Poster at the QCOR, Washington 2011.

84. Emad F. Aziz, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Terrence Park, Joseph Kim, Claire Murphy, Joanna Verzosa, Nick David, and Eyal Herzog. Do Emergency Room Physicians Correctly Identify Patients Presenting with Unexplained Syncope who Warrant Hospitalization? Accepted as an Oral Presentation at the International Academy of Cardiology 16th World Congress on Heart Disease Annual Scientific Session, Vancouver, B.C. Canada July 23-26, 2011.

85. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Terrence Park, Steven Lee, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. A Simple Novel SELF-Pathway Appropriately Identify High Risk Patients When Admitted with Unexplained Syncope. Presented at AHA 2011

86. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph Hanna Bastawrose, Terrence Park, Steven Lee, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. A Novel SELF-Pathway for Management of Patients Presenting with Unexplained-Syncope Appropriately Identify High Risk Patients as Validated by the OESIL Risk Score. Submitted to ACC 2012

87. Emad F. Aziz, Terrence Park, Balaji Pratap, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Joseph H. Bastawrose, Michael Hanna, Kultida Tangwongchai, Darcie Alwood, Chelsea Rittenhouse, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. Implementation of a Novel RACE pathway for Management of Atrial Fibrillation Improves Guidelines Adherence and Remarkably Decrease Mortality and Readmission Rates; an ACAP-RACE Analysis. Submitted to ACC 2012

88. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Steve Lee, Joseph H. Bastawrose, Terrence Park, Michael Hanna, Kultida Tangwongchai, Darcie Alwood, Chelsea Rittenhouse, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. Short and Long Term Outcomes of Patients Admitted with Unexplained Syncope Using a Simple Novel SELF-Pathway. Submitted to ACC 2012

89. Emad F. Aziz, Chaithanya K. Pamidimukala, Balaji Pratap, Joseph H. Bastawrose, Terrence Park, Michael Hanna, Kultida Tangwongchai, Urvi Pai, Darcie Alwood, Chelsea Rittenhouse, Akitto Ledda, Fahad Javed, and Eyal Herzog. A Major Gap Still Exists in Applying Published Guidelines for primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death and Underutilization of Device Implantation; An ESCAPE Database Analysis. Submitted to ACC 2012