Cardiology Publications

Recent Publications

We are pleased to present recent publications from our doctors at the Valley Heart and Vascular Institute.

2026

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Comparison of two pulsed field ablation systems for atrial fibrillation: One-year outcomes from a multicenter registry

van der Graaf, M., Abeln, B.G.S., Balt, J.C., Mittal, S., Knight, B.P., Gunawardene, M.A., Wilsmore, B., Amardeep, A., Harloff, T., Liebregts, M., Malaty, M.M., Musat, D.L., Peigh, G., Singh, S., Wijffels, M.C.E.F., Willems, S., Verma, N., van Dijk, V.F., & Boersma, L.V.A. (2026)

Anesthesiology

Defining perioperative right heart failure in cardiac surgery: A multiparametric approach to diagnosis and management

Jabagi, H., O'Donnell, C., Haddad, F., Denault, A., & Sun, L.Y. (2026)

Heart Rhythm

Impact of atrial fibrillation burden on quality of life and prediction of health care utilization: Primary results from the DEFINE AFib study

Piccini, J.P., Russo, A.M., Peacock, J., Passman, R.S., Hills, M.T., Mittal, S., Hylek, E.M., Hong, M.F., McCearley, S.S., Frankel, D.S., Kloosterman, E.M., Stanelle, E.J., Lande, J.D., Rosen, S., Kanwar, R., Neisen, K.B., Richmond, D., Crocker, L., Lakkireddy, D.R.& … DEFINE AFib Principal Investigators. (2026)

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

REPLY: The real risk-benefit ratio of contemporary implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy remain unknown

Curtis, A.B., Auricchio, A., Mittal, S., Pickett, R.A., Holmes, T.R., & Lande, J.D.

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology

Accuracy of implantable loop recorders: Multicentre, multidevice comparison

Kamsani, S.H., Middeldorp, M.E., Evans, S., Russo, A.M., Jayakumar, M., Deering, T.F., Shahmohamadi, E., Baykaner, T., Fitzgerald, J.L., Gopinathannair, R., Abbas, M., Varma, N., Freeman, J.V., Mittal, S., Sanders, P. (2026)

Heart Rhythm

How fair is the fair market value for cardiac electrophysiology physician reimbursement?

Greenberg, S.J., Mehta, R., Chaudhary, R., Perry, R., Aryana, A., Mittal, S., Khatib, S., Sandesara, C., Sadhu, A., Hurwitz, J., Al-Khatib, S.M., Katapadi, A., Beland, J., Shanker, A., Di Biase, L., Ellenbogen, K.A., Natale, A., Chung, M.K., Lakkireddy, D. (2026)

Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Antiarrhythmic drug therapy for acute management of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

Habibi, M., Rahim, M., & Mittal, S. (2026)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Safety and efficacy of the VASCADE MVP® XL Venous Vascular Closure System for management of femoral venotomy following catheter-based interventions utilizing 16-17F OD sheaths: The AMBULATE EXPAND Trial

McElderry, H.T., Al-Ahmad, A., Lurgio, D., Jared Bunch, T., Eldadah, Z.A., Gandhavadi, M., Hook, B., Banno, J., & Mittal, S.

British Journal of Cancer

Patient-centered outcomes according to cancer status in cardiac surgery patients: A population-based cohort study

Jabagi, H., Lee, J.G., Yasui, O.W., Mamas, M.A., & Sun, L.Y.

Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions

Angiography-derived physiology for coronary artery disease assessment: Expert opinion from a SCAI roundtable

Shlofmitz, E., Shin, D., Alasnag, M., Al-Azizi, K., Ali, Z.A., Bangalore, S., Collet, C., Escaned, J., Gonzalo, N., Jeremias, A., Kaki, A., Kern, M.J., Patel, S., Rymer, J.A., Sandoval, Y., Sukul, D., Tayal, R., & Fearon, W.F. (2026)

Genetics in Medicine

Utilization of current ACC/AHA genetic testing recommendations for thoracic aortic disease at a large adult aortic center

Jabagi, H., Shaw, R.E., Kontorovich, A.R., Alemany, V.S., Ciallella, C., Burns, P., & Grau, J.B.

Interventional Cardiology Clinics

Mechanical circulatory support in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: A comprehensive review

Dabbagh, M.F., Morrow, Z., & Tayal, R. (2026)

2025

CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology

Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of sotalol following expedited intravenous loading in patients with atrial arrhythmias

Yellepeddi, V.K., Ismail, M., Bunch, T.J., Deering, T.F., Holubkov, R., Kennedy, R., Mittal, S., Perez, M., Piccini, J.P., Pokharel, P., Savona, S., Verma, N., Steinberg, B., & Watt, K. (2025)

Heart Rhythm

Ineffective cardiac resynchronization pacing is associated with poor outcomes in a nationwide cohort analysis

Robbins-Juarez, S.Y., Mittal, S., Plummer, C., Koehler, J.L., Stadler, R.W., Ghosh, S., Klepfer, R.N., & Piccini, J.P. (2025)

Heart Rhythm O2 2025

Correlation between mobile and 12-lead ECG among patients loading with intravenous sotalol: A PEAKS substudy

Steinberg, B.A., Mittal, S., Holubkov, R., Groh, C.A., Kennedy, R., Pokharel, P., Perez, M., Savona, S.J., Verma, N., Watt, K., Piccini, J.P., Bunch, T.J., & Deering, T.F. (2025)

Journal of the Society of Cardiovasc Angiography and Interventions

Global results from the Optimize PRO study: Standardized TAVR technique and care pathway

Grubb K.J., Gada H., Fraser D., Rodes-Cabau J., Nazif T.M., Mittal S., Dvir D., Teiger E., Lin L., Rovin J.D., Khalil R.F., Sultan I., Yudi M.B., Gardner B., Lorenz D., Chetcuti S., Patel N.C., Harvey J., Mahoney P.,… Yakubov S.J. (2025)

Circulation

Device-related complications in transvenous versus subcutaneous defibrillator therapy during long-term follow-up: The PRAETORIAN-XL Trial

Olde Nordkamp, L.R.A., de Veld, J.A., Ghani, A., Kuschyk, J., Bonnemeier, H., Bode, K., Boersma, L.V.A., de Weger, A., de Jong, J.S.S.G., Jansen, W.P.J., Alings, M., Bijsterveld, N., El-Chami, M.F., Beukema, R.J., Vernooy, K., Philbert, B.T., Neuzil, P., Nordbeck, P., van Opstal, J.M., … Mittal, S., … PRAETORIAN-XL Investigators (2025)

Annals of Case Reports and Medical Images

Mitral valve replacement in severe mitral annular calcification: Managing periprosthetic leak and persistent symptoms

Brown, E.; Imperatore, G.; Rahman-Kader, S.; Musat, M.; & Jabagi, H. (2025)

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Artificial intelligence-guided coronary computed tomography angiography: Treatment recommendations versus real-world prescriptions

Cramer, S.H.M., Cole, J.H., Budoff, M.J., Karlsberg, R.P., Gupta, H., Sullenberger, L.E., Rahban, H., Woods, K.M., Uzzilia, J.R., Purga, S.L., Aquino, M., Knaapen, P., Choi, A.D., & Nurmohamed, N.S. (2025)

Heart Rhythm O2

Atrial fibrillation detection performance of an insertable cardiac monitor: Results from an Assert-IQ post-market clinical study and a novel artificial intelligence algorithm

Birgersdotter-Green, U., Ojeda, W., Manyam, H., Garcia, A.M., Manoukian, G.E., Jazayeri, M., Cuoco, F., Han, F., Katcher, M., Gopinathannair, R., Yoo, D., Feng, L., Qu, F., Lin, W., Lee, K., Charan, V., Mittal, S., & Lakkireddy, D. (2025)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Multicenter study on the safety of pulsed field ablation in over 40,000 patients: MANIFEST-US

Turagam, M.K., Aryana, A., Day, J.D., Dukkipati, S.R., Hounshell, T., Nair, D., Natale, A., Weiner, S., Cheung, J.W., Chinitz, L., Cuoco, F., Daccarett, M., Dandamudi, S., Gambhir, A., Gandhavadi, M., Kim, J., Metzl, M.D., Mikaelian, B., Peress, D., … Mittal, S., & … MANIFEST-US Investigators (2025)

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

High-risk plaques in proximal and distal segments relative to graft anastomoses and non-grafted segments

Revaiah, P.C., Tsai, T.Y., Farina, J., Ferraz-Costa, G., Jongenotter, J., Oshima, A., Garg, S., Puskas, J.D., Narula, J., Gupta, H., Agarwal, V., Tanaka, K., De Mey, J., La Meir, M., Schneider, U., Kirov, H., Saima, M., Teichgräber, U., Pompilio, G.,… Serruys, P.W. (2025)

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Fractional flow reserve from coronary CT angiography compared with quantitative flow ratio in complex CAD

Miyashita, K., Onuma, Y., Oshima, A., Tobe, A., Tsai, T.Y., Revaiah, P.C., Tu, S., Reiber, J.H.C., Andreini, D., Mushtaq, S., Pontone, G., Pompilio, G., De Mey, J., Tanaka, K., La Meir,M., Kirov, H., Doenst, T., Teichgräber, U., Narula, J., … Gupta, H.,… Serruys, P. W. (2025)

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Atrioventricular conduction disturbances in patients undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention: A multidisciplinary consensus

Fischer, Q., Ellenbogen, K.A., Mittal, S., Hausleiter, J., Nuche, J., Sorajja, P., Taramasso, M., Thourani, V.H., Windecker, S., Labbé, B., Philippon, F., & Rodés-Cabau, J. (2025)

JACC: Case Reports

Early TAVR explantation due to a large mobile leaflet mass and severe prosthetic valve stenosis

Jabagi, H., Alemany, V.S., Jones, E., Gupta, H., Kim, F., Tayal, R., Rahim, H., Burns, P., & Grau, J.B. (2025)

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Thirty day and one year outcomes from the Optimize PRO TAVR Evolut FX Addendum Study

Gada, H., Khalil, R.F., Chetcuti, S.J., Deeb, G.M., Grubb, K.J., Greenbaum, A.B., Lorenz, D., Jumper, R.D., Sultan, I., Kliner, D., Mahoney, P., Talreja, D.R., Ahmed, M.I., Rovin, J.D., Lin, L., Sorajja, P., Fraser, D.G.W., Mittal, S., Nazif, T., … Yakubov, S.J. (2025)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

An absorbable antibacterial envelope promotes development of a healthy device pocket: Results of the TYRX Pocket Health Study

Philippon, F., Ladich, E., Virmani, R., Ip, J.E., Wright, J., Andrew Hazlitt, H., Mittal, S., Biffi, M., Johnson, E., Ihrke, A., Lande, J., Finn, A.V., Baldovini, C., Butler, K., Beckmann, P.J., & Ellis, C.R. (2025)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Direct comparison of two commercially available pulsed field ablation systems for atrial fibrillation; Procedure characteristics and acute outcomes

Abeln, B.G.S., van der Graaf, M., Musat, D.L., Gunawardene, M.A., Nair, D.G., Knight, B.P., Wilsmore, B., Liebregts, M., van Dijk, V.F., Wijffels, M.C.E.F., Balt, J.C., Mittal, S., Willems, S., Verma, N., Peigh, G., Malaty, M.M., & Boersma, L.V.A. (2025)

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Sotalol dosing and outcomes among patients undergoing intravenous loading for atrial arrhythmias- A PEAKS Registry Substudy

Steinberg, B.A., Holubkov, R., Bunch, T.J., Deering, T.F., Groh, C.A., Kennedy, R., Perez, M., Piccini, J.P., Pokharel, P., Savona, S.J., Verma, N., Watt, K., & Mittal, S. (2025).

Frontiers in Digital Health

Evaluating diversity and stereotypes amongst AI generated representations of healthcare providers, 7

Anjali, A. [Anjali], Gupta, G., Agrawal, A. [Agrawal], & Gupta, H. (2025)