Outcomes after Perioperative Transient Ischemic Attack Following Cardiac Surgery by Urvish Jain, Bhav Jain, James Brown, Ibrahim B. Sultan, Floyd Thoma, Katherine M. Anetakis, Jeffrey R. Balzer, Kathirvel Subramaniam, Sarah Yousef, Yisi Wang, Raul Nogueira, Parthasarathy D. Thirumala

“…Using data on all the cardiac procedures at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2011 to 2019, fine and gray analysis was performed to identify whether PTIAs and covariables correlate with increased hospital utilization, stroke, all-cause readmission, Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events (MACCE), MI, and all-cause mortality. …”
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Nationwide marketing as a tool to increase literacy and awareness for living liver donation by Stela Celaj, Swaytha Ganesh, Christopher B. Hughes, Jessica Weidensall, Christine Caruso, Abhinav Humar, Andres Duarte-Rojo

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Cross-sectional examination of current and future trends and attributes of the presidents of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surg... by Othman Bin-Alamer, Tritan Plute, Arka N. Mallela, Rachel Jacobs, Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, D. Kojo Hamilton, Joseph C. Maroon, L. Dade Lunsford, Robert M. Friedlander, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar

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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Placement Aborted Because of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft by John Yin, MD, Garret Hillsdon-Smith, MD, Zachary J. Rhinehart, MD, David Kaczorowski, MD, Sandeep Jain, MD, Harikesh Subramanian, MBBS

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Improved hospitalization rates in a specialty center for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and pulmonary hypertension by Chad M. Kosanovich, Hongyang Pi, Adam Handen, Erin Schikowski, Yimin Chen, Floyd W. Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Steve Koscumb, Mehdi Nouraie, Stephen Y. Chan

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Acute aortic occlusion secondary to aortic endograft migration and collapse by Abhisekh Mohapatra, MD, Michael J. Magnetta, MD, Mark E. Snatchko, RT, Donald T. Baril, MD

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Perceptual Barriers to Becoming a Plastic Surgeon among Underrepresented Medical Students by Abraham A. Williams, BS, Madeleine K. Bruce, BA, Justin W. Beiriger, BSE, Nicolás M. Kass, BA, Eliza Beth Littleton, PhD, Vu T. Nguyen, MD, Carolyn De La Cruz, MD, Joseph Peter Rubin, MD, Joseph E. Losee, MD, Jesse A. Goldstein, MD, FAAP, FACS

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Spine Fractures of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Fracture Severity and Injury-Related Mortality at a Level I Trauma Center by Stephen Ryan Chen, Maria Amelia Munsch, Joseph Chen, Brandon Keith Couch, Richard Alan Wawrose, Anthony Abimbade Oyekan, Joshua Adjei, William F. Donaldson, Joon Yung Lee, Jeremy DeWitt Shaw

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Expression of lymphoid structure-associated cytokine/chemokine gene transcripts in tumor and protein in serum are prognostic of melanoma patient outcomes by Lilit Karapetyan, Hassan M. AbuShukair, Aofei Li, Andrew Knight, Ayah Nedal Al Bzour, Ian P. MacFawn, Zachary J. Thompson, Ann Chen, Xi Yang, Rebekah Dadey, Arivarasan Karunamurthy, Danielle Vargas De Stefano, Cindy Sander, Sheryl R. Kunning, Yana G. Najjar, Diwakar Davar, Jason J. Luke, William Gooding, Tullia C. Bruno, Tullia C. Bruno, John M. Kirkwood, John M. Kirkwood, Walter J. Storkus, Walter J. Storkus

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A comprehensive evaluation of career trajectories of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons William P. Van Wagenen fellows by Tritan Plute, Othman Bin-Alamer, Arka N. Mallela, Justiss A. Kallos, D. Kojo Hamilton, Ian F. Pollack, L. Dade Lunsford, Robert M. Friedlander, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar

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Commentary: Infective endocarditis of the aortic valve: External influences?Central Message by Takuya Ogami, MD, Ibrahim Sultan, MD

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D25. Alternative Patterns of Superficial Lymphatic Drainage in the Breast and Trunk after Breast Cancer Surgery by Meeti Mehta, BS, Elizabeth Moroni, MD, MHA, Jordan Fishman, MD, MPH, Carolyn De La Cruz, MD

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Intraoperative Evaluation of Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgical Margins with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging by Matthew F. Gong, William T. Li, Sumail Bhogal, Brittany Royes, Tanya Heim, Maria Silvaggio, Marcus Malek, Rajeev Dhupar, Stella J. Lee, Richard L. McGough, Kurt R. Weiss

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The pathoanatomy of atraumatic partial distal biceps tears: a cadaveric study by Joshua D. Dworkin, MD, Christopher C. Schmidt, MD, Sean P. Cooke, BS, Justin G. Buce, BS, Austin J. Cook, BS, Mark C. Miller, PhD, Patrick J. Smolinski, PhD

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COVID-19 pericarditis mimicking an acute myocardial infarction: a case report and review of literature by Binita Bhandari, Sunita Neupane, Resha Khanal, Kriti Lnu, Yijin Wert, Saketram Komanduri

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Novel method for transaxillary Impella 5.0 implantation in patients with tortuous arterial anatomy by Bryant Fisher, Conrad Smith, Ibrahim Sultan, Arman Kilic

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Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Follow-Up During COVID-19 Pandemic by Atilla Soran, Adam Brufsky, Michael Gimbel, Emilia Diego

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Induction Strategies in Lung Transplantation: Alemtuzumab vs. Basiliximab a Single-Center Experience by Masashi Furukawa, Ernest G. Chan, John P. Ryan, Eric J. Hyzny, Lauren M. Sacha, Jenalee N. Coster, Joseph M. Pilewski, Elizabeth A. Lendermon, Silpa D. Kilaru, John F. McDyer, Pablo G. Sanchez

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Metformin and adipose-derived stem cell combination therapy alleviates radiation-induced skin fibrosis in mice by Hamid Malekzadeh, Yusuf Surucu, Somaiah Chinnapaka, Katherine S. Yang, José A. Arellano, Yasamin Samadi, Michael W. Epperly, Joel S. Greenberger, J. Peter Rubin, Asim Ejaz

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An Optical Coherence Tomography-Based Measure as an Independent Estimate of Retinal Function in Retinitis Pigmentosa by Manuel Paez-Escamilla, Michelle L. Alabek, Oliver Beale, Colin J. Prensky, Raphael Lejoyeux, Thomas R. Friberg, Jose-Alain Sahel, Boris Rosin

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