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2021 Publications

Abernathy OL, Okut H, Paull-Forney BG, Schwasinger-Schmidt TE. Bariatric surgery improves renal function in patients with obesity. Cureus 2021; 13 (8):e17458. PMID: 34603860.

Al Rifai M, Jain V, Khan SU, Nasir K, Zhu D, Vasudeva R, Lavie CJ, Dodani S, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Social vulnerability and COVID-19: An analysis of CDC data. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2021:S0033-0620(21)00102-X. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34560121.

Parasa S, Wallace MB, Srinivasan S, Sundaram S, Kennedy KF, Williams JL, Sharma P. An educational intervention to improve quality of care in Barrett’s esophagus: The AQUIRE randomized controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc 2021:S0016-5107(21)01618-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34499903.

Srinivasan S, Sundaram S, Kennedy KF, Kohli DR, Emura F, Sharma P, Desai M. Trends and predictors of 30-day readmissions in subjects with eosinophilic esophagitis: Results from a national cohort. Dis Esophagus 2021:doab060. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34510195.

Kennedy Kirkpatrick, MBA; Bobbie Paull-Forney, RN, MPH; Hayrettin Okut, Ph.D.; Tiffany Schwasinger-Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D. Bariatric Metabolic Surgery Reduced Liver Enzyme Levels in Patients with Non-Alcohol Fatty Liver Disease.

Nicholas Tuck, M.D.; Jo Leatherman, MS-3; Maha Assi, M.D.; K. James Kallail, Ph.D. A Case of Actinomycosis Presenting as Purulent Pericarditis with Cardiac Tamponade

Bhatt P, Umscheid J, Parmar N, Vasudeva R, Patel KG, Ameley A, Donda K, Policano B, Dapaah-Siakwan F. Predictors of Length of Stay and Cost of Hospitalization of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in the United States. Cureus 2021; 13(7):e16248. PMID: 34373810.

Jonker L, Fisher SJ, Badgett RG. Hospital clinical research activity, rather than staff motivational engagement, significantly links effective staff communication and favorable patient feedback; a cross-sectional study. J Healthc Qual Res 2021:S2603-6479(21)00070-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34452

Strong NM, Badgett RG. Saliva and nasopharyngeal samples have similar sensitivity for detecting SARS-CoV-2. Ann Intern Med 2021; 174(5):JC55. PMID: 33939482

Marashly Q, Gopinath C, Baher A, Acharya M, Kheirkhahan M, Hardisty B, Aljuaid M, Tawhari I, Ibrahim M, Morris AK, Kholmovski EG, Wilson BD, Marrouche NF, Chelu MG. Late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of post-atrial fibrillation ablation esophageal thermal injury across the spectrum of severity. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10(7):e018924. PMID: 33759540.

2020 Publications

John W. Millard, Pharm.D., BCIDP; Yasmine Hussein Agha, M.D.; Sachin Srinivasan, M.D.; Maha Assi, M.D., MPH. The Effect of a Clinical Pathway on Reducing the Rate of Healthcare-Onset Clostridioides difficile.

Chelsea Wuthnow, M.D.; Yasmine Hussein Agha, M.D.; Sachin Srinivasan, M.D.; William Salyers, M.D., MPH; Nathan Tofteland, M.D. A Rare Case of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma with Metastases to the Pancreas Concurrently Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Badgett RG; Jonker L; Xirasagar S. Hospital workforce engagement and inpatient mortality rate: Findings from the English National Health Service Staff Surveys. J Gen Intern Med 2020. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06045-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33051836.

Patel HK; Chandrasekar VT; Srinivasan S; Patel SK; Dasari CS; Singh M; Le Cam E; Spadaccini M; Rex D; Sharma P. Second-generation distal attachment cuff improves adenoma detection rate: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Gastrointest Endosc 2020: S0016-5107(20)34847-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33031786.

2019 Publications

Pichetsurnthorn P, Pankow S, Sweet D, Kallail KJ. HIV care in Asian and Pacific Islanders in Kansas. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care 2019; 18:1-5.

Chamoun K, Kantarjian H, Atallah R, et al. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor discontinuation in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: a single-institution experience. J Hematol Oncol 2019; 12(1):1-10.

Al-Khatib J, Vindhyal S R, Boppana V S, et al. (January 29, 2019) Ventricular Tachycardia Storm Induced by Loperamide Abuse. Cureus 11(1): e3981.

Ndunda PM, Muutu TM. Gender and racial disparities in secondary prevention of stroke. [Abstract] Stroke 2019; 50(Suppl 1):192.

Ndunda PM, Muutu TM. Electronic cigarette use is associated with a higher risk of stroke. [Abstract] Stroke 2019; 50(Suppl 1):9.

Ndunda PM, Muutu TM. Patients with stroke are not meeting American Heart Association secondary prevention recommendations. [Abstract] Stroke 2019; 50(Suppl 1):TMP95.

Vindhyal M, Vindhyal S, Ndunda PM, Khayyat S, Fanari Z. Vascular outcomes in TAVR v/s SAVR in end stage renal disease patients. [Abstract] Stroke 2019; 50(Suppl 1):WP422.

Al Rifai M, Cainzos-Achirica M, Blaha MJ, Aprs K, Wood DA, Blumenthal RS, McEvoy JW. Health factors associated with cardiovascular wellness. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2019; 21(3): 10.

Wolfe F, Schmukler J, Jamal S, Castrejon I, Gibson KA, Srinivasan S, Häuser W, Pincus T. Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia: Disagreement Between Fibromyalgia Criteria and Clinician-Based Fibromyalgia Diagnosis in a University Clinic. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2019; 71(3):343-351.

Ndunda P, Vindhyal M, Muutu TM, Munguti C, Fanari Z. Clinical outcomes of the combo dual therapy coronary stent versus standard drug eluting stents: Meta-analysis. [Abstract] J Am Coll Cardiol 2019; 73(9 Suppl 1): 246.

Ndunda PM, Vindhyal M, Srinivasan S, Muutu T, Fanari Z. Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with chronic liver disease: A meta-analysis. [Abstract] JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2019; 12(4 Suppl):550.

Ndunda PM, Muutu T, Vindhyal M, Khayyat S, Fanari Z. Clinical outcomes of the dual-therapy CD34 antibody-covered sirolimus-eluting stent versus standard drug-eluting coronary stents: A meta-analysis. [Abstract] JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2019; 12(4 Suppl):539.

Ndunda PM, Muutu T, Vindhyal M, Khayyat S, Fanari Z. Prevalence and outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis in patients with aortic stenosis referred for aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [Abstract] JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2019; 12(4 Suppl):551.

Khalil S, Khayyat S, Al-Khadrab Y, Alraies MC. Should all diabetic patients take statin therapy regardless of serum cholesterollevel? Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2019.1590198.

Srinivasan S, Maloney E, Wright B, Kennedy M, Kallail KJ, Rasker JJ, Häuser W, Wolfe F. The Problematic Nature of Fibromyalgia Diagnosis in the Community. ACR Open Rheumatology 2019; 1(1):43-51.

Nehme F, Atallah R, Palko W. An Unusual Cause of Chest Pain. Gastroenterology
(2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.02.043.

Parker N, Forge J, Lalich D. (March 19, 2019) Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: A case report of metastatic triple-negative breast adenocarcinoma. Cureus 11(3): e4278.

Eliveha J, Vindhyal S, Vindhyal M. Cardiac and systemic thrombus caused by drug abuse. Case Rep Cardiol 2019; 5083624.

Watson M, Dardari Z, Kianoush S, Hall ME, DeFilippis AP, Keith AJ, Benjamin EJ. Rodriguez CJ, Bhatnagar A, Lima JA, Butler J, Blaha MJ, Al Rifai M. Relation Between Cigarette Smoking and Heart Failure (from the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol 2019;00:1-6).

Parker NA, McBride C, Forge J, Lalich D. Bowel obstruction caused by colonic metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma: A case report and literature review. World J Surg Oncol 2019; 17(1):63.

Jia X, Al Rifai M, Birnbaum Y, Smith Jr SC, Virani SS. The 2018 Cholesterol Management Guidelines: Topics in Secondary ASCVD Prevention Clinicians Need to Know. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2019; 21(6):20.

Badgett RG, Ofei-Dodoo S. Expanding Our Knowledge of Faculty Well-Being. [Letter.] Acad Med. 2019 Apr; 94(4):456.

Parker N, Al-Obaidi A, Van Truong Q, Badgett R. Pembrolizumab versus the standard of care for cancer therapy: A meta-analysis of 12 KEYNOTE trials comparing overall survival. [Abstract.] J Clin Oncol 2019; 37(suppl):e14159.

Ndunda PM, Khayyat S, Muutu T, Munguti C, Shaheen W. A vanishing left atrial cystic mass: A ruptured blood cyst? Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2019; PII:S1553-8389(19)30318-5.

Ndunda PM, Vindhyal M, Muutu T, Fanari Z. Clinical outcomes of the dual-therapy CD34 antibody-covered sirolimus-eluting stent versus standard drug-eluting coronary stents: A meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2019.

Ndunda PM, Vindhyal M, Muutu TM, Fanari Z. Clinical outcomes of sentinel cerebral protection system use during transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2019.

Al Rifai M, Jia X, Al-Mallah MH, Miedema MD, Martin SS, Virani SS. Major randomized clinical trials in cardiovascular disease prevention presented at the 2019 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2019; 21: 31.

Jia X, Al Rifai M, Ramsey DJ, et al. Association between lipid testing and statin adherence in the Veterans Affairs Health System. Am J Med 2019; pii: S0002-9343(19)30332-8.

Parker N, McBride C, Forge J, Lalich D. Colonic Metastasis of Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report. Cureus 2019; 11(3):e4341.

Hussein Agha Y, Hamouche K, Ojile N, Sweet D. Knee pain in an untreated AIDS patient: A case Report. Scie J Immunol Immunother 2019; 3(1):001-003.

Agha YH, Seiler G, Millard J, Cherabie J, Assi M. Clostridioides difficile beyond the
colon: A case report. Sci J Immunol Immunother. 2019; 3(1):009-0011.

Al Rifai M, Qureshi WT. Dardari Z, et al. The interplay of the global atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk scoring and cardiorespiratory fitness for the prediction of all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction: The Henry Ford ExercIse Testing Project (The FIT Project). Am J Cardiol 2019; pii:S0002-9149(19):30900-30609.

Badgett R, Chen J, May DR, Field T, Greiner KA. Can the federal Baldrige Survey measure workforce well-being in an academic health center? Kansas Journal of Medicine 2019; 12(1):4-6.

Cherabie J, Ojile N, Moore TA. A case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis two-ways. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2019; 12(1):20-21.

Khayyat S, Ebrahem R, Al-Hadeethi D, Al-Obaidi A, Shahouri S. Cerebellar atrophy and neurocognitive disorder as primary presentation of antiphospholipid syndrome in a young male. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2019; 12(1):22-23.

Clay D, Ahlers-Schmidt CR, Benton M, Engel M, Brown M. Intention to read to newborns following a brief reading promotion intervention among low-income pregnant women. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2019; 12(2):50-52.

McEnulty PG, Salyers Jr WJ, Joshi A. Vena cava filter complications: Aortic pseudoaneurysm presenting as a gastrointestinal bleed. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2019; 12(2):53-54.

Vindhyal MR, Vindhyal S, Boppana VS. Quincke's pulse. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2019; 12(2):55.

2018 Publications

Rizvi W, Truong Q. (February 09, 2018) Unusual Relapse of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia after Remission. Cureus 10(2): e2176.

Rizvi W, Truong QV. Unusual Relapse of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia after Remission. [Abstract] Anticancer Res 2018; 38:1830.

Nehme F, Rowe K, El Hawari ME, Assi M, Nassif I. Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis ileal stricture successfully treated with through-the-scope balloon dilation in a patient with hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome. Clin J Gastroenterol 2018 Jan 16.

White WB1 Cain LR, Benjamin EJ, DeFilippis AP, Blaha MJ, Wang W, Okhomina V, Keith RJ, Al Rifai M, Kianoush S, Winniford MD, Robertson RM, Bhatnagar A, Correa A, Hall ME. High-Intensity Cigarette Smoking Is Associated With Incident Diabetes Mellitus In Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2018 12; 7(2):e007413.

Mehta A, Patel J, Al Rifai M, Ayers CR, Neeland IJ, Kanaya AM, Kandula N, Blaha MJ, Nasir K, Blumenthal RS, Joshi PH. Inflammation and coronary artery calcification in South Asians: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study. Atherosclerosis 2018; 270:49-56.
Huprich SK, Macaluso M, Baade L, Zackula R, Jackson J, Kitchens R. Malignant self-regard in clinical outpatients samples. Psychiatry Res 2018; 266:253-261.

Patel J, Al Rifai M, Scheuner MT, Shea S, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K, Blaha MJ, McEvoy JW. Basic vs more complex definitions of family history in the prediction of coronary heart disease: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Mayo Clin Proc 2018; pii: S0025-6196(18)30045-4.

Al Rifai M, Greenland P, Blaha MJ, et al. Factors of health in the protection against death and cardiovascular disease among adults with subclinical atherosclerosis. Am Heart J 2018; 198:180-188.

Aladin AI, Al Rifai M, Rasool SH, et al. Relation of coronary artery calcium and extra-coronary aortic calcium to incident hypertension (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol 2018; 121(2):210-216.

Al Attar L, Shaver T (April 19, 2018) Abatacept as a therapeutic option for rheumatoid vasculitis. Cureus 10(4): e2506.

Al Attar L, Keshary A, Abu-Awwad R. (April 17, 2018) Cheerios floating on lung computed tomography scan revealing cholangiocarcinoma of the lungs. Cureus 10(4): e2497.

Cherabie J, Halabi F, Kheir WJ, Parker S. Access to Health Care for Vulnerable Groups. In: B Sethia, P Kumar (Eds). Essentials of Global Health. Oxford: Elsevier, 2018. ISBN: 9780702066078.

Al Rifai M, Martin SS, McEvoy JW, Nasir K, Blankstein R, Yaboah J, et al. The prevalence and correlates of subclinical atherosclerosis among adults with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <70 mg/dL: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Atherosclerosis 2018; 274:61-66.

Al Attar L, Kilgore W. Rare incidence of acute liver injury with paotassium para-aminobenzoate introduction. Case Rep Gastroenterol 2018; 12:2330-233.

McAuley PA, Keteyain SJ, Brawner CA, Dardari ZA, Al Rifai M, Ehrman JK, Al-Mallah MH, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ. Exercise capacity and the obesity paradox in health fairlure: The FIT (Henry Ford Exercise Testing) Project. Mayo Clin Proc 2018; 93(6):701-708.

Keshary A, Badgett RG. Reassessment of a meta-analysis of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy for lower respiratory tract infections. [Letter.] Lancet Infect Dis 2018; 18(2):140.

Duran BA, Badgett RG, Simpson SQ. Hydrocortisone did not reduce mortality at 90 days in patients with septic shock. [Commentary] Ann Intern Med 2018; 168(12):JC69.
Duran BA, Badgett RG, Simpson SQ. Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone reduced mortality at 90 days in patients with septic shock. [Commentary] Ann Intern Med 2018; 168(12):JC68.

Vindhyal MR, Elhomsy G. Carney complex. [Internet.] StatPearls, 2018. PMID: 29939654.

Maloney E, Srinivasan S, Shaver T. (July 12, 2018) Thoracic Discitis in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Cureus 10(7): e2972.

Vindhyal M R, Khayyat S, Shaaban A, Duran BA, Kallail KJ. (August 09, 2018) Decreased Renal Function is Associated with Heart Failure Readmissions. Cureus 2018; 10(8):e3122.

Al Rifai M, Al-Mallah MH. Is pulse pressure a novel cardiovascular disease risk marker in secondary prevention? Atherosclerosis 2018; 20(11):89.

Vindhyal MR, Ndunda PM, Fanari Z. The role of dobutamine stress echocardiography based projected aortic valve area in assessing patients with classical low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis. Ann Transl Med 2018; 6(13):276.

Al Rifai M, Cainzos-Achirica M, Kanayae AM, et al. Discordance between 10-year cardiovascular risk estimates using the ACC/ AHA 2013 estimator and coronary artery calcium in individuals from 5 racial/ethnic groups: Comparing MASALA and MESA. Atherosclerosis 2018; epub ahead of print.

Al Rifai M, Cainzos-Achirica M, Kianoush S, Mirbolouk M, Peng A, Comin-Colet J, Blaha MJ. Coronary Artery Calcium: Recommendations for Risk Assessment in Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2018 26; 20(11):89.

Klenda J, Boppana L, Vindhyal MR. (July 20, 2018) Heart Failure Secondary to Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy in a 26-Year-Old Male. Cureus 2018; 10(7): e3011.

Kianoush S, DeFilippis AP, Rodriguez CJ, Rifai MA, Benjamin EJ, Hall ME, Ouyang P, Allison MA, Blaha MJ. Race/Ethnicity-Specific Associations between Smoking, Serum Leptin, and Abdominal Fat: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Ethn Dis. 2018 Oct 18;28(4):531-538.

Al Rifai M, Blaha MJ, Rahman F, Ehrman JK, Brawner CA, Keteyian SJ, Al-Mallah MH, McEvoy JW. Inverse association of pulse pressure augmentation during exercise with heart failure and death. Heart. 2018 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Schwasinger-Schmidt TE, Macaluso M. Other Antidepressants. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2018. [Epub ahead of print]

Mehta JJ, DeMarco B, Vavalle JP, Tahir KS, Rossi JS. Hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade secondary to migrated inferior vena cava filter. Case Rep Cardiol 2018; 2018: 5919767.

Vindhyal MR, Boppana VS, Vindhyal S. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Is it due to adrenal crisis or Sjogren's Flare? Cardiol Res 2018; 9(6):378-380.

Nelson SM, Huprich SK, Meehan KB, Siefert C, Haggerty G, Sexton J, Dauphin VB, Macaluso M, Zackula R, Baade L, Jackson J. Convergent and discriminant validity and utility of the DSM-5 Levels of Personality Functioning Questionnaire (DLOPFQ): Associations with medical health care provider ratings and measures of physical health. J Pers Assess 2018; 1009(6):671-679.

Jain R, Kolli L, Vindhyal SR, Kshatriya S, Vindhyal MR. (October 23, 2018) Cardiac Mass: A Case of Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma. Cureus 10(10): e3482.

Ndunda PM, Vindhyal M, Muutu TM, Khayyat S, Srinivasan S, Fanari Z. The potential role of sentinel cerebral protection system in improving outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients: A meta-analysis. [Abstract] Circulation 2018; 138(Suppl 1) 17063.

Vindhyal M, Khayyat S, Srinivasan S, Muutu T, Hammami S, Ndunda P, Fanari Z. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis. [Abstract] J Am Coll Cardiol 2018; 72 (13 Supplement):B256.

Vindhyal M, Khayyat S, Srinivasan S, Muutu T, Hammami S, Ndunda P, Fanari Z. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement outcomes in patients on dialysis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. [Abstract] J Am Coll Cardiol 2018; 72 (13 Supplement):B2536.

Ndunda P, Vindhyal M, Srinivasan S, Muutu T, Hammami S, Fanari Z. Clinical outcomes of the sentinel cerebral protection system in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A meta-analysis. [Abstract] J Am Coll Cardiol 2018; 72(13 Supplement):B236.

Vindhyal MR, Ndunda P, Khayyat S, Boppana VS, Fanari Z. Trans-catheter aortic valve replacement and surgical aortic valve replacement outcomes in patients with dialysis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2018; pii: S1553-8389(18)30579-7.

Mehta JJ, Vindhyal MR, Boppana VS, M.D., Farhat A. Focal Myopericarditis Presenting as Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2018; 11(3):83-85.

Cherabie J, Nilsen K, Houssayni S. Transgender health medical education intervention and its effects on beliefts, attitudes, comfort, and knowledge. Kansas Journal of Medicine 2018; 11(4):106-108.

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