Khaled Qaid Ahmed Abdullah

Mr. Khaled Qaid Ahmed Abdullah


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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31 March 2021 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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KAKhaled Qaid Ahmed Abdullah
Khaled Qaid Ahmed Abdullah
JRJana V. Roedler
Jana V. Roedler
JDJuergen Vom Dahl
Juergen Vom Dahl
ISIstvan Szendey
Istvan Szendey
DDDimitrios Dimitroulis
Dimitrios Dimitroulis
RLRobert Larbig
Robert Larbig
In this retrospective single-center trial, we analyze 109 consecutive patients (female: 27.5%, median age: 69 years, median left ventricular ejection fraction: 20%) who survived sudden cardiac death (SCD) and needed hemodynamic support from an Impella assist device between 2008 and 2018. Rhythm monitoring is investigated in this population and associations with hospital survival are analyzed. Hospital mortality is high, at 83.5%. Diverse cardiac arrhythmias are frequently registered during Impella treatment. These include atrial fibrillation (AF, 21.1%) and ventricular tachycardia (VT, 18.3%), as well as AV block II°/III° (AVB, 7.3%), while intermittent asystole (ASY) is the most frequently observed arrhythmia (42.2%). Nevertheless, neither ventricular nor supraventricular tachycardias are associated with patients’ survival. In patients who experience intermittent asystole, a trend towards a fatal outcome is noted (p = 0.06). Conclusions: Mortality is high in these severely sick patients. While cardiac arrhythmias were frequent, they did not predict hospital mortality in this population. The hemodynamic support of the pump seems to counterbalance the adverse effects of these events.