Publications

  1. Pollock BD, Devkaran S, Dowdy SC. Learned and Unlearned Lessons in Quality and Safety From Hospitals' COVID-19 Burdens. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 4; 7 (11):e2442944 Epub 2024 Nov 04
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  2. Pollock BD, Ugwuowo UC, Anderson SS, Devkaran S, Dowdy SC, Manz JW, Nagel JJ, Vaver AM, Lyon TD. Clinical Adjudication of Outpatient Complications Reported in the U.S. News and World Report's Urology Rankings. Urology. 2024 Oct 22 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Edgerton JR, Filardo G, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Ogola GO, DiMaio JM, Mack MJ. Risk of Transfusion in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Models Developed From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Oct; 118 (4):920-930 Epub 2024 July 05
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  4. Olivero L, Sinclair J, Singh T, Khanijo AA, Mundhra G, Chindris AM, Menser T, Franco PM, Pollock BD, Chirila RM. Rethinking Measures and Mortality Attribution in Health Care: The Diabetes and Endocrinology Example. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2024 Oct; 8 (5):475-479 Epub 2024 Sept 06
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  5. Cowart JB, De Frias JS, Pollock BD, Knepper C, Sammon N, Jonna S, Singh T, Bhakta S, Olivero L, Ochoa S, Ramar K, Franco PM. Increased Risk and Unique Clinical Course of Patient Safety Indicator-3 Pressure Injuries Among COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients. J Patient Saf. 2024 Sep 16 Epub 2024 Sept 16
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  6. Pollock BD, Carranza L, Braswell-Pickering E, Sing CM, Warner LL, Theiler RN. A Simple Risk Adjustment for Hospital-Level Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex, Cesarean Delivery Rates and Its Implications for Public Reporting. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Jul; 50 (7):500-506 Epub 2024 Apr 16
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  7. Ugwuowo UC, Meier SK, Franco PM, Noe KH, Dowdy SC, Pollock BD. Exploring COVID-19 census burdens by US hospital characteristics: Implications of quality reporting at rural and critical access hospitals. J Rural Health. 2024 Jun; 40 (3):485-490 Epub 2024 May 01
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  8. Lyon TD, Ugwuowo UC, Pollock BD. Missing the Mark? US News & World Report Urology Specialty Rankings Do Not Assess the Majority of Urologic Care. J Urol 2024 Mar; 211 (3):469-472 Epub 2023 Nov 30
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  9. Lyon TD, Ugwuowo UC, Pollock BD. Reply by Authors. J Urol. 2024 Mar; 211 (3):472 Epub 2023 Dec 15
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  10. Fader AN, Ko EM, Pollock BD, Blank SV, Cohn DE, Huh W, Shahin MS, Dowdy SC. An SGO commentary: U.S. News and World Report gynecologic oncology procedural ratings-Do they reflect high-quality care? Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Mar; 182:188-191 Epub 2024 Mar 15
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  11. Pollock BD, Devkaran S, Dowdy SC. Missed opportunities in hospital quality measurement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective investigation of US hospitals' CMS Star Ratings and 30-day mortality during the early pandemic. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 05; 14(2):e079351.
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  12. Puri P, Pollock BD, Yousif M, Bhullar PK, Boudreaux BW, Fox LP, Rosenbach M, Pittelkow MR, Mangold AR. Association of society of dermatology hospitalist institutions with improved outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for skin disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Jun; 88 (6):1372-1375 Epub 2023 Feb 01
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  13. Johnson PW, Kunze KL, Senefeld JW, Sinclair JE, Isha S, Satashia PH, Bhakta S, Cowart JB, Bosch W, O'Horo J, Shah SZ, Wadei HM, Edwards MA, Pollock BD, Edwards AJ, Scheitel-Tulledge S, Clune CG, Hanson SN, Arndt R, Heyliger A, Kudrna C, Bierle DM, Buckmeier JR, Seville MTA, Orenstein R, Libertin C, Ganesh R, Franco PM, Razonable RR, Carter RE, Sanghavi DK, Speicher LL. Association of Neutralizing Antispike Monoclonal Antibody Treatment With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalization and Assessment of the Monoclonal Antibody Screening Score. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Apr; 7 (2):109-121 Epub 2023 Jan 11
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  14. Pollock BD, Dowdy SC. Hospital quality reporting in the pandemic era: to what extent did hospitals' COVID-19 census burdens impact 30-day mortality among non-COVID Medicare beneficiaries? BMJ Open Qual. 2023 Mar; 12 (1)
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  15. Pollock BD, Meier SK, Snaza KS, Shah ND, Dowdy SC, Ting HH. A Simple and Interpretable Mortality-Based Value Metric for Condition- or Procedure-Specific Hospital Performance Reporting. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Feb; 7 (1):1-8 Epub 2022 Dec 05
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  16. Pollock BD, Dykhoff HJ, Breeher LE, Mabry TM, Franco PM, Noe KH, Ramar K, Young T, Dowdy SC. A Multisite Assessment of Inpatient Safety Event Rates During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Feb; 7 (1):51-57 Epub 2022 Dec 26
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  17. Rodriguez-Watson CV, Louder AM, Kabelac C, Frederick CM, Sheils NE, Eldridge EH, Lin ND, Pollock BD, Gatz JL, Grannis SJ, Vashisht R, Ghauri K, Knepper C, Leonard S, Embi PJ, Jenkinson G, Klesh R, Garner OB, Patel A, Dahm L, Barin A, Cooper DM, Andriola T, Byington CL, Crews BO, Butte AJ, Allen J. Real-world performance of SARS-Cov-2 serology tests in the United States, 2020. PLoS One. 2023; 18 (2):e0279956 Epub 2023 Feb 03
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  18. Rodriguez-Watson CV, Sheils NE, Louder AM, Eldridge EH, Lin ND, Pollock BD, Gatz JL, Grannis SJ, Vashisht R, Ghauri K, Valo G, Chakravarty AG, Lasky T, Jung M, Lovell SL, Major JM, Kabelac C, Knepper C, Leonard S, Embi PJ, Jenkinson WG, Klesh R, Garner OB, Patel A, Dahm L, Barin A, Cooper DM, Andriola T, Byington CL, Crews BO, Butte AJ, Allen J. Real-world utilization of SARS-CoV-2 serological testing in RNA positive patients across the United States. PLoS One. 2023; 18 (2):e0281365 Epub 2023 Feb 10
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  19. Meier SK, Pollock BD, Kurtz SM, Lau E. State and Government Administrative Databases: Medicare, National Inpatient Sample (NIS), and State Inpatient Databases (SID) Programs. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Oct 19; 104 (Suppl 3):4-8
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  20. Pollock BD, Storlie CB, Tande AJ, Sampathkumar P. Real-World Incidence of Breakthrough Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalization After Vaccination vs Natural Infection in a Large, Local, Empaneled Primary Care Population Using Time-to-Event Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 30; 75 (7):1239-1241
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  21. Bosch W, Cowart JB, Bhakta S, Carter RE, Wadei HM, Shah SZ, Sanghavi DK, Pollock BD, Neville MR, Oman SP, Speicher L, Scindia AD, Matson MW, Moreno Franco P. Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine-Breakthrough Infections Requiring Hospitalization in Mayo Clinic Florida Through August 2021. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24; 75 (1):e892-e894
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  22. Sanghavi DK, Bhakta S, Wadei HM, Bosch W, Cowart JB, Carter RE, Shah SZ, Pollock BD, Neville MR, Oman SP, Speicher L, Siegel J, Scindia AD, Libertin CR, Kunze KL, Johnson PW, Matson MW, Franco PM. Low antispike antibody levels correlate with poor outcomes in COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations. J Intern Med. 2022 Jul; 292 (1):127-135 Epub 2022 Mar 24
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  23. Bhakta S, Sanghavi DK, Johnson PW, Kunze KL, Neville MR, Wadei HM, Bosch W, Carter RE, Shah SZ, Pollock BD, Oman SP, Speicher L, Siegel J, Libertin CR, Matson MW, Moreno Franco P, Cowart JB. Clinical and laboratory profiles of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant compared with pre-Delta variants. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 120:88-95 Epub 2022 Apr 26
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  24. Pollock BD, Franco PM, Noe KH, Poe JD, Limper AH, Farrugia G, Ting HH, Dowdy SC. A Learning Health System Approach to Hospital Quality Performance Benchmarking: The Composite Hospital Quality Index. Am J Med Qual. 2022 Jun 16 Epub 2022 June 16
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  25. Bhakta S, Pollock BD, Erben YM, Edwards MA, Noe KH, Dowdy SC, Moreno Franco P, Cowart JB. The association of acute COVID-19 infection with Patient Safety Indicator-12 events in a multisite healthcare system. J Hosp Med. 2022 May; 17 (5):350-357 Epub 2022 May 08
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  26. Jiang DH, Roy DJ, Pollock BD, Shah ND, McCoy RG. Association of stay-at-home orders and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in rural and urban United States: a population-based study. BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 7; 12 (4):e055791 Epub 2022 Apr 07
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  27. Pollock BD, Willits-Smith AM, Heller MC, Bazzano LA, Rose D. Do diets with higher carbon footprints increase the risk of mortality? A population-based simulation study using self-selected diets from the USA. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Mar 31; 25 (8):1-7 [Epub ahead of print]
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  28. Khera R, Mortazavi BJ, Sangha V, Warner F, Patrick Young H, Ross JS, Shah ND, Theel ES, Jenkinson WG, Knepper C, Wang K, Peaper D, Martinello RA, Brandt CA, Lin Z, Ko AI, Krumholz HM, Pollock BD, Schulz WL. A multicenter evaluation of computable phenotyping approaches for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalizations. NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Mar 8; 5 (1):27 Epub 2022 Mar 08
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  29. Tande AJ, Pollock BD, Shah ND, Binnicker M, Berbari EF. mRNA vaccine effectiveness against asymptomatic severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection over seven months. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Mar; 43 (3):393-395 Epub 2021 Sept 06
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  30. Pollock BD, Poe JD, Dowdy SC. Translating the Leapfrog Safety Letter Grade to a Percentile Journal of Patient Safety. 02/02/2022; 00(00):1.
  31. Tande AJ, Pollock BD, Shah ND, Farrugia G, Virk A, Swift M, Breeher L, Binnicker M, Berbari EF. Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine on Asymptomatic Infection Among Patients Undergoing Preprocedural COVID-19 Molecular Screening. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 7; 74 (1):59-65
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  32. Habermann EB, Tande AJ, Pollock BD, Neville MR, Ting HH, Sampathkumar P. Providing safe care for patients in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: A case series evaluating risk for hospital-associated COVID-19. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Dec; 42 (12):1479-1485 Epub 2021 Apr 05
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  33. Bosch W, Cowart J, Bhakta SN, Carter RE, Sanghavi DK, Pollock B, Neville MR, Matson MW, Oman SP, Speicher L, Scindia AD, Moreno Franco P. Vaccine-Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Requiring Hospitalization in Florida through July 2021 (Letter) Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2021.
  34. Storlie CB, Pollock BD, Rojas RL, Demuth GO, Johnson PW, Wilson PM, Heinzen EP, Liu H, Carter RE, Habermann EB, Kor DJ, Neville MR, Limper AH, Noe KH, Bydon M, Franco PM, Sampathkumar P, Shah ND, Dunlay SM, Dowdy SC. Quantifying the Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination to Our Future Outlook. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Jul; 96 (7):1890-1895 Epub 2021 Apr 27
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  35. Khera R., Mortazavi B. J., Sangha V., Warner F., Young H. P., Ross J. S., Shah N. D., Theel E. S., Jenkinson W. G., Knepper C., Wang K., Peaper D., Martinello R. A., Brandt C. A., Lin Z., Ko A. I., Krumholz H. M., Pollock B. D., & Schulz W. L. Accuracy of Computable Phenotyping Approaches for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Hospitalizations from the Electronic Health Record medRxiv. 5/12/2021.
  36. Pollock BD, Carter RE, Dowdy SC, Dunlay SM, Habermann EB, Kor DJ, Limper AH, Liu H, Franco PM, Neville MR, Noe KH, Poe JD, Sampathkumar P, Storlie CB, Ting HH, Shah ND, Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Predictive Analytics Task Force. Deployment of an Interdisciplinary Predictive Analytics Task Force to Inform Hospital Operational Decision-Making During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Mar; 96 (3):690-698 Epub 2020 Dec 30
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  37. Filardo G, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Sass DM, Phan TK, Montenegro DE, Ailawadi G, Thourani VH, Damiano RJ Jr. Lower Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients Who Had Atrial Fibrillation Missed by Widely Used Definitions. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2020 Dec; 4 (6):630-637 Epub 2020 Dec 10
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  38. Szerlip M, Tabachnick D, Hamandi M, Caras L, Lanfear AT, Squiers JJ, Harrington K, Potluri SP, DiMaio JM, Wooley J, Pollock B, Schaffer JM, Brinkman WT, Brown DL, Mack MJ. Safe implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Sep 23; 34(1):5-10.
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  39. Pollock BD, Herrin J, Neville MR, Dowdy SC, Moreno Franco P, Shah ND, Ting HH. Association of Do-Not-Resuscitate Patient Case Mix With Publicly Reported Risk-Standardized Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1; 3 (7):e2010383 Epub 2020 July 01
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  40. Squiers J, Baumgarten H, Filardo G, Sass D, Pollock B, Edgerton J, Marcel R, DiMaio JM, Smith RL. Prospective Evaluation of a Blood Transfusion Protocol for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Nov 23 [Epub ahead of print]
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  41. Filardo G, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Phan TK, Damiano RJ Jr, Ailawadi G, Thourani V, Edgerton JR. Post-coronary artery bypass graft atrial fibrillation event count and survival: differences by sex. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Oct 4 Epub 2019 Oct 04
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  42. Filardo G, da Graca B, Sass DM, Hamilton J, Pollock BD, Edgerton JR. Preoperative B-Blockers as a coronary surgery quality metric: the lack of evidence of efficacy The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019.
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  43. Filardo G, Ailawadi G, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Phan TK, Thourani V, Damiano RJ Jr. Postoperative atrial fibrillation: Sex-specific characteristics and effect on survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 May 18 [Epub ahead of print]
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  44. da Graca B, Pollock BD, Phan TK, Carlisi C, Gonzalez Peña TI, Filardo G. Female-Authored Articles Are More Likely to Include Methods-Trained Authors Mayo Clinic Proceedings Innovations, Quality, & Outcomes. 2019; 3(1):35-42. Epub 2019 Jan 19.
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  45. Sannino A, Potluri S, Pollock B, Filardo G, Gopal A, Stoler RC, Szerlip M, Chowdhury A, Mack MJ, Grayburn PA. Impact of Mitral Stenosis on Survival in Patients Undergoing Isolated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation American Journal of Cardiology. 2019. Epub 2019 Jan 17.
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  46. Sannino A, Stoler RC, Vallabhan R, Potluri S, Pollock B, Filardo G, Mack MJ, Grayburn PA. Assessment of the severity of paravalvular regurgitation and its role on survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement Structural Heart. 2018; 3:24-30. Epub 2018 Nov 13.
  47. Pollock BD, Stuchlik P, Harville EW, Mills KT, Tang W, Chen W, Bazzano LA. Life course trajectories of cardiovascular risk: Impact on atherosclerotic and metabolic indicators Atherosclerosis. 2018; 280:21-27.
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  48. Arsalan M, Kim WK, Van Linden A, Liebetrau C, Pollock BD, Filardo G, Renker M, Möllmann H, Doss M, Fischer-Rasokat U, Skwara A, Hamm CW, Walther T. Predictors and outcome of conversion to cardiac surgery during transcatheter aortic valve implantation European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2018; 54(2):267-272.
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  49. Hebeler KR, Baumgarten H, Squiers JJ, Wooley J, Pollock BD, Mahoney C, Filardo G, Lima B, DiMaio JM. Albumin Is Predictive of 1-Year Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2018.
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  50. Pollock BD, Chen W, Harville EW, Shu T, Fonseca V, Mauvais-Jarvis F, Kelly TN, Bazzano LA. Differential sex effects of systolic blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on type 2 diabetes: Life course data from the Bogalusa Heart Study Journal of Diabetes. 2018; 10(6):449-457. Epub 2017 Feb 27.
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  51. Bertisch SM, Pollock BD, Mittleman MA, Buysse DJ, Bazzano LA, Gottlieb DJ, Redline S. Insomnia with objective short sleep duration and risk of incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: Sleep Heart Health Study Sleep. 2018; 41(6):1-9. Epub 2018 Mar 07.
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  52. Fernandes AG, Pollock BD, Rabito FA. Retinoblastoma in the United States: A 40-Year Incidence and Survival Analysis J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2018. Epub 2017 Dec 19.
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  53. Arsalan M, Ungchusri E, Farkas R, Johnson M, Kim RJ, Filardo G, Pollock BD, Szerlip M, Mack MJ, Holper EM. Novel renal biomarker evaluation for early detection of acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2018 Apr; 31 (2):171-176 Epub 2018 Feb 23
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  54. Pollock BD, Harville EW, Mills KT, Tang W, Chen W, Bazzano LA. Cardiovascular Risk and the American Dream: Life Course Observations From the BHS (Bogalusa Heart Study) Journal of the American Heart Association. 2018; 2018(7):1-9.
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  55. Arsalan M, Weferling M, Hecker F, Filardo G, Kim WK, Pollock BD, Van A, Arsalan-Werner A, Renker M, Doss M, Kalbas S, Hamm CW, Liebetrau C, Mack MJ, Walther T. TAVI risk scoring using established versus new scoring systems: role of the new STS/ACC model Eurointervention. 2018.
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  56. Filardo G, Damiano RJ Jr, Ailawadi G, Thourani VH, Pollock BD, Sass DM, Phan TK, Nguyen H, da B. Epidemiology of new-onset atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass graft surgery Heart. 2018; 104:985-992.
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  57. Filardo G, Hamman BL, da Graca B, Sass DM, Machala NJ, Ismail S, Pollock BD, Collinsworth AW, Grayburn PA. Efficacy and effectiveness of on- versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: A meta-analysis of mortality and survival Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2018; 155(1):172-179. Epub 2017 Sep 01.
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  58. Pollock BD, Filardo G, da Graca B, Phan TK, Ailawadi G, Thourani V, Damiano RJ Jr, Edgerton JR. Predicting New-Onset Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Atrial Fibrillation With Existing Risk Scores Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017; 2018(105):115-121.
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  59. Arsalan M, Squiers JJ, Filardo G, Pollock B, DiMaio JM, Parva B, Gopal A, Mahoney AC, Brown DL, Mack MJ, Grayburn PA. Effect of Elliptical LV Outflow Tract Geometry on Classification of Aortic Stenosis in a Multidisciplinary Heart Team Setting JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2017; 10(11):1401-1402. Epub 2017 Jan 28.
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  60. Filardo G, Pollock BD, Edgerton J. Categorizing body mass index biases assessment of the association with post-coronary artery bypass graft mortality European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2017. Epub 2017 Jan 18.
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  61. Filardo G, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Phan TK, Sass DM, Ailawadi G, Thourani V, Damiano R. Underestimation of the incidence of new-onset post-coronary artery bypass grafting atrial fibrillation and its impact on 30-day mortality Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 154(4):1260-1266. Epub 2017 Jun 13.
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  62. Pollock BD, Chen W, Harville EW, Bazzano LA. Associations between Hunter Type A/B Personality and Cardiovascular Risk Factors from Adolescence through Young Adulthood International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2017; 24(4):593-601.
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  63. Whelton PK, Pollock BD. Is It Time to Employ a Measure of Visit-to-Visit Variability in Clinical Practice? Hypertension. 2017; 70(2):227-228. Epub 2017 Jun 05.
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  64. Arsalan M, Filardo G, Kim WK, Squiers JJ, Pollock B, Liebetrau C, Blumenstein J, Kempfert J, Van Linden A, Arsalan-Werner A, Hamm C, Mack MJ, Moellmann H, Walther T. Prognostic value of body mass index and body surface area on clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation Clinical Research in Cardiology. 2016; 105(12):1042-1048. Epub 2016 Aug 17.
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  65. Filardo G, Ailawadi G, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Sass DM, Phan TK, Montenegro DE, Thourani V, Damiano R. Sex Differences in the Epidemiology of New-Onset In-Hospital Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Atrial Fibrillation: A Large Multicenter Study Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2016; 9(6):723-730. Epub 2016 Oct 18.
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  66. Arsalan M, Agricola E, Alfieri O, Baldus S, Colombo A, Filardo G, Hammerstingl C, Huntgeburth M, Kreidel F, Kuck KH, LaCanna G, Messika-Zeitoun D, Maisano F, Nickenig G, Pollock BD, Roberts BJ, Vahanian A, Grayburn PA. Effect of Transcatheter Mitral Annuloplasty With the Cardioband Device on 3-Dimensional Geometry of the Mitral Annulus American Journal of Cardiology. 2016; 118(5):744-749. Epub 2016 Jun 15.
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  67. Pollock BD, Hu T, Chen W, Harville EW, Li S, Webber LS, Fonseca V, Bazzano LA. Utility of existing diabetes risk prediction tools for young black and white adults: Evidence from the Bogalusa Heart Study Journal of Diabetes and Complications. 2016; 31:86-93.
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  68. Benjamin MM, Filardo G, Pollock BD, Sass DM, Schussler JM. Long Term Efficacy of Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel in Patients undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Anticoagulated with Bivalirudin International Journal of Cardiovascular Research. 2016; 5(4).
  69. Filardo G, Hamman BL, Pollock BD, da Graca B, Sass DM, Phan TK, Edgerton J, Prince SL, Ring WS. Excess short-term mortality in women after isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery Open Heart. 2016; 3(1):e000386.
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  70. Filardo G, da Graca B, Sass DM, Pollock BD, Smith EB, Martinez MA. Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals: observational study (1994-2014) BMJ. 2016; 352i:847.
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  71. Szerlip M, Arsalan M, Mack MC, Filardo G, Worley C, Kim RJ, Phan T, Pollock B, Rangel C, Brown DL, Mack M, Holper EM. Usefulness of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Management of Patients With Aortic Stenosis American Journal of Cardiology. 2015; 120(8):1366-1372. Epub 2015 Jul 25.
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  72. Pollock B, Hamman BL, Sass DM, da Graca B, Grayburn PA, Filardo G. Effect of gender and race on operative mortality after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting American Journal of Cardiology. 2015; 115(5):614-618. Epub 2014 Dec 18.
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