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Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - Second Quarter 2008
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Cardiac - Other
Cardiac - Pharmacology
Complications
Congenital
Coronary Disease
Electrophysiology - Arrhythmias
Extracorporeal Circulation
Great Vessels
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Molecular Biology
Quality/Outcomes
Randomized Controlled Trials
Valve Disease
Vascular
Second Quarter 2008
Eric J. Okum, MD and Domenico Pagano, MD, Editors Articles published 04/01/08-06/30/08
Below you will find pertinent articles on adult cardiac topics appearing in medical and surgical journals other then those found on CTSNet. Each cited article is linked to the PubMed abstract of that article.
| Medical and Surgical Journals Searched |
- American Heart Journal
- American Journal of Cardiology
- American Journal of Critical Care
- American Journal of Medical Quality
- American Journal of Transplantation
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
- Anesthesiology
- Annals of Surgery
- Annals of Vascular Surgery
- Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Archives of Surgery
- Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Artificial Organs
- Blood
- Canadian Journal of Cardiology
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
- Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy
- Cardiovascular Research
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Chest
- Circulation
- Circulation Research
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Controlled Clinical Trials
- Critical Care Medicine
- Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Echocardiography
- European Heart Journal
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- Gene
- Heart
- Hyptertension
- Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
- International Journal of Cardiology
- International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
- JAMA
- Journal of American Collage of Cardiology
- Journal of Cardiac Surgery
- Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
- Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Journal of Interventional Cardiology
- Journal of Surgical Research
- Journal of the American Collage of Surgeons
- Journal of Trauma
- Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Lancet
- Medical Economics
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Perfusion
- Science
- Stroke
- Surgery
- Thorax
- Thrombosis Research
- Transplantation
- World Journal of Surgery
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Cardiac - Other: |
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Women’s recovery from sternotomy-extension (WREST-E) study: examining long-term pain and discomfort following sternotomy and their predictors. King KM, Parry M, Southern D, Faris P, Tsuyuki RT. Heart 2008;94:493-97.
Appropriateness of coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed in northern New England. O'Connor GT, Olmstead EM, Nugent WC, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:2323-28.
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Cardiac - Pharmacology: |
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A comparison of aprotinin and lysine analogues in high-risk cardiac surgery. Fergusson DA, Hébert PC, Mazer CD, et al. N Eng J Med 2008;358:2319-31.
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Complications: |
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Glycemic control and reduction of deep sternal wound infection rates: a multidisciplinary approach. Kramer R, Groom R, Weldner D, et al. Arch Surg 2008;143:451-56. |
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Congenital: |
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Aortic valve disease in Turner syndrome. Sachdev V, Matura LA, Sidenko S, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1904-09.
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Coronary Disease: |
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Meta-analysis of four randomized controlled trials on long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting for multivessel coronary artery disease. Takagi H, Kawai N, Umemoto T. Am J Cardiol 2008;101:1259-62.
Long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation versus coronary artery bypass surgery for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Park DW, Yun SC, Lee SW, et al. Circulation 2008;117:2079-86.
Radial artery versus saphenous vein patency randomized trial: five-year angiographic follow-up. Collins P, Webb CM, Chong CF, Moat NE for the Radial Artery Versus Saphenous Vein Patency (RSVP) trial investigators. Circulation 2008;117:2859-64.
Stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting for left main coronary artery disease. Seung KB, Park DW, Kim YH, et al. New Eng J Med 2008;358:1781-92. |
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Electrophysiology - Arrhythmias: |
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ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (writing committee to revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices): developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, et al. Circulation 2008;117:e350-e408. |
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Extracorporeal Circulation: |
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The effect of mannitol on renal function following cardio-pulmonary bypass in patients with normal pre-operative creatinine. Yallop KG, Sheppard SV, Smith DC. Anaesthesia 2008;63:576-82. |
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Great Vessels: |
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Dilation-dependent activation of platelets and prothrombin in human thoracic ascending aortic aneurysm. Touat Z, Lepage L, Ollivier V, et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008;28:940-46.
Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms. Greenberg RK, Lytle B. Circulation 2008;117:2288-96. |
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Mechanical Circulatory Support: |
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A prospective, multicenter trial of the VentrAssist left ventricular assist device for bridge to transplant: safety and efficacy. Esmore D, Kaye D, Spratt P, et al. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008;27:579-88. |
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Molecular Biology: |
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Genomics: the next step to elucidate the etiology of calcific aortic valve stenosis. Bossé Y, Mathieu P, Pibarot P. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1327-36. |
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Quality/Outcomes : |
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Severity of chronic kidney disease as a risk factor for operative mortality in nonemergent patients in the California coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes reporting program. Yeo KK, Li Z, Yeun JY, Amsterdam E. Am J Cardiol 2008;101:1269-74.
Volume-outcome relationship for coronary artery bypass grafting in an era of decreasing volume. Ricciardi R, Virnig BA, Ogilvie JW Jr, Dahlberg PS, Selker HP, Baxter NN. Arch Surg 2008;143:338-44.
Impact of preoperative statin therapy on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of over 30,000 patients. Liakopoulos OJ, Choi YH, Haldenwang PL, et al. Eur Heart J 2008;29:1548-59.
Pre-operative risk assessment and risk reduction before surgery. Poldermans D, Hoeks SE, and Feringa HH. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1913-24. |
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Randomized Controlled Trials: |
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the cardioprotective effects of MC-1 in patients undergoing high-risk coronary artery bypass graft surgery: MC-1 to Eliminate Necrosis and Damage in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Trial (MEND-CABG) II--study design and rationale. Mehta RH, Alexander JH, Emery R, et al. Am Heart J 2008;155:600-08. |
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Valve Disease: |
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Impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch estimated by echocardiographic-determined effective orifice area on long-term outcome after aortic valve replacement. Florath I, Albert A, Rosendahl U, Ennker IC, Ennker J. Am Heart J 2008;155:1135-42.
Incidence, imaging analysis, and early and late outcomes of stroke after cardiac valve operation. Filsoufi F, Rahmanian PB, Castillo JG, Bronster D, Adams DH. Am J Cardiol 2008;101:1472-78.
Management of the elderly patient with aortic stenosis. Lung B. Heart 2008;94:519-24.
Impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on exercise capacity in patients after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement. Bleiziffer S, Eichinger WB, Hettich I, et al. Heart 2008;94:637-41.
Aortic valve replacement for low-flow/low-gradient aortic stenosis: operative risk stratification and long-term outcome: a European multicenter study. Levy F, Laurent M, Monin JL, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1466-72. |
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Vascular: |
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Long-term results of carotid stenting versus endarterectomy in high-risk patients. Gurm HS, Yadav JS, Fayad P, et al. New Eng J Med 2008;358:1572-79. |
Publication Date: 25-Sep-2008
Last Modified: 25-Sep-2008
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