Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - Second Quarter 2008

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.

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.

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.

Aortic valve disease in Turner syndrome.
Sachdev V, Matura LA, Sidenko S, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1904-09.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.