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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. |