Cardiac Surgery
Meta-Analysis: Association of Vegetation Size With Embolic Risk in Patients With Infective Endocarditis
27 Feb, 2018 | 16:25h | UTCAssociation of Vegetation Size With Embolic Risk in Patients With Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Infective Endocarditis Vegetation Size vs. Embolic Risk – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Larger Endocarditis Vegetations More Likely to Embolize, Kill – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:39h | UTCSee also: Commentary: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Making strides, long journey ahead! (free) AND Top Ten Things to Know (free PDF)
Meta-Analysis: Short-Term Versus Long-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Elderly Patients
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:27h | UTCShort-Term Versus Long-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Elderly Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data From 6 Randomized Trials – JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Duration in Elderly Patients – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Short-term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy was not associated with increased risk of ischemic events in elderly patients and was associated with a significant reduction in major bleeding.
Review: Delirium in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
22 Feb, 2018 | 23:19h | UTCDelirium in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit – Journal of the American Heart Association (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main Disease
22 Feb, 2018 | 22:26h | UTCNew-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After PCI or CABG for Left Main Disease: The EXCEL Trial – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: One in Five CABG Patients Develop New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation: EXCEL – TCTMD (free) AND Post-operative AFib common in CABG, linked to future stroke, death – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Opinion: Heart Stents Are Useless for Most Stable Patients
16 Feb, 2018 | 01:28h | UTCOpinion: Heart Stents Are Useless for Most Stable Patients. They’re Still Widely Used – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Meta-Analysis: Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at Low Surgical Risk
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:48h | UTCTranscatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients at low surgical risk: A meta-analysis of randomized trials and propensity score matched observational studies – Catheterization Cardiovascular Interventions (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Meta-Analysis Raises ‘Red Flag’ on TAVR in Low-Risk Patients – TCTMD (free)
“Data from six studies show that while short-term mortality is similar between TAVR and SAVR, more low-risk TAVR patients die by 2 years” (from TCTMD)
EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on Patient Blood Management for Adult Cardiac Surgery
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:25h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Research: Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion and Readmission for Thromboembolism Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Concomitant Cardiac Surgery
26 Jan, 2018 | 01:29h | UTCCommentaries: Largest Study to Date Supports Surgical LAA Closure in A-fib Patients – TCTMD (free) AND Thromboembolism Less Likely With LAA Closure Added to Cardiac Surgery – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Randomized trials are needed to confirm these interesting findings.
Consensus: Integrating new Approaches to Atrial Fibrillation Management
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:42h | UTC
Review: Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:03h | UTCIsolated tricuspid regurgitation: outcomes and therapeutic interventions – Heart (free)
Meta-Analysis: Patent Forame Ovale Closure Tied to Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:15h | UTCPercutaneous PFO Closure Tied to Lower Risk for Recurrent Stroke – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Meta-Analyses Support Stroke Prevention With PFO Closure – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Original article 1: Device Closure Versus Medical Therapy Alone for Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Original article 2: Percutaneous Closure Versus Medical Treatment in Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Medical Management of Aortic Disease in Marfan Syndrome
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:01h | UTCMedical management of aortic disease in Marfan syndrome – Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (free)
Alternative Drug May Prevent Atrial Fibrillation Following Heart Surgery
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:04h | UTCAlternative drug may prevent atrial fibrillation following heart surgery – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Colchicine for primary prevention of atrial fibrillation after open-heart surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis – International Journal of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Research: Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Devices
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:43h | UTCSafety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Devices – The New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: MRI scan safe for most people with older pacemakers, defibrillators – Reuters (free) AND Even Thoracic MRI Safe for ‘Legacy’ ICDs, Pacemaker Systems: Large Cohort Study – Medscape (free registration required) AND MRIs safe with older pacemakers, study finds – MedicalXpress (free)
Scientific Statement: Defining Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:03h | UTCTop Ten Things to Know: Defining Quality in Cardiovascular Imaging (free PDF)
Commentary: “Quality” in Cardiovascular Imaging – Getting to the Heart of the Meaning (free)
Review: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapies
27 Dec, 2017 | 20:53h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty vs Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Stenosis
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:09h | UTC“PCI is associated with a reduction in the risk of major cardiovascular outcomes at short-term follow-up in patients with LMCA stenosis; but at long term, MACCE rate is increased for PCI”
Meta-Analysis: Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low- To Intermediate-Surgical-Risk Candidates
26 Dec, 2017 | 19:32h | UTC
Research: Newborn Screening Policies For Congenital Heart Disease Associated With Lower Infant Deaths
7 Dec, 2017 | 21:53h | UTCCommentaries: Newborn Screening Policies For CHD Associated With Lower Infant Deaths – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Infant CCHD deaths cut by 33% after mandatory pulse oximetry testing – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease at Birth Saves Lives – CDC (free)
Related guideline: Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association Position Statement on Pulse Oximetry Screening in Newborns to Enhance Detection of Critical Congenital Heart Disease (free)
Clinical recommendations for cardiovascular magnetic resonance mapping of T1, T2, T2* and extracellular volume
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:22h | UTC
Review: Ischemic mitral regurgitation
3 Dec, 2017 | 17:21h | UTCIschemic mitral regurgitation – Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia (free)
Report: Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2017
30 Nov, 2017 | 18:13h | UTC“The European Atlas of Cardiology brings together data from 56 countries to demonstrate the prevalence and cost of cardiovascular disease, and the need to utilise resources more effectively” (RT @OUPMedicine see Tweet)
Guideline: Management of tricuspid valve regurgitation
28 Nov, 2017 | 19:31h | UTCManagement of tricuspid valve regurgitation: Position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Groups of Cardiovascular Surgery and Valvular Heart Disease – European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (free) (via @rafavidalperez)
Research: Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:18h | UTCCommentaries: Neither Sodium Bicarbonate nor Oral Acetylcysteine Prevents Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND PRESERVE: No Benefit from Sodium Bicarbonate, Acetylcysteine After Angiography – Medscape (free registration required)