Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - Q4 2003

Use of a continuous local anesthetic infusion for pain management after median sternotomy.
White PF, Rawal S, Latham P, Markowitz S, Issioui T, Chi L, Dellaria S, Shi C, Morse L, Ing C.
Anesthesiology. 2003 Oct;99(4):918-23.

Anesthetic management for implantation of the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist system.
Nussmeier NA, Probert CB, Hirsch D, Cooper JR Jr, Gregoric ID, Myers TJ, Frazier OH.
Anesth Analg. 2003 Oct;97(4):964-71,

Sevoflurane provides greater protection of the myocardium than propofol in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
Conzen PF, Fischer S, Detter C, Peter K.
Anesthesiology. 2003 Oct;99(4):826-33.

Multisection CT evaluation of the reoperative cardiac surgery patient.
Gilkeson RC, Markowitz AH, Ciancibello L.
Radiographics. 2003 Oct;23 Spec No:S3-17. Review.

Role of left atrial appendage obliteration in stroke reduction in patients with mitral valve prosthesis: a transesophageal echocardiographic study.
Garcia-Fernandez MA, Perez-David E, Quiles J, Peralta J, Garcia-Rojas I, Bermejo J, Moreno M, Silva J.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;42(7):1253-8.

Perioperative assessment of left ventricular function by pressure-volume loops using the conductance catheter method.
Tulner SA, Klautz RJ, van Rijk-Zwikker GL, Engbers FH, Bax JJ, Baan J, van der Wall EE, Dion RA, Steendijk P.
Anesth Analg. 2003 Oct;97(4):950-7,

Cardiac catheterisation guided by MRI in children and adults with congenital heart disease. Razavi R, Hill DL, Keevil SF, Miquel ME, Muthurangu V, Hegde S, Rhode K, Barnett M, van Vaals J, Hawkes DJ, Baker E.
Lancet. 2003 Dec 6;362(9399):1877-82.

Increase in atrial size in long-term survivors of heart transplant.
Gudmundsson GS, Smull DL, Pisani BA, Bane CD, Mendez JC, Mullen GM, Jacobs WR.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Oct;16(10):1043-8

Gadolinium cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts reversible myocardial dysfunction and remodeling in patients with heart failure undergoing beta-blocker therapy.
Bello D, Shah DJ, Farah GM, Di Luzio S, Parker M, Johnson MR, Cotts WG, Klocke FJ, Bonow RO, Judd RM, Gheorghiade M, Kim RJ.
Circulation. 2003 Oct 21;108(16):1945-53.

Prognostic value of myeloperoxidase in patients with chest pain.
Brennan ML, Penn MS, Van Lente F, Nambi V, Shishehbor MH, Aviles RJ, Goormastic M, Pepoy ML, McErlean ES, Topol EJ, Nissen SE, Hazen SL. 
N Engl J Med. 2003 Oct 23;349(17):1595-604.

Autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood: a risk factor for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery? Results of a cluster investigation.
Dial S, Nguyen D, Menzies D.
Chest. 2003 Nov;124(5):1847-51.

Pulse contour analysis for cardiac output monitoring in cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease.
Mahajan A, Shabanie A, Turner J, Sopher MJ, Marijic J.
Anesth Analg. 2003 Nov;97(5):1283-8.

Evaluation of a new invasive continuous cardiac output monitoring system: the truCCOMS system.
Thierry S, Thebert D, Brocas E, Razzaghi F, Van De Louw A, Loisance D, Teboul JL.
Intensive Care Med. 2003 Nov;29(11):2096-9.

An analysis of the association between preoperative renal dysfunction and outcome in cardiac surgery: estimated creatinine clearance or plasma creatinine level as measures of renal function.
Wang F, Dupuis JY, Nathan H, Williams K.
Chest. 2003 Nov;124(5):1852-62.

Impact of body mass index on outcome in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without valve surgery.
Potapov EV, Loebe M, Anker S, Stein J, Bondy S, Nasseri BA, Sodian R, Hausmann H, Hetzer R.
Eur Heart J. 2003 Nov;24(21):1933-41.

Surgical treatment of primary pulmonary artery tumor: two cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma and leiomyosarcoma.
Yamada N, Minato N, Ikeda K, Shimokawa T, Hisamatsu Y.
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Oct;51(10):557-61.

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: mechanism of obstruction and response to therapy.
Yoerger DM, Weyman AE.
Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2003 Fall;4(4):199-215.

Metoprolol CR/XL in postmyocardial infarction patients with chronic heart failure: experiences from MERIT-HF.
Janosi A, Ghali JK, Herlitz J, Czuriga I, Klibaner M, Wikstrand J, Hjalmarson A; MERIT-HF Study Group.
Am Heart J. 2003 Oct;146(4):721-8.

Effects of clopidogrel and aspirin combination versus aspirin alone on platelet aggregation and major receptor expression in patients with heart failure: the Plavix Use for Treatment Of Congestive Heart Failure (PLUTO-CHF) trial.
Serebruany VL, Malinin AI, Jerome SD, Lowry DR, Morgan AW, Sane DC, Tanguay JF, Steinhubl SR, O'connor CM.
Am Heart J. 2003 Oct;146(4):713-20.

Aspirin does not adversely affect survival in patients with stable congestive heart failure treated with Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
Aumegeat V, Lamblin N, de Groote P, Mc Fadden EP, Millaire A, Bauters C, Lablanche JM.
Chest. 2003 Oct;124(4):1250-8.

Comparative impact of enalapril, candesartan or metoprolol alone or in combination on ventricular remodelling in patients with congestive heart failure.
McKelvie RS, Rouleau JL, White M, Afzal R, Young JB, Maggioni AP, Held P, Yusuf S.
Eur Heart J. 2003 Oct;24(19):1727-34.

Eplerenone: a selective aldosterone blocker.
Stier CT Jr.
Cardiovasc Drug Rev. 2003 Fall;21(3):169-84.

Everolimus in de novo cardiac transplantation: pharmacokinetics, therapeutic range, and influence on cyclosporine exposure.
Kovarik JM, Eisen H, Dorent R, Mancini D, Vigano M, Rouilly M, Hsu CH, Rordorf C.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003 Oct;22(10):1117-25.

Perioperative elastase activity in cardiac surgery and its role in endothelial leakage.
Scholz M, Wimmer-Greinecker G, Simon A, Dzemali O, Chang HY, Kleine P, Matheis G, Moritz A.
Inflamm Res. 2003 Oct;52(10):433-8.

Tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphism is associated with enhanced systemic inflammatory response and increased cardiopulmonary morbidity after cardiac surgery.
Tomasdottir H, Hjartarson H, Ricksten A, Wasslavik C, Bengtsson A, Ricksten SE.
Anesth Analg. 2003 Oct;97(4):944-9,

Quantitative reconstruction of cardiac electromechanics in human myocardium: assembly of electrophysiologic and tension generation models.
Sachse FB, Seemann G, Chaisaowong K, Weiss D.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003 Oct;14(10 Suppl):S210-8.

Time interval between onset of mitral inflow and onset of early diastolic velocity by tissue Doppler: a novel index of left ventricular relaxation: experimental studies and clinical application.
Rivas-Gotz C, Khoury DS, Manolios M, Rao L, Kopelen HA, Nagueh SF.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 15;42(8):1463-70.

Cerebral protection in infant cardiac surgery.
Ungerleider RM.
Ann Surg. 2003 Dec;238(6 Suppl):S100-3

Cerebral embolization during cardiac surgery: impact of aortic atheroma burden.
Mackensen GB, Ti LK, Phillips-Bute BG, Mathew JP, Newman MF, Grocott HP; Neurologic Outcome Research Group (NORG).
Br J Anaesth. 2003 Nov;91(5):656-61.

Laparoscopic omental harvest for flap coverage in complex mediastinitis.
Reade CC, Meadows WM Jr, Bower CE, Lalikos JF, Zeri RS, Wooden WA.
Am Surg. 2003 Dec;69(12):1072-6.

Experience in prevention of sternal wound infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.
Banbury MK.
Surgery. 2003 Nov;134(5 Suppl):S18-22;

Tissue factor-activated thromboelastograms in children undergoing cardiac surgery: baseline values and comparisons.
Miller BE, Guzzetta NA, Tosone SR, Miller JL, Flunker AR, Silvey EM, Levy JH.
Anesth Analg. 2003 Nov;97(5):1289-93.

Successful trapdoor technique for two separate coronary ostia in a single aortic sinus in arterial switch operation for complete transposition of the great arteries.
Masuda Z, Yagyu K, Sano S, Tsuchiya K, Yoda H.
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Oct;51(10):520-3.

Clinical update on adults with congenital heart disease.
Therrien J, Webb G.
Lancet. 2003 Oct 18;362(9392):1305-13.

Is cardiac catheterization a prerequisite in all patients undergoing bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis?
McMahon CJ, Eidem BW, Bezold LI, Vargo T, Neish SR, Bricker JT, Kovalchin J, El-Said H.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Oct;16(10):1068-72.

Noninfarcted myocardium: correlation between dynamic first-pass contrast-enhanced myocardial MR imaging and quantitative coronary angiography.
Ishida N, Sakuma H, Motoyasu M, Okinaka T, Isaka N, Nakano T, Takeda K.
Radiology. 2003 Oct;229(1):209-16.

Prevalence and correlates of accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Roman MJ, Shanker BA, Davis A, Lockshin MD, Sammaritano L, Simantov R, Crow MK, Schwartz JE, Paget SA, Devereux RB, Salmon JE.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 18;349(25):2399-406.

Angiogenic gene therapy with adenovirus 5 fibroblast growth factor-4 (Ad5FGF-4): a new option for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
Grines C, Rubanyi GM, Kleiman NS, Marrott P, Watkins MW.
Am J Cardiol. 2003 Nov 7;92(9B):24N-31N.

Glutathione peroxidase 1 activity and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease.
Blankenberg S, Rupprecht HJ, Bickel C, Torzewski M, Hafner G, Tiret L, Smieja M, Cambien F, Meyer J, Lackner KJ; AtheroGene Investigators.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Oct 23;349(17):1605-13.

Sirolimus-eluting stents versus standard stents in patients with stenosis in a native coronary artery.
Moses JW, Leon MB, Popma JJ, Fitzgerald PJ, Holmes DR, O'Shaughnessy C, Caputo RP, Kereiakes DJ, Williams DO, Teirstein PS, Jaeger JL, Kuntz RE; SIRIUS Investigators.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Oct 2;349(14):1315-23.

Frequency of late recurrence of intra-atrial reentry tachycardia after radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with congenital heart disease.
Kannankeril PJ, Anderson ME, Rottman JN, Wathen MS, Fish FA.
Am J Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;92(7):879-81.

Advances in devices for cardiac resynchronization in heart failure.
Lau CP, Barold S, Tse HF, Lee KL, Chan HW, Fan K, Chau E, Yu CM.
J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2003 Oct;9(2):167-81.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy for the treatment of heart failure in patients with intraventricular conduction delay and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
Higgins SL, Hummel JD, Niazi IK, Giudici MC, Worley SJ, Saxon LA, Boehmer JP, Higginbotham MB, De Marco T, Foster E, Yong PG.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 15;42(8):1454-9.

Atrial tachyarrhythmias and permanent pacing after pediatric heart transplantation.
Collins KK, Thiagarajan RR, Chin C, Dubin AM, Van Hare GF, Robbins RC,
Mayer JE, Bernstein D, Berul CI, Blume ED.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003 Oct;22(10):1126-33.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
DiMarco JP.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 6;349(19):1836-47.

Epsilon-aminocaproic acid in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: preincision or postheparin?Kluger R, Olive DJ, Stewart AB, Blyth CM.
Anesthesiology. 2003 Dec;99(6):1263-9.

Should ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms be repaired in the octogenarian?
Roddy SP, Darling RC 3rd, Maharaj D, Ozsvath KJ, Mehta M, Paty PS, Kreienberg PB, Choi D, Chang BB, Shah DM.
Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Oct;11(5):337-40.

Pacing in heart failure: the benefit of resynchronization.
Khaykin Y, Saad EB, Wilkoff BL.
Cleve Clin J Med. 2003 Oct;70(10):841, 845-6, 848-50,

Prognostic significance of post-exercise blood pressure response in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Kitaoka H, Hitomi N, Okawa M, Furuno T, Doi Y.
J Cardiol. 2003 Oct;42(4):165-71.

Randomized trial of a daily electronic home monitoring system in patients with advanced heart failure: the Weight Monitoring in Heart Failure (WHARF) trial.
Goldberg LR, Piette JD, Walsh MN, Frank TA, Jaski BE, Smith AL, Rodriguez R, Mancini DM, Hopton LA, Orav EJ, Loh E; WHARF Investigators.
Am Heart J. 2003 Oct;146(4):705-12.

Predictors of late development of heart failure in stable survivors of myocardial infarction: the CARE study.
Lewis EF, Moye LA, Rouleau JL, Sacks FM, Arnold JM, Warnica JW, Flaker GC, Braunwald E, Pfeffer MA; CARE Study.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 15;42(8):1446-53.

Correlation between cardiac norepinephrine overflow during exercise and cardiac 123I-MIBG uptake in patients with chronic heart failure.
Sato M, Maehara K, Yaoita H, Otani H, Hirosaka A, Saito T, Onuki N, Komatsu N, Ishihata T, Maruyama Y.
J Nucl Med. 2003 Oct;44(10):1618-24.

Increased distance between mitral valve coaptation point and mitral annular plane: significance and correlations in patients with heart failure.
Karagiannis SE, Karatasakis GT, Koutsogiannis N, Athanasopoulos GD, Cokkinos DV.
Heart. 2003 Oct;89(10):1174-8

Left ventricular assist devices as permanent heart failure therapy: the price of progress.
Oz MC, Gelijns AC, Miller L, Wang C, Nickens P, Arons R, Aaronson K, Richenbacher W, van Meter C, Nelson K, Weinberg A, Watson J, Rose EA, Moskowitz AJ.
Ann Surg. 2003 Oct;238(4):577-83; discussion 583-5.

Mechanical circulatory support for advanced heart failure: where does it stand in 2003?
Frazier OH, Delgado RM.
Circulation. 2003 Dec 23;108(25):3064-8.

Left ventricular assist devices: bridges to transplantation, recovery, and destination for whom?
Stevenson LW, Rose EA.
Circulation. 2003 Dec 23;108(25):3059-63.

The waiting game: bridging to paediatric heart transplantation.
Goldman AP, Cassidy J, de Leval M, Haynes S, Brown K, Whitmore P, Cohen G, Tsang V, Elliott M, Davison A, Hamilton L, Bolton D, Wray J, Hasan A, Radley-Smith R, Macrae D, Smith J.
Lancet. 2003 Dec 13;362(9400):1967-70.

Robotic mitral valve surgery.
Kypson AP, Nifong LW, Chitwood WR Jr.
Surg Clin North Am. 2003 Dec;83(6):1387-403

Thoracoscopic extracardiac obliteration of the left atrial appendage for stroke risk reduction in atrial fibrillation.
Blackshear JL, Johnson WD, Odell JA, Baker VS, Howard M, Pearce L, Stone C, Packer DL, Schaff HV.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;42(7):1249-52.

Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation.
Archbold RA, Curzen NP.
Heart. 2003 Oct;89(10):1134-7.

Current perspectives on reperfusion therapy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: integrating pharmacologic and mechanical reperfusion strategies.Waters RE 2nd, Mahaffey KW, Granger CB, Roe MT.
Am Heart J. 2003 Dec;146(6):958-68.

Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV Drugs (DAD) Study Group. Combination antiretroviral therapy and the risk of myocardial infarction.
Friis-Moller N, Sabin CA, Weber R, d'Arminio Monforte A, El-Sadr WM, Reiss P, Thiebaut R, Morfeldt L, De Wit S, Pradier C, Calvo G, Law MG, Kirk O, Phillips AN, Lundgren JD; Data
N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 20;349(21):1993-2003.

Angiotensin-receptor blockade in acute myocardial infarction--a matter of dose.
Mann DL, Deswal A.
N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 13;349(20):1963-5

Autologous intramyocardial injection of cultured skeletal muscle-derived stem cells in patients with non-acute myocardial infarction.
Herreros J, Prosper F, Perez A, Gavira JJ, Garcia-Velloso MJ, Barba J, Sanchez PL, Canizo C, Rabago G, Marti-Climent JM, Hernandez M, Lopez-Holgado N, Gonzalez-Santos JM, Martin-Luengo C, Alegria E.
Eur Heart J. 2003 Nov;24(22):2012-20.

Preconditioning the myocardium: from cellular physiology to clinical cardiology.
Yellon DM, Downey JM.
Physiol Rev. 2003 Oct;83(4):1113-51.

Intermittent warm blood cardioplegia induces the expression of heat shock protein-72 by ischemic myocardial preconditioning.
Chello M, Mastroroberto P, Patti G, D'Ambrosio A, Di Sciascio G, Covino E.
Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Oct;11(5):367-74.

Constrictive pericarditis in 26 patients with histologically normal pericardial thickness.
Talreja DR, Edwards WD, Danielson GK, Schaff HV, Tajik AJ, Tazelaar HD, Breen JF, Oh JK.
Circulation. 2003 Oct 14;108(15):1852-7.

Study Group. A prognostic model for predicting waiting-list mortality for a total national cohort of adult heart-transplant candidates.
Smits JM, Deng MC, Hummel M, De Meester J, Schoendube F, Scheld HH, Persijn GG, Laufer G, Van Houwelingen HC; Comparative Outcome and Clinical Profiles in Transplantation (COCPIT) Transplantation. 2003 Oct 27;76(8):1185-9.

Timing of cardiac transplantation in patients with heart failure receiving beta-adrenergic blockers.
Peterson LR, Schechtman KB, Ewald GA, Geltman EM, de las Fuentes L, Meyer T, Krekeler P, Moore ML, Rogers JG.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003 Oct;22(10):1141-8.

Current status of heart transplantation in children: update 2003.
Blume ED.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2003 Dec;50(6):1375-91.

Impairment of the blood-brain barrier can result in tacrolimus-induced reversible leucoencephalopathy following heart transplantation.
Kaczmarek I, Groetzner J, Meiser B, Mueller M, Landwehr P, Ueberfuhr P, Bruning R, Reichart B.
Clin Transplant. 2003 Oct;17(5):469-72.

Identical alpha-chain T-cell receptor transcripts are present on T cells infiltrating coronary arteries of human cardiac allografts with chronic rejection.
Xu B, Sakkas LI, Goldman BI, Jeevanandam V, Gaughan J, Oleszak EL, Platsoucas CD.
Cell Immunol. 2003 Oct;225(2):75-90.

Quality of life in adult survivors beyond 10 years after liver, kidney, and heart transplantation.
Karam VH, Gasquet I, Delvart V, Hiesse C, Dorent R, Danet C, Samuel D, Charpentier B, Gandjbakhch I, Bismuth H, Castaing D.
Transplantation. 2003 Dec 27;76(12):1699-704.

Cytomegalovirus infection status predicts progression of heart-transplant vasculopathy.
Fateh-Moghadam S, Bocksch W, Wessely R, Jager G, Hetzer R, Gawaz M.
Transplantation. 2003 Nov 27;76(10):1470-4.

The impact of brain death on survival after heart transplantation: time is of the essence.
Cantin B, Kwok BW, Chan MC, Valantine HA, Oyer PE, Robbins RC, Hunt SA.
Transplantation. 2003 Nov 15;76(9):1275-9.

Allograft transmission of hepatitis C virus infection from infected donors in cardiac transplantation.
File E, Mehra M, Nair S, Dumas-Hicks D, Perrillo R.
Transplantation. 2003 Oct 15;76(7):1096-100.

Balanced expression of mitochondrial apoptosis regulatory proteins correlates with long-term survival of cardiac allografts.
Tung TC, Cui G, Oshima K, Laks H, Sen L.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 Dec;285(6):H2832-41