Quantcast Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - Q3 2005
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Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - Q3 2005

Third Quarter 2005 (articles published 7/1/05- 9/30/05) Eric J. Okum, M.D. and Domenico Pagano, M.D.

Below you'll 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 Gene
American Journal of Cardiology Heart
American Journal of Critical Care Hyptertension
American Journal of Medical Quality Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
American Journal of Transplantation International Journal of Cardiology
Anesthesia and Analgesia International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
Anesthesiology JAMA
Annals of Surgery Journal of American Collage of Cardiology
Annals of Vascular Surgery Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Archives of Surgery Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Journal of Interventional Cardiology
Artificial Organs Journal of Surgical Research
Blood Journal of the American Collage of Surgeons
Canadian Journal of Cardiology Journal of Trauma
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Journal of Vascular Surgery
Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy Lancet
Cardiovascular Research Medical Economics
Cardiovascular Surgery New England Journal of Medicine
Chest Perfusion
Circulation Science
Circulation Research Stroke
Congestive Heart Failure Surgery
Controlled Clinical Trials Thorax
Critical Care Medicine Thrombosis Research
Current Treatment Options in
Cardiovascular Medicine
Transplantation
Echocardiography World Journal of Surgery
European Heart Journal  

Cardiac - Anesthesia:

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None selected this quarter.

Cardiac - Diagnostic:

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Image quality and diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive coronary imaging with 16 detector slice spiral computed tomography with 188 ms temporal resolution.
Kuettner A, Beck T, Drosch T, et al.
Heart 2005;91:932-37.

Exercise testing to stratify risk in aortic stenosis.
Das P, Rimington H, Chambers J.
Eur Heart J 2005;26:1309-13.

Cardiac - Monitoring/Transfusion:

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None selected this quarter.

Cardiac - Other:

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Percutaneous versus surgical treatment for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and enlarged anterior mitral valve leaflets.
van der Lee C, ten Cate F, Geleijnse M, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:482-88.

Cardiac - Pharmacology:

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Perioperative N-acetlcysteine to prevent renal dysfunction in high-risk patients undergoing CABG surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
Burns KE, Chu MWA, Novick RJ, et al.
JAMA 2005;294:342-50.

Direct thrombin inhibitors.
Di Nisio M, Middeldorp S, Buller HR.
N Engl J Med. 2005;353:1028-40.

Cardiac - Physiology:

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None selected this quarter.

Cardiac - Tumor:

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None selected this quarter.

Cerebral Protection and Stroke

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Genetic polymorphisms and the risk of stroke after cardiac surgery.
Grocott HP, White WD, Morris RW, et al.
Stroke 2005;36:1854-8.

Complications:

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Clinical predictors of major infections after cardiac surgery.
Fowler VG, O’Brien SM, Muhlbaier LH, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-35-I-365.

Congenital:

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Usefulness of exercise-induced changes in plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide in predicting right ventricular contractile reserve after repair of Tetralogy of Fallot.
Ishii H, Harada K, Toyono M, et al.
Am J Card 2005;95:1338-43.

Ross procedure in infants and toddlers followed into childhood.
Williams IA, Quaegebeur JM, Hsu DT, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-390-I-395.

Clinical features and outcomes of childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: results from a national population-based study.
Nugent A, Daubeney P, Chondros P, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:1332-38.

Coronary Disease:

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Five-year outcomes after coronary stenting versus bypass surgery for the treatment of multivessel disease: the final analysis of the arterial revascularization therapies study (ARTS) randomized trial.
Serruys PW, Ong ATL, van Herwerden LA, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:575–81.

Five-year follow-up of the Argentine randomized trial of coronary angioplasty
with stenting versus coronary bypass surgery in patients with multiple vessel disease (ERACI II).

Rodriguez AE, Baldi J, Pereira CF, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:582–8.

Relation between mild renal dysfunction and outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Zakeri R, Freemantle N, Barnett V, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-270-I-275.

Impact of mitral valve regurgitation evaluated by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography on long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Schroder JN, Williams ML, Hata JA, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-293-I-298.

Economics of Cardiac Surgery :

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The economic effect of a tertiary hospital-based heart failure program.
Gregory D, DeNofrio D, Konstam MA.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:660–6.

The impact of acute coronary syndrome on clinical, economic, and cardiac-specific health status after coronary artery bypass surgery versus stent-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention: 1-year results from the stent or surgery (SoS) trial.
Zhang Z, Spertus JA, Mahoney EM, et al.
Am Heart J 2005;150:175-81.

Electrophysiology - Arrhythmias:

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The effect of concomitant radiofrequency ablation and surgical technique (repair versus replacement) on release of cardiac biomarkers during mitral valve surgery.
Zangrillo A, Crescenzi G, Landoni G, et al. Anesth Analg 2005;101:24-29.

Impact of the maze operation combined with left-sided valve surgery on the change in tricuspid regurgitation over time.
Hyung-Kwan Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Kwang-Il Kim, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-14-I-19.

Endocarditis:

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Prosthetic valve endocarditis: who needs surgery? A multicentre study of 104 cases.
G Habib, C Tribouilloy, F Thuny, et al.
Heart 2005;91:948-53.

Endovascular Therapy:

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Spinal cord ischemia after elective stent-graft repair of the thoracic aorta.
Chiesa R, Melissano G, Marrocco-Trischitta MM, Civilini E, Setacci F.
J Vasc Surg 2005;42:11-7.

Extracorporeal Circulation:

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None selected this quarter.

Great Vessels:

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None selected this quarter.

Heart Failure - Congestive/Ischemic:

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Transplantation of cardiac-committed mouse embryonic stem cells to infarcted sheep myocardium: a preclinical study.
Ménard C, Hagège AA, Agbulut O, et al.
Lancet 2005;366:1005–12.

Systemic endothelial dysfunction as an early predictor of adverse outcome in heart failure.
Heitzer T, Baldus S, von Kodolitsch Y, Rudolph V, Meinertz T.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005;25:1174-79.

Mechanical Circulatory Support:

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First clinical experience with the incor left ventricular assist device.
Schmid C, Tjan TDT, Etz C, et al.
J Heart Lung Transplant 2005;24:1188–94.

Myocardial recovery using ventricular assist devices: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes.
Simon MA, Kormos RL, Murali S, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-32-I-36

Minimally Invasive Surgery:

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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation in humans: results in 59 consecutive patients.
Khambadkone S, Coats L, Taylor A, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:1189-97.

Molecular Biology:

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Plasma tissue factor plus activated peripheral mononuclear cells activate
factors VII and X in cardiac surgical wounds.

Hattori T, Khan MMH, Colman RW, Edmunds LH, JR.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:707–13.

Oxidized phospholipids, Lp(a) lipoprotein, and coronary artery disease.
Tsimikas S, Brilakis ES, Miller ER, et al.
N Engl J Med 2005;353:46-57.

Prevention of left ventricular remodeling with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor after acute myocardial infarction: final 1-year results of the front-integrated revascularization and stem cell liberation in evolving acute myocardial infarction by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (FIRSTLINE-AMI) trial.
Ince H, Petzsch M, Kleine HD, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-73-I-80.

Myocardial Infarction:

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None selected this quarter.

Myocardial Protection:

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Aspartate and glutamate-enriched cardioplegia in left ventricular dysfunction.
Uyar I, Mansuroglu D, Kirali K, et al.
J Card Surg 2005;20:337-44.

Molecular indices of apoptosis after intermittent blood and crystalloid cardioplegia.
Feng J, Bianchi C, Sandmeyer JL, Li J, Sellke FW.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-184-I-189.

Pericardium:

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None selected this quarter.

Peripheral Vascular:

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None selected this quarter.

Quality/Outcomes :

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The impact of hospital-acquired infections on the microbial etiology and prognosis of late-onset prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Rivas P, Alonso J, Moya J, et al.
Chest 2005;128:764-71.

Generic, simple risk stratification model for heart valve surgery.
Ambler G, Omar R, Royston P, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:224-31.

Randomized Controlled Trials :

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Capillary leak syndrome in children with C4A-deficiency undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a double-blind, randomised controlled study.
Zhang S, Wang S, Li Q, Yao S, Zeng B, Ziegelstein RC, Hu Q.
Lancet 2005;366:556–62.

Transplantation - Heart:

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None selected this quarter.

Trauma:

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None selected this quarter.

Valve Disease:

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Long-term vasodilator therapy in patients with severe aortic regurgitation.
Evangelista A, Tornos P, Sambola A, Permanyer-Miralda G, Soler-Soler J.
N Engl J Med 2005;353:1342-9.

Early and late results of isolated and combined heart valve surgery in patients ≥80 years of age.
Unic D, Leacche M, Paul S, et al.
Am J Card 2005;95:1500-1503.

Aortic valve replacement and concomitant mitral valve regurgitation in the elderly: impact on survival and functional outcome.
Barreiro CJ, Patel ND, Fitton TP, et al.
Circulation 2005;112 [Suppl I]:I-443-I-447.

Valvular heart disease: aortic regurgitation.
Bekeredjian R, Grayburn P
Circulation 2005;112:125-134.


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Publication Date: 21-Oct-2005
Last Modified: 9-Mar-2009

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