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Adult Cardiac Literature Watch - Q4 2005

Fourth Quarter 2005 (articles published 10/1/05- 12/31/05) 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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Open lung ventilation improves functional residual capacity after extubation in cardiac surgery.
Reis Miranda D, Struijs A, Koetsier P, et al.
Critical Care Medicine 2005;33:2253-58.

Cardiac - Diagnostic:

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Diagnostic discrimination between graft-related and non-graft-related perioperative myocardial infarction with cardiac troponin I after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Thielmann M, Massoudy P, Schmermund A, et al.
European Heart J 2005;26:2440-2447.

Cardiac - Monitoring/Transfusion:

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Poor intraoperative blood glucose control is associated with a worsened hospital outcome after cardiac surgery in diabetic patients.
Ouattara A, Lecomte P, Le Manach Y, et al.
Anesthesiology 2005;103:687-94.

Hemodynamic measurements after cardiac surgery: transesophageal doppler versus pulmonary artery catheter
Sharma J, Bhise M, Singh A, et al.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005;19:746-50.

Cardiac - Other:

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None selected this quarter

Cardiac - Pharmacology:

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Risk for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with unfractionated and low-molecular-weight heparin thromboprophylaxis: a meta-analysis.
Martel N, Lee J, Wells PS
Blood 2005;106:2710-15.

Enoxaparin in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis with or without pulmonary embolism: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
Mismett Pi, Quenet S, Levine M, et al.
Chest 2005;128:2203-10.

Cardiac - Physiology:

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Preconditioning: gender effects.
Pitcher JM, Wang M, Tsai BM, et al.
J Surg Res 2005;129:202-20.

Cardiac - Tumor:

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Surgical excision of papillary fibroelastoma for known or
potential embolization.

Georghiou GP, Shapira Y, Stamler A, et al. 
J Heart Valve Dis 2005;14:843-47.

Cerebral Protection and Stroke

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None selected this quarter

Complications:

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None selected this quarter

Congenital:

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None selected this quarter

Coronary Disease:

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Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease.
Briguori C, Colombo A, Flavio A., et al.
Am Heart J 2005;150:807-13.

‘‘Full metal jacket’’ (stented length >64 mm) using drug-eluting stents for de novo coronary artery lesions.
Aoki J, Ong ATL, Rodriguez Granillo GA, et al.
Am Heart J 2005;150:994-9.

The association between prior percutaneous coronary intervention and short-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Hassan A, Buth KJ, Baskett RJF, et al.
Am Heart J 2005;150:1026-31.

Comparison of bare-metal stenting with minimally invasive bypass surgery for stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery: a 5-year follow-up.
Thiele H,  Oettel S,  Jacobs S, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:3445–50.

Economics of Cardiac Surgery :

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None selected this quarter

Electrophysiology - Arrhythmias:

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Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: high mortality risk even if ventricular function is preserved.
Parkash R, Maisel WH,  Toca M and Stevenson WG. 
Am Heart J 2005;150:701-6.

Clinical determinants of sinus conversion by radiofrequency Maze procedure for persistent atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing concomitant mitral valvular surgery.
Chen MC, Chang JP, Chang HW, et al.
Am J Cardiol 2005;96:1553–57

Endocarditis:

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Endovascular Therapy:

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Hybrid approaches to thoracic aortic aneurysms: the role of endovascular elephant trunk completion
Greenberg RK, Haddad F, Svensson L, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:2619-26.

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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None selected this quarter.

Mechanical Circulatory Support:

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Mechanical circulatory support in infants and adults with the MEDOS/HIA assist device.
Kaczmarek I, Mair H, Groetzner J, et al.
Artificial Organs 2005;29:838–60

Minimally Invasive Surgery:

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None selected this quarter.

Molecular Biology:

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Transplantation of blood-derived progenitor cells after recanalization of chronic coronary artery occlusion: first randomized and placebo-controlled study.
Erbs S, Linke A, Adams V, et al.
Circ Res 2005;97:75–762.

Myocardial Infarction:

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None selected this quarter.

Myocardial Protection:

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None selected this quarter.

Pericardium:

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None selected this quarter.

Peripheral Vascular:

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Renal artery stenosis: epidemiology, clinical manifestation, and percutaneous endovascular therapy.
Zeller T.
J Interv Cardiol. 2005;18:497-506

Quality/Outcomes :

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Cardiac surgery in octogenarians: does age alone influence outcomes?
Johnson WM, Smith JM, Woods SE, Hendy MP, Hiratzka LF.
Arch Surg 2005;140:1089-93.

Prognostic value of preoperative cardiac troponin I in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
Thielmann M, Massoudy P, Neuhäuser M, et al.
Chest 2005;128:3526-36

Randomized Controlled Trials :

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Randomized comparison of stentless versus stented valves for aortic stenosis: effects on left ventricular mass.
de Arenaza DP, Lees B, Flather M, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:2696–2702

Transplantation - Heart:

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Immunoglobulin M-to-immunoglobulin G anti-human leukocyte antigen class II antibody switching in cardiac transplant recipients is associated with an increased risk of cellular rejection and coronary artery disease.
Lietz K, John R, Burke E, et al.
Circulation 2005;112:2468-76.

Analysis of the complex effect of donor's age on survival of subjects who underwent heart transplantation.
Pedotti P, Mattucci DA, Gabbrielli F, et al.
Transplantation 2005;80:1026-32.

Trauma:

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None selected this quarter.

Valve Disease:

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Flow-induced platelet activation in a St. Jude mechanical heart valve, a trileaflet polymeric heart valve, and a St. Jude tissue valve.
Yin W, Gallocher S, Pinchuk L, Schoephoerster RT, Jesty J, Bluestein D.
Artificial Organs 2005;29:826–31.

Outcome after valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis associated with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
Maillet JM, Le Besnerais P, Benvenuti C, et al.
J Heart Valve Dis 2005;14:760-765.


Vascular:

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None selected this quarter.


Publication Date: 7-Mar-2006
Last Modified: 31-Mar-2006

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