Impact of general anesthesia on esophageal stability during pulmonary vein isolation
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research letters Source Type: research
Surgical aortic valve replacement for low-gradient aortic stenosis
Aims
Low-gradient aortic stenosis is a challenging entity that needs accurate preoperative evaluation. For this high-risk patient population, ad hoc predictive scores are not available and profile risk is currently revealed by the EuroSCOREs. Aims of this study are to verify the suitability of the ES II as predictor of mortality in low-gradient aortic stenosis and to analyse the role of surgery as a treatment.
Methods
From June 2013 to August 2019, 414 patients underwent surgical aortic valve replacement for low-gradient aortic stenosis. Mean age was 75.78 ± 6.77 years and 190 were women. The prognostic val...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Editorial Source Type: research
Challenges of redo cardiac surgery: forewarned is forearmed?
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Editorial Source Type: research
Development and validation of a nomogram model for pneumonia after redo cardiac surgery
Conclusion
We developed and validated a nomogram model for POP after redo cardiac surgery. The model may have good clinical utility in risk evaluation and individualized treatment to reduce adverse events. Graphical abstract Incidence, risk factor, and outcomes of postoperative pneumonia after redo cardiac surgery: http://links.lww.com/JCM/A445. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Cardiac surgery Source Type: research
Impact of comorbidities on older patients undergoing open heart surgery
Conclusion
Cardiac surgery is feasible in octogenarians, with an acceptable risk of mortality. Chronological age itself should not be the main determinant of choice while referring patients for cardiac surgical intervention. Comorbidities such as COPD, PAD and diabetes need to be taken into account for risk stratification. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Cardiac surgery Source Type: research
Effects of sitagliptin on serum lipid levels in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aim
Lipid abnormalities often occur in patients with diabetes mellitus and the coexistence of diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia will increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, the specific effects of sitagliptin on lipid control remain elusive in diabetic patients. The aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate the effects of sitagliptin alone or with other antidiabetic agents on serum lipid control.
Methods
PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and the ClinicalTrials.gov website were systematically searched from 2006 (the first year that sitagliptin entered market) to 16 January 2021. Eligible studies...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: Cardiovascular prevention Source Type: research
Why are left ventricular linear internal diameters still so important for clinical decision-making to undergo surgery in asymptomatic patients with chronic severe aortic or primary mitral regurgitation?
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research
Appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiac computed tomography, SIC-SIRM part 2: acute chest pain evaluation; stent and coronary artery bypass graft patency evaluation; planning of coronary revascularization and transcatheter valve procedures; cardiomyopathies, electrophysiological applications, cardiac masses, cardio-oncology and pericardial diseases evaluation
In the past 20 years, cardiac computed tomography (CCT) has become a pivotal technique for the noninvasive diagnostic workup of coronary and cardiac diseases. Continuous technical and methodological improvements, combined with fast growing scientific evidence, have progressively expanded the clinical role of CCT. Randomized clinical trials documented the value of CCT in increasing the cost-effectiveness of the management of patients with acute chest pain presenting in the emergency department, also during the pandemic. Beyond the evaluation of stents and surgical graft patency, the anatomical and functional coronary imag...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Position paper Source Type: research
Mitral valve surgery with extensive annular calcification: review of surgical techniques and postoperative complications
Mitral annular calcification (MAC) represents an important risk factor in mitral valve (MV) surgery. Despite several procedures having been described, no surgical treatment of choice has been established so far: whether a decalcification should be systematically carried out, or if the MV should be preferentially repaired rather than replaced. A review of the literature on patients undergoing MV surgery associated with MAC was performed. Studies were excluded if dealing with endovascular procedures or emergency surgery for associated endocarditis. Case reports were also not considered in the final analysis. The literature s...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Review Source Type: research
Prognosis of very elderly patients with coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous revascularization: a single-center experience
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research letters Source Type: research
Three-year results of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with a prespecified bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation strategy: bVS STEMI STRATEGY-IT long-term
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research letters Source Type: research
Novel percutaneous strategy to chronic total occlusion of the native right coronary artery and associated vein graft aneurysm and giant pseudoaneurysm
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Images in cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research
A unique case of right ventricular myxoma concealed within a thrombus in a patient with Crohn's disease: a problem unresolved even with advanced cardiac MRI
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Pre- and in-hospital anticoagulation therapy in coronavirus disease 2019 patients: a propensity-matched analysis of in-hospital outcomes
Aims
To estimate if chronic anticoagulant (CAC) treatment is associated with morbidity and mortality outcomes of patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Methods
In this European multicentric cohort study, we included 1186 patients of whom 144 were on CAC (12.1%) with positive coronavirus disease 2019 testing between 1 February and 30 July 2020. The average treatment effect (ATE) analysis with a propensity score-matching (PSM) algorithm was used to estimate the impact of CAC on the primary outcomes defined as in-hospital death, major and minor bleeding events, cardiovascular complications (CCI), and acute...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: COVID-19 Source Type: research
Sex-related differences in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: results of the Cardio-COVID-Italy multicentre study
Conclusions
Patients’ sex is a relevant variable that should be taken into account when evaluating risk of death from COVID-19. There is a sex-based heterogeneity in the association between baseline variables and patients’ risk of death. (Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine - March 24, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research articles: COVID-19 Source Type: research
