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Health ‐related quality of life impacts upon 5‐year survival after coronary artery bypass surgery
ConclusionsPre-CABG HRQoL scores may provide clinically relevant prognostic information beyond traditional risk models and prove useful for patient-provider shared decision-making and enhancing pre-CABG informed consent.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - November 24, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Muath Bishawi, Brack Hattler, G. Hossein Almassi, Jacquelyn A. Quin, Frederick L. Grover, Joseph F. Collins, Ramin Ebrahimi, Daniel H. Wolbrom, A. Laurie Shroyer, Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass Follow ‐up Study (ROOBY‐FS) Group Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Mid-Term Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Children with Genetic Disorders
CONCLUSIONS: Despite more preoperative comorbidities, mid-term outcomes following heart transplant in children with genetic syndromes and disorders are promising.PMID:35007503 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.12.019
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 10, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Horacio G Carvajal Catherine Gooch Taylor C Merritt J Chancellor Fox Anne N Pourney Harshini D Kumaresan Matthew W Canter Pirooz Eghtesady Source Type: research

Self-monitoring for atrial fibrillation recurrence in the discharge period post-cardiac surgery using an iPhone electrocardiogram ADULT CARDIAC
CONCLUSIONS Providing patients with an iECG is a non-invasive, inexpensive, convenient and feasible way to monitor for AF recurrence in post-cardiac surgery patients. It also provides a mechanism to provide knowledge about the condition and also potentially reduce anxiety. The success of patients using this technology also has implications for extending the use of iECG self-monitoring to other patient groups such as those undergoing antiarrhythmic interventions for AF.
Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - June 19, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Lowres, N., Mulcahy, G., Gallagher, R., Ben Freedman, S., Marshman, D., Kirkness, A., Orchard, J., Neubeck, L. Tags: Education, Electrophysiology - arrhythmias, Myocardial infarction ADULT CARDIAC Source Type: research

How revascularization on the beating heart with cardiopulmonary bypass compares to off-pump? A meta-analysis of observational studies
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery has been a controversial area of debate and the outcome profile of the technique has been thoroughly investigated. Scepticism regarding the reported outcomes and the conduct of the randomized trials comparing this technique with conventional on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery has been widely voiced, and the technique of off-pump surgery remains as an infrequently adopted approach to myocardial revascularization worldwide. Criticisms of the technique are related to lower rates of complete revascularization and its unknown long-term consequences, the significant detrimental effects...
Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery - December 26, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sepehripour, A. H., Chaudhry, U. A., Suliman, A., Kidher, E., Sayani, N., Ashrafian, H., Harling, L., Athanasiou, T. Tags: Education, Molecular biology, Myocardial protection Adult Cardiac Source Type: research

Annual Outcomes With Transcatheter Valve Therapy
Conclusions The TVT Registry provides important information on characteristics and outcomes of TAVR in contemporary U.S. clinical practice. It can be used to identify trends in practice and opportunities for quality improvement.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - November 30, 2015 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research

Who might benefit from early aspirin after coronary artery surgery?
A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether early administration of aspirin might optimize vein graft patency. More than 250 papers were found using the reported search, of which 4 new papers in addition to the previous 7 represented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The authors, journal, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes and results of these papers are tabulated. Early postoperative aspirin administered within 6 h following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been show...
Source: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery - August 14, 2014 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Gukop, P., Gutman, N., Bilkhu, R., Karapanagiotidis, G. T. Tags: Cardiac - physiology, Education, Congestive Heart Failure, Molecular biology Adult Cardiac Source Type: research