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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Cardiology

Cardiology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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April 2024

Actual status of pre-discharge knowledge of hospitalised patients with heart failure and measurement tools to assess said knowledge: a scoping review 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.11.009

Acute hemodynamic compromise after transcatheter aortic valve replacement due to dynamic left ventricle obstruction: a systematic review 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.005

AI diagnosis of heart sounds differentiated with super StethoScope 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.09.007

Birth to adulthood – modern day congenital cardiac surgery 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.12.011

The clinical relevance of mild cognitive impairment in acute heart failure: A comparison with cognitive impairment 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.08.017

Clinically applied anatomy of the heart 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.11.011

Common cardiac surgical procedures: bypass, valve repair and replacement 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.12.013

Constrictive pericarditis in the new millennium 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.09.003

Costs of care and financial hardship among patients with heart failure 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.12.001

Door-to-diuretic time and mortality in patients with acute heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.12.012

Exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with heart failure (new Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD003331.pub6

Human factors in cardiac surgery 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.12.010

Looking after the cardiac surgery patient: pitfalls and strategies 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.12.012

Major aortic surgery: from root to diaphragm 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.11.010

Mechanical circulatory support 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.12.014

Microplastics and nanoplastics in atheromas and cardiovascular events 10.1056/NEJMoa2309822

Neurocognition in adults with congenital heart disease post-cardiac surgery: a systematic review 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.11.011

Outcomes of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.061

Physiology and cardioplegia: safety in operating 10.1016/j.mpsur.2023.11.009

Prophylactic corticosteroids for cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery (updated Cochrane intervention review) 10.1002/14651858.CD005566.pub4

Race or ethnicity and education in cardiac rehabilitation enrollment 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.08.002

Racial and ethnic disparities in bystander resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.12.004

Sources

American Heart Journal (Mar-Apr); American Journal of Cardiology (Mar); Cochrane Library (Feb-Mar); Heart and Lung (Mar-Apr); Journal of Cardiology (Apr); NEJM (Mar); Surgery-Oxford (Feb)

February 2024

Benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy among older patients DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.11.002

Early mobilization for acute heart failure DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.09.009

Evolving concepts in cardiac physiologic pacing in the era of conduction system pacing DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.023

Heart failure management guidelines: new recommendations and implementation DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.10.009

Insights into the invasive diagnostic challenges of coronary artery vasospasm DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.07.020

Long-term risk of reintervention after transcatheter aortic valve replacement DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.10.002

Management of Friedreich ataxia–associated cardiomyopathy in pregnancy DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.10.019

Non‐vitamin‐K‐antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) after acute myocardial infarction DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD014678.pub2

Pathophysiology and diagnostic pathway of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.07.014

Perioperative prophylactic corticosteroids for cardiac surgery in children DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.09.006

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (review) DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra2306667

A review of polypills for the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.08.012

Risk of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies and sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure with improved left ventricular ejection fraction DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.047

The role of natriuretic peptides in predicting adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery: an updated systematic review DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.101

Temperature control to improve neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest (new NICE guideline IPG782 – 23rd January 2024)

Trends in mortality risk of patients with congenital heart disease during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.11.010

Use of anticoagulation for thromboembolic prophylaxis in patients with atrial high-rate episodes on device monitoring DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.009

What is the meaning of provoked spasm phenotypes by vasoreactivity testing? DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.06.013

Sources used: American Heart Journal (Dec, Jan, Feb); American Journal of Cardiology (Jan, Feb); Cochrane Library (Jan); Journal of Cardiology (Jan, Feb, Mar); NEJM (11th Jan); NICE website (Jan)

December 2023

Accuracy and variability of cardiologist interpretation of single lead electrocardiograms for atrial fibrillation: The VITAL-AF trial DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.07.003

Antiplatelet resistance in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.063

Application of cardiovascular computed tomography to the assessment of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.096

Association between racial residential segregation and Black-White disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.06.010

Biomarkers as prognostic markers for aortic stenosis: a review DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.001

The effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on atrial fibrillation in generally healthy men and women: The Finnish Vitamin D Trial DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.05.024

Effectiveness of surveillance by echocardiography for cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction of patients with breast cancer DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.07.002

Effects of interventions targeting the systemic inflammatory response to cardiac surgery on clinical outcomes in adults (new Cochrane review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013584.pub2

Gender-based outcome discrepancies in patients who underwent alcohol septal ablation or septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.033

Gut barrier dysfunction and endotoxemia in heart failure: A dangerous connubium? DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.06.002

Heart transplant and donors after circulatory death: a clinical-preclinical systematic review DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.07.050

Home‐based versus centre‐based cardiac rehabilitation (new Cochrane review) DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007130.pub5

Percutaneous mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.097

Subclinical leaflet thrombosis following surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a meta-analysis DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.07.089

Supra-normal left ventricular function (review) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.169

Ticagrelor versus prasugrel in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.117

The use of quality improvement interventions in reducing rarely appropriate cardiac imaging DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.188

Sources used: American Heart Journal (Oct, Nov); American Journal of Cardiology (Oct, Nov, Dec); Cochrane Library (Oct); Journal of Cardiology (Dec); Journal of Surgical Research (Dec)