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

Cardiology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

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February 2025

Cardiologist perceptions on automated alerts and messages to improve heart failure care

Chest pain and coronary artery disease in cardiac amyloidosis

Clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for left main coronary artery disease in patients of diverse race/ethnicity

Comparative safety of ultrasound enhancing agents: a systematic review and Bayesian network Meta-analysis

The congenitally malformed aortic valve in type A aortic dissection: its frequency and consequences

Dual antiplatelet therapy duration and stent type in patients with high bleeding risk

The effect of colchicine on myocardial infarction

Fontan circulation and systemic disease – a retrospective cohort analysis over 35 years of follow-up

The future of hypertension pharmacotherapy: ongoing and future clinical trials for hypertension

High consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and associated risk of cardiovascular events

Impact of baseline left ventricular ejection fraction on midterm outcomes in women undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: insight from the WIN-TAVI registry

Incidence and in-hospital mortality among women with acute myocardial infarction with or without SCAD

Left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery to prevent stroke

Long-term results of transcatheter intervention of coarctation of the aorta: a 12-year single-center experience

Low agreement among guidelines for primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recommendations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting

Role of pulmonary ultrasonography in diagnosis of acute heart failure

Short-term and mid-term blood pressure variability and long-term mortality

Short versus one-year dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention

Sleep apnea is a common and dangerous cardiovascular risk factor

Small left ventricular chamber size and mortality in a large general population

Tailored therapy in cardiogenic shock: case-based management choices

Untwisting healthcare access disparities: a comprehensive analysis of demographic, socio-economic and racial disparities impacting patient outcomes in myocardial infarction patient

Sources

American Heart Journal (Jan-Feb); American Journal of Cardiology (Jan-Feb); Current Problems in Cardiology (Jan)

December 2024

Applications and advances of immersive technology in cardiology

Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of female patients presenting with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction without standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors

Diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment of pericarditis: a review

Direct oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists for the management of left ventricular thrombus after myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis

Emerging therapeutic and diagnostic strategies for coronary artery disease: current trends and future perspectives

Emerging trends in the care of type B aortic dissections

Equipment for chronic total occlusions percutaneous coronary intervention: present and future

Imaging modalities in cardiac amyloidosis

Innovations in interventional cardiology: pioneering techniques for a new era

Inotropes for the prevention of low cardiac output syndrome and mortality for paediatric patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease (new Cochrane intervention review)

Interventions to prevent surgical site infection in adults undergoing cardiac surgery (new Cochrane intervention review)

Management of cancer therapy–related cardiac dysfunction: a case-based review

Mechanisms of myocardial toxicity of antitumor drugs and potential therapeutic strategies

New insights into cardioprotection in breast cancer patients undergoing physical exercise during chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Outcome reporting in cardio-obstetrics studies: a systematic review

The place of beta-adrenergic receptor blockers in the treatment of arterial hypertension

Predictors of arrhythmias in the population hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2

Preprocedural planning for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention

Prophylactic use of inotropic agents for the prevention of low cardiac output syndrome and mortality in adults undergoing cardiac surgery

Pros and cons of classification systems in aortic dissection

Risk of cardiovascular events after influenza infection-related hospitalizations in adults with congenital heart disease: a nationwide population based study

Safety of different therapies for atrial fibrillation: a network meta-analysis

Sex difference in outcomes and management of cardiogenic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sub-intimal tracking and re-entry and investment procedures: current applications and future directions

When to decline or delay central repair in aortic dissection

Sources

American Heart Journal (Dec); American Journal of Cardiology (Nov-Dec); Cochrane Library (Nov); Current Problems in Cardiology (Oct-Dec); JAMA (Sep)

October 2024

Advances in incident heart failure risk prediction and screening tools

Caval valve implantation for tricuspid regurgitation (new NICE guideline IPG791) 

The characteristics of coronary artery lesions in COVID-19 infected patients with coronary artery disease: an optical coherence tomography study

Comparison of drug-coated balloons with drug-eluting stents in patients with in-stent restenosis

Decreasing unnecessary use of continuous cardiac monitoring (telemetry) in hospitalised patients

Dietary strategies for cardiovascular disease risk factors prevention

Effectiveness of integrated palliative care telehealth intervention in patients with chronic heart failure

Exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation for adults with atrial fibrillation (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Impact of small aortic annuli on the performance of transcatheter aortic valve replacement bioprostheses: an updated meta-analysis of recent studies

Long-term outcomes of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in patients aged under 50 years: meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data

Long-term prognosis of patients with myocarditis attributed to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, or conventional etiologies

Long-term risk of hospitalization and death in patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves

Meta-analysis comparing drug-coated balloon versus plain old balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis of coronary arteries

Omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of heart failure

The pathophysiology of patent foramen ovale and its related complications

Prediction of 30‐day mortality after surgery for infective endocarditis using risk scores: insights from a European multicenter comparative validation study

Race, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Semaglutide and heart failure: updated meta-analysis

Sepsis and septic shock outcomes and 90-day readmissions in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a national readmission database study

Sex differences and long-term clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a SWEDEHEART study

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in middle and late adulthood

Who should undergo chronic total occlusions percutaneous coronary intervention and when? An evidence-based approach to the patient referred for percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion

Sources

American Heart Journal (Sep-Nov); American Journal of Cardiology (Sep-Oct); BMJ, The (Jul); Cochrane Library (Aug-Sep); Current Problems in Cardiology (Sep); JAMA (Aug); NICE website (Aug-Sep)

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