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Cardiology - Transplant/Augmentation News & Articles
MDLinx Cardiology – on this page: Articles from over 2,000 of the peer-reviewed medical journals, pre-sorted and ranked by what’s most relevant to your day-to-day practice, and summarized to save you precious time. From vascular disorders and stroke to valvular disorders, coronary artery disease and arrhythmias, our physician editors make sure that all members of your heart health team can be current on the literature in 5 minutes or less every day.
Also on this page: Bonus content exclusive to MDLinx, clinical pearls from The Smartest Cardiologist daily quiz competition and Cardiology Physician Review. Plus, the “must-read” articles related to cardiology, personally chosen by our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD.
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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (67) Focus on CAD401 Effects of Donor Pre-Treatment With Dopamine on Survival After Heart Transplantation: A Cohort Study of Heart Transplant Recipients Nested in a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial Full Text JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 12, 2011 Clinical Article
402 Successful use of a pneumatic biventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation in cardiogenic shock The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, October 12, 2011
403 Combined growth factors enhanced angiogenic potential of cord blood-derived mononuclear cells transplanted to ischemic limbs Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, October 11, 2011
404 Desmosomal protein gene mutations in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing cardiac transplantation: a clinicopathological study Heart, October 5, 2011
405 Coronary Artery Disease in a Large Renal Transplant Population: Implications for Management American Journal of Transplantation, September 30, 2011
406 Retrograde delivery of stem cells: promising delivery strategy for myocardial regenerative therapy Clinical Transplantation, September 29, 2011
407 Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to high-urgency heart transplantation Clinical Transplantation, September 23, 2011
408 Desmosomal protein gene mutations in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy undergoing cardiac transplantation: a clinicopathological study Heart, September 21, 2011
409 A high-volume heart transplantation center in an Islamic country Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, September 21, 2011
410 Cyclosporine monotherapy in cardiac transplantation: Review of the literature Transplantation Reviews, September 21, 2011
411 Creation of a Quantitative Recipient Risk Index for Mortality Prediction After Cardiac Transplantation (IMPACT) Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, September 15, 2011
412 Survey of current practice related to grading of rejection in cardiac transplant recipients in North America Cardiovascular Pathology, September 15, 2011
413 Should Heart Transplant Recipients With Early Graft Failure Be Considered for Retransplantation Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, September 14, 2011
414 Outcomes in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease Undergoing Heart Transplantation Full Text JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 7, 2011
415 Association of cerebral blood flow with the development of cardiac death or urgent heart transplantation in patients with systolic heart failure Full Text European Heart Journal, September 7, 2011
416 A concise review of hepatitis C in heart and lung transplantation Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, September 6, 2011
417 Evaluation of Multislice Computed Tomography Early After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With the Edwards SAPIEN Bioprosthesis The American Journal of Cardiology, September 2, 2011
418 Examination of Isolated Ventricular Noncompaction (Hypertrabeculation) as a Distinct Entity in Adults The American Journal of Cardiology, August 31, 2011
419 Surgical Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure: Alternatives to Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases , August 30, 2011
420 Heart transplantation in the era of continuous flow ventricular assist devices and the total artificial heart: Will new technologies surpass the gold standard Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, August 30, 2011
Clinical Pearls in Cardiology
- Intracoronary abciximab when compared to intravenous abciximab significantly reduces the risk of death among patients with STEMI undergoing PCI
- Thrombolysis in MI (TIMI) scores between 5-14 on admission place patients at high risk for 30-day mortality and should be transferred to a monitored inpatient unit or CCU
- High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is superior to contemporary sensitive cardiac troponin I in early diagnosis of non-STEMI and the prediction of MI and mortality among patients with suspected ACS
Highlights in Cardiology
Heart failure risk associated with adiponectin level
As published in Obesity, a J-shaped association between adiponectin level and heart failure exists. The study involved 787 males with heart failure and 787 healthy controls from the Physicians’ Health Study. The relative risk of heart failure from lowest to highest quintile of adiponectin level was 0.74, 0.67, 0.70, and 0.92.
Read the article summaryApo B-48 is a marker for CAD
As published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation, fasting serum apo B-48 levels were elevated in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (n=96; 6.9 µg/mL) compared to patients without CAD (n=67; 3.9 µg/mL). Along with other cardiac risk factors, an apo B-48 level > 4.34 µg/mL was predictive of CAD.
Read the article summaryPost-exercise heart rate recovery predicts cardiac autonomic neuropathy in T2DM
As published in Diabetic Medicine, cardiac autonomic neuropathy can be predicted in patients with T2DM and negative exercise echocardiograms based on post-exercise heart rate recovery. Of the 135 study subjects, 27 (20%) had cardiac autonomic neuropathy, the criteria for which included > 2 of 7 autonomic function markers (4 cardiac reflex tests and 3 indices of short-term heart rate variability). The optimal cut-offs for post-exercise heart rate recovery at 1-, 2-, and 3-minutes were < 28, < 50, and < 52 beats per minute, respectively.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Cardiology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in a Heart Transplant Recipient Following Rituximab Therapy for Antibody-Mediated Rejection American Journal of Transplantation, March 15, 2013
2 Impact of basal heart rate on long-term prognosis of heart transplant patients Transplant International, March 26, 2013 Review Article
3 Clinical outcomes of patients with estimated low or intermediate surgical risk undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation European Heart Journal, April 3, 2013
4 Everolimus Versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Heart Transplantation: A Randomized, Multicenter Trial American Journal of Transplantation, March 1, 2013
5 Impact of Ventricular Assist Device Complications on Posttransplant Survival: An Analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing Database Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 15, 2013 Review Article
6 Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Children and Adolescents With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 3, 2013
7 Adefovir treatment for chronic hepatitis B in heart transplant recipients Clinical Transplantation, April 2, 2013
8 The utilization of twelve-lead electrocardiography for predicting sudden cardiac death after heart transplantation International Journal of Cardiology, April 15, 2013
9 Septuagenarians Bridged to Heart Transplantation With a Ventricular Assist Device Have Outcomes Similar to Younger Patients Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 4, 2013 Review Article
10 Replacement of Infected Aortic Prosthetic Graft with Aortic Homograft after Heart Transplantation: 13-Year Follow-Up Journal of Cardiac Surgery, April 5, 2013
11 Dietary habits are related to outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure awaiting heart transplantation Journal of Cardiac Failure, April 16, 2013
12 Neurological Complications During Pulsatile Ventricular Assistance With the Berlin Heart EXCOR in Children: Incidence and Risk Factors Artificial Organs, April 18, 2013 Review Article
13 Prognostic Role of Myocardial Performance Index on Long-Term Survival after Heart Transplantation: A Prospective Study Echocardiography, April 22, 2013
14 Differential Effect of Everolimus on Progression of Early and Late Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Current Clinical Practice American Journal of Transplantation, April 8, 2013
15 Early Experience of Transaortic TAVI—The Future of Surgical TAVI Heart, Lung, and Circulation, April 5, 2013
16 Association Between Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Post-Cardiac Resynchronization Treatment and Subsequent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy for Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, April 18, 2013
17 Morbidity and mortality in heart transplant candidates supported with mechanical circulatory support Circulation, February 15, 2013
18 Safety of Continuous Anticoagulation With Dabigatran During Implantation of Cardiac Rhythm Devices The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013
19 Serum concentrations and pharmacokinetics of moxifloxacin in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, April 18, 2013
20 Nocardia veterana endogenous endophthalmitis in a cardiac transplant patient Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, April 22, 2013 Free full text
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