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Cardiology - Valvular Disease 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 (9) Full Text Articles (299) Focus on Pediatric401 Longitudinal Outcome of Isolated Mitral Repair in Older Patients: Results From 14,604 Procedures Performed From 1991 to 2007 Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 5, 2012
402 Pulmonary Artery Haemodynamic Properties in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Heart, Lung, and Circulation, December 5, 2012
403 Clinical implication of mitral annular plane systolic excursion for patients with cardiovascular disease European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, December 5, 2012
404 Impact of Preserved Myocardial Contractile Function in the Segments Attached to the Papillary Muscles on Reduction in Functional Mitral Regurgitation Echocardiography, December 5, 2012
405 Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral durability following valve repair in rheumatic mitral valve disease: Impact of Maze procedure The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, December 4, 2012
406 Longitudinal strain predicts left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular function Heart and Vessels, December 4, 2012
407 Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for bioprosthetic mitral valve stenosis Heart and Vessels, December 4, 2012
408 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) Composite Score: A Report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 3, 2012
409 Compassionate use of the self-expandable medtronic corevalve prosthesis for the treatment of pure aortic regurgitation in a patient at prohibitive risk for surgical valve replacement Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 3, 2012
410 Melody valve implantation in the pulmonary and tricuspid position Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 3, 2012
411 Successful transfemoral aortic Edwards SAPIEN bioprosthesis implantation without using iodinated contrast media in a woman with severe allergy to contrast agent Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 3, 2012
412 Inferior epigastric artery as a landmark for transfemoral TAVI. Optimizing vascular access Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 3, 2012
413 Long-term follow-up after aortic valve replacement with Edwards Prima Plus stentless bioprostheses in patients younger than 60 years of age The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, November 28, 2012
414 Mid-term experience with the Hancock porcine-valved Dacron conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 28, 2012
415 The fate of the neoaortic valve and root after the modified Ross–Konno procedure The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, November 28, 2012
416 Mid-term results after sinutubular junction remodelling with aortic cusp repair European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 28, 2012
417 Mid-term results of small-sized St. Jude Medical Regent prosthetic valves (21 mm or less) for small aortic annulus Heart and Vessels, November 28, 2012
418 Copeptin constitutes a novel biomarker of degenerative aortic stenosis Heart and Vessels, November 28, 2012
419 Vocal Cord Paralysis After Aortic Surgery Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, November 27, 2012 Clinical Article
420 Coronary Artery Fistula Associated with Mitral Valve Endocarditis Journal of Cardiac Surgery, November 27, 2012
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.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Infective Endocarditis New England Journal of Medicine, April 12, 2013
2 Differences in recovery of left and right ventricular function following aortic valve interventions – a longitudinal echocardiographic study in patients undergoing surgical, transapical or transfemoral aortic valve implantation Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, April 8, 2013
3 Prognostic Value of Energy Loss Index in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Circulation, April 1, 2013
4 Dental Scaling and Risk Reduction in Infective Endocarditis: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study Canadian Journal of Cardiology, April 8, 2013
5 Early Experience of Transaortic TAVI—The Future of Surgical TAVI Heart, Lung, and Circulation, April 5, 2013
6 Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Aortic Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Literature JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013 Free full text Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
7 Late Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Regurgitation Due to Degenerative Disease Circulation, April 10, 2013
8 Asymmetric Dimethylarginine levels in Children with Sickle Cell Disease and its Correlation to Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity European Journal of Haematology, April 5, 2013
9 Outcome of Combined Stenotic and Regurgitant Aortic Valve Disease JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 4, 2013
10 Pressure reflection in the pulmonary circulation in patients with severe mitral regurgitation indicates adverse postoperative outcome European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2, 2013
11 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation without balloon pre-dilation: A single-center pilot experience Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, April 3, 2013
12 The Transaortic Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Initial Clinical Experience in the United States JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 19, 2013
13 The association between atrial fibrillation and stroke in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: A population-based case-control study Sleep Medicine, March 12, 2013
14 Sizing for Mitral Annuloplasty: Where Does Science Stop and Voodoo Begin? Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 17, 2013 Review Article
15 Valvular heart disease in older adults: evolving technology to meet the needs of aging patients Aging Health, April 8, 2013 Review Article
16 Patterns of Aortic Dilatation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve–Associated Aortopathy Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, April 10, 2013
17 Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients With Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvotomy Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 9, 2013
18 Mechanisms of Calcification in Aortic Valve Disease: Role of Mechanokinetics and Mechanodynamics Current Cardiology Reports, April 1, 2013
19 Worse stroke outcome in atrial fibrillation is explained by more severe hypoperfusion, infarct growth, and hemorrhagic transformation International Journal of Stroke, April 1, 2013
20 Mitral valve pathology in severely impaired left ventricles can be successfully managed using a right-sided minimally invasive surgical approach European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2, 2013
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