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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: On Pump or Off Pump?

• November 4, 2009
• Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

On-pump surgery bested off-pump surgery in a randomized trial, but important questions remain unaddressed.

• Reviewing:
• Shroyer AL et al. for the Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group. N Engl J Med 2009 Nov 5; 361:1827

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Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Is Repair Better Than Replacement?

• November 4, 2009
• Howard C. Herrmann, MD

Findings from a retrospective study suggest not.

• Reviewing:
• Magne J et al. Circulation 2009 Sep 15; 120:S104

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B-Type Natriuretic Peptide to Rule out Heart Failure: Different Cutoffs for Different Patients?

• November 4, 2009
• Joel M. Gore, MD

Adjusting BNP thresholds for clinical covariates improved the test's ability to differentiate between cardiac and noncardiac causes of dyspnea.

• Reviewing:
• Rogers RK et al. Am J Cardiol 2009 Sep 1; 104:689

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Chest Compression Fraction and Survival from Cardiac ArrestFree

• October 30, 2009
• Aaron E. Bair, MD, MSc, FAAEM, FACEP
• Emergency Medicine

Minimizing interruption of chest compressions is associated with improved survival.

• Reviewing:
• Christenson J et al. Circulation 2009 Sep 29; 120:1241

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Pregnancy and Anticoagulation: What Is a Clinician to Do?

• October 28, 2009
• Joel M. Gore, MD

In a case series of women with prosthetic heart valves, enoxaparin appeared to be effective when used as directed and carefully monitored.

• Reviewing:
• McLintock C et al. BJOG 2009 Nov; 116:1585

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Internal Mammary Artery Use in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Room for Improvement

• October 28, 2009
• JoAnne M. Foody, MD

A large database study shows regional, sex, and ethnic disparities in the use of this gold-standard conduit.

• Reviewing:
• Tabata M et al. Circulation 2009 Sep 15; 120:935

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Compress the Chest: Better CPR Improves Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestFree

• October 23, 2009
• Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
• Emergency Medicine

Implementation of the 2005 AHA CPR guidelines that focus on uninterrupted chest compressions nearly doubled the odds of survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

• Reviewing:
• Sayre MR et al. Prehosp Emerg Care 2009 Oct-Dec; 13:469

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Treating Depressed Cardiac Patients? Omega-3s Don't Help the Depression

• October 26, 2009
• Peter Roy-Byrne, MD
• Psychiatry

Omega-3 fatty acids do not appear to augment the effects of sertraline in depressed patients with cardiac disease.

• Reviewing:
• Carney RM et al. JAMA 2009 Oct 21; 302:1651

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Do ICDs Work Better for Men Than for Women?

• October 22, 2009
• JoAnne M. Foody, MD
• Women's Health

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for preventing sudden cardiac death had no effect on all-cause mortality in women with advanced heart failure.

• Reviewing:
• Ghanbari H et al. Arch Intern Med 2009 Sep 14; 169:1500

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Aldosterone Antagonists and Heart Failure

• October 21, 2009
• Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH

Potholes remain in the road toward adoption of evidence-based guideline recommendations.

• Reviewing:
• Albert NM et al. JAMA 2009 Oct 21; 302:1658

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