March 30th, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: March 30th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include two papers comparing everolimus-eluting stents and CABG and a study of short-term exposure to air pollution and stroke.
March 16th, 2015
Better Than BEST? An Observational Comparison of PCI and CABG for Multivessel Coronary Disease
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA
Sripal Bangalore discusses his observational study comparing CABG with everolimus-eluting stent PCI in patients with multivessel coronary disease, alongside findings from the BEST randomized trial.
September 29th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 29th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include prevalence and incidence trends in diabetes in the U.S., quality of life outcomes with CABG in ischemic left ventricular dysfunction, and more.
September 17th, 2014
Is It Safe to Offer PCI at VA Centers Without On-Site Cardiothoracic Surgery?
Thomas Maddox, MD MSc
Thomas M. Maddox discusses his research group’s study of post-PCI outcomes at VA centers with or without on-site cardiothoracic surgery.
June 9th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 9th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include the CORONARY trial, the association of azithromycin with mortality and CV events among older patients hospitalized with pneumonia, and more.
January 9th, 2014
Hospital Quality Helps Explain Some Racial Disparities in CABG Outcomes
Larry Husten, PHD
It has long been known that racial disparities exist in health care. A large body of research has found that nonwhite patients have worse outcomes than whites. But it has been difficult to understand the underlying reasons for these disparities. Now a new study offers evidence that, at least in the case of bypass surgery, […]
December 3rd, 2013
Stents Lose in Comparisons with Surgery and Medical Therapy
Larry Husten, PHD
Despite the enormous increase in the use of stents in recent decades, there is little or no good evidence comparing their use to the alternatives of CABG surgery or optimal medical therapy in patients also eligible for these strategies. Now two meta-analyses published in JAMA Internal Medicine provide new evidence that the alternatives to PCI […]
November 7th, 2013
Internal Mammary Artery Grafting During CABG: How Common, How Effective?
Mark Hlatky, MD
Mark A. Hlatky discusses his research group’s analysis of the prevalence and effectiveness of internal mammary artery grafting during CABG procedures performed in Medicare patients.
October 17th, 2013
New Insights Into Surgery vs. Stents for Diabetics with Multivessel Disease
Larry Husten, PHD
Last year the large NHLBI FREEDOM trial demonstrated that coronary-artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was superior to PCI when treating diabetic patients who have multivessel coronary disease. CABG resulted in significant reductions in death and MI, but this was offset slightly by a higher rate of stroke in the CABG group. Now, a new report from FREEDOM […]
August 28th, 2013
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning for CABG: An Investigator’s Perspective
Gerd Heusch, Prof. Dr. med. Dr.h.c. and John Ryan, MD
Gerd Heusch discusses his study group’s randomized trial of remote ischemic preconditioning before coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- Sex-Based Disparity in CABG Outcomes: Are We Moving Toward Parity?
- Can Genetic and Social Risk Scores Improve Cardiac Risk Prediction?
- Extensive Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
- Can a Novel Stent Design Improve Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
- Are Angiographically-Derived Coronary Physiology Measurements Ready for Use in the Cath Lab?