CardioExchange Archive

July 2nd, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 2nd

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include pay for performance, Don Berwick’s Harvard commencement address, tPA for ischemic stroke in warfarin-treated patients, surgery for infective endocarditis, the American health care system, and the record number of RECORD studies.

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June 27th, 2012

Panel: Early Surgery for Infective Endocarditis

Larry M. Baddour, MD, Sabet W Hashim, MD and John E Brush, MD

Will findings from this trial of early surgery for infective endocarditis change your practice?

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April 30th, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: Week of April 30th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week, Richard looks at endocarditis and ICDs, more stent wars, stroke prevention in A-Fib, and more.

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April 25th, 2012

Study Sheds Light on Cardiac Device Infective Endocarditis

Larry Husten, PHD

A new study sheds light on a rare but highly dangerous complication associated with device implants: cardiac device infective endocarditis (CDIE). Approximately 10% to  23% of device infections result in CDIE, leading, in one estimate, to an overall rate of 1.14 cases per 1000 device-years. In a paper published in JAMA, Eugene Athan and colleagues analyzed data from […]

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November 22nd, 2011

Study Examines Role of Surgery for Infective Endocarditis and Heart Failure

Larry Husten, PHD

Although current guidelines recommend valve surgery for patients with infective endocarditis and heart failure (HF), a large prospective registry finds that many of these patients do not undergo surgery — and have much worse outcomes. In a paper published in JAMA, Todd Kiefer and colleagues report on 4166 patients with infective endocarditis enrolled in the International Collaboration on Endocarditis […]

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