2022 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

Perioperative Cardiovascular Considerations Prior to Elective Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With a History of COVID-19

(2022) Nidhi Rohatgi et al.   JAMA Surgery

Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2022) P.J. Devereaux et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Comparison of Clopidogrel Monotherapy After 1 to 2 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

(2022) Hirotoshi Watanabe et al.   JAMA Cardiology

2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

(2022) Marc Humbert et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Long-term outcomes of postoperative atrial fibrillation following non cardiac surgery: A systematic review and metanalysis

(2021) Alessandro Albini et al.   European Journal of Internal Medicine

Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study

(2021) et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction and preoperative hemoglobin level on perioperative adverse cardiovascular events in noncardiac surgery

(2021) Hiromichi Sougawa et al.   HEART AND VESSELS

2020 Update of the quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction: a position paper of the Association for Acute Cardiovascular Care: the study group for quality indicators from the ACVC and the NSTE-ACS guideline group

(2021) François Schiele et al.   European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care

Incidence and outcomes of perioperative myocardial infarction/injury diagnosed by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I

(2021) Danielle M. Gualandro et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

2021 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2021) Jan Steffel et al.   EUROPACE

Aspirin versus clopidogrel for chronic maintenance monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (HOST-EXAM): an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, open-label, multicentre trial

(2021) Bon-Kwon Koo et al.   LANCET

Performance of the AUB-HAS2 Cardiovascular Risk Index in vascular surgery patients

(2021) Ahmad Msheik et al.   VASCULAR MEDICINE

Natural Course of New‐Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Noncardiac Surgery

(2021) Junho Hyun et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

(2021) et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Adherence to the European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Anaesthesiology recommendations on preoperative cardiac testing and association with positive results and cardiac events: a cohort study

(2021) Giovanna A.L. Lurati Buse et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

European Society of Cardiology Quality Indicators for the care and outcomes of cardiac pacing: developed by the Working Group for Cardiac Pacing Quality Indicators in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology

(2021) Suleman Aktaa et al.   EUROPACE

2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

(2021) Frank L J Visseren et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

(2021) Alec Vahanian et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy

(2021) Michael Glikson et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

(2021) Theresa A McDonagh et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

(2021) Marco Valgimigli et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Postoperative low molecular weight heparin bridging treatment for patients at high risk of arterial thromboembolism (PERIOP2): double blind randomised controlled trial

(2021) Michael J Kovacs et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Frailty in cardiology: definition, assessment and clinical implications for general cardiology. A consensus document of the Council for Cardiology Practice (CCP), Association for Acute Cardio Vascular Care (ACVC), Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Council on Valvular Heart Diseases (VHD), Council on Hypertension (CHT), Council of Cardio-Oncology (CCO), Working Group (WG) Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases, WG e-Cardiology, WG Thrombosis, of the European Society of Cardiology, European Primary Care Cardiology Society (EPCCS)

(2021) Dimitri Richter et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Primary Thromboprophylaxis in Patients with Malignancies: Daily Practice Recommendations by the Hemostasis Working Party of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO), the Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research (GTH), and the Austrian Society of Hematology and Oncology (ÖGHO)

(2021) Martin Kirschner et al.   Cancers

Methodology for the development of international clinical data standards for common cardiovascular conditions: European Unified Registries for Heart Care Evaluation and Randomised Trials (EuroHeart)

(2021) Gorav Batra et al.   European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes

The Risk of Postoperative Complications After Major Elective Surgery in Active or Resolved COVID-19 in the United States

(2021) John Z. Deng et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

(2021) Kurt Ruetzler et al.   CIRCULATION

Bridging Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

(2021) Alexander E. Sullivan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Association between use of preoperative antihypertensive medication and 90-day mortality after non-cardiac surgery: A retrospective cohort study

(2020) Chami Im et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Cardiac Biomarkers for the Prediction and Detection of Adverse Cardiac Events After Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Stefan G. De Hert et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin for the Exclusion of Inducible Myocardial Ischemia in Symptomatic Patients

(2020) Joan Walter et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Effectiveness of Preoperative Iron Supplementation in Major Surgical Patients with Iron Deficiency

(2020) Chris Triphaus et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Perioperative intravenous contrast administration and the incidence of acute kidney injury after major gastrointestinal surgery: prospective, multicentre cohort study

(2020)   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Effects of Bisoprolol Transdermal Patches for Prevention of Perioperative Myocardial Injury in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery　― Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study ―

(2020) Hironobu Toda et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Associated With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Ahmed AlTurki et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Thromboembolic and bleeding risk of periprocedural bridging anticoagulation: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

(2020) Hsien‐Cheng Kuo et al.   CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY

Obesity paradox and perioperative myocardial infarction/injury in non-cardiac surgery

(2020) Reka Hidvegi et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

Preoperative Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and Clinical Factors for Assessment of Cardiac Risk after Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Michael W. Cullen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Accelerated surgery versus standard care in hip fracture (HIP ATTACK): an international, randomised, controlled trial

(2020) Flavia K Borges et al.   LANCET

Polymer-based or Polymer-free Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

(2020) Stephan Windecker et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Patient blood management during the COVID–19 pandemic: a narrative review

(2020) D. M. Baron et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Myocardial infarction after noncardiac surgery in Sweden: a national, retrospective observational cohort study

(2020) Linn Hallqvist et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system: implications for risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options

(2020) Tomasz J Guzik et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Evaluation and Management of Premature Ventricular Complexes

(2020) Gregory M. Marcus   CIRCULATION

Elective Non-Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis　― Observations From the CURRENT AS Registry ―

(2020) Tomohiko Taniguchi et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Routine clinical practice in the periprocedural management of edoxaban therapy is associated with low risk of bleeding and thromboembolic complications: The prospective, observational, and multinational EMIT‐AF / VTE study

(2020) Paolo Colonna et al.   CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY

Polymer-free drug-coated vs. bare-metal coronary stents in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a subgroup analysis of the LEADERS FREE trial

(2020) Gert Richardt et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

Impact of Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis on Perioperative Outcomes Following Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Sushil Allen Luis et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Rivaroxaban in Peripheral Artery Disease after Revascularization

(2020) Marc P. Bonaca et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Anticoagulation with or without Clopidogrel after Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation

(2020) Vincent J. Nijenhuis et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease

(2020) David J. Maron et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Defining Major Surgery: A Delphi Consensus Among European Surgical Association (ESA) Members

(2020) David Martin et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Association of intraoperative hyperglycemia and postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a multicenter retrospective study

(2020) Nirav J. Shah et al.   BMC Anesthesiology

Systematic comparison of four point-of-care methods versus the reference laboratory measurement of hemoglobin in the surgical ICU setting: a cross-sectional method comparison study

(2020) Arpa Chutipongtanate et al.   BMC Anesthesiology

AUB‐HAS2 Cardiovascular Risk Index: Performance in Surgical Subpopulations and Comparison to the Revised Cardiac Risk Index

(2020) Habib A. Dakik et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Acute Postoperative Pain Is Associated With Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Alparslan Turan et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Shared decision making in surgery: a scoping review of patient and surgeon preferences

(2020) Laura A. Shinkunas et al.   BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Personalised haemodynamic management targeting baseline cardiac index in high-risk patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: a randomised single-centre clinical trial

(2020) Julia Y. Nicklas et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Anesthesia teams managing pacemakers and ICDs for the perioperative period

(2020) Joshua B. Feldman et al.   Current Opinion in Anesthesiology

Pre-operative Diagnosis of Silent Coronary Ischaemia May Reduce Post-operative Death and Myocardial Infarction and Improve Survival of Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Surgical Revascularisation

(2020) Dainis Krievins et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY

Perioperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Management for Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Nathaniel R. Smilowitz et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Diagnosis and management of silent coronary ischemia in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy

(2020) Dainis Krievins et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Effects of a high-dose 24-h infusion of tranexamic acid on death and thromboembolic events in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (HALT-IT): an international randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2020) Ian Roberts et al.   LANCET

How do we use electronic clinical decision support and feedback to promote good transfusion practice

(2020) Sophie Staples et al.   TRANSFUSION

Mortality risk associated with venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis

(2020) Nicholas D Klemen et al.   Lancet Haematology

Outcomes of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Recently Recovered From Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

(2020) Valentina O. Puntmann et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Predictors of preprocedural direct oral anticoagulant levels in patients having an elective surgery or procedure

(2020) Joseph R. Shaw et al.   Blood Advances

Frequent premature ventricular contractions. Association of burden and complexity with prognosis according to the presence of structural heart disease

(2020) Leonor Parreira et al.   ANNALS OF NONINVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOLOGY

Association between self-reported functional capacity and major adverse cardiac events in patients at elevated risk undergoing noncardiac surgery: a prospective diagnostic cohort study

(2020) Giovanna A.L. Lurati Buse et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Quality indicators for the care and outcomes of adults with atrial fibrillation

(2020) Elena Arbelo et al.   EUROPACE

2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease

(2020) Helmut Baumgartner et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

(2020) Jean-Philippe Collet et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

(2020) Gerhard Hindricks et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Metoprolol exerts a non-class effect against ischaemia–reperfusion injury by abrogating exacerbated inflammation

(2020) Agustín Clemente-Moragón et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Etiology of Peri-Operative Myocardial Infarction/Injury After Noncardiac Surgery and Associated Outcome

(2020) Christian Puelacher et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Preoperative intravenous iron to treat anaemia before major abdominal surgery (PREVENTT): a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial

(2020) Toby Richards et al.   LANCET

Aspirin with or without Clopidogrel after Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation

(2020) Jorn Brouwer et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Surgical Wards: A Multivariable Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 2,800,069 Hospitalizations

(2020) Magdalena Walicka et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Developing and validating subjective and objective risk-assessment measures for predicting mortality after major surgery: An international prospective cohort study

(2020) Danny J. N. Wong et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Sex Differences and Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Pacemakers

(2020) Martin Riesenhuber et al.   Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The Haemostasis Traffic Light, a user‐centred coagulation management tool for acute bleeding situations: a simulation‐based randomised dual‐centre trial

(2020) E. D. Kataife et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Physicians Should Obtain Perioperative Cardiac Troponin Measurements in At-Risk Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2020) Flavia K Borges et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

15. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2021

(2020)   DIABETES CARE

Long‐Term Clinical Outcomes Following Revascularization in High‐Risk Coronary Anatomy Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

(2020) Kevin R. Bainey et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Effects of psychological interventions on anxiety and pain in patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery: a systematic review

(2020) Gianluca Villa et al.   Perioperative Medicine

Is There a Role for Preoperative Platelet Function Testing in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery During Antiplatelet Therapy?

(2019) Elisabeth Mahla et al.   CIRCULATION

Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors continuation versus discontinuation on outcome after major surgery: protocol of a multicenter randomized, controlled trial (STOP-or-NOT trial)

(2019) Matthieu Legrand et al.   Trials

Reduction in Mortality following Elective Major Hip and Knee Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2019) Ke Xu et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Full Study Report of Andexanet Alfa for Bleeding Associated with Factor Xa Inhibitors

(2019) Stuart J. Connolly et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Antibody-Based Ticagrelor Reversal Agent in Healthy Volunteers

(2019) Deepak L. Bhatt et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Volatile Anesthetics versus Total Intravenous Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery

(2019) Giovanni Landoni et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Postoperative atrial fibrillation: mechanisms, manifestations and management

(2019) Dobromir Dobrev et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs database annual report: Evolving indications, outcomes, and scientific partnerships

(2019) Robert L. Kormos et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Association of Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention With Cardiovascular Events and Bleeding Events

(2019) Sean L. Zheng et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on postoperative blood pressure, risk and outcomes for elective surgery

(2019) Matthew D. McEvoy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on intraoperative blood pressure, risk and outcomes for elective surgery

(2019) Daniel I. Sessler et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

One-year results of the pilot multicentre randomised trial of preoperative focused cardiac ultrasound in hip fracture surgery

(2019) David J Canty et al.   ANAESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE

Perioperative diabetic ketoacidosis associated with sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors: a systematic review

(2019) Venkatesan Thiruvenkatarajan et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Myocardial Injury after Non-Cardiac Surgery

(2019) Nathaniel R. Smilowitz et al.   Cardiology in Review

Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery: diagnosis and management

(2019) P J Devereaux et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Systematic review and meta-analysis of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in ischemic heart disease

(2019) Brandon K. Martinez et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Thromboelastography‐guided therapy improves patient blood management and certain clinical outcomes in elective cardiac and liver surgery and emergency resuscitation: A systematic review and analysis

(2019) João D. Dias et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Open versus Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

(2019) Frank A. Lederle et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Application of transthoracic echocardiography in patients receiving intermediate- or high-risk noncardiac surgery

(2019) Hsien-Yuan Chang et al.   PLoS One

A prospective evaluation of thromboelastometry (ROTEM) to identify acute traumatic coagulopathy and predict massive transfusion in military trauma patients in Afghanistan

(2019) Jared Cohen et al.   TRANSFUSION

Restrictive Transfusion Strategy and Clinical Decision Support Practices for Reducing RBC Transfusion Overuse

(2019) James H. Derzon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Association between complications and death within 30 days after noncardiac surgery

(2019)   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

2019 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS expert consensus statement on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias

(2019) Edmond M Cronin et al.   EUROPACE

Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology practical guidance on the use of natriuretic peptide concentrations

(2019) Christian Mueller et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

(2019) Michael S. Conte et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY

Effect of 1-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Followed by Clopidogrel vs 12-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy on Cardiovascular and Bleeding Events in Patients Receiving PCI

(2019) Hirotoshi Watanabe et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Complementary pre-operative risk assessment using coronary computed tomography angiography and nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging in non-cardiac surgery: A VISION-CTA sub-study

(2019) Taylor F. Dowsley et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Atrial Fibrillation After Gastrointestinal Surgery: Incidence and Associated Risk Factors

(2019) Emily G. Heywood et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

A New Index for Pre-Operative Cardiovascular Evaluation

(2019) Habib A. Dakik et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Health Care Spending, Utilization, and Quality 8 Years into Global Payment

(2019) Zirui Song et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Prognostic performance of preoperative cardiac troponin and perioperative changes in cardiac troponin for the prediction of major adverse cardiac events and mortality in noncardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2019) Caroline A. S. Humble et al.   PLoS One

Perioperative/Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of Subsequent Stroke and/or Mortality

(2019) Meng-Hsin Lin et al.   STROKE

Prevalence and Cost of Care Cascades After Low-Value Preoperative Electrocardiogram for Cataract Surgery in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries

(2019) Ishani Ganguli et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Association Between Heart Failure and Postoperative Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Noncardiac Surgery

(2019) Benjamin J. Lerman et al.   JAMA Surgery

Impact of a Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme on allogeneic blood transfusions and related costs

(2019) A. Kaserer et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Comparative Accuracy of Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography and Clinical Examination for Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Valvular Heart Disease

(2019) Jeffrey A. Marbach et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated Medically or with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights from the AUGUSTUS Trial

(2019) Stephan Windecker et al.   CIRCULATION

2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD

(2019) Francesco Cosentino et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

High penetrance and similar disease progression in probands and in family members with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

(2019) Monica Chivulescu et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism developed in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society (ERS)

(2019) Stavros V Konstantinides et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardiaThe Task Force for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

(2019) Josep Brugada et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes

(2019) Juhani Knuuti et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Preoperative Diastolic Dysfunction and Postoperative Outcomes after Noncardiac Surgery

(2019) Mark Willingham et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Strategies for implementing shared decision making in elective surgery by health care practitioners: A systematic review

(2019) Clarabelle Pham et al.   JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Ticagrelor with or without Aspirin in High-Risk Patients after PCI

(2019) Roxana Mehran et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Clinical use of intracoronary imaging. Part 2: acute coronary syndromes, ambiguous coronary angiography findings, and guiding interventional decision-making: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

(2019) Thomas W. Johnson et al.   EuroIntervention

Perioperative Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Receiving a Direct Oral Anticoagulant

(2019) James D. Douketis et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Antiarrhythmic Drugs or Catheter Ablation in the Management of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

(2019) Babikir Kheiri et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Guidelines for Performance, Interpretation, and Application of Stress Echocardiography in Ischemic Heart Disease: From the American Society of Echocardiography

(2019) Patricia A. Pellikka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Comparison of two point of care whole blood coagulation analysis devices and conventional coagulation tests as a predicting tool of perioperative bleeding in adult cardiac surgery—a pilot prospective observational study in Japan

(2019) Rui Terada et al.   TRANSFUSION

Thrombelastometry guided blood-component therapy after cardiac surgery: a randomized study

(2019) Martin Haensig et al.   BMC Anesthesiology

Preoperative N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiovascular Events After Noncardiac Surgery

(2019) Emmanuelle Duceppe et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Iron deficiency is associated with higher mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective study

(2019) Julian Rössler et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Integration of the Duke Activity Status Index into preoperative risk evaluation: a multicentre prospective cohort study

(2019) Duminda N. Wijeysundera et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Tranexamic acid to reduce bleeding after dental extraction in patients treated with non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants: design and rationale of the EXTRACT-NOAC trial

(2019) A. Ockerman et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Acute Limb Ischaemia

(2019) Martin Björck et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY

Enhancing the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator to Predict Geriatric Outcomes

(2019) Melissa A. Hornor et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

The role of amiodarone in contemporary management of complex cardiac arrhythmias

(2019) Nebojša Mujović et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Comparison of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T for the prediction of cardiac complications after non-cardiac surgery

(2018) Danielle M Gualandro et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Preventing Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Noncardiac Surgery: A Meta-analysis

(2018) Adam Oesterle et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Clinical guideline and recommendations on pre-operative exercise training in patients awaiting major non-cardiac surgery

(2018) G. A. Tew et al.   ANAESTHESIA

A Systematic Review of Outcomes Associated With Withholding or Continuing Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Before Noncardiac Surgery

(2018) Caryl Hollmann et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Is Compliance With Surgical Care Improvement Project Cardiac (SCIP-Card-2) Measures for Perioperative β-Blockers Associated With Reduced Incidence of Mortality and Cardiovascular-Related Critical Quality Indicators After Noncardiac Surgery?

(2018) Miklos D. Kertai et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Period-dependent Associations between Hypotension during and for Four Days after Noncardiac Surgery and a Composite of Myocardial Infarction and Death

(2018) Daniel I. Sessler et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Impact of the Choice of Risk Model for Identifying Low-risk Patients Using the 2014 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Perioperative Guidelines

(2018) Laurent G. Glance et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Aspirin in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2018) Michelle M. Graham et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Caprini Risk Model Decreases Venous Thromboembolism Rates in Thoracic Surgery Cancer Patients

(2018) Helene M. Sterbling et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Different methods of modelling intraoperative hypotension and their association with postoperative complications in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2018) L.M. Vernooij et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents undergoing noncardiac surgery: association with adverse events

(2018) A. Rodriguez et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Intraoperative hypotension and the risk of postoperative adverse outcomes: a systematic review

(2018) E.M. Wesselink et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Troponin T monitoring to detect myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a cost–consequence analysis

(2018) Giovanna Lurati Buse et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Health Literacy and Cardiovascular Disease: Fundamental Relevance to Primary and Secondary Prevention: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

(2018) Jared W. Magnani et al.   CIRCULATION

The Afferent Limb of Rapid Response Systems

(2018) Andreas H. Taenzer et al.   CRITICAL CARE CLINICS

Effect of A1C and Glucose on Postoperative Mortality in Noncardiac and Cardiac Surgeries

(2018) Willem van den Boom et al.   DIABETES CARE

Antiarrhythmic drugs–clinical use and clinical decision making: a consensus document from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacology, endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) and International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (ISCP)

(2018) Gheorghe-Andrei Dan et al.   EUROPACE

Pre-operative evaluation of adults undergoing elective noncardiac surgery

(2018) Stefan De Hert et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Trends in cardiovascular risk factor and disease prevalence in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2018) Nathaniel R Smilowitz et al.   HEART

The Effect of Previous Coronary Artery Revascularization on the Adverse Cardiac Events Ninety days After Total Joint Arthroplasty

(2018) Bin Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Clinical Update in Pericardial Diseases

(2018) Benjamin C. Tuck et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Anesthetic Preconditioning: Have We Found the Holy Grail of Perioperative Cardioprotection?

(2018) Stefan De Hert et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: A propensity score-matched analysis of in-hospital outcomes in the United States

(2018) David F. Briceño et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Recommendations for Preoperative Management of Frailty from the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI)

(2018) Maria Loreto Alvarez-Nebreda et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

The use of adjunct psychosocial interventions can decrease postoperative pain and improve the quality of clinical care in orthopedic surgery. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2018) Csenge Szeverenyi et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

External validation of Vascular Study Group of New England risk predictive model of mortality after elective abdominal aorta aneurysm repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative and comparison against established models

(2018) Mohammad H. Eslami et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

6-month versus 12-month or longer dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome (SMART-DATE): a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial

(2018) Joo-Yong Hahn et al.   LANCET

Rivaroxaban with or without aspirin in patients with stable peripheral or carotid artery disease: an international, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2018) Sonia S Anand et al.   LANCET

Assessment of functional capacity before major non-cardiac surgery: an international, prospective cohort study

(2018) Duminda N Wijeysundera et al.   LANCET

Dabigatran in patients with myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MANAGE): an international, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

(2018) P J Devereaux et al.   LANCET

Aspirin or Rivaroxaban for VTE Prophylaxis after Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

(2018) David R. Anderson et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Risk of lactic acidosis in type 2 diabetes patients using metformin: A case control study

(2018) Abdellatif Aharaz et al.   PLoS One

Digoxin for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: A systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised clinical trials

(2018) Naqash J. Sethi et al.   PLoS One

An Overview and Update on Obesity and the Obesity Paradox in Cardiovascular Diseases

(2018) Andrew Elagizi et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Platelet Inhibition and Bleeding in Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery—The BIANCA Observational Study

(2018) Elisabeth Mahla et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Management of bleeding and emergency invasive procedures in patients on dabigatran: Updated guidelines from the French Working Group on Perioperative Haemostasis (GIHP) – September 2016

(2018) Pierre Albaladejo et al.   Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine

Long-term Thromboembolic Risk in Patients With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2018) Jawad H. Butt et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Association between preoperative ambulatory heart rate and postoperative myocardial injury: a retrospective cohort study

(2018) K.S. Ladha et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Deferred versus immediate stenting in primary PCI. A collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging data

(2018) Salvatore Cassese et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Direct Comparison of Cardiac Troponin T and I Using a Uniform and a Sex-Specific Approach in the Detection of Functionally Relevant Coronary Artery Disease

(2018) Deborah Mueller et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

(2018) Bryan Williams et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization

(2018) Franz-Josef Neumann et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Considerations for the choice between coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention as revascularization strategies in major categories of patients with stable multivessel coronary artery disease: an accompanying article of the task force of the 2018 ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization

(2018) Stephan Windecker et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy

(2018) Vera Regitz-Zagrosek et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Experiences with the standardized classification of surgical complications (Clavien-Dindo) in general surgery patients

(2018) M. Bolliger et al.   European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Decompensated right heart failure, intensive care and perioperative management in patients with pulmonary hypertension: Updated recommendations from the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018

(2018) Karen M. Olsson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Ticagrelor plus aspirin for 1 month, followed by ticagrelor monotherapy for 23 months vs aspirin plus clopidogrel or ticagrelor for 12 months, followed by aspirin monotherapy for 12 months after implantation of a drug-eluting stent: a multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial

(2018) Pascal Vranckx et al.   LANCET

Quality of Care in the United Kingdom after Removal of Financial Incentives

(2018) Mark Minchin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure

(2018) Gregg W. Stone et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Comparison of perioperative strategies in ICD patients: The perioperative ICD management study (PIM study)

(2018) Horst Neubauer et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Clinical use of intracoronary imaging. Part 1: guidance and optimization of coronary interventions. An expert consensus document of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

(2018) Lorenz Räber et al.   EuroIntervention

Diclofenac use and cardiovascular risks: series of nationwide cohort studies

(2018) Morten Schmidt et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

OUP accepted manuscript

(2018)   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Perioperative statin therapy in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2018) Alessandro Putzu et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

Electromagnetic Interference with Protocolized Electrosurgery Dispersive Electrode Positioning in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

(2018) Peter M. Schulman et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Multimodal Patient Blood Management Program Based on a Three-pillar Strategy

(2018) Friederike C. Althoff et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Preoperative systemic inflammation and perioperative myocardial injury: prospective observational multicentre cohort study of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2018) G.L. Ackland et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Meta-analysis of the influence of lifestyle changes for preoperative weight loss on surgical outcomes

(2018) M. Roman et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Systematic review of shared decision-making in surgery

(2018) S. M. L. de Mik et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018)

(2018) Kristian Thygesen et al.   CIRCULATION

Intra-operative tachycardia is not associated with a composite of myocardial injury and mortality after noncardiac surgery

(2018) Kurt Ruetzler et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2019 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Abdominal Aorto-iliac Artery Aneurysms

(2018) Anders Wanhainen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists/European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists Practice Advisory for the Management of Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

(2018) Ben O'Brien et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Risk of Thromboembolism Associated With Atrial Fibrillation Following Noncardiac Surgery

(2018) Jawad H. Butt et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Safety of In-Hospital Only Thromboprophylaxis after Fast-Track Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Follow-Up Study in 17,582 Procedures

(2018) Henrik Kehlet et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Exclusion criteria and adverse events in perioperative trials of tranexamic acid: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Jeffrey Yates et al.   TRANSFUSION

Six months versus 12 months dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (DAPT-STEMI): randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial

(2018) Elvin Kedhi et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Modifiable Predictors of Ventricular Ectopy in the Community

(2018) Tuomas Kerola et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Grade 3 Echocardiographic Diastolic Dysfunction Is Associated With Increased Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Surgery

(2018) Yan Zhou et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Management of ventricular tachycardia in the ablation era: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association Survey

(2017) Roland Richard Tilz et al.   EUROPACE

Predictors of pre-procedural concentrations of direct oral anticoagulants: a prospective multicentre study

(2017) Anne Godier et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Perioperative acute myocardial infarction associated with non-cardiac surgery

(2017) Nathaniel R. Smilowitz et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation

(2017) Borja Ibanez et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS

(2017) Marco Valgimigli et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

(2017) Victor Aboyans et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

European Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

(2017) Arash Afshari et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

(2017) David Faraoni et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

(2017) Linas Venclauskas et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

(2017) Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

European guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

(2017) Jean-Yves Jenny et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Perioperative depression or anxiety and postoperative mortality in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2017) Hisato Takagi et al.   HEART AND VESSELS

Thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin and direct oral anticoagulants in major orthopedic surgery and acutely ill medical patients: a meta-analysis

(2017) Claudio Cimminiello et al.   Internal and Emergency Medicine

The not so innocent heart murmur: a 5-year experience

(2017) Shaw-Hua Kueh et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

Defining the role of perioperative statin treatment in patients after cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis and systematic review of 20 randomized controlled trials

(2017) Xin Yuan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2017) et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Effect of Individualized vs Standard Blood Pressure Management Strategies on Postoperative Organ Dysfunction Among High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Surgery

(2017) Emmanuel Futier et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The suppressive effects of landiolol administration on the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation and tachycardia, and plasma IL-6 elevation in patients undergoing esophageal surgery: A randomized controlled clinical trial

(2017) Yuta Horikoshi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

Magnesium status and magnesium therapy in cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis focusing on arrhythmia prevention

(2017) Jessica L. Fairley et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Periprocedural Management of Anticoagulation in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2017) John U. Doherty et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Effect of postoperative anemia and baseline cardiac risk on serious adverse outcomes after major vascular interventions

(2017) Panos Kougias et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

(2017) Leandra Abarca-Gómez et al.   LANCET

Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity

(2017) Carl J. Lavie et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Exposure to contrast media in the perioperative period confers no additional risk of acute kidney injury in surgical patients

(2017) Ian Zealley et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal — Full Cohort Analysis

(2017) Charles V. Pollack et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

ICD-ON Registry for Perioperative Management of CIEDs: Most Require No Change

(2017) JANET GIFFORD et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Cardiac Screening in the Noncardiac Surgery Patient

(2017) Waseem Chaudhry et al.   SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health-system-wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary-care hospitals

(2017) Michael F. Leahy et al.   TRANSFUSION

EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of transthoracic echocardiography in adults: a report of literature and current practice review

(2017) Richard P. Steeds et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Survival in Women Versus Men Following Implantation of Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices in a Large, Nationwide Cohort

(2017) Niraj Varma et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Association of Perioperative Statin Use With Mortality and Morbidity After Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2017) Martin J. London et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering With Evolocumab and Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

(2017) Marc P. Bonaca et al.   CIRCULATION

Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery

(2017) Christian Puelacher et al.   CIRCULATION

Effect of ColchiciNe on the InciDence of Atrial Fibrillation in Open Heart Surgery Patients: END-AF Trial

(2016) Ramzi A. Tabbalat et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Focused echocardiography: a systematic review of diagnostic and clinical decision-making in anaesthesia and critical care

(2016) J. Heiberg et al.   ANAESTHESIA

International consensus statement on the peri-operative management of anaemia and iron deficiency

(2016) M. Muñoz et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Incremental Value of Preoperative Copeptin for Predicting Myocardial Injury

(2016) Eckhard Mauermann et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Perioperative Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery Is an Independent Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Events

(2016) Ashraf Fayad et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Preoperative Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

(2016) Steven L. Cohn   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Patient Blood Management is Associated With a Substantial Reduction of Red Blood Cell Utilization and Safe for Patientʼs Outcome

(2016) Patrick Meybohm et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in High-risk Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery

(2016) Daniela Cardinale et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

The Important Role for Intravenous Iron in Perioperative Patient Blood Management in Major Abdominal Surgery

(2016) Bernd Froessler et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

The Incremental Risk of Coronary Stents on Postoperative Adverse Events

(2016) Carla N. Holcomb et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Pre-operative echocardiography among patients with coronary artery disease in the United States Veterans Affairs healthcare system: A retrospective cohort study

(2016) Emily B. Levitan et al.   BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Preoperative heart rate and myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery: results of a predefined secondary analysis of the VISION study

(2016) T.E.F. Abbott et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Patient and lesion-specific characteristics predict risk of major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention undergoing noncardiac surgery

(2016) Ehrin J. Armstrong et al.   CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

(2016) Robert Ross et al.   CIRCULATION

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

(2016) Francisco B. Ortega et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Comparison of Immediate With Delayed Stenting Using the Minimalist Immediate Mechanical Intervention Approach in Acute ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

(2016) Loic Belle et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions

Six Versus 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Implantation of Biodegradable Polymer Sirolimus-Eluting Stent

(2016) Yaling Han et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions

Patient with chronic renal failure undergoing surgery

(2016) Melanie Meersch et al.   Current Opinion in Anesthesiology

Cardiovascular safety of non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: review and position paper by the working group for Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy of the European Society of Cardiology

(2016) Morten Schmidt et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

(2016) Massimo F. Piepoli et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

(2016) Piotr Ponikowski et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Cardiac troponins and volatile anaesthetics in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

(2016) Therese S. Straarup et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

The cardiac consult for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2016) Steven L Cohn   HEART

Perioperative outcomes of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2016) Ashwat Dhillon et al.   HEART

Comparative effectiveness of antiarrhythmic drugs and catheter ablation for the prevention of recurrent ventricular tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2016) Pasquale Santangeli et al.   HEART RHYTHM

An evidence summary of the management of patients taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) undergoing dental surgery

(2016) S. Johnston   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

6-Month Versus 12-Month Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy Following Long Everolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation

(2016) Sung-Jin Hong et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions

Perioperative Management of a Leadless Pacemaker: The Paucity of Evidence-Based Guidelines

(2016) Gregory J. Mickus et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Health Literacy and Heart Failure

(2016) Maan Isabella Cajita et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Perioperative Cardiovascular Risk of Prior Coronary Stent Implantation Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2016) Karim D. Mahmoud et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Risk Associated With Surgery Within 12 Months After Coronary Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

(2016) Gro Egholm et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Post-Operative Outcomes in Children With and Without Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2016) David Faraoni et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

(2016) Peter A. McCullough et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Clinical efficacy of epicardial application of drug-releasing hydrogels to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation

(2016) William Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Caprini venous thromboembolism risk assessment permits selection for postdischarge prophylactic anticoagulation in patients with resectable lung cancer

(2016) Krista J. Hachey et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Does the severity of preoperative anemia or blood transfusion have a stronger impact on long-term survival after cardiac surgery?

(2016) Christian von Heymann et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

When and how to use antidotes for the reversal of direct oral anticoagulants: guidance from the SSC of the ISTH

(2016) J. H. Levy et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Postoperative pain and quality of life after lobectomy via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or anterolateral thoracotomy for early stage lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial

(2016) Morten Bendixen et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Washed cell salvage in surgical patients

(2016) Patrick Meybohm et al.   MEDICINE

Perioperative Rosuvastatin in Cardiac Surgery

(2016) Zhe Zheng et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rate Control versus Rhythm Control for Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery

(2016) A. Marc Gillinov et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs

(2016) John L. Sapp et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Obesity and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases and Prognosis—The Obesity Paradox Updated

(2016) Carl J. Lavie et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Impact of frailty on surgical outcomes: The right patient for the right procedure

(2016) Catalina Mosquera et al.   SURGERY

Prothrombin complex concentrates versus fresh frozen plasma for warfarin reversal A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2016) Chatree Chai-Adisaksopha et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Gender disparities in red blood cell transfusion in elective surgery: a post hoc multicentre cohort study

(2016) Hans Gombotz et al.   BMJ Open

The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease: recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography

(2016) Patrizio Lancellotti et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Use of minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation in cardiac surgery: principles, definitions and potential benefits. A position paper from the Minimal invasive Extra-Corporeal Technologies international Society (MiECTiS)

(2016) Kyriakos Anastasiadis et al.   Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Systematic review of aspirin for thromboprophylaxis in modern elective total hip and knee arthroplasty

(2016) D. G. G. Wilson et al.   Bone & Joint Journal

Association of Coronary Stent Indication With Postoperative Outcomes Following Noncardiac Surgery

(2016) Carla N. Holcomb et al.   JAMA Surgery

Validation of the Caprini risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism in high-risk surgical patients in the background of standard prophylaxis

(2016) Kirill Lobastov et al.   Journal of Vascular Surgery-Venous and Lymphatic Disorders

Impact of a blood management protocol on transfusion rates and outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty

(2016) N Frew et al.   ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

Pre-operative haematological assessment in patients scheduled for major surgery

(2015) M. Muñoz et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Long-Term Quit Rates After a Perioperative Smoking Cessation Randomized Controlled Trial

(2015) Susan M. Lee et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Surgical Embolectomy for Acute Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism in a Series of 115 Patients

(2015) Robert C. Neely et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Contemporary Bloodletting in Cardiac Surgical Care

(2015) Colleen G. Koch et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Perioperative acute kidney injury

(2015) O. Goren et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

British Committee for Standards in Haematology Guidelines on the Identification and Management of Pre-Operative Anaemia

(2015) Alwyn Kotzé et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Preoperative Rosuvastatin Protects Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2015) Jinggang Xia et al.   CARDIOLOGY

Stent Thrombosis and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Interruption With Everolimus-Eluting Stents: Insights From the Xience V Coronary Stent System Trials

(2015) P. Genereux et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions

Risk of Adverse Cardiac and Bleeding Events Following Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Coronary Stent

(2015) Francesco Saia et al.  

Prevalence and Impact of Unknown Diabetes in the ICU

(2015) David L. Carpenter et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Predictive Value of Admission Hemoglobin A1con Inpatient Glycemic Control and Response to Insulin Therapy in Medicine and Surgery Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Table 1

(2015) Francisco J. Pasquel et al.   DIABETES CARE

Correlation between Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measured by Echocardiography and Right Heart Catheterization in Patients with Rheumatic Mitral Valve Stenosis (A Prospective Study)

(2015) Bahram Sohrabi et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

ISAR-SAFE: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 6 vs. 12 months of clopidogrel therapy after drug-eluting stenting

(2015) S. Schulz-Schupke et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death

(2015) Silvia G. Priori et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2015 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases

(2015) Yehuda Adler et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis

(2015) Gilbert Habib et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

(2015) Nazzareno Galiè et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open lobectomy for primary non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of outcome from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeon database

(2015) Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Ventricular Ectopy as a Predictor of Heart Failure and Death

(2015) Jonathan W. Dukes et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Frailty for Surgeons: Review of a National Institute on Aging Conference on Frailty for Specialists

(2015) Thomas N. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Methylprednisolone in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (SIRS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2015) Richard P Whitlock et al.   LANCET

Estimate of the global volume of surgery in 2012: an assessment supporting improved health outcomes

(2015) Thomas G Weiser et al.   LANCET

Cardiac Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2015) P.J. Devereaux et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2015) James D. Douketis et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Polymer-free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

(2015) Philip Urban et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Managing dentoalveolar surgical procedures in patients taking new oral anticoagulants

(2015) Stefano Sivolella et al.   Odontology

Pre- and/or Intra-Operative Prescription of Diuretics, but Not Renin-Angiotensin-System Inhibitors, Is Significantly Associated with Acute Kidney Injury after Non-Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

(2015) Miho Tagawa et al.   PLoS One

Interventional Spine and Pain Procedures in Patients on Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Medications

(2015) Samer Narouze et al.   REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE

Risk of Adverse Cardiac and Bleeding Events Following Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Coronary Stent

(2015) Francesco Saia et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Ventricular assist devices and non-cardiac surgery

(2015) S. Michael Roberts et al.   BMC Anesthesiology

Prognostic capabilities of coronary computed tomographic angiography before non-cardiac surgery: prospective cohort study

(2015) T. Sheth et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Prognostic capabilities of coronary computed tomographic angiography before non-cardiac surgery: prospective cohort study

(2015) T. Sheth et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

β-Blocker–Associated Risks in Patients With Uncomplicated Hypertension Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2015) Mads E. Jørgensen et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Validation of the Caprini Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment Model in Critically Ill Surgical Patients

(2015) Andrea T. Obi et al.   JAMA Surgery

β-Blockade and Operative Mortality in Noncardiac Surgery

(2015) Mark L. Friedell et al.   JAMA Surgery

A Simple “Blood-Saving Bundle” Reduces Diagnostic Blood Loss and the Transfusion Rate in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

(2015) Reimer Riessen et al.   PLoS One

B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Clinical Judgment in the Detection of Exercise-induced Myocardial Ischemia

(2014) Gino Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Pulmonary hypertension and its management in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

(2014) S. A. Pilkington et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Myocardial Injury after Noncardiac Surgery

(2014) Fernando Botto et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Patient Blood Management in Elective Total Hip- and Knee-replacement Surgery (Part 1)

(2014) Cynthia So-Osman et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Management and clinical outcomes in patients treated with apixaban vs warfarin undergoing procedures

(2014) D. Garcia et al.   BLOOD

Cardiac complications associated with goal-directed therapy in high-risk surgical patients: a meta-analysis

(2014) N. Arulkumaran et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Development and validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT)

(2014) K. L. Protopapa et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome in the Era of Catheter Ablation

(2014) Carlo Pappone et al.   CIRCULATION

Lifetime Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population From 2000 to 2010

(2014) Ariane J. Marelli et al.   CIRCULATION

Outcomes of Temporary Interruption of Rivaroxaban Compared With Warfarin in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Matthew W. Sherwood et al.   CIRCULATION

Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Sternal Wires

(2014) Joachim Winter et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Hemotherapy Algorithms for Coagulopathic Cardiac Surgery Patients

(2014) Christian Weber et al.   Clinical Laboratory

Triage strategy for urgent management of cardiac tamponade: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

(2014) A. D. Risti  et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management

(2014)   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Systemic thrombolytic therapy for acute pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2014) Christophe Marti et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Peri-interventional management of novel oral anticoagulants in daily care: results from the prospective Dresden NOAC registry

(2014) J. Beyer-Westendorf et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The UK EndoVascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) trials: randomised trials of EVAR versus standard therapy.

(2014) LC Brown et al.   HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation and the Long-term Risk of Ischemic Stroke

(2014) Gino Gialdini et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Perioperative Beta Blockade in Noncardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review for the 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2014) Duminda N. Wijeysundera et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Topical Hemostatic Therapy in Surgery: Bridging the Knowledge and Practice Gap

(2014) Aryeh Shander et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Reducing Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism Complications with a Standardized Risk-Stratified Prophylaxis Protocol and Mobilization Program

(2014) Michael R. Cassidy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparin in patients with mechanical heart valves: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2014) D. Caldeira et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Clonidine in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2014) P.J. Devereaux et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Aspirin in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2014) P.J. Devereaux et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Angiotensin–Neprilysin Inhibition versus Enalapril in Heart Failure

(2014) John J.V. McMurray et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Randomized Controlled Trial of Perioperative ICD Management: Magnet Application versus Reprogramming

(2014) JANET GIFFORD et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Characteristics of Unselected High-Burden Premature Ventricular Contraction Patients

(2014) JINGKUN YANG et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Meta-Analysis of Continuous Oral Anticoagulants Versus Heparin Bridging in Patients Undergoing CIED Surgery: Reappraisal after the BRUISE Study

(2014) ROBERTO T. SANT'ANNA et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

The success of our patient blood management program depended on an institution-wide change in transfusion practices

(2014) James C. Oliver et al.   TRANSFUSION

Factors Contributing to Adverse Perioperative Events in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Structured Analysis of Cases from the Closed Claims Project

(2014) Bryan G. Maxwell et al.   Congenital Heart Disease

Diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle is associated with pulmonary edema after renal transplantation

(2013) M. HIGASHI et al.   ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Impact of Severe Mitral Regurgitation on Postoperative Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery

(2013) Navkaranbir S. Bajaj et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Selective β1-Antagonism with Bisoprolol Is Associated with Fewer Postoperative Strokes than Atenolol or Metoprolol

(2013) Catherine Ashes et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Perioperative Outcomes of Major Noncardiac Surgery in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

(2013) Bryan G. Maxwell et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Systematic Review: Prediction of Perioperative Cardiac Complications and Mortality by the Revised Cardiac Risk Index

(2013) Meredith K. Ford   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Characteristics and Short-Term Prognosis of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2013) P.J. Devereaux   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the early and late outcomes of open and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

(2013) P. W. Stather et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Abnormal Lung Function in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Prevalence, Relation to Cardiac Anatomy, and Association With Survival

(2013) Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez et al.   CIRCULATION

Prevention of Syncope Through Permanent Cardiac Pacing in Patients With Bifascicular Block and Syncope of Unexplained Origin

(2013) Massimo Santini et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Impact of Aortic Stenosis on Postoperative Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgeries

(2013) Shikhar Agarwal et al.  

Does the Central Venous Pressure Predict Fluid Responsiveness? An Updated Meta-Analysis and a Plea for Some Common Sense*

(2013) Paul E. Marik et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Management of severe perioperative bleeding

(2013) Sibylle A. Kozek-Langenecker et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Meta-analysis of secure randomised controlled trials of β-blockade to prevent perioperative death in non-cardiac surgery

(2013) Sonia Bouri et al.   HEART

The role of ivabradine in the incidence of perioperative coronary complications in patients undergoing vascular surgery

(2013) Patrizia Lo Sapio et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

A comparison of clinical characteristics and long-term prognosis in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation: The Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation Study

(2013) Tatjana S. Potpara et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation: a pooled analysis of accuracy, perioperative and long term cardiovascular prognosis

(2013) Peter Nguyen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Rural and Urban Communities in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries

(2013) Clara K. Chow   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Association of Perioperative β-Blockade With Mortality and Cardiovascular Morbidity Following Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2013) Martin J. London et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Natriuretic Peptide–Based Screening and Collaborative Care for Heart Failure

(2013) Mark Ledwidge et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Postoperative bleeding risk for cutaneous surgery in the head and neck region with continued phenprocoumon therapy

(2013) Wolfgang Eichhorn et al.   JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Orthogeriatric Care Models and Outcomes in Hip Fracture Patients

(2013) Konstantin V. Grigoryan et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA

Rapid-Rate Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia Found on Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Interrogation

(2013) Jay Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

PONTIAC (NT-proBNP Selected PreventiOn of cardiac eveNts in a populaTion of dIabetic patients without A history of Cardiac disease)

(2013) Martin Huelsmann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2013 Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for the Detection and Risk Assessment of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

(2013) Michael J. Wolk et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The Prognostic Value of Pre-Operative and Post-Operative B-Type Natriuretic Peptides in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2013) Reitze N. Rodseth et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Development and Evaluation of the Universal ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator: A Decision Aid and Informed Consent Tool for Patients and Surgeons

(2013) Karl Y. Bilimoria et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Cessation of dual antiplatelet treatment and cardiac events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PARIS): 2 year results from a prospective observational study

(2013) Roxana Mehran et al.   LANCET

Pacemaker or Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation

(2013) David H. Birnie et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The obesity paradox in the surgical population

(2013) Tabita M. Valentijn et al.   SURGEON-JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH AND IRELAND

Improved blood utilization using real-time clinical decision support

(2013) Lawrence T. Goodnough et al.   TRANSFUSION

Smoking and the Risk of Mortality and Vascular and Respiratory Events in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery

(2013) Khaled M. Musallam et al.   JAMA Surgery

The impact of focused transthoracic echocardiography in the pre-operative clinic

(2012) D. J. Canty et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

(2012) Edmond H. L. Chau et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Point-of-Care Testing

(2012) Christian Friedrich Weber et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Thirty-Day and 1-Year Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and No Acute Underlying Medical Cause

(2012) Frank Xavier Scheuermeyer et al.   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

The Surgical Mortality Probability Model

(2012) Laurent G. Glance et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Amiodarone Significantly Decreases Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Lung Cancer

(2012) Lars P. Riber et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

β-Blocker Continuation After Noncardiac Surgery

(2012) Rachel Thompson   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Wound Healing and Infection in Surgery

(2012) Lars Tue Sørensen   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Perioperative Stroke Risk in Nonvascular Surgery

(2012) Federica Macellari et al.   CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

Prevention of VTE in Orthopedic Surgery Patients

(2012) Yngve Falck-Ytter et al.   CHEST

Short- Versus Long-Term Duration of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Stenting

(2012) Marco Valgimigli et al.   CIRCULATION

Association Between Major Perioperative Hemorrhage and Stroke or Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction

(2012) Hooman Kamel et al.   CIRCULATION

Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use According to Time Passed After First-Time Myocardial Infarction

(2012) Anne-Marie Schjerning Olsen et al.   CIRCULATION

Extracranial Carotid Disease Revascularization

(2012) Donald E. Cutlip et al.   CIRCULATION

Periprocedural Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events With Dabigatran Compared With Warfarin

(2012) Jeff S. Healey et al.   CIRCULATION

Randomized Comparison of Sevoflurane Versus Propofol to Reduce Perioperative Myocardial Ischemia in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2012) Giovanna A.L. Lurati Buse et al.   CIRCULATION

Platelet Function Measurement–Based Strategy to Reduce Bleeding and Waiting Time in Clopidogrel-Treated Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

(2012) Elisabeth Mahla et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions

Preoperative Anxiety and Catastrophizing

(2012) Maurice Theunissen et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

NHS Diabetes guideline for the perioperative management of the adult patient with diabetes*

(2012) K. Dhatariya et al.   DIABETIC MEDICINE

Incremental value of high-sensitive troponin T in addition to the revised cardiac index for peri-operative risk stratification in non-cardiac surgery

(2012) Michael Weber et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Metoprolol vs. carvedilol or carvedilol plus N-acetyl cysteine on post-operative atrial fibrillation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

(2012) M. Ozaydin et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012): The Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts) * Developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR)

(2012) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Outcomes of noncardiac, nonobstetric surgery in patients with PAH: an international prospective survey

(2012) Stephanie Meyer et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Meta-analysis of amiodarone versus beta-blocker as a prophylactic therapy against atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery

(2012) J. Zhu et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

Association Between Postoperative Troponin Levels and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2012)   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Intraoperative High-Dose Dexamethasone for Cardiac Surgery

(2012) Jan M. Dieleman   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

New Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation is Associated with a Long-Term Risk for Stroke and Death Following Cardiac Surgery

(2012) Peter Horwich et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY

Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Pathophysiology, Perioperative Management, and Outcomes

(2012) Christopher A. Thunberg et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Correlation between clinical outcomes and appropriateness grading for referral to myocardial perfusion imaging for preoperative evaluation prior to non-cardiac surgery

(2012) Angela S. Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

A New Strategy for Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

(2012) Byeong-Keuk Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

A meta-analysis of endovascular versus surgical reconstruction of femoropopliteal arterial disease

(2012) George A. Antoniou et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Mortality after surgery in Europe: a 7 day cohort study

(2012) Rupert M Pearse et al.   LANCET

The Obesity Paradox, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Coronary Heart Disease

(2012) Paul A. McAuley et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

A Perioperative Management Algorithm for Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices: The PACED-OP Protocol

(2012) WILLIAM J. MAHLOW et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Association of Perioperative Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs With Postoperative Myocardial Infarction After Total Joint Replacement

(2012) Spencer S. Liu et al.   REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE

Laparoscopic versus open colorectal resection in the elderly population

(2012) Katherine Grailey et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Effect of tranexamic acid on surgical bleeding: systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis

(2012) K. Ker et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Depression, anxiety, and cardiac morbidity outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery: a contemporary and practical review

(2012) J Tully Phillip et al.   Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Section 3: Prevention and Treatment of AKI

(2012)   Kidney International Supplements

Usefulness of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation as an Independent Predictor for Worse Early and Late Outcomes After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Multicenter Australian Study of 19,497 Patients)

(2011) Akshat Saxena et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Smoking Cessation Reduces Postoperative Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2011) Edward Mills et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Hemodynamic Perturbations During Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in 45° Trendelenburg Position

(2011) Melinda Lestar et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

A Review of Current and Emerging Approaches to Address Failure-to-Rescue

(2011) Andreas H. Taenzer et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Perioperative β-Blockade

(2011) Arthur W. Wallace et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Smoking and Perioperative Outcomes

(2011) Alparslan Turan et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Perioperative Stroke and Associated Mortality after Noncardiac, Nonneurologic Surgery

(2011) George A. Mashour et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Perioperative Stroke in Noncardiac, Nonneurosurgical Surgery

(2011) Julie L. W. Ng et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Chronic β Blockade Is Associated with a Better Outcome after Elective Noncardiac Surgery than Acute β Blockade

(2011) Christoph Ellenberger et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Reduced Risk of Medical Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Selected for Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection in England

(2011) Ravikrishna Mamidanna   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Incidence and predictors of major perioperative adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in non-cardiac surgery

(2011) S. Sabaté et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Perioperative management of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

(2011) M.E. Stone et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Mortality and Readmission of Patients With Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, or Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2011) Sean van Diepen et al.   CIRCULATION

Development and Validation of a Risk Calculator for Prediction of Cardiac Risk After Surgery

(2011) Prateek K. Gupta et al.   CIRCULATION

Six-Month Versus 12-Month Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents

(2011) Hyeon-Cheol Gwon et al.   CIRCULATION

Elective sigmoid colectomy for diverticular disease. Laparoscopic vs open surgery: a systematic review

(2011) R. Cirocchi et al.   Colorectal Disease

Perioperative Care of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

(2011) Roop Kaw et al.   Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Usefulness of tissue Doppler echocardiography to predict perioperative cardiac events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

(2011) Sonoko Saito et al.   HEART AND VESSELS

A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance

(2011) Wanda M. Popescu et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

American Society of Echocardiography Clinical Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

(2011) Sherif F. Nagueh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease. A clinical update from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

(2011) Charles A. Herzog et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Preoperative anaemia and postoperative outcomes in non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

(2011) Khaled M Musallam et al.   LANCET

Coronary Artery Stenoses: Accuracy of 64–Detector Row CT Angiography in Segments with Mild, Moderate, or Severe Calcification—A Subanalysis of the CORE-64 Trial

(2011) Andrea L. Vavere et al.   RADIOLOGY

The effects of tobacco smoking on the incidence and risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications in adults

(2011) Stavros Gourgiotis et al.   SURGEON-JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH AND IRELAND

Comparison of Transthoracic Echocardiography With N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Tool for Risk Stratification of Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2011) Sung-Ji Park et al.   Korean Circulation Journal

The perioperative use of oral anticoagulants during surgical procedures for carpal tunnel syndrome. A preliminary study

(2010) R. D. S. Nandoe Tewarie et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Cardiac Risk in Patients Aged >75 Years With Asymptomatic, Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2010) Anna M. Calleja et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

β-Blockers Reduce Mortality in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Non-Cardiac Surgery

(2010) Fabio Angeli et al.   American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Use of Preemptive Hemodynamic Intervention to Improve Postoperative Outcomes in Moderate and High-Risk Surgical Patients

(2010) Mark A. Hamilton et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Prognostic Implications of Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery

(2010) Willem-Jan Flu et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Association of the Pattern of Use of Perioperative β-Blockade and Postoperative Mortality

(2010) Arthur W. Wallace et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Prediction of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in a Population-based Surgical Cohort

(2010) Jaume Canet et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Mortality Resulting From Congenital Heart Disease Among Children and Adults in the United States, 1999 to 2006

(2010) Suzanne M. Gilboa et al.   CIRCULATION

The Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology

(2010) Jannicke Mellin-Olsen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Regional anaesthesia and antithrombotic agents: recommendations of the European Society of Anaesthesiology

(2010) Wiebke Gogarten et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass surgery carries an eightfold risk of future atrial fibrillation and a doubled cardiovascular mortality

(2010) Anders Ahlsson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Frequency of Major Noncardiac Surgery and Subsequent Adverse Events in the Year After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement

(2010) Peter B. Berger et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions

Anesthetic considerations in diabetic patients. Part II: intraoperative and postoperative management of patients with diabetes mellitus

(2010) Yuji Kadoi   Journal of Anesthesia

The Vascular Study Group of New England Cardiac Risk Index (VSG-CRI) predicts cardiac complications more accurately than the Revised Cardiac Risk Index in vascular surgery patients

(2010) Daniel J. Bertges et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2010) Karl-Heinz Kuck et al.   LANCET

Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies

(2010) The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration   LANCET

Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

(2010)   LANCET

Apixaban versus Enoxaparin for Thromboprophylaxis after Hip Replacement

(2010) Michael Rud Lassen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Dabigatran versus enoxaparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism after hip or knee arthroplasty: A pooled analysis of three trials

(2010) R.J. Friedman et al.   THROMBOSIS RESEARCH

An Evidence-Based Review of the Cardiovascular Risks of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

(2009) Michael E. Farkouh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Meta-Analysis of Ablation of Atrial Flutter and Supraventricular Tachycardia††Conflicts of interest: Dr. Spector is a consultant for Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Biosense Webster, Inc.; and Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, Massachusetts. Dr. Spector has received research grant support from Medtronic, Inc., and Biosense Webster, Inc. Dr. Reynolds is a consultant for Biosense Webster, Inc., and Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France. Dr. Calkins is a consultant for Biosense Webster, Inc.; CryoCor, San Diego, California; Medtronic, Inc.; and ProRhythm, Inc., Ronkonkoma, New York. Drs. Sondhi, Xu, and Sledge and Ms. Martin and Ms. Williams were employees of United BioSource Corporation during the conduct of this study.

(2009) Peter Spector et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Risk assessment as a guide for the prevention of the many faces of venous thromboembolism

(2009) Joseph A. Caprini   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a risk assessment method in non cardio-pulmonary surgery: a systematic review

(2009) T. B. Smith et al.   ANAESTHESIA

Impact of Heart Failure on Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery

(2009) Bradley G. Hammill et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Development and Validation of an Acute Kidney Injury Risk Index for Patients Undergoing General Surgery

(2009) Sachin Kheterpal et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

A Randomized Trial Evaluating Amiodarone for Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Resection

(2009) James E. Tisdale et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Audit of anaesthetist-performed echocardiography on perioperative management decisions for non-cardiac surgery

(2009) D.J. Canty et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

Randomized Double-Blind Assessment of the ONSET and OFFSET of the Antiplatelet Effects of Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease

(2009) Paul A. Gurbel et al.   CIRCULATION

Vernakalant Hydrochloride for the Rapid Conversion of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

(2009) Peter R. Kowey et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Cardiovascular Risks of Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs in Patients After Hospitalization for Serious Coronary Heart Disease

(2009) Wayne A. Ray et al.  

Anesthesia for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2009) Thomas Edrich et al.   Current Opinion in Anesthesiology

Systematic Preoperative Coronary Angiography and Stenting Improves Postoperative Results of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial

(2009) G. Illuminati et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY

Noncardiothoracic nonobstetric surgery in mild-to-moderate pulmonary hypertension

(2009) L. C. Price et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Is a Pre-Operative Brain Natriuretic Peptide or N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Measurement an Independent Predictor of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes Within 30 Days of Noncardiac Surgery?

(2009) Ganesan Karthikeyan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Perioperative diastolic dysfunction during vascular surgery and its association with postoperative outcome

(2009) Robina Matyal et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

New developments in the preoperative evaluation and perioperative management of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing vascular surgery

(2009) Stephen M. Bauer et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY

Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

(2009) Lars Wallentin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Apixaban or Enoxaparin for Thromboprophylaxis after Knee Replacement

(2009) Michael Rud Lassen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

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