Journal of the American Heart Association
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Weekday and Survival After Cardiac Surgery-A Swedish Nationwide Cohort Study in 106 473 Patients.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between weekday of surgery and survival following cardiac surgery. ⋯ URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02276950.
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Observational Study
An Initial Evaluation of the Impact of Pokémon GO on Physical Activity.
Pokémon GO is a location-based augmented reality game. Using GPS and the camera on a smartphone, the game requires players to travel in real world to capture animated creatures, called Pokémon. We examined the impact of Pokémon GO on physical activity (PA). ⋯ URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02888314.
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Bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs), fabricated from glutaraldehyde-pretreated bovine pericardium or porcine aortic valves, are widely used for the surgical or interventional treatment of heart valve disease. Reoperation becomes increasingly necessary over time because of BHV dysfunction. ⋯ Both increased BHV leaflet calcium levels and elevated oxidized amino acids were associated with bioprosthesis dysfunction necessitating reoperation; however, BHV calcium levels were not a determinant of implant duration, indicating a potentially important role for oxidized amino acid formation in BHV dysfunction.
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Observational Study
Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Mediastinal Radiation-Associated Severe Aortic Stenosis and Subsequent Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Matched Cohort Study.
Cardiac disease after mediastinal radiotherapy for thoracic malignancy (chest radiotherapy [XRT]) often manifests as progressive aortic stenosis. In patients with XRT-induced severe aortic stenosis undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), we sought to: (1) study long-term survival and compare these patients with a matched cohort undergoing SAVR during the same time frame; and (2) identify potential predictors of long-term mortality. ⋯ In patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing SAVR, patients with prior mediastinal XRT have significantly worse longer-term survival versus a matched cohort.
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Plaque erosion causes 30% of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions, but the underlying cause is unknown. Inflammatory infiltrates are less abundant in erosion compared with rupture in autopsy studies. We hypothesized that erosion and rupture are associated with significant differences in intracoronary cytokines in vivo. ⋯ These results demonstrate differential intracoronary cytokine expression in RFC and IFC. Elevated thrombospondin 1 and epidermal growth factor may play an etiological role in erosion.