Cardiovascular newsletter

Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library Bulletin: Issue No 29 - March 08
www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular/

This Bulletin is designed to update you on the latest additions to the CVDSL.

Recent Publications:

20/02/2008 – Commissioning Guides, Cardiac Rehabilitation Services NICE
20/03/2008 –Commissioning Guides, Commissioning Guides: Heart failure service for the management of chronic heart failure NICE

This months additions to the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination’s Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) [1]

Congestive heart failure and cardiovascular death in patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes given thiazolidinediones: a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials Lago R M, Singh P P Nesto R W; Lancet, 2007

Effect of cocoa and tea intake on blood pressure Taubert D, Roesen R, Schomig E, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007

The impact of continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: evidence from a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials Haentjens P, Van Meerhaeghe A, Moscariello A, De Weerdt S, Poppe K, Dupont A, Velkeniers B; Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007.

Effects of exercise training on cardiac performance, exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with heart failure: a meta-analysis van Tol B A, Huijsmans R J, Kroon D W, Schothorst M, Kwakkel G; European Journal of Heart Failure Abstract, 2007.

Vasodilator therapy in patients with aortic insufficiency: a systematic review Mahajerin A, Gurm H S, Tsai T T, Chan P S, Nallamothu B K; American Heart Journal, 2007.

Accuracy of B-type natriuretic peptide levels in the diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure: a systematic review Latour-Perez J, Coves-Orts F J, Abad-Terrado C, Abraira V, Zamora J; European Journal of Heart Failure, 2007.

Detection of heart transplant rejection in adults by echocardiographic diastolic indices: a systematic review of the literature Mena C, Wencker D, Krumholz H M, McNamara R L ;Journal of the American Society of Echocardiograp,2007.

Outcomes associated with drug-eluting and bare-metal stents: a collaborative network meta-analysis Stettler C, Wandel S, Allermann S, Kastrati A, Morice M C, Schomig A, Pfisterer M E, Stone G W, Leon M B, Suarez de Lezo J, Goy J J, Park S J, Sabate M, Suttorp M J, Kelbaek H, Spaulding C, Menichelli M, Vermeersch P, Dirksen M T, Cervinka P, Petronio A S, Nordmann A J, Diem P, Meier B, Zwahlen M, Reichenbach S, Trelle S, Windecker S, Juni P; Lancet, 2007.
Rescue angioplasty or repeat fibrinolysis after failed fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized trials Wijeysundera H C, Vijayaraghavan R, Nallamothu B K, Foody J M, Krumholz H M, Phillips C O, Kashani A, You J J, Tu J V, Ko D T; Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2007.

Telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes for patients with chronic heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis Clark R A, Inglis S C, McAlister F A, Cleland J G, Stewart S; BMJ,2007.

This months additions to the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination’s Economic Evaluations Database(EED)

There were no new relevant Economic Evaluations added this month

Hot off the press:
Recently published articles from The Lancethttp://www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular, BMJ, NEJM and JAMA

For further information on appraising current awareness journal articles visit the literature appraisal guides section of the Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library.

27/03/08 - Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups NEJM 2008;358:1336-1345
21/03/08 - Effects of statins in patients with chronic kidney disease: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised controlled BMJ 2008;336:645-651
20/03/08 - Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery
NEJM 2008;358:1229-1239
20/03/08 - Polymorphisms associated with cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular events NEJM 2008;358:1240-1249
18/03/08 - Use of bisphosphonates among women and risk of atrial fibrillation and flutter: population based case-control BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.39507.551644.BE (published 11 March 2008)
14/03/08 - Effect of immunisation against angiotensin II with CYT006-AngQb on ambulatory blood pressure: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase IIa study The Lancet 2008; 371:821-827
12/03/08 - Minimally Interrupted Cardiac Resuscitation by Emergency Medical Services for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest JAMA. 2008;299(10):1158-1165.
07/03/08 - Degenerative aortic stenosis BMJ 2008;336:550-555
06/03/08 - Genetic determinants of response to warfarin during initial anticoagulation NEJM 2007;358:999-1008
05/03/08 - Health risks and benefits 3 years after stopping randomized treatment with estrogen and progestin JAMA 2008;299(9):1036-1045
27/02/08 - Venous thromboembolism and mortality associated with recombinant erythropoietin and darbepoetin administration for the treatment of cancer-associated anemia JAMA 2008;299(8):914-924

Conferences and events for next three months

April 2008
May 2008
June 2008

News

26/03/08 – National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing
19/03/08 - National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing
12/03/08 - National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing
05/03/08 - National Heart Forum Weekly News Briefing

New developments

Please support Arrhythmia Awareness Week 2008: 9th - 15th June

Launch of new national improvement programme

NHS Improvement brings together the practical service improvement experience of the Heart Improvement Programme, Cancer Services Collaborative ‘Improvement Partnership’; Diagnostics Service Improvement Programme and the Stroke Improvement Programme, into one newly formed team. The work of NHS Improvement will support delivery of the National Service Framework for CHD; National Stroke Strategy; Cancer Reform Strategy; and the 18 Week Programme.


Our clinical lead is:
PROFESSOR TOM QUINN FRCN FESC
Co-Director
Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care
Applied Research Group (PHECC)
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Coventry University
Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

email t.quinn@coventry.ac.uk






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[1] All systematic reviews included in DARE have meet DARE’s strict quality criteria. Due to this quality procedure and the critical commentary on the quality of the review, there may be a time difference between when the systematic review has been published and when it appears in DARE.