Journal Watch 10th June

Welcome to the 12th edition of Cardiothoracics journal watch. Key publications in cardiothoracic anaesthesia, cardiothoracic critical care and echocardiography from the last 7 days.

 

 

Anaesthesia Journals

Anesthesiology

Defining an Intraoperative Hypotension Threshold in Association with Stroke in Cardiac Surgery

 

A and A

Intraoperative Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Measurements Associated With Severe Right Ventricular Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

 

JCVA

Anesthetic Management for Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation: A Single Center Experience

 

 

ICM Journals

ICM

Management and outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients with and without comorbid conditions

Perioperative myocardial injury and the contribution of hypotension

The present and future of cardiac arrest care: international experts reach out to caregivers and healthcare authorities

Diagnostic capability of a next-generation, ultra-miniaturized ultrasound system in patients with cardiopulmonary compromise assessed using basic critical care echocardiography

 

 

Transplant and MCS Journals

ASAIO

Central Venous Line and Dialysis Catheter Position Affects Drug Clearance during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in an Animal Model

 

JHLT

Multicenter Experience with Durable Biventricular Assist Devices

 

 

General Medical Journals

NEJM

Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm

 

Lancet

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

 

 

Cardiology and Echocardiography Journals

EHJ

International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part I): Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Criteria, and Pathophysiology

International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part II): Diagnostic Workup, Outcome, and Management

 

Echo Res Prac

Utility of multimodality cardiac imaging in disorders of the pericardium