Articles

Post-stenotic aortic dilatation

Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease affecting up to 4% of the elderly population. It can be associated with dilatation of the ascending aorta and subsequent dissection. Post-stenotic dila...

Authors: Emma Wilton and Marjan Jahangiri

Does prophylactic sotalol and magnesium decrease the incidence of atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass surgery: a propensity-matched analysis

Atrial fibrillation can occur in up to 40% of patients undergoing coronary surgery.

Authors: V Aerra, M Kuduvalli, AN Moloto, AK Srinivasan, AD Grayson, BM Fabri and AY Oo

The role of vessel wall physiology in predicting coronary bypass graft patency

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Authors: Steve K Singh and Stephen E Fremes

Comparison of flow characteristics and vascular reactivity of radial artery and long saphenous vein grafts [NCT00139399]

The morphological and functional differences between arteries and veins may have implications on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) survival. Although subjective differences have been observed between radial ...

Authors: William CF Chong, Peter Collins, Carolyn M Webb, Anthony C De Souza, John R Pepper, Christopher S Hayward and Neil E Moat

Heart of the matter

Authors: David P Taggart

Variations in clinical decision-making between cardiologists and cardiac surgeons; a case for management by multidisciplinary teams?

To assess variations in decisions to revascularise patients with coronary heart disease between general cardiologists, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons

Authors: MA Denvir, JP Pell, AJ Lee, J Rysdale, RJ Prescott, H Eteiba, A Walker, P Mankad and IR Starkey