TP 13312

•	Foreword
•	Section 1
•	Section 2
•	Neurology
•	Cardiovascular
•	Diabetes
•	Asthma
•	Other Policies
•	Contacts
•	Alternate Formats

Bibliography

• Ischemic Heart Disease
• Risk Factors
• Non-Ischemic Heart Disease
• Aortic Stenosis
• Aortic Regurgitation
• Mitral Stenosis
• Mitral Regurgitation
• Pulmonary Stenosis
• Prosthetic Valves
• Aortic Allograft Replacement
• Ross Procedure
• Transposition
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty
• Percutaneous Pulmonary Balloon Valvuloplasty
• Dysrhythmias
• Vascular Disorders

Ischemic Heart Disease

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Miller DD, Verani MS. Current status of myocardial perfusion imaging after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;24:260-266.

Morrow K, Morris CK, Froelicher VF et al. Prediction of cardiovascular death in men undergoing noninvasive evaluation for coronary artery disease. Ann Intern Med 1993; 118:689- 695.

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Wielgosz AT, Dodge RE. Canadian experience with civilian pilots allowed to fly following an acute myocardial infarction. Can J Cardiol 1990; 6:387-390. 

Risk Factors

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McAlister FA, Levine M, Zarnke KB, Campbell N, Lewanczuk R, Leenen F, Rabkin SW et al. The 2000 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part one therapy. Can J Cardiol 2001;117:543-559 

Meyers MG, Haynes RB, Rabkin SW. Canadian Hypertension Society Guidelines for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Am J Hypertension 1999;12:1149-1157 

Fodor JG, Frohlich JJ, Genest JJ Jr, McPherson PR. Recommendations for the management and treatment of dyslipidemia. Report of the Working Group on Hypercholesterolemia and Other Dyslipidemias. CMAJ. 2000;162:1441-1447

Wilson P, D’Agostino R, Levy D, Belanger A, Silbershatz H, Kannel W. Prediction of coronary heart disease using risk factor categories. Circulation 1998;97:1837-1847.

Non-Ischemic Heart Disease

Bonow RO, Carabello B, de Leon AC Jr, et al. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease : a report of the American College of Cardiology/American

Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease). J Am Coll Cardiol 1998;32:1486-1588. 

Aortic Stenosis

Horstkotte D, Loogen F. The natural history of aortic valve stenosis. Eur Heart J 1988;9 (Suppl E): 57–64.

Otto CM, Burwash IG, Legget ME, et al. Prospective study of asymptomatic valvular aortic stenosis: clinical, echocardiographic, and exercise predictors of outcome. Circulation 1997; 95:2262-2270.

Otto CM. Aortic Stenosis: clinical evaluation and optimal timing of surgery. Cardiol Clin 1998; 16:353-373.

Rosenhek R, Binder T, Porenta G, et al. Predictors of outcome in severe, asymptomatic aortic stenosis. N Engl J Med 2000;343:652-654.

Turina J, Hess O, Sepulcri F, et al. Spontaneous course of aortic valve disease. Eur Heart J 1987; 8:471-483.

Aortic Regurgitation

Bonow RO, Lakatos E, Maron BJ, et al. Serial longterm assessment of the natural history of asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic regurgitation and normal left ventricular systolic function. Circulation 1991;84:1625-1635.

Bonow RO, Rosing DR, McIntosh CL, et al. The natural history of asymptomatic patients with aortic regurgitation and normal left ventricular function. Circulation 1983;68:509-517.

Dujardin KS, Enriquez-Sarano M, Schaff HV, et al. Mortality and morbidity of aortic regurgitation in clinical practice: a long-term follow-up study. Circulation 1999;99:1851-1857.

Padial LR, Oliver A, Vivaldi M, et al. Doppler echocardiographic assessment of progression of aortic regurgitation. Am J Cardiol 1997;80: 306–314.

Turina J, Hess O, Sepulcri F, et al. Spontaneous course of aortic valve disease. Eur Heart J 1987; 8:471-483.

Mitral Stenosis

Gordon SPF, Douglas PS, Come PC, et al. Twodimensional and Doppler echocardiographic determinants of the natural history of mitral valve narrowing in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis: implications for follow-up. J Am Coll
Cardiol 1992;19:968-973.

Horstkotte D, Niehues R, Strauer BE. Pathomorphological aspects, aetiology and natural history of acquired mitral valve stenosis. Eur Heart J 1991; 12[Suppl B]:55-60.

Moreyra AE, Wilson AC, Deac R, et al. Factors associated with atrial fibrillation in patients with mitral stenosis: a cardiac catheterization study. Am Heart J 1998;135:138-145.

Olesen KH. The natural history of 271 patients with mitral stenosis under medical treatment. Br Heart J 1962;24:349-357.

Ramsdale DR, Arumugam N, Singh SS, et al. Holter monitoring in patients with mitral stenosis and sinus rhythm. Eur Heart J 1987;8:164-170. 

Sagie A, Freitas N, Padial LR, et al. Doppler echocardiographic assessment of long-term progression of mitral stenosis in 103 patients: valve area and right heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996;28:472-479. 

Selzer A, Cohn KE. Natural history of mitral stenosis: a review. Circulation 1972;45:878-890. 

Mitral Regurgitation

Freed LA, Levy D, Levine RA, et al. Prevalence and clinical outcome of mitral-valve prolapse. N Engl J Med 1999;341:1-7. 

Gilon D, Buonanno FS, Joffe MM, et al. Lack of evidence of an association between mitral-valve prolapse and stroke in young patients. N Engl J Med 1999;341:8-13.

Grigioni F, Enriquez-Sarano M, Zehr KJ, et al. Ischemic mitral regurgitation: long-term outcome and prognostic implications with quantitative Doppler assessment. Circulation 2001;103:1759-1764.

Kim S, Kuroda T, Nishinaga M, et al. Relation between severity of mitral regurgitation and prognosis of mitral valve prolapse: echocardiographic follow-up study. Am Heart J 1996; 132:348-355.

Lamas GA, Mitchell GF, Flaker GC, et al. Clinical significance of mitral regurgitation after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1997; 96:827–833.

Marks AR, Choong CY, Sanfilippo AJ, et al. Identification of high-risk and low-risk subgroups of patients with mitral-valve prolapse. N Engl J Med 1989;320:1031-1036.

Nishimura RA, McGoon MD, Shub C, et al. Echocardiographically documented mitral-valve prolapse: long-term follow-up of 237 patients. N Engl J Med 1985:313:1305-1309.

Zuppiroli A, Rinaldi M, Kramer-Fox R, et al. Natural history of mitral valve prolapse. Am J Cardiol 1995;75:1028-1032. 

Pulmonary Stenosis

Hayes CJ, Gersony WM, Driscoll DJ, et al. Second natural history study of congenital heart defects: results of treatment of patients with pulmonary valvular stenosis. Circulation 1993;87[Suppl I]:I- 28-I-37.

Prosthetic Valves

Fann JI, Burdon TA. Are the indications for tissue valves different in 2001 and how do we communicate these changes to our cardiology colleagues? Curr Opin Cardiol 2001; 16:126–135.

Fann JI, Miller DC, Moore KA, et al. Twenty-year clinical experience with porcine bioprostheses. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1301-1312. 

Glower DD, Landolfo KP, Cheruva S, et al. Determinants of 15-year outcome with 1119 standard Carpentier-Edwards porcine valves. Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:S44-48.

Jamieson WR, Burr LH, Munro AI, et al. Carpentier- Edwards standard porcine bioprosthesis: a 21–year experience. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 66:S40–43.

Park SZ, Reardon MJ. Current status of stentless aortic xenografts. Curr Opin Cardiol 2000; 15:74–81.

Puvimanasinghe JPA, Steyerberg EW, Takkenberg JJM, et al. Prognosis after aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthesis: predictions based on meta-analysis and microsimulation. Circulation 2001;103:1535-1541.

Remadi JP, Baron O, Roussel C, et al. Isolated mitral valve replacement with St. Jude medical prosthesis: long-term results: a follow-up of 19 years. Circulation 2001;103:1542-1545.

Stein PD, Bussey HI, Dalen JE, et al. Antithrombotic therapy in patients with mechanical and biological prosthetic heart valves. Chest 2001; 119:220S-227.

Vongpatanasin W, Hillis D, Lange RA. Prosthetic heart valves. N Engl J Med 1996;335:407-416. 

Aortic Allograft Replacement 

Doty JR, Salazar JD, Liddicoat JR, et al. Aortic valve replacement with cryopreserved aortic allograft: ten-year experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998;115:371-380. 

Kirklin JK, Smith D, Novick W, et al. Long-term function of cryopreserved aortic homografts: a ten-year study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 106:154-166.

O’Brien MF, Stafford EG, Gardner MAH, et al. Allograft aortic valve replacement: long-term follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:565-570. 

Ross Procedure 

Chambers JC, Somerville J, Stone S, et al. Pulmonary autograft procedure for aortic valve disease: long-term results of the pioneer series. Circulation 1997;96:2206-2214. 

Oury JH, Hiro SP, Maxwell JM, et al. The Ross procedure : current registry results. Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66 :S162-165. 

Stelzer P, Weinrauch S, Tranbaugh RF. Ten years of experience with the modified Ross procedure . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998;115:1091-1100. 

Carr-White GS, Kilner PJ, Hon JKF, et al. Incidence, location, pathology, and significance of pulmonary homograft stenosis after the Ross operation. Circulation 2001;104[Suppl I]:I16-20.

Transposition

Ikeda U, Kimura K, Suzuki O et al. Long-term survival in “corrected transposition. Lancet 1991; 337:180-181.

Mitral Valve Repair

Bernal JM, Rabasa JM, Olalla JJ, et al. Repair of chordae tendinae for rheumatic mitral valve disease: a twenty year experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;111:211-217.

Braunberger E, Deloche A, Berrebi A, et al. Very long-term results (more than 20 years) of valve repair with Carpentier’s techniques in nonrheumatic mitral valve insufficiency. Circulation 2001;104[Suppl I]:I8-11.

Chauvaud S, Fuzellier J-F, Berrebi A, et al. Longterm (29 years) results of reconstructive surgery in rheumatic mitral valve insufficiency. Circulation 2001;104[Suppl I]:I12-15.

Gillinov AM, Cosgrove DM, Blackstone EH, et al. Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998;116: 734–743.

Hausmann H, Siniawski H, Hotz H, et al. Mitral valve reconstruction and mitral valve replacement for ischaemic mitral insufficiency. J Cardiac Surg 1997;12:8-14.

Mohty D, Orszulak TA, Schaff HV, et al. Very longterm survival and durability of mitral valve repair for mitral valve prolapse. Circulation 2001; 104[Suppl I]:I1-7.

Obadia JF, Farra ME, Bastien OH, et al. Outcome of atrial fibrillation after mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997;114:179-185.

Yau TM, El-Thoneimi YAF, Armstrong S, et al. Mitral valve repair and replacement for rheumatic disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:53-61.

Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty

Hernandez R, BaZuelos C, Alfonso F, et al. Longterm clinical and echocardiographic follow-up after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty with the Inoue balloon. Circulation 1999;99:1580-1586.

Iung B, Garbarz E, Michaud P, et al. Late results of percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in a series of 1024 patients: analysis of late clinical deterioration: frequency, anatomic findings, and predictive factors. Circulation 1999;99: 327 2–3278.

Orrange SE, Kawanishi DT, Lopez BM, et al. Actuarial outcome after catheter balloon commissurotomy in patients with mitral stenosis. Circulation 1997;95:382-389.

Palacios IF, Tuzcu ME, Weyman AE, et al. Clinical follow-up of patients undergoing percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy. Circulation 1995; 91:671-676.

Percutaneous Pulmonary Balloon Valvuloplasty

Chen CR, Cheng TO, Huang T, et al. Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis in adolescents and adults. N Engl J Med 1996; 335:21-25.

Jarrar M, Betbout F, Ben Farhat M, et al. Long-term invasive and noninvasive results of percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in children, adolescents and adults. Am Heart J 1999; 138:950-954.

Rao PS, Galal O, Patnana M et al. Results of three to 10 year follow up of balloon dilation of the pulmonary valve. Heart 1998;80:591-595.

Sadr-Ameli MA, Sheikholeslami F, Firoozi et al. Late results of balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in adults. Am J Cardiol 1998;82:398-400.

Dysrhythmias

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Jackman WM, Beckman KJ et al. Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia due to atrioventricular nodal reentry by radiofrequency catheter ablation of slow-pathway conduction. N Engl J Med 1992; 327:313-318.

Jackman WM, Wang X et al. Catheter ablation of accessory atrioventricular pathways (Wolff- Parkinson-White Syndrome) by radiofrequency current. N Engl J Med 1991; 324:1605-1611.

NHLBI Working Group on Atrial Fibrillation. Current understandings and research imperatives. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22:1830-1834. 

Vascular Disorders

Chimowitz MI, Weiss DG, et al. Cardiac prognosis of patients with carotid stenosis and no history of coronary artery disease, Stroke 1994; 25: 759–765.

Ernst CB. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. NEJM 1993; 328:1167-1172.