Fellowship Recommended Reading

  1. Making Health Care Safer Chapter 21 UTZ guided central line insertion
  2. Hind Ultrasonic locating devices for central venous cannulation meta analysis
  3. Randolph Ultrasound guidance for placement of central venous catheter meta analysis
  4. Ultrasound Guidance for Placement of Central Venous Catheters
  5. Highlights for MECs
  6. Afterload Mismatch and Preload Reserve: A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Ventricular Function Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases Vol. XVIII, No. 4 January/February 1976 pp 255-263
  7. The Prognostic Value of Serum Troponin T in Unstable Angina N Engl J Med, Volume 327: July 16, 1992 pp 146-150
  8. Effect of Enalapril on Mortality and the Development of Heart Failure in Asymptomatic Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions Vol 327 No 10, September 3, 1992 pp 655-691
  9. A Comparison of Immediate Angioplasty with Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction N Engl J Med, Vol 328, No 10 * March 11, 1993 pp 674-679
  10. Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease with Pravastatin in Men with Hypercholesterolemia
    N Engl J Med, Vol 333 No 20 * November 16, 1995 pp 1301-1307
  11. Extent of Early ST Segment Elevation Resolution: A Strong Predictor of Outcome in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and a Sensitive Measure to Compare Thrombolytic Regimens; A Substudy of the International Joint Efficacy Comparison of Thrombolytics (INJECT) Trial
    JACC Vol 26, No. 7 * December 1995:1657-1664
  12. The Effect of Carvedilol on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Chronic Heart FailureN Engl J Med, Vol 334, No 21 * May 23, 1996
  13. Significance of initial ST segment changes for Thrombolytic treatment in first inferior myocardial infarction Heart 1997; 77:506-511
  14. A Comparison of Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy with Implantable Defibrillators in Patients Resuscitated from Near Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmias N Engl J Med, Vol 337, No 22 * November 27, 1997 pp 1576-1584
  15. A Comparison of Aspirin Plus Tirofiban with Aspirin Plus Heparin for Unstable Angina
    N Engl J Med, Vol 338, No 21 * May 21, 1998 pp 1498-1505
  16. Inhibition of the Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor with Tirofiban in unstable angina and non-Q wave Myocardial Infarction N Engl J Med, Vol 338, No 21 * May 21, 1998 pp 1488-1497
  17. Complementary Clinical Benefits of Coronary Artery Stenting and Blockade of Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptors N Engl J Med, Vol 341, No 5 * July 29, 1999 pp319-341
  18. The Effect of Spironolactone on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Severe Heart Failure
    N Engl J Med, Vol 341, No 10 * September 2, 1999 pp 709-717
  19. Effects of an Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Inhibitor, Ramipril, on Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients N Engl J Med, Vol 342, No 3 * January 20, 2000 pp 145-153
  20. Reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction with fibrinolytics therapy or combination reduced fibrinolytics therapy and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition: the GUSTO V randomized trial Lancet 2001; 357:1905-1914
  21. Admission Troponin T Level Predicts Clinical Outcomes, TIMI Flow, and Myocardial Tissue Perfusion After Primary Percutaneous Intervention for Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Circulation. 2001; 104:630-635
  22. Comparison of Early Invasive and Conservative Strategies in Patients with unstable Coronary Syndromes Treated with the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitor Tirofiban
    N Engl J Med, Vol 344, No 25 * June 21, 2001 pp1879-1887
  23. Effects of Clopidogrel in Addition to Aspirin in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes without ST-Segment Elevation N Engl J Med, Vol 345, No 7 * August 16, 2001 pp 494-502
  24. Evaluation and Management of Chronic Mitral Regurgitation N Engl J Med, Vol 345, No 10 * September 6, 2001 pp740-746
  25. Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction N Engl J Med, Vol 346, No 12 * March 21, 2002 pp 877-883
  26. Low-Output, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis in Patients with Depressed Left Ventricular Systolic Function; The Clinical Utility of the Dobutamine Challenge in the Catheterization Laboratory
    Circulation. 2002; 106:809-813
  27. Evaluation of Prolonged Antithrombotic Pretreatment (“Cooling-Off” Strategy) Before Intervention in Patients With Unstable Coronary Syndromes: A Randomized Trial
    JAMA, Vol. 290, No. 12 pp. 1593-1599
  28. Usefulness of Dobutamine Echocardiography in Distinguishing Severe from Nonsevere Valvular Aortic Stenosis in Patients with Depressed Left Ventricular Function and Low Transvalvular Gradients Am J Cardiol 1995 Jan 15 75: 2 pp. 191-4
  29. Counterintuitive Contributions to the Care of Myocardial Infarction and the Need for Randomized Trials JACC, Vol 42, No. 6, pp. 978-980
  30. Patient Selection and Current Practice Strategy for Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
    Circulation. 2003;108:II-9
  31. Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Surgery Reduces Risk-Stratified Morbidity and Mortality: A United Kingdom Multi-Center Comparative Analysis of Early Clinical Outcome
    Circulation. 2003;108:II-9
  32. A Randomized Study of Prophylactic Catheter Ablation in Asymptomatic Patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome N England J Med 349:19 pp. 1803-1811
  33. Alcohol Consumption and Prognosis in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction After a Myocardial Infarction JACC, Vol 43, No. 11, pp 2016-2021
  34. Radial Versus Femoral Approach for Percutaneous Coronary Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures JACC, Vol 44, No. 2, pp 349-356
  35. ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction—Executive Summary
  36. Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
  37. 2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction