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National Library for Health Cardiovascular Diseases Specialist Library Bulletin: Issue No 29 - March 08 www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular/ We would like your feedback. If you have any comments please contact us. This Bulletin is designed to update you on the latest additions to the CVDSL. Please click on the links below for more detail. 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, AbadTerrado 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. 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. 1 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 Lancet, 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 You can ordered your Awareness Week Display Pack, online at www.aaaw.org.uk The packs include posters, promotional items and sample booklets suitable for awareness displays and events. In addition to this pack, if you would like to order a stock of free patient information booklets please email [email protected] or phone 01789 450 787, quoting 'AAAW booklets'. 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. Contact details: April Coombe (Project Manager) West Midlands Library and Information Services Development Unit Workforce Deanery NHS West Midlands St Chad's Court 213 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9RG Email: [email protected] Websites : www.library.nhs.uk/cardiovascular and www.library.nhs.uk/stroke 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 [email protected]