Who was studied?
Age, diagnosis, anatomy, operative risk, prior treatment, and the criteria used to include or exclude patients.

CARDIAC EVIDENCE LIBRARY
Explore patient-facing summaries of selected cardiac surgery and cardiology trials. See who was studied, what was compared, what the trial found, and where its limits matter.
Educational evidence summaries—not enrollment guidance, medical advice, or emergency care.
A study describes a group. Your decision still depends on your anatomy, history, goals, and complete medical record.
How clinical review worksREAD PAST THE HEADLINE
A result can be important without applying equally to every person. These are the questions that help place published evidence in context.
Age, diagnosis, anatomy, operative risk, prior treatment, and the criteria used to include or exclude patients.
Surgery, catheter-based treatment, medical therapy, devices, or different strategies of care.
Mortality, stroke, hospitalization, symptoms, repeat procedures, or a composite of several outcomes.
A short-term result may not answer questions about durability, reintervention, or lifetime treatment strategy.
Trial design, technology era, subgroup size, crossover, missing populations, and whether the result fits the individual record.
THE LIBRARY
Filter by clinical topic or search a trial name, journal, procedure, or treatment. Open any card for its design, findings, limitations, and guideline context.
20 studies shown
Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves 3
Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves 1
Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves 2
Medtronic Evolut Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients
Synergy Between PCI with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery
Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multivessel Disease
Evaluation of XIENCE Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization
International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches
Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients with Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Percutaneous Repair with the MitraClip Device for Severe Functional/Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
Catheter Ablation versus Standard Conventional Therapy in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Atrial Fibrillation
Catheter Ablation versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
Society of Thoracic Surgeons / American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry
Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure
Vest Prevention of Early Sudden Death Trial
Multicenter Study of MagLev Technology in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy with HeartMate 3
Nordic Aortic Valve Intervention
Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Objective Randomised Blinded Investigation with Optimal Medical Therapy of Angioplasty in Stable Angina
Fractional Flow Reserve versus Angiography for Multivessel Evaluation 2
FROM PUBLICATION TO PATIENT
A cardiac surgeon and cardiologist independently review the same complete record, consider relevant published evidence and guidelines, and co-sign a patient-facing WHITEGLOVE Insights™ report.
Clarify the decision already in front of you.
Place trial populations and outcomes beside your individual case.
Organize reasonable questions for your treating team.
A CLEARER NEXT CONVERSATION
Start with the evidence. Then ask whether its population, treatment, endpoint, follow-up, and limitations actually fit the decision in front of you.
WHITEGLOVEMD provides educational record review and does not enroll patients in clinical trials, diagnose, prescribe, or replace a treating clinician. If you may be experiencing an emergency, call 911 or seek emergency care now.