Cardiology Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Cardiology Today.

Table of Contents

• A tribute to Ken Baughman, MD Roger S. Blumenthal, MD
• Revascularization strategies for extracranial carotid artery disease: Winners and losers Michael R. Jaff, DO
• ACC launches PINNACLE network to link practices, registries together
• ASTRAL: No significant or sustained clinical benefit for kidney function with revascularization
• Despite promise, drug-eluting balloons face obstacles in U.S. adoption
• Interventional treatment of deep vein thrombosis offers additional benefits over anticoagulation therapy alone
• Iodixanol, iopamidol not linked with increased serum creatinine levels
• Majority of pediatric sudden cardiac arrests occurred in children younger than 1 year
• Measurement of HDL, apolipoproteins sufficient to characterize vascular risk
• MI in recent decades increased in midlife women
• Most state Medicaid programs offer limited access to tobacco-dependence treatment
• Omega-3 showed no benefit for depression in patients with CHD
• PRINCE: Cooling therapy initiated during cardiac arrest linked with improved neurological function in survivors
• Reductions in systolic BP linked with percutaneous ablation of renal sympathetic nerves
• Registry aims to classify common treatment patterns of AF
• SATIETY: Use of antipsychotic medications in youth linked to increased weight, metabolic changes
• Screening and repair of AAAs had limited effects on overall mortality
• Telephone counseling showed improved quit rates among teens who smoke
• ACE inhibitors plus standard medical therapy linked with reduced risk for mortality
• Distribution of body fat a factor in assessing risk for VTE
• Statin use linked with decreased risk for cholecystectomy
• C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, receives AHA 2009 Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award
• Elizabeth Nabel, MD, to be president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• NHLBI awards grant for lung transplant research to N.C. surgeon
• Organ-transplantation hospitals rated by HealthGrades
• Pioneering cardiologist William Ganz, MD, passes at age 90
• Texas Health Dallas receives chest pain accreditation
• Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD: A passionate teacher who never stops learning
• Antiarrhythmic drug therapy in treating AF Brian F. McBride, PharmD