Cardiology Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Cardiology Today.
Table of Contents
- Where do we stand with transcatheter aortic valve implantation? Peter C. Block, MD
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- Why is the pharmaceutical industry pulling away from the cardiology market? Carl J. Pepine, MD, MACC
- 256-channel CT yielded better image quality than 64-channel scanner
- ACCOMPLISH: Benazepril plus amlodipine lowered rate of CV events
- Blood transfusions linked with mortality in patients with STEMI
- Clinical science integrated into AF therapies and research
- ENHANCE: Ezetimibe plus simvastatin not linked to increase in carotid intima-media thickness
- Panel discusses prevalence of AF, effect on quality of life
- PRINCIPLE TIMI 44: Prasugrel inhibited in vivo platelet aggregation
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- Rancho Bernardo Study new predictors of CAC progression
- Beta-blockers linked with reduced mortality risk in elderly patients with HF, LV systolic dysfunction
- Postmenopausal HT reduced markers of endothelial cell activation
- SOS: Paclitaxel-eluting stent yielded lower restenosis rates in saphenous vein graft lesions
- Women with STEMI more likely to die in a hospital than men
- James B. Young, MD, helped advance subspecialty of cardiac transplantation
- Chronotherapeutic applications in cardiovascular conditions Hannah Cooke Ariel, PharmD