Cardiology Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• New antiplatelet agents face hurdles in clopidogrel-dominated market
• Hypertension in the elderly Carl J. Pepine, MD, MACC
• Coffee consumption not linked with risk for HF in women
• CTPA may lead to overdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism
• Data expand understanding of DES in patients with diabetes
• FDA approves third-generation drug-eluting stent
• FDA committees evaluate recent safety data on contrast agents
• Genetic defects predictive of adverse events in patients with long QT syndrome
• Influence of COURAGE trial on optimal medical therapy use small
• Post-approval data on LVAD consistent with pivotal trial
• Prescription adherence with CVD medications complex process in US
• Prevalence of wake-up strokes found in large population
• Racial disparity observed in survival after heart transplantation
• REVEAL: Epoetin alfa potentially harmful in patients with STEMI after PCI
• Trends in mortality highlight changes, constancies among patients with hypertension
• Better communication with patients may help avoid medical malpractice suits
• CARDIoGRAM: A genetic landfall for CAD Robert Roberts, MD, FRSC, FRCPC, MACC, LLD (Hon.), FAHA; Calvin W. Roberts, MD; William L. Roberts, MHA, CPA; Brandon A. Roberts, MSc, MD
• HIV infection may elevate risk for HF
• Interventionalist-transfer strategy improved door-to-balloon time
• Particle traps benefited CV health in men exposed to diesel exhaust
• Study: CABG use decreased between 2001 and 2008
• Time of day of acute MI shown influential on infarct size
• CONFIRM: Novel ablation approach promising treatment for AF
• CRT found superior to right ventricular apical pacing in patients with permanent AF
• HERCULES: BNP not predictive of reduced systolic BP in stented renal artery stenosis patients
• Infection incidence for pacemaker implants increased from 1993 to 2008
• New hemodynamic device improved outcomes for high-risk PCI patients
• Pediatric cardiomyopathy found common in pediatric arrhythmia hospitalizations
• Primary prevention ICD yielded higher overall mortality in women than men
• Subcutaneous defibrillator successfully converted all ventricular fibrillation events
• Ventricular tachycardia, fibrillation inducibility not predictive of cardiac events in Brugada syndrome
• Pharmacologic considerations for therapeutic hypothermia Michaiah G. Parker, PharmD
• Product Guide: Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Devices