Cardiology Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Cardiology Today.
Table of Contents
- New TAVR data, valve approval provide hope for patients with severe aortic stenosis
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- Looking back at discovery, moving forward with progress Carl J. Pepine, MD, MACC
- Advisory panel backs expanded indications for CRT-D devices
- AHA: America’s heart health needs improvement
- Cardiology Today Editorial Board voted on top stories of 2011
- Cholesterol levels elevated in toddlers taking HIV drugs
- Dronedarone drug label revised to include risk for serious CV events
- Generic atorvastatin has long-ranging clinical, financial implications
- Hospital readmission associated with higher mortality among PCI patients
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- Off-label gadolinium use during CMR linked to low incidence of adverse events in European registry
- Researchers terminate trial examining aliskiren in high-risk patients
- Risk for pulmonary embolism high after hospitalization for autoimmune disorders
- Safety review of dabigatran under way
- Transfer times for patients requiring PCI often exceeded recommendations
- Obama administration plans increase in health IT usage to improve health care, create jobs
- Abnormal levels of urinary sodium excretion increase CV event risk
- Adult congenital heart surgery in pediatric hospitals used substantial resources
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- Cardiac MRI identified coronary artery aneurysms in patients with Kawasaki disease
- CDC: Diseases of the heart a leading cause of death in 2008, 2009
- Commercial disease-management programs linked to limited, modest improvements
- Herbal amphetamine increased risk for death in ACS patients
- Intensive glycemic control failed to lower risk for HF in patients with type 2 diabetes
- Severity of MI dependent on time of day
- Warfarin, diabetes medications implicated in emergency hospitalization among elderly
- Cardiology Today Editorial Board member receives distinguished award
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- Dan M. Roden, MD: Leader in pharmacology
- ADOPT: Apixaban not superior to enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis
- AIDA STEMI: Direct administration of abciximab no more effective than IV delivery
- Babies put on transplant list before birth get hearts faster
- CLEVER: Supervised exercise bests stenting, home care in patients with aortoiliac disease
- COPPS-POAF: Colchicine halved AF incidence after surgery
- EASE: Early surgery after infective endocarditis diagnosis reduced complications
- FAST: Surgical ablation superior to catheter ablation to achieve freedom from left atrial arrhythmia
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- Few doctors follow sudden cardiac death screening guidelines for young athletes
- Fewer than one-third of state police agencies equip vehicles with AEDs
- HOOPS: Pharmacist consultation did not reduce HF mortality, hospitalization
- PRISM: Custom consent forms helped patients better understand PCI
- Radiofrequency ablation feasible in paroxysmal AF
- TRACER: Vorapaxar failed to reduce death, MI, stroke risks
- Measuring benefits vs. harm: The complexity of dosing statin therapy