Cardiology Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• After the Bethesda Conference, where are we with the CV workforce shortage? Carl J. Pepine, MD, MACC
• Recommending pedometers to patients Roger S. Blumenthal, MD; Garth Graham, MD
• Consider rate control, individualized care for patients with AF
• Elderly men at high risk for abdominal aortic aneurysms
• FDA, manufacturers to conduct new studies on clopidogrel
• Insertable heart monitor gains indications for AF
• JUPITER data could expand numberof older U.S. adults who may benefit from statin therapy
• More imaging outcomes data sought by CMS, physicians
• Payers, practitioners share expectations, data at SCCT summit
• Revisions needed for residents? Response to IOM report mixed
• Studies show success rates on the rise for catheter ablation procedures
• CAUSMIC: Myoblast implantation via catheter in patients with HF feasible
• FAME: Fractional flow measurement associated with lower AE rate when guiding PCI procedures
• High-dose simvastatin has no effect on insulin action, ectopic lipid deposition
• High incidence of metabolic syndrome found in some athletes
• Increased automation of hospital information systems associated with lower costs, mortality
• INTRINSIC RV: New AF in patients with ICDs a risk marker for higher mortality
• PROTECTION I: Radiation dose from cardiac CTA varied according to system, other factors
• Seattle Heart Failure Model adequate in patients with advanced HF
• Rita Redberg, MD, helps bring research outcomes to the forefront