Cardiology Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Cardiology Today.
Table of Contents
- Despite headlines, role of statins in cancer prevention far from proven
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- For heart-healthy lifestyle, well-rounded approach provides greatest benefits Matthew J. Budoff, MD
- College football players at risk for high BP, LV hypertrophy
- CV screening recommended for cancer patients receiving chest radiation
- Echocardiographic screening of general public failed to lower death, MI, stroke rates
- Elderly patients can benefit from ICDs
- Elevated BP increasing among children, adolescents
- First robotic-assisted angioplasty performed in acute MI patient
- Former President Bush receives stent for blocked artery
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- Men who skip breakfast may be at higher risk for CHD
- Physicians advised to counsel patients about sex after cardiac event
- Smoking cessation after PCI added over 2 years to patients’ lives
- Transradial PCI associated with cost savings
- Vascular plug for PDA closure found effective in children
- FDA advisory panel favors approval of riociguat
- Apixaban appears as effective as conventional therapy for acute VTE
- Genetic 'off switch' may raise risk for heart disease
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- Late outcomes best with carotid artery stenting followed by open-heart surgery
- Wearable cardioverter defibrillator benefitted high-risk patients after MI
- Johns Hopkins receives gift for heart disease prevention research
- Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, honored for lifelong contributions
- Peter F. Cohn, MD: History buff, novelist and pioneer in silent myocardial ischemia
- Consider the benefits and risks when switching antiplatelet agents Alyssa Bortz, PharmD; Jennifer Stahl, PharmD; Judith Kristeller, PharmD, BCPS
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