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
• 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
• 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
• 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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