Cardiology Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Cardiology Today.
Table of Contents
- Renal denervation for resistant hypertension gaining momentum in United States
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- Investigational drug reduced mortality in patients with acute HF
- While we wait for the polls to close L. Samuel Wann, MD, MACC, FESC
- Subcutaneous ICD wins FDA approval
- FDA: Mirapex linked to possible increased HF risk
- NIH research links genetic variants, gene regulation in many common diseases
- Beta-blockers failed to lower CV events in stable patients
- C-reactive protein, fibrinogen improved CV event prediction
- DPP-IV inhibitors appear to reduce CV risk in type 2 diabetes
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- Fewer stress tests performed after PCI
- Health care costs lower with home-based chronic HF management
- Improved efficacy observed with newer- vs. older-generation ZES
- Minor stroke may cause major disability
- NSAID use heightens CV risk after first-time MI
- Omega-3 fatty acid supplements failed to lower risk for major CVD events
- Post-PCI bleeding associated with major adverse events in older patients
- Presence of CKD ups risk for stroke, systemic thromboembolism in AF patients
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- Program increased guideline adherence for patients with STEMI, non-STEMI
- Public reporting of PCI outcomes lowered use, failed to affect mortality
- Researchers link sudden cardiac death to placenta thinness at birth
- Resuming warfarin after GI tract bleeding associated with lower risk for thrombosis, death
- Statins may lower glaucoma risk in people with hyperlipidemia
- Ticagrelor results consistent regardless of smoking status
- Cardiology Today Editorial Board member receives prestigious award
- Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute welcomes congenital heart disease expert
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- Mayo Clinic Health System received grant to improve rural health care
- Michael R. Jaff, DO: Vascular medicine specialist with a passion for music
- CANVAS: Canagliflozin effective as add-on therapy in type 2 diabetes
- Catheter ablation for AF showed promising 1-year results
- Cooking with sesame, rice bran oils may lower BP
- Copeptin predicted prognosis in HF patients
- Empagliflozin lowered systolic BP, regardless of weight, HbA1c
- Fungal infections common among organ transplant patients
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- GARY: Guideline adherence benefited patients treated with TAVI
- Low-calorie cranberry juice lowered BP in healthy adults
- Poor sleep quality related to resistant hypertension
- PRAGUE-12: Surgical ablation found safe, effective for AF patients undergoing cardiac surgery
- Spironolactone improved outcomes in hypertensive patients with diastolic HF
- Statins proved beneficial in patients with candidemia
- Unrecognized CAD common in HIV
- Risk for blood clots caused by dabigatran requires more data Larry Lopez, PharmD
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- Aldo-DHF
- CANVAS
- Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration
- MADONNA
- PRAGUE-12
- RECLOSE 2-ACS
- SPECS
- WHICH
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