Cardiology Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• UN mobilizes global governments in fight against non-communicable diseases
• Disparate CV health: A variance that refuses to disappear Paul L. Douglass, MD
• Appropriate ICD interventions found in half of ARVD/C patients
• Atrial functional mitral regurgitation may develop in AF patients
• Birth defects may be linked to hypertension, not ACE inhibitor use in early pregnancy
• Cardiology Today teams with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation to launch Cardiology Today Intervention
• Computationally generated biomarkers predicted CV deaths
• Consider differences between men, women in CVD, care
• Coronary CTA bested MPI in patients with acute chest pain
• CREST substudy: Carotid artery stenting associated with better quality of life
• Dasatinib linked to risk for PAH
• Depression associated with stroke morbidity and mortality risk
• Diet may modify genetic risk for CVD
• DWI-FLAIR mismatch identified acute ischemic lesion within 4.5 hours of symptom onset
• Estrogen may prevent stroke in younger menopausal women
• FDA advisory panel backs drug-eluting stent for PAD
• FDA approves combination sitagliptin, simvastatin
• FDA proposes lower risk classification for external pacemakers
• HF risk found in patients with metabolic syndrome
• Inappropriate outpatient care and health care costs on ‘top five’ list
• Increased adiposity raised hypertension risk in children
• Increased HF risk associated with low socioeconomic status
• Lipid management challenging, but necessary, for prevention of CVD in women
• MRI deemed safe for patients with selected implanted cardiac devices
• Pulsatile-flow more effective for mechanical unloading than continuous-flow
• Restless legs syndrome raised hypertension risk in middle-aged women
• Same-day discharge after PCI not associated with higher risk for death, rehospitalization
• Shift work in young adults linked to elevated cortisol levels, increased CV risk
• Stent thrombosis reduced by everolimus-eluting stents
• Study: Aspirin had no effect on stroke, thromboembolism risk in AF patients
• Study: New physician training hour limits could be expensive
• Updated guideline outlines recommendations for PAD diagnosis, management
• Withholding recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator linked with poor outcomes
• Genetic link to MI stronger than link to stroke
• Reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate associated with acute MI
• Cleveland Clinic received grant for Leonard Krieger chair in preventive cardiology
• Grant will fund initiatives to increase interest in health, science disciplines
• Rockefeller University professor awarded Nobel Prize
• B-type natriuretic peptide reduced with use of CRT-D
• Ixmyelocel-T well-tolerated for cardiomyopathy patients
• Troponin elevation predicted mortality in acute dyspnea patients
• Heart rate reduction through regulation of the funny current Michael P. Moranville, PharmD, BCPS
• Disease management program improved mortality risk, well-being in HF patients