Cardiology Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Cardiologists weigh in on Supreme Court decision to uphold Affordable Care Act
• Administration of regulating agent before CABG did not improve outcomes
• AHA/ADA: Appropriate use of artificial sweeteners may have health benefits
• Americans' hypertension prevalence remained stable during past decade
• CDC: Nearly half of US adults failed to receive proper preventive care before 2010
• Changes in air pollution levels during Beijing Olympics linked to alterations in biomarkers
• EUCLID trial will compare ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel in PAD patients
• FDA selects stent graft system for early clinical evaluation program
• Guideline update for unstable angina, non-STEMI addresses newly approved drugs
• Hypertension drug linked to severe gastrointestinal issues
• Initial findings from Riata Lead Evaluation Study released
• Integrated care trumps standard treatment in HF patients receiving CRT
• Less DES use among low-risk patients can cut health care costs
• Patient-centered care focus of new ACC policy paper
• President signs health insurance reform bill into law
• RIBS III: Superior late clinical, angiographic results with DES switch strategy
• Statin therapy benefited those with low 5-year risk for major vascular events
• Statins linked to reduced risk for recurrent CV events in men, women
• Studies find hospitals not always alerted of incoming stroke patients
• Tiny magnetic particles may help assess heart treatments
• Vorapaxar reduced hospitalization for limb ischemia, arterial revascularization in PAD patients
• Accuracy of 3-D echocardiography exceeded 2-D for LV volumetric measurements
• Cardiotoxic treatment in childhood increased risk for cardiac events at early age
• Continuous long-term GH replacement improved quality-of-life, risk for CVD
• Electrocardiogram screening for young athletes may not be cost-effective
• Post-cardiac arrest mortality declining in US hospitals
• Remote monitoring of ICD patients with HF decreased emergency, urgent care visits
• Review: Evidence of effectiveness in HT for chronic conditions in women
• Sildenafil improved echocardiographic measures of heart function in young patients
• Ticagrelor produces higher platelet inhibition after PCI vs. prasugrel
• Acute MI, stroke hospitalization rates declining in patients with diabetes
• Breathing treatment improved cardiac function, nerve activity in patients with HF
• Colesevelam remained effective, despite statin use
• Acute MI, stroke hospitalization rates declining in patients with diabetes
• Intensive BP treatment ineffective for improving CV outcomes in centrally obese patients
• Lomitapide shows promise as lipid-lowering therapy in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
• Lower coronary flow during hypoglycemia ups CV risk for type 1 diabetes
• Modified bariatric surgery led to remission of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome
• Rare diseases may provide model for treating metabolic syndrome
• SHINE: Telephone intervention boosted weight loss for patients with metabolic syndrome
• Chronic HF and the effect of aldosterone antagonists Jingyang Fan, PharmD, BCPS
• CONFIRM
• EVOLVO
• Flec-SL
• INVADE
• PILL-CVD
• RED-CABG
• SHINE
• Veterans Administration Drug-Eluting Stent Study