Cardiology Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• New trials raise bar for CV outcome studies of diabetes therapies
• One in five women with ACS present without chest pain
• WHI: Risk for CHD, stroke may depend on HT formulation
• Genetic variant predisposes to CAD Robert Roberts, MD, FRSC, FRCPC, MACC, LLD (Hon.), FAHA; Brandon A. Roberts, MSc, MD; William L. Roberts, MHA, CPA; Calvin W. Roberts, MD
• Ablation reduced stroke risk in AF patients
• Door-to-balloon time not associated with in-hospital mortality
• Long-term DAPT failed to benefit patients with ischemic stroke, TIA
• Prevalence of high LDL in US adults remains common, stable
• RNA interference drug lowered LDL in early-stage study
• Statins before CABG may reduce risk for mortality, stroke, AF
• Stress CMR in observation unit associated with more efficient treatment of possible ACS
• Sudden cardiac arrest survival greater at fitness facilities
• Frank Smart, MD: Bringing engineering know-how to HF care
• Adult hypertension risk quadrupled for obese children
• Aliskiren failed to improve CAD in prehypertensive patients
• HF increases risk for in-hospital death in children with muscular dystrophy
• Mortality rates of HFrEF patients with ICD, CRT-D improved in past decade
• Omecamtiv mecarbil missed primary endpoint in ATOMIC-AHF
• Mode of DAPT cessation plays pivotal role
• Serelaxin improved renal blood flow in chronic HF patients
• Sleep apnea device shows clinical benefit for HF patients in pilot study
• Type 2 diabetes increased CHD risk in premenopausal women
• Wait list mortality higher for female heart transplant candidates
• Oral agents in the treatment of PAH Jaekyu Shin, PharmD, MS, BCPS
• EXAMINE
• METOCARD-CNIC
• remedē System Pilot Study
• SAVOR-TIMI 53
• S-ICD SYSTEM SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS STUDY
• TAO