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Timing of eplerenone initiation and outcomes in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular systolic dysfunction: insights from the EPHESUS trialemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion An earlier eplerenone administration (3–7days) post-AMI improved outcomes in patients with LVSD and HF. This benefit was not observed when eplerenone was initiated later (≥7days).
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Adamopoulos, C., Ahmed, A., Fay, R., Angioi, M., Filippatos, G., Vincent, J., Pitt, B., Zannad, F., the EPHESUS Investigators Tags: CLINICAL TRIALS Source Type: journals

Severe cardiomyopathy following treatment with the tumour necrosis factor-{alpha} inhibitor adalimumab for Crohn's diseaseemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Adalimumab belongs to the group of tumour necrosis factor- inhibitors and has been approved for the treatment Crohn's Disease since 2007. Herein we report a severe adverse reaction to adalimumab in a 25-year-old female patient. One week after the initial-dose of adalimumab (160 mg), which was initiated due to an acute exacerbation of Crohn's disease, the patient developed a fulminant cardiomyopathy. In severe cardiogenic shock, the patient required an extracorporeal membrane-oxygenation system for 8 days until cardiac recovery.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Emmert, M. Y., Salzberg, S. P., Emmert, L. S., Behjati, S., Plass, A., Felix, C., Falk, V., Gruenenfelder, J. Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: journals

Chronic Heart Failure (Oxford Cardiology Library)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: McIntyre, H. F. Tags: BOOK REVIEW Source Type: journals

Ghrelin resistance in heart failure or why failing cardiomyocytes do not produce ghrelin: the same problem?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Beiras-Fernandez, A., Weis, F., Reichart, B. Tags: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: journals

Clinical trial participation: are we studying the patients we are trying to treat?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wang, O. J., Krumholz, H. M. Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: journals

Transplantation with survivin-engineered mesenchymal stem cells results in better prognosis in a rat model of myocardial infarctionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion Transplantation with SVV-engineered MSCs by lentiviral vector leads to better prognosis for MI by enhancing cellular survival.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Fan, L., Lin, C., Zhuo, S., Chen, L., Liu, N., Luo, Y., Fang, J., Huang, Z., Lin, Y., Chen, J. Tags: EXPERIMENTAL Source Type: journals

Abstractsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Electronic pages Source Type: journals

Delays in angiography may cost livesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rothman, M., De Palma, R. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Interventional cardiology, Acute coronary syndromes, Percutaneous intervention, Clinical diagnostic tests, Epidemiology, Diabetes Editorials Source Type: journals

Unveiling the causes of heart disease in Chinaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chen, Z., Whitlock, G. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Acute coronary syndromes, Epidemiology, Diabetes Editorials Source Type: journals

Pre-existing cognitive impairment in candidates for cardiac surgery: an overviewemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews existing published evidence of poor cognitive function in pre-bypass patients by describing patient characteristics, providing an inventory of affected neurocognitive domains, discussing adequate control groups and proposing potential aetiological mechanisms of neuropsychological dysfunctioning. It is concluded that there is a growing need for future research into this important topic on cognitive dysfunctioning in candidates for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Stroobant, N, Vingerhoets, G Tags: Reviews Source Type: journals

HIV positivity, protease inhibitor exposure and subclinical atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: HIV infection and PI exposure are not strong independent risk factors for subclinical atherosclerosis. Confounding may contribute to overestimation of the risk associated with HIV and PI exposure.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hulten, E, Mitchell, J, Scally, J, Gibbs, B, Villines, T C Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Clinical diagnostic tests, Epidemiology, Tobacco use Systematic review Source Type: journals

A comparison between B-type natriuretic peptide, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) score and their combination in ACS risk stratificationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: In ACS, most but not all of our analyses suggest that BNP can predict cardiovascular events over and above the GRACE score. The combined use of both the GRACE score and BNP can identify a subset of ACS patients at particularly high risk. This implies that both the GRACE score and BNP reflect somewhat different risk attributes when predicting adverse prognosis in ACS and their synergistic use can enhance risk stratification in ACS to a small but potentially useful extent.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ang, D S C, Wei, L, Kao, M P C, Lang, C C, Struthers, A D Tags: Acute coronary syndromes, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Heart failure, Acute coronary syndromes, Epidemiology Original articles Source Type: journals

Risk assessment with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gosling, O E, Bellenger, N, Spurrell, P Tags: Miscellanea Source Type: journals

Potential survival gains in the treatment of myocardial infarctionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Potential gains from improved clinical effectiveness in MI care are likely to compare favourably with benefits achieved though innovations, and should inform priorities in research and implementation strategies for improving MI outcomes.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chew, D P, Huynh, L T, Liew, D, Astley, C, Soman, A, Brieger, D Tags: Acute coronary syndromes, Editor's choice, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Interventional cardiology, Acute coronary syndromes, Epidemiology Original articles Source Type: journals

Percutaneous surgery for mitral valve diseaseemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Clark, A L, Alamgir, M F, Nair, R K, Thackray, S T Tags: Miscellanea Source Type: journals

Improving survival in the 6 months after diagnosis of heart failure in the past decade: population-based data from the UKemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although early mortality remains high among patients with newly diagnosed heart failure in the UK general population, there is strong evidence of a marked improvement in survival from 1995–7 to 2004–5, perhaps partly explained by an increased usage of neurohormonal antagonists.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mehta, P A, Dubrey, S W, McIntyre, H F, Walker, D M, Hardman, S M C, Sutton, G C, McDonagh, T A, Cowie, M. R Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Epidemiology Original articles Source Type: journals

Potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in China: the INTERHEART China studyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Diabetes and psychosocial factors have strong associations with risk of MI in China, indicating that future increases in these risk factors with societal change in China may hasten rapid increases in CVD.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Teo, K K, Liu, L, Chow, C K, Wang, X, Islam, S, Jiang, L, Sanderson, J E, Rangarajan, S, Yusuf, S, for the INTERHEART Investigators in China Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Hypertension, Acute coronary syndromes, Diabetes, Tobacco use Original articles Source Type: journals

The use of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessing mechanical synchronicityemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography is a robust technique, which can be used to accurately and effectively assess global and regional mechanical dyssynchrony in heart failure patients.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Liodakis, E, Sharef, O A., Dawson, D, Nihoyannopoulos, P Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Echocardiography, Clinical diagnostic tests Original articles Source Type: journals

Impact of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on left atrial volume and function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea assessed by real-time three-dimensional echocardiographyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: CPAP improved LV diastolic function and LA passive emptying, but not LA structural variables in OSA patients. Trial registration number: NCT00768807.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Oliveira, W, Campos, O, Cintra, F, Matos, L, Vieira, M L C, Rollim, B, Fujita, L, Tufik, S, Poyares, D Tags: Unlocked, Echocardiography, Hypertension, Clinical diagnostic tests Original articles Source Type: journals

Unrecognised myocardial infarction in subjects at high vascular riskemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jolobe, O Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Acute coronary syndromes, Diabetes, Metabolic disorders Featured correspondence Source Type: journals

The authors' reply:email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Meijs, M F L, Bots, M L, Cramer, M J, Vonken, E-J A, Velthuis, B K, van der Graaf, Y, Visseren, F L, Mali, W P T. M, Doevendans, P A, on behalf of the SMART Study group Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Acute coronary syndromes Featured correspondence Source Type: journals

Transradial cardiac procedures and increased radiation exposure: is it a real phenomenon?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bhatia, G S, Ratib, K, Lo, T S, Hamon, M, Nolan, J Tags: Interventional cardiology, Percutaneous intervention, Clinical diagnostic tests Featured correspondence Source Type: journals

Stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo syndromeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Barriales-Villa, V R, Ortiz, M F, De la Hera, J M Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Hypertension Featured correspondence Source Type: journals

Real-time three dimensional echocardiography: current and future clinical applicationsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marsan, N. A., Tops, L. F, Nihoyannopoulos, P., Holman, E. R, Bax, J. J Tags: Non-invasive imaging, Education in Heart, Congenital heart disease, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Echocardiography, Clinical diagnostic tests Source Type: journals

JournalScanemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Heart - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lindsay, A. Tags: Journal scan Source Type: journals

Agents with inotropic properties for the management of acute heart failure syndromes. Traditional agents and beyondemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Abstract  Treatment with inotropic agents is one of the most controversial topics in heart failure. Initial enthusiasm, based on strong pathophysiological rationale and apparent empirical efficacy, has been progressively limited by results of controlled trials and registries showing poorer outcomes of the patients on inotropic therapy. The use of these agents remains, however, potentially indicated in a significant proportion of patients with low cardiac output, peripheral hypoperfusion and end-organ dysfunction caused by heart failure. Limitations of inotropic therapy seem to be mainly related to their mecha...
Source: Heart Failure Reviews - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Heart Failure Reviews Source Type: journals

GAO: Physician profiling could help CMS monitor Medicare spendingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Monday released a report outlining how profiling physicians to give them confidential feedback on their Medicare spending could potentially save money for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Episode #4: Why is medicine resistant to change?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - Cardiologists, Drs Eric Topol and Paul Teirstein, from Scripps (STRI), review the latest cardiology news and events in this freewheeling, unconventional exchange.
Source: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: theheart.org Tags: Topol and Teirstein: The Click and Rub Show Source Type: podcasts

Induction Of Labour Versus Expectant Monitoring For Gestational Hypertension or Mild Pre-Eclampsia After 36 Weeks' Gestation (HYPITAT). F1000 Ranking "Exceptional" and "Changes Practice"email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This multi-centric randomised clinical trial (RCT) gives us clear guidance on the management of term hypertension and can guide clinicians worldwide. Faculty of 1000 Medicine
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: info

Episode #15: Care of advanced heart failure patients with Joe Rogersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Bob Harrington Show - Cardiologist, Dr Bob Harrington, from Duke Clinical Research Institute interviews cardiology leaders on the latest cardiology trials, trends, and conferences.
Source: The Bob Harrington Show - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: info at theheart.org Tags: The Bob Harrington Show Source Type: podcasts

Get With The Guidelines reduces age, gender disparities in careemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Latest research suggests that the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines program has improved adherence to evidence-based therapies in participating hospitals, with reductions in age- and gender-related disparities in the care of patients with coronary artery disease.
Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Leriche Syndromeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A 62-year-old man with a history of hyperlipidemia and prolonged smoking presented for evaluation of impotence and recent exertional thigh and buttock claudication after starting an exercise regimen. His examination demonstrated nonpalpable right and weak left lower extremity pulses. Doppler ultrasonography (A) revealed low velocity flow and loss of normal triphasic waveforms in the femoral arterial vasculature bilaterally. Three-dimensional volume-rendered reconstructions (B) from computed tomography angiography showed abdominal aortic occlusion below the origin of renal arteries (white arrowhead) and collateral circulati...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve L. Liao, Munish Luthra, Kevin M. Rogers Tags: IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY Source Type: journals

President's Page: Who Owns What or Whom?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The topic of physician-owned hospitals is one of the popular items in the health care reform debate currently underway. Congress and others in government recognize this relationship as problematic because it raises an apparent conflict of interest. The concern is if physicians refer patients to their own hospitals when the admission is not indicated, or when a test or procedure is not indicated other than for the need to support the finances of the hospital. Because of this concern (whether the problem is real or imagined is not clear), the current proposed legislation contains provisions to prevent physicians from having ...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alfred A. Bove Tags: ACC NEWS Source Type: journals

Newly Elected Members of the Collegeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The following individuals were elected to membership in the American College of Cardiology in the category indicated in August 2009. Those elected to Fellowship will be invited to participate in the 59th Annual Convocation of the College which will be held March 15, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: ACC NEWS Source Type: journals

Summaries of Key Journal Articlesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kim A. Eagle, Christopher P. Cannon, William F. Armstrong, David S. Bach, Ragavendra R. Baliga, Timothy B. Cotts, Daniel T. Eitzman, James B. Froehlich, Caren S. Goldberg, Hitinder S. Gurm, Jennifer C. Hirsch, Elizabeth Anne Jackson, Fred Morady, Debabrat Tags: SCANNING THE LITERATURE Source Type: journals

Inside This Issueemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
1747 Filippos Triposkiadis, George Karayannis, Grigorios Giamouzis, John Skoularigis, George Louridas, Javed Butler
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Frontmatter Source Type: journals

Assessing Niacin as an Atherosclerosis Therapeutic Agent: Valuable Insights Provided by High-Resolution Vascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging⁎email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Despite the substantial clinical benefit offered by potent low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-reducing therapeutics such as statins, a majority of patients will still experience major cardiovascular events (). Accordingly, there exists a large, unmet need for new atherosclerosis therapeutic strategies that will further reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) events.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Farouc A. Jaffer Tags: Vascular Effects of Nicotinic Acid: Editorial Comment Source Type: journals

Triggering of Nocturnal Arrhythmias by Sleep-Disordered Breathing Eventsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although the absolute arrhythmia rate is low, the relative risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and NSVT during sleep is markedly increased shortly after a respiratory disturbance. These results support a direct temporal link between SDB events and the development of these arrhythmias.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ken Monahan, Amy Storfer-Isser, Reena Mehra, Eyal Shahar, Murray Mittleman, Jeff Rottman, Naresh Punjabi, Mark Sanders, Stuart F. Quan, Helaine Resnick, Susan Redline Tags: Cardiac Effects of Sleep Apnea Source Type: journals

High Prevalence of Abnormal Nocturnal Oximetry in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Abnormal nocturnal oximetry is common in patients with HCM, suggesting that OSA is prevalent. OSA may impact hemodynamics and symptoms in HCM. Further studies are needed to determine the long-term benefit of OSA treatment on hemodynamics and disease progression in HCM.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mackram F. Eleid, Tomas Konecny, Marek Orban, Partho P. Sengupta, Virend K. Somers, James M. Parish, Farouk Mookadam, Peter A. Brady, Barbara L. Sullivan, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Steve R. Ommen, A. Jamil Tajik Tags: Cardiac Effects of Sleep Apnea Source Type: journals

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Respiratory Syndrome With Protean Cardiovascular Manifestations⁎email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) presents with respiratory symptoms that include snoring, nocturnal choking, witnessed apneas, fragmented sleep, and symptoms of excessive daytime tiredness and sleepiness. While sleepiness has been associated with OSA, it only affects a minority of those with OSA in community-based studies (). OSA occurs in all racial groups and appears to be common, peaking in midlife, affecting up to 20% of men and 10% of women between the ages of 39 to 65 years, the vast majority of whom remain undiagnosed (). Despite presenting with respiratory symptoms, the most serious associations of OSA are cardiovascu...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ian Wilcox, Christopher Semsarian Tags: Cardiac Effects of Sleep Apnea: Editorial Comment Source Type: journals

Repaired Coarctation of the Aorta Imaged by 64-Detector Computed Tomographyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A 35-year-old man with a history of aortic coarctation (CoA) repair during childhood presented with the complaint of atypical chest pain. During childhood, he had undergone CoA repair with the placement of a conduit from the aortic arch just distal to the left subclavian artery (LS) to the proximal descending aorta (AoD) immediately distal to the coarctation. He had done well for years and now presented with atypical chest pain occurring at rest. He was referred for computed tomographic angiography using 64-detector computed tomography for evaluation. The LS was noted to be markedly dilated in its proximal portion. Also no...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Amgad N. Makaryus, Lawrence M. Boxt Tags: IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY Source Type: journals

Long-Term Prognostic Value of ST-Segment Resolution in Patients Treated With Fibrinolysis or Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results From the DANAMI-2 (DANish trial in Acute Myocardial Infarction-2)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic value of ST-segment resolution after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) versus fibrinolysis.Background: Resolution of the ST-segment has been used as a surrogate end point in trials evaluating reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction; however, its prognostic significance may be limited to patients treated with fibrinolysis.Methods: In the DANAMI-2 (DANish trial in Acute Myocardial Infarction-2) substudy, including 1,421 patients, the ST-segment elevation at baseline, pre-intervention, 90 min, and 4 h was assessed. The ST-segment resoluti...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Maria Sejersten, Nana Valeur, Peer Grande, Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen, Peter Clemmensen, DANAMI-2 Investigators Tags: Prognosticators in Acute Infarction Source Type: journals

Prognostic Value of Myocardial Infarct Size and Contractile Reserve Using Magnetic Resonance Imagingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Objectives: Our aim was to assess the predictive value of myocardial infarct size assessed with late gadolinium-enhanced (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in medically treated patients with chronic myocardial infarction relative to contractile reserve on low-dose dobutamine magnetic resonance (DSMR) for long-term event-free survival.Background: Information on the relative merits of scar tissue and contractile reserve to predict long-term prognosis in patients with chronic myocardial infarction is lacking.Methods: A total of 177 patients with known coronary artery disease and scar tissue on LGE MRI were enrolled. Left ...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sebastian Kelle, Stijntje D. Roes, Christoph Klein, Thomas Kokocinski, Albert de Roos, Eckart Fleck, Jeroen J. Bax, Eike Nagel Tags: Prognosticators in Acute Infarction Source Type: journals

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy at the Time of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: When a Friend Turns Mean-Spirited⁎email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) reduces cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) () and in patients with CAD and left ventricular systolic dysfunction () or early after acute myocardial infarction (). For these reasons, ACEI therapy has become as omnipresent among patients with CAD as has therapy with beta-adrenergic antagonists, statins, and aspirin. As testimony to the weight of medical literature supporting their use, no patient is discharged from the inpatient cardiovascular medicine or surgical services of the University of Michigan Med...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: David S. Bach Tags: ACE Inhibition and Coronary Surgery: Editorial Comment Source Type: journals

Effects of High-Dose Modified-Release Nicotinic Acid on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Function: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Objectives: Our aim was to determine the effects of high-dose (2 g) nicotinic acid (NA) on progression of atherosclerosis and measures of vascular function.Background: NA raises high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and reduces low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and is widely used as an adjunct to statin therapy in patients with coronary artery disease. Although changes in plasma lipoproteins suggest potential benefit, there is limited evidence of the effects of NA on disease progression when added to contemporary statin treatment.Methods: We performed a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of 2 g dai...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Justin M.S. Lee, Matthew D. Robson, Ly-Mee Yu, Cheerag C. Shirodaria, Colin Cunnington, Ilias Kylintireas, Janet E. Digby, Thomas Bannister, Ashok Handa, Frank Wiesmann, Paul N. Durrington, Keith M. Channon, Stefan Neubauer, Robin P. Choudhury Tags: Vascular Effects of Nicotinic Acid Source Type: journals

The Sympathetic Nervous System in Heart Failure: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Implicationsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Heart failure is a syndrome characterized initially by left ventricular dysfunction that triggers countermeasures aimed to restore cardiac output. These responses are compensatory at first but eventually become part of the disease process itself leading to further worsening cardiac function. Among these responses is the activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) that provides inotropic support to the failing heart increasing stroke volume, and peripheral vasoconstriction to maintain mean arterial perfusion pressure, but eventually accelerates disease progression affecting survival. Activation of SNS has been attrib...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Authors: Filippos Triposkiadis, George Karayannis, Grigorios Giamouzis, John Skoularigis, George Louridas, Javed Butler Tags: STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER Source Type: journals

Tab housesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
We warn that tobacco dens are an illicit threat to our children's health
Source: BHF National News - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Source Type: consumer

Strong Angiomax sales continue to lower losses for Medicines in Q3email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Medicines Company has reported a decrease in net losses for its financial results for the third quarter of 2009.
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Blood Clot Risk Higher In Apple-Shaped Men And Pear-Shaped Women, Danish Studyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New research from Denmark suggests that where middle-aged men and women carry excess body fat affects their risk of developing blood clots like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) , with apple-shaped men who carry excess fat mainly around the waist and pear-shaped women who carry excess fat mainly around the hips having the highest risk.
Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

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This article focuses on some of the challenges related to the assessment of RV function in the setting of the RV’s unique anatomic, physiologic, conventional and newer echocardiographic aspects, and therapeutic implications. The majority of proposed methods of echocardiographic assessment of RV function are based on volumetric approximations of the RV. Such approaches have inherent limitations, first as volume-related measures such as EF are load dependent, second because of the complex geometry of the RV. The issue of RV geometry is usually overcome using geometry-independent parameters such as tricuspid annular ex...
Source: Heart Failure Reviews - October 29, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Heart Failure Reviews Source Type: journals