This is a selection of articles from the April 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Cardiology headlines.
Coronary Artery Plaque Imaging Device Cleared By FDA
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Effects Of Rimonabant On Cardiometabolic Risk Profile Include Loss Of Visceral Fat And Mobilization Of Liver Fat
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Source: Cholesterol News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
New Report Links Periodontitis With Increased Risk For Cardiovascular Disease And Diabetes, UK
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Nuvelo Announces Positive Proof-of-Concept Data With Anticogulant NU172
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Exercise Cuts Women's Risk of Heart Disease
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Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
Insulin Resistance And Atherosclerosis: The "Missing Link"
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 30, 2008 Source Type: info
"Tardus and Parvus" Phenomenon in Upper Limb Arteries for Identifying Subclavian Arterial Stenosis
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Source: Echocardiography - April 29, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Drug Mix-Ups Threaten Patient Safety
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Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 29, 2008 Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: info
Common clinical factors precipitating HF hospitalization affect outcomes
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Source: MedWire News - Heart Failure - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
The Genetic Background Of Heart Failure And The Role Of Hypertension - A Close Cooperation Between Basic Researchers And Clinicians In Berlin-Buch
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Source: Hypertension News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
The influence of age on health status outcomes after acute myocardial infarction.
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Source: American Heart Journal - April 29, 2008 Authors: Ho PM, Eng MH, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Peterson PN, Jones PG, Peterson ED, Alexander KP, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA Tags: Am Heart J Source Type: info
Derivation and validation of a diagnostic model for the evaluation of left ventricular filling pressures and diastolic function using mitral annulus tissue Doppler imaging.
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Source: American Heart Journal - April 29, 2008 Authors: Arteaga RB, Hreybe H, Patel D, Landolfo C Tags: Am Heart J Source Type: info
Digitek Digoxin Tablets Recalled: Possible Double Dose Released by Accident
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Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 29, 2008 Tags: Cardiology Source Type: info
Reasons Documented for Heart Failure Admissions
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Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Physio-Control And FDA Agree On Plan To Address Quality System Issues
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 29, 2008 Source Type: info
Does size matter?: clinical applications of scaling cardiac size and function for body size.
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Source: Circulation - April 29, 2008 Authors: Dewey FE, Rosenthal D, Murphy DJ, Froelicher VF, Ashley EA Tags: Circulation Source Type: info
Tracleer (bosentan) approved in UK for reduction of new digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis
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Source: NeLM news - Cardiology - April 28, 2008 Tags: 2.5.1 Vasodilator antihypertensive drugs, Circulatory Disorders, Licence extension Source Type: info
Alendronate linked to increased AF risk
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Type 2 Diabetes a Growing Problem in Pregnancy
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Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Reply
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - April 28, 2008 Authors: Thygesen, K., Alpert, J. S., Jaffe, A. S., White, H. D., on behalf of the Joint ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF Task Force for the Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: info
Short-term sinus rhythm predicts long-term sinus rhythm and clinical improvement after intraoperative ablation of atrial fibrillation
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Source: Europace - April 28, 2008 Authors: Johansson, B., Houltz, B., Berglin, E., Brandrup-Wognsen, G., Karlsson, T., Edvardsson, N. Tags: ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Source Type: info
Thrombocytopenia and Mortality in Infective Endocarditis
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - April 28, 2008 Authors: Sy, R. W., Chawantanpipat, C., Richmond, D. R., Kritharides, L. Tags: Research Correspondence Source Type: info
Cardiac Contractility Modulation Electrical Signals Improve Myocardial Gene Expression in Patients With Heart Failure
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - April 28, 2008 Authors: Butter, C., Rastogi, S., Minden, H.-H., Meyhofer, J., Burkhoff, D., Sabbah, H. N. Tags: Heart Failure Source Type: info
Pulmonary vein isolation combined with superior vena cava isolation for atrial fibrillation ablation: a prospective randomized study
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Source: Europace - April 28, 2008 Authors: Wang, X.-H., Liu, X., Sun, Y.-M., Shi, H.-F., Zhou, L., Gu, J.-N. Tags: ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Source Type: info
A Statement on Ethics From the HEART Group
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Source: Europace - April 28, 2008 Tags: STATEMENT FROM THE HEART GROUP Source Type: info
Where There's Smoke...
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - April 28, 2008 Authors: Celermajer, D. S., Ng, M. K.C. Tags: Editorial Comment Source Type: info
Cardiac fibrosis target identified
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - April 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Study In JAMA Shows Patients Treated With Abbott's XIENCE™ V Drug Eluting Stent Experience Better Outcomes Than Market Leading Drug Eluting Sten
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 27, 2008 Source Type: info
Variation and Temporal Trends in the Use of Diagnostic Testing During Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction by Age, Gender, Race, and Geography (the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study).
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Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 26, 2008 Authors: Pearte CA, Myerson M, Coresh J, McNamara RL, Rosamond W, Taylor H, Manolio TA Tags: Am J Cardiol Source Type: info
Effect of successful alcohol septal ablation on microvascular function in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 26, 2008 Authors: Soliman OI, Geleijnse ML, Michels M, Dijkmans PA, Nemes A, van Dalen BM, Vletter WB, Serruys PW, Ten Cate FJ Tags: Am J Cardiol Source Type: info
Utility of the metabolic syndrome diagnosis: can home blood pressures help settle the debate?
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Source: American Journal of Hypertension - April 26, 2008 Authors: Wildman RP Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: info
Optimal cutoff point of waist circumference and use of home blood pressure as a definition of metabolic syndrome: the ohasama study.
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Source: American Journal of Hypertension - April 26, 2008 Authors: Sato A, Asayama K, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Obara T, Metoki H, Inoue R, Hara A, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Satoh H, Oka Y, Imai Y Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: info
Nephrectomy Modifies Renal Angiotensin II Effects in Kidney Donors.
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Source: American Journal of Hypertension - April 26, 2008 Authors: Guidi E, Cozzi M, Milani S, Spada E Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: info
Exercise training benefits severe HF
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Michael A. Weber, MD - Improving Outcomes in Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure: Focus on New Generation Beta-Blockers
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Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Cardiology - April 25, 2008 Authors: PeerView Press Tags: Science Source Type: info
Differences in Arterial Compliance Among Normotensive Adolescent Groups: Collins Arterial Compliance in Adolescents
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Source: Pediatric Cardiology - April 25, 2008 Tags: Pediatric Cardiology Source Type: info
Metabolic Genes Tied To Inflammatory Predictor Of Heart Disease And Stroke Risk
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
Menstrual Blood Shows Heart Repairing Stem Cell Properties
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
VistaGen Collaborates With Canadian, U.S., And British Researchers To Isolate Earliest Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Human Cardiac Cell
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 25, 2008 Source Type: info
European CHMP adopts positive opinion on Tredaptive (nicotinic acid/laropiprant) for the treatment of dyslipidaemia
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Source: NeLM news - Cardiology - April 24, 2008 Tags: 2.12 Lipid-regulating drugs, Hyperlipidaemia, New drugs, European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) Source Type: info
Perindopril: beyond lowering blood pressure
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Source: Future Cardiology - April 24, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Role of noninvasive imaging using computed tomography for detection and quantification of coronary atherosclerosis
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Source: Future Cardiology - April 24, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Transcatheter closure of a coronary fistula with an Amplatzer vascular plug: should a retrograde approach be standard?
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Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - April 24, 2008 Authors: Kassaian SE, Alidoosti M, Sadeghian H, Dehkordi MR Tags: Tex Heart Inst J Source Type: info
Resection of a left atrial hemangioma. Report of a case and overview of the literature on resected cardiac hemangiomas.
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Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - April 24, 2008 Authors: Abad C, de Varona S, Limeres MA, Morales J, Marrero J Tags: Tex Heart Inst J Source Type: info
The prognostic value of the ECG in hypertension: where are we now?
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Source: Journal of Human Hypertension - April 24, 2008 Authors: D S C AngC C Lang Source Type: info
Levosimendan for Ischemic Preconditioning in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair
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Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
An Interesting Cause of Chylopericardium After Open Heart Surgery: A Lymphatic Channel
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Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - April 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: info
Many women experience positive effects after MI
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
"Acute takeoff" of the circumflex artery: a newly recognized coronary anatomic variant with potential clinical consequences.
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Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - April 23, 2008 Authors: Angelini P, Trujillo A, Sawaya F, Lee VV Tags: Tex Heart Inst J Source Type: info
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the heart.
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Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - April 23, 2008 Authors: Yaliniz H, Salih OK, Tokcan A Tags: Tex Heart Inst J Source Type: info
ALCAPA with the Ectopic Orifice at the Non-Facing Sinus: Successful Anatomic Repair by Creation of an Autologous Extrapulmonary Tunnel.
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Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - April 23, 2008 Authors: Sodian R, Rassoullian D, Beiras-Fernandez A, Loeff M, Schmitz C, Reichart B, Daebritz S Tags: Tex Heart Inst J Source Type: info
Rosuvastatin: A Review of its Effect on Atherosclerosis.
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Source: American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs - April 23, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (315 K) Source Type: info
New Drug-Coated Stent Does Well in Early Trial
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Source: MedicineNet Cholesterol General - April 23, 2008 Source Type: info
Transplantation of adipose derived stromal cells is associated with functional improvement in a rat model of chronic myocardial infarction.
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Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - April 23, 2008 Authors: Mazo M, Planat-Bénard V, Abizanda G, Pelacho B, Léobon B, Gavira JJ, Peñuelas I, Cemborain A, Pénicaud L, Laharrague P, Joffre C, Boisson M, Ecay M, Collantes M, Barba J, Casteilla L, Prósper F Tags: Eur J Heart Fail Source Type: info
"Genetic Beta Blockade" Identified in Some Blacks
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Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 22, 2008 Tags: Cardiology Source Type: info
Everolimus-releasing Stent Promising For Coronary Artery Disease Patients
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Ultrasound May Not Be Necessary to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism
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Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
A Water-Based Exercise Program for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
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Source: Cardiology - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
A Novel Partial Fatty Acid Oxidation Inhibitor Decreases Myocardial Oxygen Consumption and Improves Cardiac Efficiency in Demand-induced Ischemic Heart.
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Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology - April 22, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (198 K) Source Type: info
Heart Disease Risks Hit Boys in Teens
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Source: MedicineNet Heart General - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Diabetes: A Cardiac Condition?
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 22, 2008 Source Type: info
Gender Difference in Cardiovascular Risk Develops Early
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Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 21, 2008 Source Type: info
Cysteinyl-leukotrienes in cerebrovascular disease: angels and demons?
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Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology - April 21, 2008 Authors: Bäck M Tags: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol Source Type: info
Effect of Short Call Admission on Length of Stay and Quality of Care for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.
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Source: Circulation - April 21, 2008 Authors: Schuberth JL, Elasy TA, Butler J, Greevy R, Speroff T, Dittus RS, Roumie CL Tags: Circulation Source Type: info
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade Reverses Obesity-Related Changes in Expression of Adiponectin, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-{gamma}, and Proinflammatory Adipokines.
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Source: Circulation - April 21, 2008 Authors: Guo C, Ricchiuti V, Lian BQ, Yao TM, Coutinho P, Romero JR, Li J, Williams GH, Adler GK Tags: Circulation Source Type: info
Genetic variant explains why some patients fail to respond to beta blockers
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - April 20, 2008 Source Type: info
Statins May Take Blood Pressure Down a Notch
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Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 18, 2008 Source Type: info
No Link Shown Between Aromatase Inhibitors And Cardiovascular Problems
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: info
$5 Million Gift From Barbra Streisand Supports Women's Cardiovascular Research And Education
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - April 18, 2008 Source Type: info
Migraines' Frequency Influences Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
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Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General - April 18, 2008 Source Type: info
Vasoprotective Effects of Resveratrol and SIRT1: Attenuation of Cigarette Smoke-induced Oxidative Stress and Pro-inflammatory Phenotypic Alterations.
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Source: Am J Physiol Heart C... - April 18, 2008 Authors: Csiszar A, Labinskyy N, Podlutsky A, Kaminski PM, Wolin MS, Zhang C, Mukhopadhyay P, Pacher P, Hu F, de Cabo R, Ballabh P, Ungvari ZI Tags: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Source Type: info
Exogenous stromal cell-derived factor-1 induces modest leukocyte recruitment in vivo.
