This is a selection of articles from the June 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Cardiology headlines.
The Influence Of Statin Medications On PSA Velocity In Healthy Men
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Source: Statins News From Medical News Today - June 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2008: Latest Data On Emerging Devices, Biotechnology And Pharmacology
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Comparison of Thrombolysis Followed by Broad Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction. Data From the French Registry on Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (FAST-MI).
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Source: Circulation - June 30, 2008 Authors: Danchin N, Coste P, Ferrières J, Steg PG, Cottin Y, Blanchard D, Belle L, Ritz B, Kirkorian G, Angioi M, Sans P, Charbonnier B, Eltchaninoff H, Guéret P, Khalife K, Asseman P, Puel J, Goldstein P, Cambou JP, Simon T, Tags: Circulation Source Type: news
Role of Lipoprotein(a) in Cardiovascular Disease: Current and Future Perspectives
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - June 30, 2008 Authors: Berglund, L., Anuurad, E. Tags: Editorial Comment Source Type: news
Transcriptomic Biomarkers for Individual Risk Assessment in New-Onset Heart Failure.
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Source: Circulation - June 30, 2008 Authors: Heidecker B, Kasper EK, Wittstein IS, Champion HC, Breton E, Russell SD, Kittleson MM, Baughman KL, Hare JM Tags: Circulation Source Type: news
Longitudinal Tracking of Recipient Macrophages in a Rat Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection Model With Noninvasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Micrometer-Sized Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Particles.
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Source: Circulation - June 30, 2008 Authors: Ye Q, Wu YL, Foley LM, Hitchens TK, Eytan DF, Shirwan H, Ho C Tags: Circulation Source Type: news
Novel aspects of postprandial lipemia in relation to atherosclerosis.
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Source: Atherosclerosis. Supplements. - June 30, 2008 Authors: Alipour A, Elte JW, van Zaanen HC, Rietveld AP, Castro Cabezas M Tags: Atheroscler Suppl Source Type: news
The Fontan Procedure: Our Odyssey Continues
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - June 30, 2008 Authors: Backer, C. L. Tags: Editorial Comment Source Type: news
Metformin inhibits TNF-alpha-induced IkappaB kinase phosphorylation, IkappaB-alpha degradation and IL-6 production in endothelial cells through PI3K-dependent AMPK phosphorylation.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 30, 2008 Authors: Huang NL, Chiang SH, Hsueh CH, Liang YJ, Chen YJ, Lai LP Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Fontan Fenestration Closure Has No Acute Effect on Exercise Capacity but Improves Ventilatory Response to Exercise
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - June 30, 2008 Authors: Meadows, J., Lang, P., Marx, G., Rhodes, J. Tags: Mini-Focus Issue: The Fontan Procedure Source Type: news
Coronary flow before and after surgical versus device closure of atrial septal defect.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 30, 2008 Authors: Aburawi EH, Berg A, Pesonen E Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
New Research Links Drinking Lowfat Milk To Lower Risk For Heart Disease
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 29, 2008 Source Type: news
The vanishing subaortic membrane.
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Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - June 28, 2008 Authors: Berger RL, Kronzon I Tags: Eur J Echocardiogr Source Type: news
Mitral Valve Repair for Anterior Leaflet Prolapse: Surgical Techniques Review and 16-Year Follow-Up Results
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Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - June 28, 2008 Authors: Hironobu Morimoto, Koji Tsuchiya, Masato Nakajima, Okihiko Akashi Source Type: news
Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Setting of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - June 28, 2008 Authors: DAVID J. CALLANS Source Type: news
Understanding peripartum cardiomyopathy, 2008.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 28, 2008 Authors: Fett JD Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
A Comparative Evaluation of Arterial Blood Flow and the Healing Response after Femoral Artery Closure Using Angio-Seal STS Plus and StarClose in a Porcine Model
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Source: Journal of Interventional Cardiology - June 28, 2008 Authors: PRAMOD SANGHI, RENU VIRMANI, DAT DO, JOHN ERIKSON, JAMES ELLIOTT, MEHMET CILINGIROGLU, HOLLY MATTHEWS, MASOOD KAZI, ROBERT RICKER, STEVEN R. BAILEY Source Type: news
Endovascular Stent Placement for Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Conduit Stenosis in the Norwood with Sano Modification
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Source: Congenital Heart Disease - June 28, 2008 Authors: Steve Muyskens, Ramzi Nicolas, Susan Foerster, David Balzer Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: news
Are Women with Severely Symptomatic Brugada Syndrome Different from Men?
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Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - June 28, 2008 Authors: FRÉDÉRIC SACHER, PAOLA MEREGALLI, CHRISTIAN VELTMANN, MICHAEL E FIELD, AUDE SOLNON, PAUL BRU, SÉLIM ABBEY, PIERRE JAÏS, HANNO L TAN, CHRISTIAN WOLPERT, GILLES LANDE, VALÉRIE BERTAULT, NICOLAS DERVAL, DOMINIQUE BABUTY, DOMINIQUE LACROIX, SERGE BOVEDA, Source Type: news
Diagnostic Value of Endomyocardial Biopsy Guided by Electroanatomic Voltage Mapping in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia
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Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - June 28, 2008 Authors: ANDREA AVELLA, GIULIA d'AMATI, AUGUSTO PAPPALARDO, FEDERICA RE, PAOLA FRANCESCA SILENZI, FRANCESCO LAURENZI, PIERGIUSEPPE DE GIROLAMO, GEMMA PELARGONIO, ANTONIO DELLO RUSSO, PASQUALE BARATTA, GIUSEPPE MESSINA, PAOLO ZECCHI, ELISABETTA ZACHARA, CLAUDIO TON Source Type: news
EOH: Physical Activity May Alter Diabetes Link to Breast Cancer in Hispanic Women
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Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Silent Strokes Take a Toll
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Source: MedicineNet Heart General - June 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Silent Strokes Take a Toll
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Source: MedicineNet Cholesterol General - June 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Silent Strokes Take a Toll
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Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General - June 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Nitrite reduction to Nitric Oxide in the Vasculature.
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Source: Am J Physiol Heart C... - June 27, 2008 Authors: Lundberg JO, Weitzberg E Tags: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Source Type: news
Intramitochondrial signaling - interactions among mitoKATP, PKC{epsilon}, ROS, and MPT.
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Source: Am J Physiol Heart C... - June 27, 2008 Authors: Costa AD, Garlid KD Tags: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Source Type: news
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust pioneers magnetic navigation innovation
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Source: medicexchange.com - Cardiac - Industry - June 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Relatively High Effective Defibrillation Threshold during Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation with Endocardial Leads
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Source: Cardiology - June 26, 2008 Source Type: news
How Much Lung Ventilation is Obtained with Only Chest-compression CPR?
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Source: Cardiovascular Engineering - June 26, 2008 Tags: Cardiovascular Engineering Source Type: news
Low birth weight and markers of inflammation and endothelial activation in adulthood: The ARIC study.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 26, 2008 Authors: Pellanda LC, Duncan BB, Vigo A, Rose K, Folsom AR, Erlinger TP, For The Aric Investigators Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Risk of restenosis reduced by use of drug-eluting stents during PCI
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Source: medicexchange.com - Cardiac - Industry - June 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Effect of invasive coronary revascularization in acute myocardial infarction on subsequent death rate and frequency of chronic heart failure.
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Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - June 25, 2008 Authors: McAlister FA, Quan H, Fong A, Jin Y, Cujec B, Johnson D Tags: Am J Cardiol Source Type: news
Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Dilated Aortas: A Critical Review of the Critical Review of the ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines Recommendations.
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Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Bonow RO Tags: Am J Cardiol Source Type: news
Myocardial deformation abnormalities in patients with aortic regurgitation: a strain rate imaging study.
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Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - June 25, 2008 Authors: Marciniak A, Sutherland GR, Marciniak M, Claus P, Bijnens B, Jahangiri M Tags: Eur J Echocardiogr Source Type: news
Relationship between amiodarone-induced subclinical lung toxicity and Th1/Th2 balance.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Kuruma T, Maruyama T, Hiramatsu SI, Yasuda Y, Yasuda S, Odashiro K, Harada M Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Is there a beneficial effect of folic acid on carotid intima-media thickness?
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Ntaios G, Savopoulos C, Hatzitolios A, Chatzinikolaou A, Karamitsos D Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Delayed anti-arrhythmic effect of nitroglycerin in anesthetized rats: Involvement of CGRP, PKC and mK(ATP) channels.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 25, 2008 Authors: Baharvand B, Dehaj ME, Rasoulian B, Namdari M, Shikhani Y, Kiani AA Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Development And Perfection Of Robotic-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair Boon To Patients
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Link Found Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Cardiovascular-Related Death
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 24, 2008 Source Type: news
The Syntax score predicts peri-procedural myocardial necrosis during percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 24, 2008 Authors: van Gaal WJ, Ponnuthurai FA, Selvanayagam J, Testa L, Porto I, Neubauer S, Banning AP Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Paroxysmal Mobitz type-I atrioventricular block Luciani-Wenckebach conduction, acute myocardial infarction and severe three vessels coronary artery disease.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 24, 2008 Authors: Patanè S, Marte F Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
The role of apelin in cardiovascular function and heart failure.
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Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - June 24, 2008 Authors: Chandrasekaran B, Dar O, McDonagh T Tags: Eur J Heart Fail Source Type: news
Congenital heart disease: Correlation with fluctuations in cosmophysical activity, 1995-2005.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 24, 2008 Authors: Stoupel E, Birk E, Kogan A, Klinger G, Abramson E, Israelevich P, Sulkes J, Linder N Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Resistant hypertension: diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment: a scientific statement from the american heart association professional education committee of the council for high blood pressure research.
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Source: Circulation - June 24, 2008 Authors: Calhoun DA, Jones D, Textor S, Goff DC, Murphy TP, Toto RD, White A, Cushman WC, White W, Sica D, Ferdinand K, Giles TD, Falkner B, Carey RM Tags: Circulation Source Type: news
Uncontrolled hypertension linked to patients' perceived good health
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - June 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Macro-reentrant tachycardia accounts for most post-transplant supraventricular tachycardias
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Source: medicexchange.com - Cardiac - Industry - June 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Philips and Skytron team up to provide hybrid surgical rooms for minimally invasive procedures
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Source: medicexchange.com - Cardiac - Industry - June 23, 2008 Source Type: news
New Ways To Regulate Genes, Reduce Heart Damage Discovered By UC Researchers
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Low Blood Sodium Predicts Mortality in PAH Patients
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Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General - June 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Toward Predictable Repair of Regurgitant Aortic Valves: A Systematic Morphology-Directed Approach to Bicommissural Repair
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - June 23, 2008 Authors: Pettersson, G. B., Crucean, A. C., Savage, R., Halley, C. M., Grimm, R. A., Svensson, L. G., Naficy, S., Gillinov, A. M., Feng, J., Blackstone, E. H. Tags: Cardiac Surgery Source Type: news
Relationship Between Biomarkers of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein, Statin Therapy, Quantitative Coronary Angiography, and Atheroma Volume: Observations From the REVERSAL (Reversal of Atherosclerosis with Aggressive Lipid Lowering) Study
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - June 23, 2008 Authors: Choi, S. H., Chae, A., Miller, E., Messig, M., Ntanios, F., DeMaria, A. N., Nissen, S. E., Witztum, J. L., Tsimikas, S. Tags: Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: news
The impact of admission C-reactive protein levels on the development of no-reflow phenomenon after primary PCI in patients with acute myocardial infarction: The role of inflammation.
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Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 23, 2008 Authors: Celik T, Iyisoy A, Yuksel UC, Jata B, Ozkan M Tags: Int J Cardiol Source Type: news
Radionuclide Imaging: A Molecular Key to the Atherosclerotic Plaque
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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology - June 23, 2008 Authors: Langer, H. F., Haubner, R., Pichler, B. J., Gawaz, M. Tags: State-of-the-Art Paper Source Type: news
A compare between myocardial topical negative pressure levels of -25 mmHg and -50 mmHg in a porcine model
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Source: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders - June 22, 2008 Authors: Sandra Lindstedt, Per Paulsson, Arash Mokhtari, Bodil Gesslein, Joanna Hlebowicz, Malin Malmsjo and Richard Ingemansson Source Type: news
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin-D3 Treatment Reduces Cardiac Hypertrophy and Left Ventricular Diameter in Spontaneously Hypertensive Heart Failure-prone (cp/+) Rats Independent of Changes in Serum Leptin.
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Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology - June 21, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (117 K) Source Type: news
Neurologic Complications Of Heart Surgery Detailed In Comprehensive Review Article
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Coffee Intake Not Linked to Increased Mortality in Men or Women
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Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - June 20, 2008 Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
Improvement in cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in responders to resynchronization therapy: reply
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Source: Europace - June 20, 2008 Authors: Burri, H., Somsen, G.A., Verberne, H.J. Tags: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: news
Revascularization rates low with DES in diabetic patients
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Source: MedWire News - Cardiology - June 19, 2008 Source Type: news
Atherosclerosis Spurred By Failure To Bridle Inflammation
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 19, 2008 Source Type: news
Gladstone And Izumi Bio In Partnership In Regenerative Medicine And Cardiovascular Disease
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Source: Cardiovascular / Cardiology News From Medical News Today - June 19, 2008 Source Type: news
Adipose Macrophage Infiltration Is Associated With Insulin Resistance and Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Obese Subjects.
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Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology - June 19, 2008 Authors: Apovian CM, Bigornia S, Mott M, Meyers MR, Ulloor J, Gagua M, McDonnell M, Hess D, Joseph L, Gokce N Tags: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol Source Type: news
Effects of HIV Infection and Antiretroviral Therapy on the Heart and Vasculature.
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Source: Circulation - June 19, 2008 Authors: Dubé MP, Lipshultz SE, Fichtenbaum CJ, Greenberg R, Schecter AD, Fisher SD, Tags: Circulation Source Type: news
Summary of the new guidelines for prevention of Infective Endocarditis: Implications for the developing countries
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Source: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology - June 18, 2008 Authors: Bobhate P, Pinto Robin J Source Type: news
Announcement: spotlight issue on lipid signalling pathways in the heart and vasculature.
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Source: Cardiovascular Research - June 18, 2008 Tags: Cardiovasc Res Source Type: news
Editorial board.
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Source: Cardiovascular Research - June 18, 2008 Tags: Cardiovasc Res Source Type: news
ERRATUM.
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Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine - June 18, 2008 Tags: HTML PDF (472 K) Source Type: news
Cytokines and Coronary Artery Disease: The State of the Art.
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Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine - June 18, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (472 K) Source Type: news
Tests and Procedures: Amputation
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Source: MUSC Heart and Vascular Podcast - June 18, 2008 Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: news
Rasilez ASPIRE HIGHER Clinical Program Expands To 35,000 Patients In 14 Trials, The Largest Cardio-Renal Outcomes Program Ever
