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Also on this page: Bonus content exclusive to MDLinx, clinical pearls from The Smartest Cardiologist daily quiz competition and Cardiology Physician Review. Plus, the “must-read” articles related to cardiology, personally chosen by our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD.

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Latest (12) Full Text Articles (69) Focus on Heart Failure

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1 Nontraditional care models gain traction Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 20, 2013

2 Fate of the heart: Researchers track cellular events leading to cardiac regeneration Full Text EurekAlert!, June 20, 2013

3 UH Case Medical Center launches novel clinical trial using stem cells to prevent amputation Full Text EurekAlert!, June 20, 2013

4 UH Case Medical Center among first to enroll patients for global carotid artery trial Full Text EurekAlert!, June 20, 2013

5 UTSA student wins American Heart Association fellowship for nanosystems engineering research Full Text EurekAlert!, June 20, 2013

6 Alternative therapies, supplements can cause side effects Full Text USA Today, June 20, 2013

7 Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue Associated Press, June 20, 2013

8 Report: US adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent Associated Press, June 20, 2013

9 Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs Associated Press, June 20, 2013

10 Nonprofit launches campaign to reach uninsured Associated Press, June 20, 2013

11 Diet products contain dangerous drugs, FDA warns NBC News, June 20, 2013

12 Doctors Call for Halt to Energy Drink Ads to U.S. Youths Bloomberg News, June 20, 2013

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13 Mostashari: No more ICD-10 extensions Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 19, 2013

14 Top 3 perks of patient engagement Full Text Healthcare IT News, June 19, 2013

15 Brandeis scientist invents anti-cholesterol process Full Text EurekAlert!, June 19, 2013

16 Atherosclerosis in abdominal aorta may predict adverse cardiovascular events, UTSW scientists report Full Text EurekAlert!, June 19, 2013

17 Poor eating behaviors may put preschoolers at risk for later health problems Full Text EurekAlert!, June 19, 2013

18 Trusted voice of doctors is key to viability of health care cost-control reforms Full Text ScienceDaily, June 19, 2013

19 Potential genetic drivers behind male heart disease risk Full Text ScienceDaily, June 19, 2013

20 FGF21 hormone, key to control obesity, also protects against heart diseases in mice Full Text ScienceDaily, June 19, 2013

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Intracoronary abciximab when compared to intravenous abciximab significantly reduces the risk of death among patients with STEMI undergoing PCI
Thrombolysis in MI (TIMI) scores between 5-14 on admission place patients at high risk for 30-day mortality and should be transferred to a monitored inpatient unit or CCU
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is superior to contemporary sensitive cardiac troponin I in early diagnosis of non-STEMI and the prediction of MI and mortality among patients with suspected ACS

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Highlights in Cardiology

Heart failure risk associated with adiponectin level

As published in Obesity, a J-shaped association between adiponectin level and heart failure exists. The study involved 787 males with heart failure and 787 healthy controls from the Physicians’ Health Study. The relative risk of heart failure from lowest to highest quintile of adiponectin level was 0.74, 0.67, 0.70, and 0.92.

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Apo B-48 is a marker for CAD

As published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation, fasting serum apo B-48 levels were elevated in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (n=96; 6.9 µg/mL) compared to patients without CAD (n=67; 3.9 µg/mL). Along with other cardiac risk factors, an apo B-48 level > 4.34 µg/mL was predictive of CAD.

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Post-exercise heart rate recovery predicts cardiac autonomic neuropathy in T2DM

As published in Diabetic Medicine, cardiac autonomic neuropathy can be predicted in patients with T2DM and negative exercise echocardiograms based on post-exercise heart rate recovery. Of the 135 study subjects, 27 (20%) had cardiac autonomic neuropathy, the criteria for which included > 2 of 7 autonomic function markers (4 cardiac reflex tests and 3 indices of short-term heart rate variability). The optimal cut-offs for post-exercise heart rate recovery at 1-, 2-, and 3-minutes were < 28, < 50, and < 52 beats per minute, respectively.

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Cardiology - General Medical News & Articles

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Heart failure risk associated with adiponectin level

Apo B-48 is a marker for CAD

Post-exercise heart rate recovery predicts cardiac autonomic neuropathy in T2DM

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