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MDLinx Cardiology – on this page: Articles from over 2,000 of the peer-reviewed medical journals, pre-sorted and ranked by what’s most relevant to your day-to-day practice, and summarized to save you precious time. From vascular disorders and stroke to valvular disorders, coronary artery disease and arrhythmias, to pediatrics and General Medical News our physician editors make sure that all members of your heart health team can be current on the literature in 5 minutes or less every day.
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 (3) Full Text Articles (67) Focus on Heart Failure241 Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms and Cardiac Graft Function in Potential Organ Donors American Journal of Transplantation, September 26, 2012
242 Single surgical procedure combining epicardial pacemaker implantation and subsequent extraction of the infected pacing system for pacemaker-dependent patients The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 26, 2012
243 Impact of Expanded-Criteria Donors on Patient Survival After Heart, Lung, Liver and Combined Organ Transplantation Transplantation Proceedings, September 25, 2012
244 Late complications of heart transplantation: an 11-year experience Heart and Vessels, September 24, 2012
245 Bone marrow-derived cell therapy in chagasic cardiac disease: a review of pre-clinical and clinical results Full Text Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, September 20, 2012
246 Early Mortality After Cardiac Transplantation: Comparison of Demographic, Clinical, Biological and Surgical Variables Transplantation Proceedings, September 19, 2012
247 Triggering of acute myocardial infarction by different means of transportation European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, September 18, 2012
248 Ventricular Assist Devices as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation or as Destination Therapy in Pediatric Patients Transplantation Proceedings, September 17, 2012 Clinical Article
249 Strategies to Increase Heart Transplantation in Centre-Sud Transplant Organization Transplantation Proceedings, September 17, 2012
250 Andalusian Registry of Heart Transplantation: First Official Adult Heart Transplant Report 2010 Transplantation Proceedings, September 17, 2012
251 Development of a Non-Heart-Beating Donor Program and Results After the First Year Transplantation Proceedings, September 17, 2012
252 Lung and Heart Allocation in the United States American Journal of Transplantation, September 14, 2012
253 Preemptive Therapy in the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease in High- and Low-Risk Heart Transplant Recipients Transplantation Proceedings, September 14, 2012
254 Muscular exercise capacity and body fat predict VO2peak in heart transplant recipients European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, September 14, 2012
255 Frequency, Time Course, and Possible Causes of Right Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction after Cardiac Transplantation: A Single Center Experience Echocardiography, September 13, 2012
256 Virtual Histology Assessment of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Following Introduction of Everolimus--Results of a Multicenter Trial American Journal of Transplantation, September 12, 2012
257 Predictors and Outcomes of Health-Related Quality of Life in Caregivers of Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation, September 11, 2012
258 Late primary cytomegalovirus infection presenting with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in a heart transplant recipient: a case report and review of the literature Transplant Infectious Disease, September 6, 2012
259 Incidence and predictors of left bundle branch block after transcatheter aortic valve implantation International Journal of Cardiology, September 5, 2012
260 Feasibility and Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in High-Risk Patients With Stenotic Bicuspid Aortic Valves The American Journal of Cardiology, September 4, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Cardiology
- 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
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.
Read the article summaryApo 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.
Read the article summaryPost-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.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Cardiology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Pediatric Heart Transplantation for Congenital and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 8, 2013
2 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in a Heart Transplant Recipient Following Rituximab Therapy for Antibody-Mediated Rejection American Journal of Transplantation, March 15, 2013
3 Long-Term Outcome After Heart Transplantation Predicted by Quantitative Myocardial Blush Grade in Coronary Angiography American Journal of Transplantation, May 1, 2013
4 The impact of mechanical circulatory support on outcomes in paediatric heart transplantation European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 21, 2013 Review Article
5 Everolimus Versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Heart Transplantation: A Randomized, Multicenter Trial American Journal of Transplantation, March 1, 2013
6 The utilization of twelve-lead electrocardiography for predicting sudden cardiac death after heart transplantation International Journal of Cardiology, April 15, 2013
7 Replacement of Infected Aortic Prosthetic Graft with Aortic Homograft after Heart Transplantation: 13-Year Follow-Up Journal of Cardiac Surgery, April 5, 2013
8 Septuagenarians Bridged to Heart Transplantation With a Ventricular Assist Device Have Outcomes Similar to Younger Patients Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 4, 2013 Review Article
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Arrhythmic complications after electrical cardioversion of acute atrial fibrillation: The FinCV study
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Exclusive Author Commentary
10 Impact of Ventricular Assist Device Complications on Posttransplant Survival: An Analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing Database Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 15, 2013 Review Article
11 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a patient with mechanical mitral prosthesis: A lesson learned from an intraventricular clash Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 1, 2013
12 Heterotopic transcatheter tricuspid valve implantation: first-in-man application of a novel approach to tricuspid regurgitation European Heart Journal, February 17, 2011 Free full text
13 Kinetics of functionally distinct T-lymphocyte subsets in heart transplant recipients after induction therapy with anti-CD25 monoclonal antibodies Transplant Immunology, May 3, 2013
14 Advanced therapies for congenital heart disease: ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation Canadian Journal of Cardiology, May 29, 2013 Review Article
15 Heart transplant systolic and diastolic function is impaired by prolonged pretransplant graft ischaemic time and high donor age: an echocardiographic study European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 15, 2013
16 Clinical outcomes of patients with estimated low or intermediate surgical risk undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation European Heart Journal, April 4, 2013
17 Bridge to Transplant With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Followed by HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device in a Child Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 13, 2013
18 SynCardia Temporary Total Artificial Heart as Bridge to Transplantation: Current Results at La Pitie Hospital Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 8, 2013
19 Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation Using Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve in Different Types of Conduits: Initial Results of a Single Center Experience Congenital Heart Disease, March 8, 2013
20 Impact of normalization strategy on cardiac expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines: Evaluation of reference genes in different human myocardial regions after Left Ventricular Assist Device support Cytokine, May 17, 2013
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