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Cardiology - Complementary Medicine News & Articles
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, 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 (1) Full Text Articles (8) Focus on Vascular Disorders-Stroke421 Effect of Asian ginseng, Siberian ginseng, and Indian ayurvedic medicine Ashwagandha on serum digoxin measurement by digoxin III, a new digoxin immunoassay Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, July 14, 2008
422 Aerobic Interval Training Versus Continuous Moderate Exercise as a Treatment for the Metabolic Syndrome. A Pilot Study Full Text Circulation, July 8, 2008
423 Pupillary response induced by acupuncture stimulation — an experimental study Acupuncture in Medicine, July 7, 2008
424 Enhancement of sleep stability with Tai Chi exercise in chronic heart failure: Preliminary findings using an ECG-based spectrogram method Sleep Medicine, June 27, 2008
425 Acupuncture for dysphagia in acute stroke Cochrane Reviews, June 26, 2008
426 Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine, a Re-emerging Health Aid Full Text Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , June 19, 2008
427 Effect of garlic on blood pressure: A systematic review and meta-analysis BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, June 17, 2008
428 Medical Pluralism among American Women Journal of Women's Health, June 17, 2008
429 The effect of Crataegus oxycantha special extract WS 1442 on clinical progression in patients with mild to moderate symptoms of heart failure European Journal of Heart Failure, June 11, 2008
430 Aqueous extract of rhubarb stabilizes vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques due to depression of inflammation and lipid accumulation Phytotherapy Research, June 5, 2008
431 Capturing the value of complementary and alternative medicine: Including patient preferences in economic evaluation Complementary Therapies in Medicine, May 28, 2008
432 Phellodendron and Citrus extracts benefit cardiovascular health in osteoarthritis patients: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study Full Text Nutrition Journal, May 21, 2008
433 Effects of acupuncture on hyperlipidemia and hyperviscosity in old people Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science, May 16, 2008
434 Prospective investigation of complementary and alternative medicine use and subsequent hospitalizations BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, May 14, 2008
435 A Comparison of Chinese and American Indian (Chumash) Medicine Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , May 12, 2008
436 CAM practitioners in integrative practice in New South Wales, Australia: A descriptive study Complementary Therapies in Medicine, May 2, 2008
437 Motivations for consulting complementary and alternative medicine practitioners BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, May 1, 2008
438 Patterns of complementary and alternative medicine use amongst outpatients in Tokyo, Japan BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, April 25, 2008
439 Evaluating Traditional Chinese Medicine as Applied in the 'Klinik am Steigerwald'. Part 1 Research in Complementary and Classical Natural Medicine, April 18, 2008
440 Vascular Effects of Diet Supplementation With Plant Sterols Full Text JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 17, 2008
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.
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