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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 Full Text Articles (8) Focus on MI521 Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine (TAIM) now joins TCM CAM, Kampo and Ayurveda Full Text Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , November 6, 2007
522 Characterization of the "Deqi" Response in Acupuncture BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, November 5, 2007
523 Chinese Medicine Courses on the Internet The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, November 2, 2007
524 Influence of Honey on the Suppression of Human Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Peroxidation Full Text Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , November 1, 2007
525 Patterns of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in African Americans The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, October 31, 2007
526 A Review of Yoga Programs for Four Leading Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Full Text Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , October 30, 2007
527 Fish-oil esters of plant sterols differ from vegetable-oil sterol esters in triglycerides lowering, carotenoid bioavailability and impact on plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) concentrations in hypercholesterolemic subjects Lipids in Health and Disease, October 29, 2007
528 Barriers, Strategies, and Lessons Learned from Complementary and Alternative Medicine Curricular Initiatives Academic Medicine, October 26, 2007
529 Ursolic acid from the Chinese herb Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza L.) upregulates eNOS and downregulates Nox4 expression in human endothelial cells Atherosclerosis, October 25, 2007
530 Herbals in cardiovascular practice: Are physicians neglecting anything? International Journal of Cardiology, October 24, 2007
531 Toward a Unified Theory of Homeopathy and Conventional Medicine The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, October 23, 2007
532 Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicine Instruction into Health Professions Education: Organizational and Instructional Strategies Academic Medicine, October 22, 2007
533 Rationales for CAM Education in Health Professions Training Programs Academic Medicine, October 19, 2007
534 Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine Curricular Elements to Foster Medical Student Self-Awareness Academic Medicine, October 18, 2007
535 The CAM Education Program of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Overview Academic Medicine, October 17, 2007
536 Theaflavins attenuate hepatic lipid accumulation through activating AMPK in human HepG2 cells Journal of Lipid Research, October 16, 2007
537 Financial Support for Research Training and Career Development in Complementary and Alternative Medicine from the National Institutes of Health Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, October 15, 2007
538 What Should Students Learn about Complementary and Alternative Medicine Academic Medicine, October 12, 2007
539 Evaluating CAM Education in Health Professions Programs Academic Medicine, October 11, 2007
540 Laughter, Humor and Pain Perception in Children Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , October 10, 2007
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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