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421 Lifetime Risk for Heart Failure Among White and Black Americans Cardiovascular Lifetime Risk Pooling Project JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
422 Association between Advanced Age and Vascular Disease in Different Arterial Territories: A Population Database of Over 3.6 Million Subjects JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
423 Does aspirin use prevent acute coronary syndrome in patients with pneumonia: multicenter prospective randomized trial Coronary Artery Disease, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
424 Percutaneous revascularization and long term clinical outcomes of diabetic patients randomized in the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) International Journal of Cardiology, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
425 Impact of Repeat Myocardial Revascularization on Outcome in Patients With Silent Ischemia After Previous Revascularization Full Text JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
426 Incidence, treatment, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation complicating non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes International Journal of Cardiology, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
427 Low-Dose Dual-Source CT Angiography With Iterative Reconstruction for Coronary Artery Stent Evaluation JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
428 Clinical Presentation and Cardiovascular Risk Profiles in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in a Middle Eastern Country Angiology, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
429 Can Coronary Artery Anomalies Be Detected on CT Calcium Scoring Studies? Academic Radiology, April 12, 2013 Review Article
430 Bone Morphogenic Protein-4 Contributes to Venous Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Diabetes Undergoing Coronary Revascularization Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
431 Coronary sinus anatomy by computerized tomography, overlaid on live fluoroscopy can be successfully used to guide left ventricular lead implantation: a feasibility study Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology , April 12, 2013 Clinical Article
432 Long-term clinical follow-up of the multicenter, randomized study to test immunosuppressive therapy with oral prednisone for the prevention of restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions: Cortisone plus BMS or DES veRsus BMS alone to EliminAte Restenosis (CEREA-DES) European Heart Journal, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
433 Role of exercise in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: results, mechanisms, and new perspectives European Heart Journal, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
434 Coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with early coronary artery disease is associated with the increase in intravascular lipid core plaque European Heart Journal, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
435 Initial SYNTAX Score Predicts Major Adverse Cardiac Events After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Angiology, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
436 Influence of female sex on long-term mortality after acute coronary syndromes treated by percutaneous coronary intervention: a cohort study of 7304 patients Coronary Artery Disease, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
437 Acute and long-term outcomes of ostial stentings among bare-metal stents, sirolimus-eluting stents, and paclitaxel-eluting stents Coronary Artery Disease, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
438 Cost-effectiveness analysis of coronary artery disease screening in HIV-infected men European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
439 Impaired coronary flow reserve is associated with increased echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness in metabolic syndrome patients Coronary Artery Disease, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
440 Evaluation of Radial Artery Atherosclerosis by Intravascular Ultrasound Angiology, April 11, 2013 Clinical Article
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 summaryAs 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 summaryAs 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 summary1 Low-dose of oral factor Xa inhibitors in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials Atherosclerosis, May 16, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
2 Persistent angina Clinical Research in Cardiology, May 7, 2013
3 Coronary artery bypass grafting vs percutaneous coronary intervention in a ‘real-world’ setting: a comparative effectiveness study based on propensity score-matched cohorts European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 8, 2013 Review Article
4 Aggressive blood pressure control increases coronary heart disease risk among diabetic patients Diabetes Care, May 22, 2013
5 Operative mortality and stroke after on-pump vs off-pump surgery in high-risk patients: an analysis of 83 914 coronary bypass operations European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 20, 2013
6 Chest pain with elevated troponin assay in adolescents Cardiology in the Young, May 16, 2013
7 Rate versus rhythm control for management of atrial fibrillation in clinical practice: Results from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry American Heart Journal, April 1, 2013
8 Impact of Smoking Status on Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Clinical Cardiology, May 15, 2013 Free full text
9 Factors underlying regression of coronary atheroma with potent statin therapy European Heart Journal, May 6, 2013
10 Increased lysophosphatidic acid levels in culprit coronary arteries of patients with acute coronary syndrome Atherosclerosis, May 14, 2013
11 Gender difference in statin intervention on blood lipid control among patients with coronary heart disease International Journal of Gerontology, May 23, 2013 Free full text
12 Hemoglobin A1c Is Associated With Increased Risk of Incident Coronary Heart Disease Among Apparently Healthy, Nondiabetic Men and Women Journal of the American Heart Association, May 6, 2013 Free full text
13 Clinical Outcome Following Stringent Discontinuation of Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy After 12 Months in Real-World Patients Treated With Second-Generation Zotarolimus-Eluting Resolute and Everolimus-Eluting Xience V Stents: Two-Year Follow-up of the Randomized TWENTE Trial JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 26, 2013
14 Comparison of Effects of Pitavastatin Versus Pravastatin on Serum Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Levels in Statin-Naive Patients With Coronary Artery Disease The American Journal of Cardiology, May 9, 2013
15 Levosimendan in acute heart failure following primary percutaneous coronary intervention-treated acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Results from the LEAF trial: a randomized, placebo-controlled study European Journal of Heart Failure, May 6, 2013
16 Clinical characteristics and causes of chest pain in 380 children referred to a paediatric cardiology unit Cardiology in the Young, May 16, 2013
17 Pacemaker-mediated angina Experimental and Clinical Cardiology, May 24, 2013 Free full text
18 Effect of Morbid Obesity on In-Hospital Mortality and Coronary Revascularization Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States The American Journal of Cardiology, April 5, 2013
19 Are users of sulfonylureas at the time of an acute coronary syndrome at risk of poorer outcomes? Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, May 23, 2013
20 ACR Appropriateness Criteria Chronic Chest Pain--Low to Intermediate Probability of Coronary Artery Disease Journal of the American College of Radiology, May 10, 2013 Review Article
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