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981 Patients originally diagnosed with idiopathic atrial fibrillation more often suffer from insidious coronary artery disease compared to healthy sinus rhythm controls Heart Rhythm, December 5, 2012
982 Association of cardiorespiratory fitness with characteristics of coronary plaque: Assessment using integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography International Journal of Cardiology, December 4, 2012 Clinical Article
983 Association Between Abnormal Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism and Cardiac-Derived Death Among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis American Journal of Kidney Diseases, December 4, 2012
984 Coronary artery disease is under-diagnosed and under-treated in advanced lung disease American Journal of Medicine, December 4, 2012
985 Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Using Robotic Totally Endoscopic Surgery: Perioperative Outcomes and 5-Year Results Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 4, 2012
986 Quantification of myocardial area at risk in the absence of collateral flow: The validation of angiographic scores by myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, December 4, 2012
987 Cut-Off Values for Transit Time Flowmetry: Are the Revision Criteria Appropriate Journal of Cardiac Surgery, December 4, 2012
988 Benefit of Bivalirudin Versus Heparin After Transradial and Transfemoral Percutaneous Coronary Intervention The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012 Clinical Article
989 Design and rationale of the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes with Otamixaban trial: A double-blind triple-dummy 2-stage randomized trial comparing otamixaban to unfractionated heparin and eptifibatide in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes with a planned early invasive strategy American Heart Journal, December 3, 2012 Clinical Article
990 Cardiac CT for the assessment of chest pain: Imaging techniques and clinical results European Journal of Radiology, December 3, 2012 Clinical Article
991 Impact of Emergency Coronary Angiography on In-Hospital Outcome of Unconscious Survivors After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012 Clinical Article
992 Urine Calcium Excretion, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality in Outpatients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study) The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012
993 Relation of Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase to Coronary Artery Disease The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012
994 Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Calcium Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study) The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012
995 Meta-Analysis of Perceived Stress and Its Association With Incident Coronary Heart Disease The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012
996 Coronary pressure-derived fractional flow reserve in the assessment of coronary artery stenoses European Radiology, December 3, 2012
997 Usefulness of Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor to Predict Repeat Myocardial Infarction and Mortality in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Intervention The American Journal of Cardiology, December 3, 2012
998 Cost-effectiveness of substituting dual-energy CT for SPECT in the assessment of myocardial perfusion for the workup of coronary artery disease European Journal of Radiology, December 3, 2012
999 Ad Hoc percutaneous coronary intervention: A consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 3, 2012
1000 Biodegradable versus durable polymer drug eluting stents in coronary artery disease: Insights from a meta-analysis of 5834 patients European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 30, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine 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 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
2 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
3 Safety of new oral anticoagulants with dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes Annals of Pharmacotherapy, April 16, 2013
4 Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin I Measured With a Highly Sensitive Assay in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 3, 2013
5 Comparison of Effectiveness of High-Dose Intracoronary Adenosine Versus Intravenous Administration on the Assessment of Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013
6 Population-Based Study of the Use of Cardiac Stress Imaging and Referral for Coronary Angiography and Repeated Revascularization After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 9, 2013
7 BIMA bypass grafting: long-term clinical benefits in a series of 1000 patients Heart, March 22, 2013
8 Use and misuse of statins after ACS: analysis of a prescription database of a community setting of 2,042,968 subjects European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, April 8, 2013
9 Coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with three-vessel disease and left main coronary disease: 5-year follow-up of the randomised, clinical SYNTAX trial The Lancet, April 18, 2013
10 L-Carnitine in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 19, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
11 Long-Term Mortality of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Stenting With Drug-Eluting Stents Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 8, 2013
12 Clinical utility of β-blockers for primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy , April 1, 2013
13 Effect of Platelet Inhibition with Cangrelor during PCI on Ischemic Events New England Journal of Medicine, April 8, 2013
14 Comparison of Adverse Outcomes After Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women Versus Men With Acute Coronary Syndrome The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013
15 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
16 Long term survival in elderly patients with stable coronary disease European Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 17, 2013
17 Outcomes of apixaban vs. warfarin by type and duration of atrial fibrillation: results from the ARISTOTLE trial European Heart Journal, April 22, 2013
18 The Reliability and Prognosis of In-Hospital Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 15, 2013
19 Role of exercise in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: results, mechanisms, and new perspectives European Heart Journal, April 11, 2013
20 Comparison of Prasugrel and Ticagrelor Loading Doses in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients RAPID (Rapid Activity of Platelet Inhibitor Drugs) Primary PCI Study JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013
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