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121 Impact of prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery on chronic total occlusion revascularisation: insights from a multicentre US registry Heart, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
122 Mortality Risk as a Function of the Ratio of Pulmonary Trunk to Ascending Aorta Diameter In Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
123 Long-Term Outcome After Angiographically Proven Coronary Stent Thrombosis The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
124 Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest Survivors Having Versus Not Having Coronary Angiography The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
125 Carotid Plaque Burden as a Measure of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
126 Relation of Patients Living Without a Partner or Spouse to Being Physically Active After Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the PULSE Accelerometry Substudy) The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
127 Visit-to-visit and 24-h blood pressure variability: association with endothelial and smooth muscle function in African Americans Journal of Human Hypertension, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
128 Brain and Neck Tumors Among Physicians Performing Interventional Procedures The American Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
129 Predictors of 30-day mortality and outcome in cases of myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock treated by extracorporeal life support European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
130 Left main dissection conservatively managed with optical coherence tomography guidance Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, April 29, 2013
131 The Prognostic Significance of SYNTAX Score After Early Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Heart, Lung, and Circulation, April 29, 2013 Clinical Article
132 Reduction of Stent Thrombosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated with Rivaroxaban in ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51 JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
133 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
134 Nurse-led group visits support shared decision making in stable coronary artery disease Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
135 Psychological and Physiological Predictors of Angina During Exercise-Induced Ischemia in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Psychosomatic Medicine, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
136 Diabetes mellitus and its impact on long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery Acta Diabetologia, April 26, 2013 Review Article
137 Association between habitual physical activity and lower cardiovascular risk in premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women: a population-based study Menopause, April 26, 2013
138 Home-based secondary prevention programs for patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of effects on anxiety Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, April 26, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
139 Critical review of factors predicting health-related quality of life in newly diagnosed coronary artery disease patients Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, April 26, 2013 Review Article
140 Contribution of Genetic Background, Traditional Risk Factors, and HIV-Related Factors to Coronary Artery Disease Events in HIV-Positive Persons Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 26, 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 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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