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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 (11) Full Text Articles (254) Focus on Pediatric841 Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Morphology by Optical Coherence Tomography Heart, Lung, and Circulation, December 5, 2012
842 Assessment of strain and strain rate by two-dimensional speckle tracking in mice: comparison with tissue Doppler echocardiography and conductance catheter measurements European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, December 5, 2012
843 Final infarct size measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction predicts long-term clinical outcome: an observational study European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, December 5, 2012 Clinical Article
844 Cardiac magnetic resonance-derived anatomy, scar, and dyssynchrony fused with fluoroscopy to guide LV lead placement in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a comparison with acute haemodynamic measures and echocardiographic reverse remodelling European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, December 5, 2012
845 Coronary microvascular function, myocardial metabolism, and energetics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: insights from positron emission tomography European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging, December 5, 2012
846 Initial experience with magnetic resonance imaging of atrial scar and co-registration with electroanatomic voltage mapping during atrial fibrillation: Success and limitations Heart Rhythm, December 5, 2012 Clinical Article
847 Twelve-lead electrocardiography in the young: Physiologic and pathologic abnormalities Heart Rhythm, December 5, 2012
848 Impact of Preserved Myocardial Contractile Function in the Segments Attached to the Papillary Muscles on Reduction in Functional Mitral Regurgitation Echocardiography, December 5, 2012
849 Electrocardiogram features of premature ventricular contractions/ventricular tachycardia originating from the left ventricular outflow tract and the treatment outcome of radiofrequency catheter ablation BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, December 4, 2012 Clinical Article
850 Quality Outcomes of Reinterpretation of Brain CT Studies by Subspecialty Experts in Stroke Imaging American Journal of Roentgenology, December 4, 2012 Clinical Article
851 Compensation for spill-in and spill-out partial volume effects in cardiac PET imaging Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, December 4, 2012 Clinical Article
852 Gender differences in the diagnostic accuracy of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A bivariate meta-analysis Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, December 4, 2012 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
853 Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral durability following valve repair in rheumatic mitral valve disease: Impact of Maze procedure The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, December 4, 2012
854 Heterogeneous response of J-wave syndromes to beta-adrenergic stimulation Heart Rhythm, December 4, 2012
855 Reduced administered activity, reduced acquisition time, and preserved image quality for the new CZT camera Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, December 4, 2012
856 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
857 Rheumatic Fever Follow-Up Study (RhFFUS) protocol: a cohort study investigating the significance of minor echocardiographic abnormalities in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander children BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, December 4, 2012
858 The delayed activation wave in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction International Journal of Cardiology, December 4, 2012
859 Pulmonary edema following scorpion envenomation: Mechanisms, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment International Journal of Cardiology, December 4, 2012
860 Cardiac CT for the assessment of chest pain: Imaging techniques and clinical results European Journal of Radiology, December 3, 2012 Clinical Article
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.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Cardiology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Echocardiography in pericardial diseases: new developments Heart Failure Reviews, April 19, 2013
2 Effect of Metoprolol Versus Carvedilol on Outcomes in MADIT-CRT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy) JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 3, 2013
3 Atrial fibrillation-induced cardiac troponin I release International Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013
4 Postmortem cardiac 3T magnetic resonance imaging: Visualizing the sudden cardiac death? JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013
5 Relation of vascular stiffness with epicardial and pericardial adipose tissues, and coronary atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis, April 1, 2013
6 Safety and Effect of Very Low Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on Cardiovascular Events The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013
7 Effects of prednisone on biomarkers of tubular damage induced by radiocontrast in interventional cardiology Journal of Nephrology, April 5, 2013 Review Article
8 Clinical outcomes and cost implications of routine early PCI after fibrinolysis: One-year follow-up of the Trial of Routine Angioplasty and Stenting after Fibrinolysis to Enhance Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TRANSFER-AMI) study American Heart Journal, April 11, 2013
9 Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (Tako-Tsubo syndrome) in Austria European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, April 16, 2013
10 Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and management British Medical Journal, April 23, 2013 Review Article
11 MSCT guided sizing of the Edwards Sapien XT TAVI device: Impact of different degrees of oversizing on clinical outcome International Journal of Cardiology, April 18, 2013
12 Cardiorenal Anemia Syndrome as a Prognosticator for Death in Heart Failure The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013
13 Utility of established cardiovascular disease risk score models for the 10-year prediction of disease outcomes in women Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy , April 24, 2013 Review Article
14 Institution-Wide QT Alert System Identifies Patients With a High Risk of Mortality Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 2, 2013
15 B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Prognosis in Heart Failure Patients With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 3, 2013 Free full text
16 Long term survival in elderly patients with stable coronary disease European Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 17, 2013
17 Predicting the future in patients with atrial fibrillation: who develops heart failure? European Journal of Heart Failure, March 28, 2013
18 Classification of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Using American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines: Agreement among Echocardiographers Echocardiography, April 2, 2013 Clinical Guideline
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Atrial Fibrillation in the 21st Century: A Current Understanding of Risk Factors and Primary Prevention Strategies
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20 Prognostic value of unrecognised myocardial infarction detected by late gadolinium-enhanced MRI in diabetic patients with normal global and regional left ventricular systolic function European Radiology, April 9, 2013
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