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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 (3) Full Text Articles (254) Focus on Vascular Disorders-Stroke141 Left Atrial Longitudinal Strain Parameters Predict Postoperative Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Following Mitral Valve Surgery: A Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Study Echocardiography, April 22, 2013 Clinical Article
142 Echocardiography in pericardial diseases: new developments Heart Failure Reviews, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
143 Revascularization for Silent Ischemia? Another Piece of the Puzzle ? JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 19, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
144 Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Diagnosis of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Increased Valvular 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake as a Novel Major Criterion JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
145 Masked Hypertension in Diabetes Mellitus-Treatment Implications for Clinical Practice Hypertension, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
146 The association of premature ovarian failure with ventricular repolarization dynamics evaluated by QT dynamicity EP Europace, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
147 Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension and Diabetes Current Hypertension Reports, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
148 Validation of Accuracy of Three-dimensional Left Atrial CartoSound and CT Image Integration: Influence of Respiratory Phase and Cardiac Cycle Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
149 Combined Dominant Frequency and Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrogram Ablation After Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation of Atrial Fibrillation Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
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Contrast-induced acute kidney injury following coronary angiography: a cohort study of hospitalized patients with or without chronic kidney disease
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, April 19, 2013
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151 Systolic and diastolic dysfunction in cirrhosis: a tissue-Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography study Liver International, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
152 3D T2-weighted spin echo imaging in the breast Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, April 19, 2013 Review Article
153 Diagnosis of infection in paediatric veno-arterial cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: role of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
154 The Value of (beta)-Blockers Administration during Recovery Phase of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography: A Review Echocardiography, April 19, 2013 Review Article
155 Echocardiography-Guided or Sided Pericardiocentesis Echocardiography, April 19, 2013 Clinical Article
156 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 Clinical Article
157 Echocardiographic Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure Volume Loop Estimate Predicts Survival in Congestive Heart Failure Journal of Cardiac Failure, April 18, 2013 Review Article
158 Long term survival in elderly patients with stable coronary disease European Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 17, 2013 Clinical Article
159 Prevalence and clinical relevance of extracardiac findings at cardiac MRI Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, April 17, 2013 Review Article
160 Napkin-Ring Sign on Coronary CT Angiography for the Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndrome JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, April 17, 2013 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
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 2, 2013
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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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