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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 (7) Full Text Articles (243) Focus on Arrhythmias981 High Sodium Intake Is Associated With Masked Hypertension in Japanese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Treated Hypertension American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012 Clinical Article
982 Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) C/T-108 Association With Longitudinal Mean Arterial Blood Pressure American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
983 3'-UTR OLR1/LOX-1 gene polymorphism and endothelial dysfunction: molecular and vascular data in never-treated hypertensive patients Internal and Emergency Medicine, October 19, 2012
984 Left Ventricular Mass Index as a Predictor of New-Onset Microalbuminuria in Hypertensive Subjects: A Prospective Study American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
985 Blood Pressure Control in Italian Essential Hypertensives Treated by General Practitioners American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
986 Association of Blood Pressure with the Start of Renal Replacement Therapy in Elderly Compared with Young Patients Receiving Predialysis Care American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
987 Long-Term Effectiveness of Non-Drug Recommendations to Treat Hypertension in a Clinical Setting American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
988 Association of Frailty Syndrome in the Elderly With Higher Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
989 Measurement of Central Aortic Pulse Pressure: Noninvasive Brachial Cuff-Based Estimation by a Transfer Function Vs. a Novel Pulse Wave Analysis Method American Journal of Hypertension, October 19, 2012
990 Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Heart Disease: A Practical Review for the Pediatric Cardiologist Congenital Heart Disease, October 19, 2012
991 Frequency of Edema in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Ambrisentan The American Journal of Cardiology, October 18, 2012 Clinical Article
992 New index alpha improves detection of pulmonary hypertension in comparison with other cardiac magnetic resonance indices International Journal of Cardiology, October 18, 2012
993 Right Ventricular End-Diastolic Wall Stress: Does It Impact on Right Atrial Size and Does It Differ in Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Loading Conditions Canadian Journal of Cardiology, October 18, 2012
994 High salt intake promotes a decline in renal function in hypertensive patients: a 10-year observational study Hypertension Research, October 17, 2012 Clinical Article
995 Cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive patients: comparing single-agent therapy with combination therapy Journal of Hypertension, October 17, 2012 Clinical Article
996 Variant on chromosome 9p is associated with left ventricular mass: results from two cohorts of essential hypertensive individuals Journal of Hypertension, October 17, 2012 Clinical Article
997 Prevalence of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in human hypertension: an updated review Journal of Hypertension, October 17, 2012 Clinical Article
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Health-Related Quality of Life After Renal Denervation in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
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999 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Values in the Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial (ONTARGET) Hypertension, October 17, 2012 Clinical Article
1000 Within-Subject Blood Pressure Level—Not Variability—Predicts Fatal and Nonfatal Outcomes in a General Population Hypertension, October 17, 2012
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.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Interventional Treatment of Hypertension: A New Paradigm Current Cardiology Reports, April 1, 2013 Review Article
2 Approach to a Successful Selection of Antihypertensive Drugs for the Patient With Atherosclerosis American Journal of Therapeutics, April 3, 2013
3 Impact of Spironolactone on Vascular, Myocardial, and Functional Parameters in Untreated Patients With a Hypertensive Response to Exercise American Journal of Hypertension, March 1, 2013
4 Treatment of Hypertension Among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, April 5, 2013
5 Trends in Predicted 10-Year Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease among US Adults from 1999 to 2010 JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013
6 Lactotripeptides intake and blood pressure management: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled clinical trials Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, April 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
7 Impact of Residual Chronic Total Occlusion of Right Coronary Artery on the Long-term Outcome in Patients Treated for Unprotected Left Main Disease Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, April 18, 2013
8 Telmisartan/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Hypertension: A Pooled Analysis in Older and Younger Patients The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, April 4, 2013
9 Status of Cardiovascular Health in US Adolescents Circulation, April 10, 2013
10 Labile Hypertension: Characteristics of a Referred Cohort Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, April 8, 2013
11 Outcomes of apixaban vs. warfarin by type and duration of atrial fibrillation: results from the ARISTOTLE trial European Heart Journal, April 22, 2013
12 Diastolic blood pressure reduction contributes more to the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Journal of Human Hypertension, April 1, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
13 New therapeutic principles in dyslipidaemia: focus on LDL and Lp(a) lowering drugs European Heart Journal, March 22, 2013
14 Guidelines Updates in the Treatment of Obesity or Metabolic Syndrome and Hypertension Current Hypertension Reports, April 3, 2013 Clinical Guideline
15 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Prediction and Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Current Hypertension Reports, April 3, 2013 Review Article
16 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
17 Effect of longer term modest salt reduction on blood pressure: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials British Medical Journal, April 25, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
18 Late Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Regurgitation Due to Degenerative Disease Circulation, April 10, 2013
19 Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 19, 2013
20 Carotid body denervation prevents the development of insulin resistance and hypertension induced by hypercaloric diets Diabetes, April 3, 2013 Review Article
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