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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 (5) Full Text Articles (178) Focus on Pediatric981 Estimated glomerular filtration rate and prognosis in heart failure: value of the modification of diet in renal disease study-4, chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration, and cockroft-gault formulas Full Text JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 10, 2012
982 Self-efficacy and Barriers to Healthy Diet in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participants and Nonparticipants Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, May 10, 2012
983 Dairy intake in relation to cardiovascular disease mortality and all-cause mortality: the Hoorn Study European Journal of Nutrition, May 9, 2012 Clinical Article
984 Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor antagonists in atherosclerosis prevention Current Cardiology Reports, May 9, 2012 Clinical Article
985 Association of vitamin D with cardiometabolic risk factors in rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Care & Research , May 8, 2012
986 Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Associated With Maximum and Mean Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Among Hemodialysis Patients Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, May 8, 2012 Clinical Article
987 Risk Factors for Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis Among Current Smokers Preventive Cardiology, May 7, 2012
988 Association of Sweetened Beverage Intake with Incident Hypertension Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 4, 2012 Clinical Article
989 Improved exercise performance and skeletal muscle strength after simulated altitude exposure: a novel approach for patients with chronic heart failure Journal of Cardiac Failure, May 4, 2012
990 Use of Serum Homocysteine to Predict Cardiovascular Disease in Korean Men with or without Metabolic Syndrome Full Text Journal of Korean Medical Science, May 4, 2012
991 Vitamin D dependent effects of APOA5 polymorphisms on HDL cholesterol Atherosclerosis, May 3, 2012
992 Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Risk for Major Clinical Disease Events in a Community-Based Population of Older Adults Full Text Annals of Internal Medicine, May 2, 2012
993 Novel treatments for cardiovascular disease prevention Cardiovascular Therapeutics, May 1, 2012
994 N-acetylcysteine in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy assessed by cystatin c Cardiovascular Therapeutics, April 30, 2012 Clinical Article
995 Prediction of primary vs secondary hypertension in children The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, April 27, 2012
996 Community-based approaches to prevention and management of hypertension and cardiovascular disease The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, April 27, 2012
997 Dietary patterns and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in a population undergoing lifestyle changes: The Strong Heart Study Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, April 26, 2012
998 Cardiovascular Primary Prevention Full Text JAMA Internal Medicine, April 26, 2012 Clinical Article
999 Cardiac tamponade related to a coronary injury by a pericardial calcification: an unusual complication BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, April 26, 2012
1000 Matricellular proteins: new molecular targets to prevent heart failure Cardiovascular Therapeutics, April 26, 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.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Cardiology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Comparative cardiometabolic effects of fibrates and omega-3 fatty acids International Journal of Cardiology, March 4, 2013 Review Article
2 Vitamin D and heart Internal and Emergency Medicine, March 21, 2013
3 Comparative benefits of statins in the primary and secondary prevention of major coronary events and all-cause mortality: a network meta-analysis of placebo-controlled and active-comparator trials European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, March 8, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
4 Infective Endocarditis New England Journal of Medicine, April 24, 2013 Review Article
5 Effect of Spironolactone on Diastolic Function and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection FractionThe Aldo-DHF Randomized Controlled Trial JAMA, April 2, 2013
6 Efficacy and safety of dabigatran etexilate and warfarin in real world patients with atrial fibrillation: A prospective nationwide cohort study JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 15, 2013
7 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
8 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
9 Status of Cardiovascular Health in US Adolescents Circulation, April 10, 2013
10 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
11 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
12 Long term survival in elderly patients with stable coronary disease European Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 17, 2013
13 Atrial fibrillation-induced cardiac troponin I release International Journal of Cardiology, April 29, 2013
14 Novel oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: a focus on the older patient International Journal of General Medicine, April 2, 2013 Free full text
15 Outcomes of apixaban vs. warfarin by type and duration of atrial fibrillation: results from the ARISTOTLE trial European Heart Journal, April 22, 2013
16 Treatment of Anemia with Darbepoetin Alfa in Systolic Heart Failure New England Journal of Medicine, April 2, 2013
17 Safety and Effect of Very Low Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on Cardiovascular Events The American Journal of Cardiology, April 4, 2013
18 Role of exercise in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: results, mechanisms, and new perspectives European Heart Journal, April 11, 2013
19 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
20 Elevation of Morning Blood Pressure in Sodium Resistant Subjects by High Sodium Diet Journal of Korean Medical Science, April 18, 2013 Free full text Review Article
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