Cardiology (all articles)
Research: Colchicine Therapy and Plaque Stabilization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:19h | UTCImaging Studies Offer New Insights Into Inflammation In CV Disease – Cardiobrief (free)
Original article: Colchicine Therapy and Plaque Stabilization in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Preliminary evidence that colchicine may reduce coronary plaque”.
Research: Elevated blood pressure and risk of mitral regurgitation
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCCommentaries: High Blood Pressure Is a Risk Factor For Mitral Regurgitation – Medical Research (free) AND High Blood Pressure May Raise Mitral Regurgitation Risk – TCTMD (free) AND Inevitable or preventable? High blood pressure linked to mitral regurgitation – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Guideline: Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:14h | UTCCommentaries: 12 key points to remember: Standards for Inpatient Electrocardiographic Monitoring – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND AHA updates practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Management of Mitral Regurgitation
21 Oct, 2017 | 18:15h | UTCCommentaries: Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Management of Mitral Regurgitation – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND ACC Recommends ‘Structured Approach’ to Mitral Regurgitation – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Guideline: 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for the Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:34h | UTC2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for the Treatment of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis (free)
Commentaries: 2017 AUC for Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND First Appropriate Use Criteria Issued for Severe Aortic Stenosis – Medpage Today (free registration required)
Research: 25-Year Physical Activity Trajectories and Development of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:36h | UTCCommentaries: Excessive Exercise May Harm The Heart, Study Suggests – Forbes (free) AND Physically active white men at high risk for plaque buildup in arteries – ScienceDaily (free)
Review: How Low to Go With Glucose, Cholesterol, and Blood Pressure in Primary Prevention of CVD
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:28h | UTCSummary with 12 key points to remember: Glucose, Cholesterol, BP Targets for CVD Risk Factors – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Research: Comparative safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in venous thromboembolism
21 Oct, 2017 | 17:30h | UTCCommentary: New Anticoagulants Not Linked To Excess Bleeding Rates – Cardiobrief (free)
Research: Increasing prevalence of vascular risk factors in patients with stroke
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:06h | UTCIncreasing prevalence of vascular risk factors in patients with stroke – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Health Conditions That Increase Stroke Risk Rise Across All Ages, Races – NPR (free)
“An estimated 80% of all 1st strokes are due to risk factors that can be changed,” says new study (RT @ACCmediacenter see Tweet)
Review: Management of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:03h | UTCManagement of cardiovascular diseases in patients with obesity – Nature Reviews Cardiology (free)
Guidelines on perioperative medication in adult cardiac surgery
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:01h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter (free)
Older people with acute coronary syndromes may benefit from routine invasive therapy
17 Oct, 2017 | 19:02h | UTCOlder people with acute coronary syndromes may benefit from routine invasive therapy – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Revascularisation compared with initial medical therapy for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the elderly: a meta-analysis – Heart (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Systematic Review: Blood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:59h | UTCBlood pressure targets in people with cardiovascular disease – Cochrane Library (free)
Research: Long-term Outcomes of Multiple Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:29h | UTCCommentaries: Study: Triple-Vessel CABG Strategy Matters in the Long Run – MedPage Today (free registration required)
In patients with multivessel disease who are undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, multiple arterial grafting (MAG) is associated with reduced mortality, repeated revascularization, myocardial infarction, and heart failure when compared with left internal thoracic artery (LITA) supplemented by saphenous vein grafts (LITA+SVG).
Research: Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCSex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium (Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe) – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: A-fib strikes men a decade earlier than women – Medical News Today (free) And AHA: Men develop AFib a decade before women do; BMI linked to increased risk – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Research: Association of History of Gestational Diabetes With Long-term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCCommentaries: CVD Risk for Women Rises After Gestational Diabetes – TCTMD (free) AND Does Gestational Diabetes Per Se Up Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Gestational Diabetes Raises Heart Attack, Stroke Risk, NIH Study Finds – AJMC (free)
Review: Calcium and Cardiovascular Disease
17 Oct, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCCalcium and Cardiovascular Disease – Endocrinology and Metabolism (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:48h | UTCNews release: Looking beyond the heart in adults with congenital heart disease (free)
Commentary: Think Outside the Heart: Noncardiac Complications and Considerations in the Adult Congenital Patient (free)
Top Ten Things to Know: Diagnosis and Management of Noncardiac Complications in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (free PDF)
Research: Changes in marital quality and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in men
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:33h | UTCChanges in marital quality over 6 years and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in men: findings from the ALSPAC prospective cohort study – Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (free)
Commentaries: Marital ups and downs affect heart health – OnMedica (free) AND Marital ups and downs may impact men’s heart health – Medical News Today (free) AND Cardiovascular risk factors for married men linked to changes in relationship quality over time – News Medical (free)
Research: Return to Work and Risk of Subsequent Detachment From Employment After Myocardial Infarction
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCCommentaries: 1 in 4 heart attack sufferers leave work within a year – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Most Return to Work After an MI, but 25% Don’t Stay – Medscape (free registration required) AND Vast Majority Return to Work After MI, but It Doesn’t Always Stick – TCTMD (free)
Review – Cardiotoxicity of cancer chemotherapy: identification, prevention and treatment
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:01h | UTCRelated Guidelines and Reviews: Prevention and Monitoring of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Adult Cancers: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (free) AND Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy (free) AND Cardiotoxicity of anticancer treatments: Epidemiology, detection, and management – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (free) AND Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Cardiac Toxicity Of Cancer Chemotherapy – US Cardiology Review (free)
Review: Renal Function Considerations for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:59h | UTC
Review: Brugada syndrome in children
12 Oct, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCBrugada syndrome in children – Stepping into unchartered territory – Annals of Pediatric Cardiology (free)
Review: Understanding and Managing Cardiomyopathy
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:54h | UTCRecent Advances in Understanding and Managing Cardiomyopathy – F1000 Research (free)
Review: Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure
12 Oct, 2017 | 17:48h | UTC