Cardiology (all articles)
Nitroglycerine and Angina – Evolving Clinical Coronary Physiology
5 Jul, 2017 | 16:15h | UTCEditorial: Nitroglycerine and Angina – Evolving Clinical Coronary Physiology Beyond Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Flow Reserve – Circulation (free)
Original article: Physiology of Angina and Its Alleviation With Nitroglycerin: Insights From Invasive Catheter Laboratory Measurements During Exercise – Circulation (free)
Herpes Zoster Increases the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:26h | UTCHerpes Zoster Increases the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Does Shingles Increase the Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke? – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Shingles may up risk of heart attack, stroke – Reuters Health (free) AND Heart attack and stroke risk higher with shingles – OnMedica (free)
Metformin May Reduce Coronary Calcium in Men
4 Jul, 2017 | 21:22h | UTCCommentary: Long-term Metformin May Reduce Coronary Calcium – Medscape (free registration required)
“Metformin may protect against atherosclerosis in men with pre-diabetes and early diabetes” (RT @CircAHA see Tweet)
Direct oral anticoagulants in patients with chronic kidney disease
3 Jul, 2017 | 17:27h | UTC
Prognostic Value of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Testing in Patients With Stable Chest Pain
3 Jul, 2017 | 16:57h | UTCPrognostic Value of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Testing in Patients With Stable Chest Pain – Circulation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: CT angiography appears better at predicting future risk for patients with chest pain – Massachusetts General Hospital, via ScienceDaily (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest)
“The most important result indicated that the ability of coronary CTA to identify nonobstructive coronary artery disease – a less-than-70-percent narrowing of a coronary artery – identifies an at-risk group of patients not found by functional testing” (from ScienceDaily)
Diagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases
2 Jul, 2017 | 20:59h | UTCDiagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease – European Heart Journal (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
Interventions for preventing high altitude illness
29 Jun, 2017 | 20:24h | UTCInterventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 1. Commonly-used classes of drugs – Cochrane Library (link to summary – $ for full-text) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Acetazolamide seems to be effective to prevent acute high altitude illness in dosages of 250 to 750 mg/day.
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in Patients With Ischemic or Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
29 Jun, 2017 | 15:38h | UTCImplantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in Patients With Ischemic or Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (free registration required)
Commentary: Meta-Analysis: ICDs Improve Survival in Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND ICD Primary Prevention Benefit Affirmed in Meta-Analysis – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND ICD therapy significantly reduces death risk in patients with ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy – 2 minute medicine (free)
CABG vs DES for Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome and left main or multivessel CAD
29 Jun, 2017 | 16:12h | UTCComparison of Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation for Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome – The American Journal of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
In patients with Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome and left main or multivessel CAD, CABG significantly reduced the risk of death from any causes, myocardial infarction, or stroke compared with PCI with drug-eluting stents
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases
29 Jun, 2017 | 00:24h | UTCCommentaries: Cardiovascular disease causes one-third of deaths worldwide – American College of Cardiology, via EurekAlert (free) AND Global Cardiovascular Disease Burden – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Cardiovascular Testing and Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain
28 Jun, 2017 | 22:04h | UTCCardiovascular Testing and Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cardiac Tests in ED Patients Not Tied to Better Outcomes – Medscape (free registration required) AND Cardiac Testing for Slight ACS Risk Just Means More Procedures – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Cardiac Testing in Emergency Room Chest Pain Patients – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
A Meta-analysis of the Impact of Aspirin, Clopidogrel, and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy on Bleeding Complications in Noncardiac Surgery
26 Jun, 2017 | 17:32h | UTCA Meta-analysis of the Impact of Aspirin, Clopidogrel, and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy on Bleeding Complications in Noncardiac Surgery – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts (free resource to find articles of interest)
“Antiplatelet therapy at the time of noncardiac surgery confers minimal bleeding risk with no difference in thrombotic complications. In many cases, it is safe to continue antiplatelet therapy in patients with important indications for their use”
Trends and Outcomes of Off-Label Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
25 Jun, 2017 | 18:23h | UTCThe JAMA Network – For the Media: Study Examines Use, Outcomes of Valve Replacement Procedure Performed for Off-Label Indications
Commentary: Outcomes of Off-Label Use of TAVR – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“A randomized controlled trial directly comparing TAVR with surgery among specific subsets of off-label populations is needed to provide convincing evidence, and significant ‘off-label’ use captured in registries such as this should motivate such prospective randomized studies” (from Latest in Cardiology).
Heart Rate and Rhythm and the Benefit of Beta-Blockers in Patients With Heart Failure
25 Jun, 2017 | 14:37h | UTCHeart Rate and Rhythm and the Benefit of Beta-Blockers in Patients With Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Do mortality rates differ according to baseline heart rates for those taking beta-blockers? – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Heart Rate and Rhythm and the Benefit of Beta-Blockers in Patients With Heart Failure – PracticeUpdate (free registration required)
“In HFrEF, beta blockers reduce mortality – but only for those in sinus rhythm says new work in JACC” (RT @JACCJournals see Tweet)
Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation
23 Jun, 2017 | 20:38h | UTCReview: Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation: Contemporary practice and the future – Cardiology Journal (free)
Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Metallic Stents
23 Jun, 2017 | 21:10h | UTCEverolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Metallic Stents – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (free) (RT @JACCJournals see Tweet)
In this meta-analysis including 7 randomized trials bioresorbable vascular scaffolds were associated with both lower efficacy and higher thrombotic risk over time.
Targeted temperature management in the ICU
23 Jun, 2017 | 20:36h | UTC
Women and Heart Disease: New Data Reaffirm Lack of Awareness By Women and Physicians
23 Jun, 2017 | 14:37h | UTCKnowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Cardiovascular Disease in Women: The Women’s Heart Alliance – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Women and Heart Disease: New Data Reaffirm Lack of Awareness By Women and Physicians – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Women’s CV Risk Underestimated, Underassessed – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Greater emphasis on preventing, treating heart disease in women needed – American College of Cardiology, via EurekAlert (free)
Related guidelines: Preventing and Experiencing Ischemic Heart Disease as a Woman: State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free) AND Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (free)
Women continue to underestimate their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Time-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Acute Heart Failure
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:51h | UTCTime-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Door-to-Furosemide Time in Acute Heart Failure – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
“God help us if this sort of observational data leads to “door to furosemide time” being adopted as a quality measure” (RT @adamcifu see Tweet)
Guideline summary: Consensus on Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:35h | UTCOriginal article: 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) consensus guidelines: Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: Executive summary (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Breastfeeding and the Risk of Maternal Cardiovascular Disease
23 Jun, 2017 | 00:59h | UTCCommentaries: Mother’s heart health tied to breastfeeding – Reuters Health (free) Does breastfeeding prevent heart disease and strokes? – STAT News (free) AND Breastfeeding could help a mother’s heart – in more ways than you think – American Heart Association News (free)
Observational data suggests there may be a protective effect.
Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease
23 Jun, 2017 | 01:03h | UTCReview: Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Related 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)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 30:2 or just keep going?
22 Jun, 2017 | 15:30h | UTCCardiopulmonary resuscitation – 30:2 or just keep going? – by Scott Munro, in Evidently Cochrane (free) (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
“Untrained bystander CPR had better outcomes when given telephone advice from EMS services to perform continuous CPR, rather than interrupted CPR with rescue breaths”. For trained EMS professionals, “it is possible that there is little or no difference between the two approaches”.
Is aircraft noise exposure associated with cardiovascular disease and hypertension?
22 Jun, 2017 | 03:56h | UTCIs aircraft noise exposure associated with cardiovascular disease and hypertension? Results from a cohort study in Athens, Greece – Occupational and Environmental Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Noise May Raise Blood Pressure Risk – New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Long term exposure to aircraft noise linked to high blood pressure – The BMJ, via EurekAlert (free) AND Live Near an Airport? Nighttime Airplane Noise May Cause Hypertension – Medscape (free registration required)
Cohort study suggests a possible association.