Clinical cardiology
Religion, spirituality not associated with better cardiovascular health
13 COMMENTS - Feb 4, 2010 15:15 EST
In fact, the researchers showed that greater religiosity was associated with obesity. At the present time, however, it is unknown whether the obese are more likely to seek out religion and spirituality or if these activities lead to obesity.
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Changes in diet and exercise can make a big difference within six months of ACS
Feb 5, 2010 15:45 EST
Results of a large international study confirm that adherence to doctor's advice on diet, exercise, and smoking after an acute coronary syndrome can substantially lower the risk of recurrent cardiovascular adverse events within six months.
Arrhythmia/EP
UK cardiologists petition NICE to reverse dronedarone decision
1 COMMENT - Feb 4, 2010 13:15 EST
Doctors and patient groups are petitioning the agency to change its recent draft guidance, which did not recommend the use of the new drug for AF.
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Feb 4, 2010 15:00 EST
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The AHA 2009 EP update: PACE, REPLACE, and the potential of remote monitoring
1 COMMENT - Jan 13, 2010 13:50 EST
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Topolog
Mobile pocket echo device: Revolutionizing medicine
Feb 05, 2010 12:40 EST
It's the size of a cell phone, portable, and with inherent wireless potential and has wide-ranging--revolutionary--possibilities that stretch beyond CV care. Click to watch my demo!
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Lipid/Metabolic
FDA approves expanded rosuvastatin label
Feb 8, 2010 20:40 EST
The FDA's decision was announced late Monday.
Prevention
Repeatedly telling patients of their coronary disease risk improves outcomes
Feb 8, 2010 17:00 EST
Providing patients with their global coronary heart disease risk appears to improve the accuracy of their risk perception, and repeating risk information improves outcomes slightly, according to a review of 20 studies.
Heart failure
African Americans have highest risk of peripartum cardiomyopathy
Feb 8, 2010 17:00 EST
African American women have much higher odds of developing peripartum cardiomyopathy than non-African Americans, a new US study shows; the findings illustrate that race is by far the largest risk factor for this disease, say the researchers.
Clinical cardiology
From the heart: Call for better African CV research
Feb 8, 2010 17:00 EST
Two doctors from Mozambique are calling for concerted efforts to foster multidisciplinary research into neglected cardiovascular diseases that predominantly occur in Africa. These include newly emerging cardiac manifestations of infectious diseases, say the authors.
Imaging
Zero means nothing: "Gatekeeper" role of calcium scoring questioned
Feb 8, 2010 17:00 EST
Zero coronary calcification does not exclude obstructive stenosis or the need for revascularization in patients referred for coronary angiography, according to a new substudy of the CORE 64 study.
Arrhythmia/EP
A good report card for laser-assisted pacemaker/ICD lead extraction
Feb 5, 2010 09:30 EST
Non-procedure-related clinical issues, such as diabetes or device-related infection, are a major cause of poor procedural and clinical outcomes; still, the overall success rate is high, and complication rate is very low, suggests a multicenter experience of >1400 cases.
Arrhythmia/EP
Stand up and be counted: ECG-based test for long-QT syndrome proposed
1 COMMENT - Feb 3, 2010 17:15 EST
Easily added to any other tests performed, a positive finding suggests the patient is susceptible to potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias, according to researchers.
Murmurs
Cardiologist may score "big" in Ohio whistleblower case
Feb 3, 2010 15:00 EST
According to news reports, Christ Hospital has now settled with the feds in a lawsuit alleging that cardiologists were allotted time in an outpatient testing unit based on the number of CABG procedures or cath-lab revenues they or their group generated the previous year.
News
Procedure volume is a close proxy for popular hospital quality rankings
1 COMMENT - Feb 3, 2010 14:30 EST
A study comparing cardiovascular outcomes at the "best hospitals," according to two popular hospital ranking systems, shows that the systems do identify high-quality hospitals, but not all of them.
News
Opportunity lost: 400 000 US CHD deaths predicted for 2010, as risk-reduction goals fall short
Feb 2, 2010 16:15 EST
The number of deaths predicted would be half as high, if the US population met goals set out 10 years ago in the Healthy People 2010 report, researchers say. Obesity and diabetes have proved to be the major obstacles.
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