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Cardiovascular Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . April 28th, 2003

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Related Areas: Other Issues in Cardiovascular Week | Other Publications

Coronary Artery Bypass - Concurrent CABG/aortic valve replacement is better for patients younger than 70

Restenosis - Invasive assessment of heart-valve stenosis poses risk of brain damage

Atherosclerosis - Oxidation of HDL gives rise to apolipoproteins which may be potential markers

Coronary Spasm - ACh-induced coronary spasm in KD patients shows risk for future atherosclerosis

Heart Disease Risk Factor - Leptin plus insulin raises blood pressure and heart rate

Restenosis - Positive results released on sirolimus-eluting coronary stent study

Acute Myocardial Infarction - Implementing preventive actions in all high-risk persons presents greatest challenge

Acute Myocardial Infarction - Persistently reduced HRV is associated with postinfarction LV remodeling

Acute Myocardial Infarction - TIMI grade 2 flow after thrombolysis, PCI leads to greater myocardial salvage

Anatomical Anomalies - In some cases, azygos vein could be mistaken for right superior vena cava

Angina - Angina patients with diabetes show increase in exercise duration with Ranolazine

Antihypertensive Therapy - Education through periodic newsletter on persistence may have good effect

Atherosclerosis - Arming patients with information does change behavior

Atherosclerosis - Mg/Cu ratio is better marker of ischemia than individual element concentrations

Atherothrombosis - Clopidogrel studied in one of the largest trial programs

Atrial Fibrillation - McMaster University leads trial in the prevention of vascular events

Atrial Fibrillation - Oral anticoagulant studied as alternative to warfarin for stroke prevention

Atrial Fibrillation - Physicians use diagnostic ultrasound catheter in new procedure

Blood Pressure Control - Adrenomedullin, alpha calcitonin gene-related peptide have physiological roles

Cardiac Ischemia - State of the art in diagnosis of ACI in emergency setting is discussed

Cardiology - Mitochondrial and sarcoplasmic membrane integrity, protein degradation evaluated

Cardiotoxicity - Novel approaches should significantly improve understanding

Cardiovascular Disease - Preclinical results on texaphyrin therapy presented at ACC meeting

Coronary Artery Lesions - Follow-up data releases from Taxus II clinical trial

Dietary Supplements - AHA urges ban of ephedra-based supplements

Embolic Attack - Embolic rate of ball-thrombus-type group high despite anticoagulant therapy

Heart Failure Therapy - Nitric oxide modifies ventricular stress in presence of vasoactive agents

Heart Implant - Total artificial heart implantation assessed

Heart Transplant -  Rhodococcus equi pneumonia is a possibly often misdiagnosed risk

Hypertension - A1166C polymorphism of AT1 receptor unlikely to affect blood pressure status

Hypertension Genomics and Genetics - Obesity-related hypertension affects gene expression in the heart

Ischemic Cardiomyopathy - Reduction of cellular response implies role for reactive O2 in pathogenesis

Ischemic Heart Disease - IGF gene transfer protects cardiomyocytes from apoptosis, boosts angiogenesis

Kluyvera Infections - A central venous catheter infection highlights Kluyvera pathogenicity

LPA-induced DNA Synthesis - Process may be mediated by signal transduction mechanism in smooth muscle cells

Long QT Syndrome - Potentially fatal outcome prevented by recognition and appropriate treatment

Myocardial Infarction - AEDs to be supplied to rural Michigan, Ohio under federal grant program

Myocardial Infarction - Reduction of infarct size by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor is mediated by eNOS

Myocardial Infarction - Regular exercise improves endothelial function in the coronary arteries

Myocardial Infarction - Verapamil-based treatment equal to gold

Pericardial Disease - Imaging techniques can aid in management of tamponade, constrictive pericarditis

Peripheral Arterial Disease - Cotransfection of human HGF and prostacyclin synthase gene boosts angiogenesis

Pulmonary Hypertension - Serotonin receptor is therapeutic target for pulmonary vascular remodeling

Reperfusion Therapy - Primary percutaneous coronary intervention superior to other clinical strategies

Rothia Dentocariosa - First case of repeated subarachnoid hemorrhages due to organism is reported

Scleroderma - Several scleroderma therapies show promise

Vascular Surgery - Laser treats varicose veins nonsurgically

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