Cardiovascular Week

Alzheimer Disease Risk Factors - Extensive peripheral atherosclerosis may be a risk factor for Alzheimer disease

Aspirin - Low-dose aspirin increases aspirin resistance in patients with CAD

Cardiovascular Risk Factors - Use of low-dose OCs increases risk of cardiac and vascular events

Imaging - Technology successfully demonstrated CV circulation in 4-D

Statins - Pravastatin reduced rate of kidney function loss

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Doppler ultrasound may be useful in classification

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Efficacy of endovascular repair evaluated

Ablation - Noncontact and electroanatomic mapping is useful in complex ablations

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Recent findings in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis provide new insights

Aneurysm Surgery - Postoperative changes in cerebral metabolism characterized

Aneurysms - Hospital offers minimally invasive treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms

Atherosclerosis - Research add new data to atherosclerosis body of knowledge

Angina - Action of nitroglycerin for chest pain may place some patients at risk

Angiogenesis - Research describes tumor suppressor activity of PTEN

Angiography - Multislice CT angiography is noninvasive diagnostic procedure

Angiography - Results highlight the limitations of 2D angiography

Angiology - Technique is promising for recanalizing difficult total occlusions

Atherosclerosis - Researchers' work adds to atherosclerosis body of knowledge

Angioplasty - Outpatient PTCA is safe and feasible for many in a routine population

Angioplasty - Quality improvement analysis can expedite care for PCI patients

Angioplasty - Recent studies add new data to angioplasty research

Angiotensin - During ACE inhibition ANG-(1-7) can be stimulated by sodium restriction

Annular Dilatation - Leaflet length is used to quantify severity of mitral regurgitation

Antioxidant - Flavonoids may promote cell survival as potent antioxidants

Cardiology - Reports advance knowledge in cardiology research

Arteriosclerosis - Prothymosin alpha linked to transplant arteriosclerosis

Atherosclerosis - Antioxidant NAC can reduce atheroma progression

Atherosclerosis - Fluorescence spectroscopy and detecting inflammatory cells in blood vessels

Atherosclerosis - Low-density lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipase in diabetes reviewed

Atherosclerosis - More is better, at least in angioplasty

Atherosclerosis - Reports describe recent advances in atherosclerosis research

Cardiology - Studies add new findings to cardiology body of knowledge

Atrial Fibrillation - Endocardial radiofrequency ablation effective during mitral valve surgery

Atrial Fibrillation - Guidelines focus on postoperative atrial fibrillation

Awards - Macugen pegaptanib sodium injection named Innovative Pharmaceutical Product 2005

Echocardiography - Reports describe recent advances in echocardiography research

B-type Natriuretic Peptide - Anemia may confound the relationship between BNP, cardiac function & prognosis

Blood Pressure - ACE genotype linked to blood pressure abnormalities in type 1 diabetes

Blood Pressure - Doxazosin controls hypertension and albuminuria in diabetic patients

Brain Cancer - 3D contrast-enhanced MR venography valuable surgical planning tool

Business & Finance - Gene-transfer company reports Q2 financial results, updates GENASIS trial

Business & Finance - Medicare reimbursed products provider reports 422% revenue increase in 3 months

Echocardiography - Studies describe new findings in echocardiography research

Business & Finance - Pharma company receives phase II SBIR award for neuroinflammation

Business Update - Automated electrophysiology procedure complete

Business Update - Cardiology instrument systems maker reports second quarter 2005 results

Business Update - European biopharma awards $1.9M for cardiac safety monitoring and services

Business Update - Reimbursement increased for external ventricular assist devices

C-Reactive Protein - Study describes mechanism underlying effect of CRP on vascular system

Cancer Prevention - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs used for prevention of cancer

Cancer Therapy - Flavopiridol shows promise as an anticancer treatment

Cardiac Ablation - Adapter was effective in epicardial RFA in a beating heart

Cardiac Aging - Measures of cardiac function may be a useful index of normal cardiac aging

Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy - Dobutamine MPI reliably identifies risk for subsequent cardiac events

Cardiac Arrest - Impedance threshold device improves blood pressure during CPR

Cardiac Arrest - Novel probe provides ultrafast PO₂ assessment during CPR

Cardiac Development - Changes affecting signaling pathways can result in severe heart defects

Cardiac Pacemakers - Non-equilibrium behavior of HCN channels characterized

Cardiac Sarcoidosis - ¹⁸F-FDG PET valuable tool in diagnosis

Cardiac Surgery - Neurologic monitoring enables cardiac surgical teams to prevent brain injury

Cardiac Surgery - Optimizing cerebral oxygen saturation may improve outcome of cardiac surgery

Cardiac Transplantation - Caspase-3 inhibition may be useful strategy for preventing graft CAD

Cardiac Transplantation - Circulating T cells may predict development of endothelial dysfunction

Cardiac Transplantation - Citrate synthase autoantibodies may have role in allograft vasculopathy

Cardiac Transplantation - Regurgitation after heart transplant is often due to number of biopsies

Cardiology - Diovan approved for new indication

Cardiology - First of two pivotal phase 3 studies of regadenoson met its primary endpoint

Cardiology - Inferoposterior bundle may be anatomic substrate for conduction

Cardiology - New findings in the area of cardiology detailed

Cardiology - Ratio of cardiac output and body size is driving factor in CV allometry

Cardiomyocytes - CGRP has different mode of action on developing cardiomyocytes

Cardiomyocytes - IL-18 reduces the responsiveness of the myofilaments to Ca²⁺

Cardiomyopathy - Collaboration studies effects of thymosin beta 4 on degenerative muscle diseases

Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Changes in pulmonary blood flow affect slopes of single-breath test.

Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Plasma cortisol levels with maximal anti-inflammatory effects determined

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Stored wet-primed ECMO circuits maintain function for 2 weeks

Cardiovascular Devices - Mitral mechanical replacement proves safe for pregnant women

Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiac function impaired in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular Disease - DNA vaccine with receptor coding plasmids impair cardiac function

Cardiovascular Disease - High risk patients are best served by aggressive cholesterol-lowering therapy

Cardiovascular Research - Cardiac cycle modulation is expressed in respiratory motor activity

Cardiovascular Research - Glycerol can be effective hyperhydrating agent during cold-air exposure

Cardiovascular Research - Pathogenesis of vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease

Cardiovascular Research - Report describes a model of CV gas bubble transport

Cardiovascular Research - Study provides insights into possible mechanisms of TMP in the vascular system

Cardiovascular Risk Factors - Education mediates link between socioeconomics and CV risk factors

Cardiovascular Risk Factors - Inflammatory component of CV disease is reversible with smoking cessation

Choline - Choline intake may reduce cardiovascular disease risk

Chronic Heart Failure - CHF results in alterations of Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Protective effect of being female is lost in COPD patients

Circulation - Raman-based assay measures microvascular oxygenation

Clinical Assays - Study examined analytical performance of clinical vitamin B₆ assays

Congenital Heart Disease - MRI cardiac catheterization poised for success in children

Congenital Heart Disease - Report describes radiofrequency catheter ablation for managing arrhythmias

Congestive Heart Failure - Heart failure worsens with anemia, increases risk of death

Congestive Heart Failure - New heart failure guidelines stress early diagnosis and treatment

Coronary Angioplasty - Perfusion area influences coronary flow velocity reserve

Coronary Artery Bypass - 80-year-olds should be given heart bypass surgery

Coronary Artery Bypass - Baseline CRP levels predict postoperative atrial fibrillation risk

Coronary Artery Bypass - Jugular bulb oxygen saturation well-maintained during off-pump CABG

Coronary Artery Bypass - Post-CABG neuropsychological outcomes characterized

Coronary Artery Disease - CAD is associated with impaired endothelium-dependent dilatation

Coronary Artery Disease - Link between cTnT and CAD stenosis does not vary with renal function

Coronary Artery Disease Assessment - PET/CT allows accurate noninvasive clinical decision-making about CAD

Diabetes Complications - PET predicts outcome in diabetic patients with ventricular dysfunction

Diabetes Epidemiology - Frequency of diabetes on death certificates in U.K. reported

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Inflammation and endothelial dysfunction markers increased in diabetes

Diabetes Therapy - Hyperglycemia has short-term adverse effects on myocardial blood flow

Diabetic Nephropathy - Podocyte injury is no latecomer in diabetic nephrology

Diabetic Neuropathy - Cardiac autonomic neuropathy prevalent in Vietnamese diabetic patients

Diagnostics - Report describes diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndrome

Diagnostics - Residents can use ultrasound imagers to identify aortic aneurysms

Diagnostics - Synchrotron radiation angiography detects in-stent restenosis

Diet & Nutrition - Data do not justify emphasis on nutrient supplements over food and diet