Articles
An Update on Carotid Stent Trials and Perspectives
Strokes are frequently devastating events with potentially fatal complications and significant disability, resulting in a major impact on the...
An Update on Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
As an intra-cardiac right-to-left shunt, the patent foramen ovale (PFO) has gained attention over the last two decades because of its potential...
Beyond the Apnea-Hypopnea Index-Prognostic Value of Other Elements of Polysomnography to Describe Sleep-disordered Breathing in Heart Failure
A growing appreciation of the prevalence of sleep breathing disorders, especially as comorbidities of disease syndromes such as chronic heart...
Cardiac Imaging for Assessment of Left Ventricular Thrombus
Accurate detection of left ventricular (LV) thrombus affects clinical outcomes and therapeutic management, as thrombus provides a substrate for...
Carotid Endarterectomy versus Endovascular Stent Placement as Therapy for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease
Stroke-related morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high. Recent estimates suggest that it accounts for approximately one out of every 17...
Clinical Implications of the SYNTAX Study
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the predominant cause of heart disease and the leading cause of death worldwide. In recent decades revolutionary...
Common carotid arterial interadventitial distance (diameter) as an indicator of the damaging effects of age and atherosclerosis, a cross-sectional study of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Cohort Limited Access Data (ARICLAD), 1987–89
ResultsAge was positively and significantly associated with common carotid artery diameter after risk factor adjustment in the overall sample, but...
Developments in 3D Echocardiography
2D echocardiography (2DE) is a common diagnostic and treatment planning tool in clinical cardiology, especially for the assessment of left...
Developments in Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Since its inception in the early 1990s, endovascular repair (EVR) of aneurysms has been subjected to analysis in several randomised ontrolled...
Drug Interactions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Their Implications
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has an estimated prevalence of 15–25 cases/million population.1This chronic, progressive diseaseis defined by...
Drug-eluting Stents-Issues and Developments
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expecting that the...
Effects of Reconstituted High-density Lipoprotein Infusions on Coronary Atherosclerosis
While these therapies have proved effective for millions of patients, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is still a major contributor to global...
Emerging Role of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Currently, C-reactive protein (CRP), the classical acute-phase protein, seems to be the marker of choice for the clinical situation. However, there...
Endothelial Lipase Concentrations Are Increased in Metabolic Syndrome and Associated with Coronary Atherosclerosis
The relationship of EL to variation in lipoprotein concentrations and atherosclerosis in humans has not been reported. Several genetic association...
Healthy Hearts - a community-based primary prevention programme to reduce coronary heart disease
BackgroundA case can be made for identifying ‘at risk’ individuals, particularly over 45 years of age and for providing them with advice on...
Inflammation in Arterial Disease
Clinical Studies All of the clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis have traditionally been associated with inflammation of the plaque. Acute...
Iodinated Contrast Media – A Safety Review
The rapid development of percutaneous coronary and peripheral vascular interventional technologies, as well as non-invasive computed tomography...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Interventional Cardiologist
The evaluation of ischaemic heart disease requires the measurement of regional and global ventricular function, identification of the presence and...
News Round Up from AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 - November 10th
Implantable Defibrillators, Pacemakers Affected By MP3 Headphones10 Nov 2008Headphones for MP3 players placed within an inch of pacemakers and...
Occupation recorded on certificates of death compared with self-report: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
MethodsOccupation was abstracted from 431 death certificates from North Carolina Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study participants who died...
