US Cardiovascular Disease 2007- Volume 4 Issue 1

Foreword

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.10

Paper Abstracts

A Selection of Recent Papers as Recommended by the Advisory Panel

Joanne D Schuijf ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.11

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News Round-up

The US Cardiovascular Arena In Brief—A Round-up of Trends, Statistics, and Clinical Research

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):12–3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.12

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Atrial Fibrillation

Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Atrial Fibrillation

A Bajpai , A John Camm , I Savelieva ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):14–7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.14

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Atrial Fibrillation—Recent Key Trials on Anticoagulation

Stefan H Hohnloser ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):18–9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.18

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Upstream Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation

Andrew Choi , Jonathan S Steinberg , Suneet Mittal ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):20–2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.20

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Current Considerations in Atrial Fibrillation

Douglas P Zipes ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):23–4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.23

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Disease Risk Management

Effect of Pioglitazone Compared with Glimepiride on Carotid Intima-media Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes

Theodore Mazzone ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):25–30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.25

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Treatment of Angina - New Attitudes and Emerging Changes in Management

Philip A Poole-Wilson ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):31–4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.31

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Minimizing Cardiovascular Complications by Early Diagnosis of Diabetes

Allen B King , Gary S Wolfe ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):35–6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.35

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Metabolic Syndrome - A Common and Dangerous Health Problem

Francisco Lopez-Jimenez ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):37–40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.37

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Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Nieca Goldberg ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):41–2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.41

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Diagnostics

Accurate Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring with Bioreactance—New Tools May Empower Dramatic Progress in Disease Management

Mathew S Maurer ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):43–6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.43

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Wide Complex Tachycardias—The Differential Diagnosis Remains Wide and Complex

John M Miller , Anil V Yadav ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):48–9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.48

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Imaging

3-D Echocardiography - An Emerging Giant in the Treatment of Heart Failure

Dante J Graves , Rick W Meece ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):50–2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.50

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Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization from Radio Frequency Ultrasound Signal Processing

Stéphane G Carlier , Kaoru Tanaka , Amin Katouzian ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):54–6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.54

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Quantitation and Visualization of Vasa Vasorum and Neointimal Development in Three Dimensions—High-resolution Microscopic Computed Tomography Analysis

Daniel J Pelchovitz , Robert L Wilensky ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):58–9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.58

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Future Directions for Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography and Cardiac Computed Tomography

Jeffrey M Schussler ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):60–2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.60

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Developments in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Atherosclerosis

Christopher M Kramer ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):63–5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.63

Contrast-induced Nephropathy

Contrast-induced Nephropathy in Coronary Intervention

Hans P Niendorf , P Lengsfeld , M Bräutigam ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):66–8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.66

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Interventional Cardiology

The Status of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine

Martin B Leon ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.70

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Understanding the Late Outcomes of Drug-eluting Stents

Giora Weisz ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):72–4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.72

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Morphologic Predictors of Drug-eluting Stent Thrombosis

Gaku Nakazawa , Aloke V Finn , Renu Virmani ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):75–6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.75

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Embolic Protection

Jennifer Franke , Horst Sievert ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):77–8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.77

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Hypertension

Angiogenesis Inhibitors and Hypertension

Domenic A Sica ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):79–80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.79

An Update on Hypertension among African-Americans

Keith C Ferdinand , Verna L Welch ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):81–4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.81

Heart Failure

Issues in Cardiac Resynchronization Treatment

Tasneem Z Naqvi ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):85–7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.85

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Myocardial Infarction Mortality—Where Do We Go Now?

Derek P Chew , Harvey D White ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):88–90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.88

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Congenital Heart Disease

Risk of Complications During Pregnancy in Women with Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis

Els Troost , Werner Budts ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):91–3

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.91

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Quantitative Three-dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease

G Hamilton Baker , Girish S Shirali ,

Citation: US Cardiology 2007;4(1):94–6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2007.4.1.94