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Author(s): Keith B Allen Added: 3 years ago
Abstract Many patients with angina secondary to coronary artery disease (CAD) respond to medical management or can be completely revascularized using available percutaneous coronary interventions or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). There is evidence, however, to indicate that up to 25% of patients are incompletely revascularized following CABG, and that incomplete revascularization is a… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery
How Old is Too Old? Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Older Patients
Author(s): Carlos Vazquez-Sosa , Stacey D Clegg , James C Blankenship Added: 2 years ago

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): K Lance Gould Added: 3 years ago
Clinical applications of cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) have made dramatic advances over the past three years, particularly in myocardial perfusion imaging. These advances include cardiac-specific PET technology, specialized software, and profound biological insights into myocardial perfusion far beyond the traditional binary interpretation of perfusion images as normal or abnormal… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Heterogeneous Populations
Author(s): K Lance Gould Added: 3 years ago
Clinical applications of cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) have made dramatic advances over the past three years, particularly in myocardial perfusion imaging. These advances include cardiac-specific PET technology, specialized software, and profound biological insights into myocardial perfusion far beyond the traditional binary interpretation of perfusion images as normal or abnormal… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Adam E Saltman Added: 3 years ago
Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation (AF), the chaotic and disorganized activity of the upper chambers of the heart, is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance. It affects approximately 1% of the US population, or almost three million people. It occurs more frequently in the aged, affecting about 5% of people over 70 and as many as 10% of people over the age of 80. AF is also considered to… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Sebastian Kelle , Eike Nagel Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has moved from niche applications to the center of cardiovascular decision-making. Today, cardiovascular MRI offers several options for detecting ischemia in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Over the last few years, much evidence has been accumulated of the diagnosis of CAD and heart failure with cardiovascular MRI.1–3… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Rita Paniccia Added: 3 years ago
The goal of platelet function tests used in cardiac catheterization laboratories and intensive cardiac units is to guide antiplatelet therapy to the optimal dose for the prevention or treatment of thrombosis, minimizing hemorrhagic side effects in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1–4 Platelet function tests measure the platelet capacity to… View more

Anticoagulation

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Frans J Th Wackers , Janice A Davey Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes for morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The high mortality rate is partly due to the diabetic state per se, above and beyond the clustering of other risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Over the last decade, the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Frans J Th Wackers , Janice A Davey Added: 3 years ago
Diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Moreover, cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes for morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The high mortality rate is partly due to the diabetic state per se, above and beyond the clustering of other risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Over the last decade, the… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Antonio Gutierrez , Sunil V Rao Added: 3 years ago
Current evidence-based therapies for ischemic heart disease include antithrombotic and antiplatelet medications that reduce the risk for ischemic outcomes such as myocardial infarction and stroke.1 Given their mechanism of action, bleeding is a risk with these agents, especially when combined with invasive procedures.2 In addition to overt bleeding, clinical trials of antithrombotic strategies… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions