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- Data mixed on role of parents and caregivers in combating childhood obesity
- More data needed on carotid atherosclerosis, CMS advisers agree
- Contaminated cardiac drugs kill more than 100 in Pakistan
- Riata Summit insights: Vigilance key to following functional but "recalled" ICD leads
- Proximal balloon superior to distal protection in carotid artery stenting
- Dr Gary Roubin to resign as CV chair at Lenox Hill
- Heart attack deaths plummet in three EU nations
- Heart disease risk begins with middle-age risk factors
- Cardiologists flagging woeful patient care say they paid with their jobs
- Vytorin US label updated with SHARP results
- Pay for SGR repeal with war savings, say medical groups
- Black tea lowers blood pressure in small trial
- PLATO: PPI analysis "raises flag" but should not change practice
- Carotid images don't boost quit rates or cut CV risk factors in smokers
- Cardiologists accused of defrauding Medicare by performing unnecessary cardiac procedures
- Gifts, pep talks have some success post-PCI and in hypertension
- To prescribe or not to prescribe: That is the statin question, experts debate
- "Recalled" Riata ICD leads: Brainstorming conference aims for guidance
- EMA investigating CV problems with fingolimod
- Dapagliflozin declined by FDA
- Lower mortality rates at two years with transradial PCI, Italian registry shows
- Pillow talk: First AHA advice on sex and CVD
- Treat risk and not LDL-cholesterol targets, new perspective argues
- "High-normal" blood pressure linked to AF
- New AF ablation programs need time, money, and data
- FFR shows benefit in FAME II; enrollment halted
- Mortality climbs with rising PA pressure in heart failure: Community-based study
- BRIDGE study published: Cangrelor suited for important antiplatelet niche
- Contemporary look at VTE after joint surgery
- NHANES: One in three adults, one in six children obese
- Dronedarone gets another chance to prove itself in ranolazine combo trial
- CCTA is less useful in patients with high calcium score
- Thoracic endoprosthesis gets traumatic transection approval
- New AF ablation consensus doc previewed at Boston AF symposium
- Resveratrol scientists react to Das fraud scandal: "Research will continue"
- Yoga therapy for AF yields insight into brain-heart axis
- FDA: CardioGen-82 problems site-specific
- Red-wine researcher charged with photo-editing fraud
- US bleeding ADRs higher with dabigatran than warfarin
- Silent atrial fibrillation increases stroke risk
- Very low risk of cardiac arrest and sudden death in long-distance running events
- Statins cost four times more in US than UK
- Inactivity is a universal risk factor for heart attack
- Pulmonary hypertension in kids differs from adult PAH
- Venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism raise mortality risk
- GWTG improves AMI care in Asian Americans
- Serum potassium targets in acute MI need rethink, analysis suggests
- New DES best older stents for deaths, restenosis in latest SCAAR data
- Aspirin in primary prevention: New meta-analysis finds bleeding outweighs benefits for most
- New guidelines suggest blood glucose testing for all inpatients
- Aortic stenosis grading system misses rare, high-risk group
- Bereavement triggers MI, new study finds
- Statin use associated with significantly increased risk of diabetes: WHI analysis
- Dabigatran: New data on MI and ischemic events
- UK's NICE wants more data on rivaroxaban in AF
- Informed consent questioned in Florida patient's death after stem-cell treatment
- MitraClip: Encouraging results in nonsurgical patients
- Complications, rehospitalizations not uncommon post-AF ablation
- Novel LDL-gene-targeted agent promising
- Excess calories, not proportion of dietary protein, key in causing obesity
- RESPECT PFO/stroke trial completes enrollment
- Public Citizen requests recall of the Wingspan stent
- BRCA1 cancer gene affects cardiac function
- Rivaroxaban filed for ACS in US and EU
- Type 2 diabetes adds risk to tissue valves
- Bariatric surgery reduces CV events, but mechanisms remain a mystery
- US leads in shorter hospital stays, early readmission after STEMI
- PCNA: Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
- The Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Ideal “Location” for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention?
- Relationship Between Self-care and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults With Moderate to Advanced Heart Failure
- Mediating Role of Daily Physical Activity on Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure
- Examining the Interrelatedness of Patient and Spousal Stress in Heart Failure: Conceptual Model and Pilot Data
- Impact of Telehealth on Patient Self-management of Heart Failure: A Review of Literature
- Cognitive Impairment Is Independently Associated With Reduced Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Persons With Heart Failure
- Knowledge of Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Self-nurturance, and Heart-Healthy Behaviors in Women
- High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Is Independently Associated With Arterial Stiffness in Women With Metabolic Syndrome
- An Office-Based Health Promotion Intervention for Overweight and Obese Uninsured Adults: A Feasibility Study
- Impact of Social Role Strain, Depression, Social Support and Age on Diabetes Self-efficacy in Korean Women With Type 2 Diabetes
- Impact of Nurse-Initiated Preoperative Education on Postoperative Anxiety Symptoms and Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Enoxaparin prophylaxis doesn't cut mortality in acute-care setting
- Mayo report: It takes docs about 30 TAVIs to achieve proficiency
- Analysis slams use of clopidogrel loss-of-function gene test; proponents fire back
- Troponins at admission and three hours allow MI diagnosis or rule-out
- MR beats out SPECT in CE-MARC crossover trial
- Congress postpones Medicare pay cut
- CMS announces DRGs under scrutiny as part of trial prepayment audit program
- European CRT survey bolsters support for CRT-D over CRT-P
- Biggest cardiology stories of 2011
- FDA approves new combination for hypertension
- First data to show antihypertensive therapy prolongs life
- Increasing heart rate over time linked with heart disease mortality
- ALTITUDE halted: Adverse events when aliskiren added to ACE, ARB therapy
- Overeating, salt, the real culprits in stroke risk
- Improving BP in middle age pays off later
- FDA puts new warnings on dronedarone
- RECOVER II confirms benefit of dabigatran in treatment of VTE
- Support for edoxaban for VTE prevention
- FDA approves first pediatric VAD
- Rivaroxaban approved in Europe for AF and DVT treatment
- Combining wireless sensors and genomics for CVD prevention?
