Inflammation and lipid-lowering treatment.

abstract：:Recent advances in clinical cardiac SPECT instrumentation are reviewed from a systems perspective. New hardware technologies include pixelated scintillator and semiconductor detector elements; photodetectors such as position-sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PSPMT), avalanche photodiodes (APD) and silicon photomultipli...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Smith MF

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate differences in gender physiology result in unique exposures, risk, and protection that are specific to women. Recognition and appreciation of these differences results in better treatment adaptations for women and better outcomes. Disparities between genders in the treatment of major cardiovascular risk factors...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Jarvie JL,Foody JM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise training is beneficial in healthy adults as well as patients with acquired cardiovascular disease such as coronary artery disease and heart failure. While a reduced exercise capacity is common in adults with congenital heart disease, it is not clear if these patients stand to benefit from exercise training or...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Tutarel O,Gabriel H,Diller GP

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of myocardial viability may be an important component of the evaluation of patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. The primary goal of viability assessment in such patients is to guide therapeutic decisions by determining which patients would most likely benefit from reva...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Arrighi JA,Dilsizian V

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure increasingly contributes to the overall morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease. Although significant advances in therapies allow patients to feel better and have improved functional status and survival, not all patients respond equally to these therapies. Moreover, for ...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Chen GP,Caldwell JH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review presents the current available evidence of the effects of several dietary patterns on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RECENT FINDINGS:Evidence demonstrates improvements in cardiovascular risk factors with some dietary patterns in...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Liday C,Kirkpatrick C

更新日期：2019-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent favorable trends in survival, heart failure remains a highly fatal disease. Improvements in the prevention of early death from coronary artery disease, along with an aging population, have resulted in an increased prevalence for heart failure in the United States. In the management of patients with hear...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Feingold AD,DeNofrio D

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium is an essential nutrient, mostly ingested as salt (sodium chloride). Average sodium intake ranges from 3 to 6 g per day (7.5-15 g/day of salt) in most countries, with regional variations. Increasing levels of sodium intake have a positive association with higher blood pressure. Randomized controlled trials repo...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： O'Donnell M,Mente A,Yusuf S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deformation imaging by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) are emerging clinical methods. TDI- and STE-derived parameters, such as myocardial strain and strain rate, as well as torsion and twist, provide detailed information about myocardial function and are associated with cardiov...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Opdahl A,Helle-Valle T,Skulstad H,Smiseth OA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The excess risk of hypertension in black Americans continues to be a major health concern. Although there is considerable information regarding these disease trends, much of the major underpinnings of the etiology of hypertension remain unclear. The excess mortality in blacks due to heart disease, renal failure, and s...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Nesbitt SD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although overall stroke incidence has been declining in developed countries, there is evidence that stroke in the young is increasing. Increasing incidence may be particularly pronounced among minorities in whom historically a higher burden of stroke has been reported. Compared with older adults, time spent with disab...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Sultan S,Elkind MS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) shows no correlation to the degree of left ventricular dysfunction. This surprising finding has directed attention to peripheral changes in CHF: reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilation and altered skeletal muscle metabolism. Physical exercise trainin...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Hambrecht R,Gielen S,Schuler G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) is defined as the difference between BP and intraocular pressure (IOP). With low BP comes low OPP and resultant ischemic damage to the optic nerve, leading to glaucoma progression. The purpose of this article is to review the literature on BP as it relates to glaucoma a...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Levine RM,Yang A,Brahma V,Martone JF

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The last 40 years of clinical research in interventional cardiology were extraordinarily innovative. This article will review the most promising up and coming interventional cardiovascular therapies, with a primary focus on the treatment of coronary artery disease. RECENT FINDINGS:From the first sten...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Kerneis M,Nafee T,Yee MK,Kazmi HA,Datta S,Zeitouni M,Afzal MK,Jafarizade M,Walia SS,Qamar I,Pitliya A,Kalayci A,Al Khalfan F,Gibson CM

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension in patients with renovascular disease poses a major clinical challenge. Renal arterial disease accelerates hypertension by activation of multiple pressor systems. Although younger individuals with fibromuscular lesions often respond well to angioplasty with minor associated risks, care must be taken in ca...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Textor SC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The pathogenesis and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) is now known to be largely driven by inflammation on top of the well-accepted role for the disequilibrium between cholesterol deposition and removal from the arterial wall. Recent clinical trials have supported the inflammatory hypothes...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Boland J,Long C

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The development of biventricular repair and conversion pathways for patients with borderline hypoplastic heart disease represents an area of recent inquiry and innovation. This review summarizes emerging techniques and novel treatment algorithms for borderline hypoplastic heart disease with a focus on...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Andersen ND,Scherba JC,Turek JW

更新日期：2020-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant progress in research has been made in the areas of sex-specific aspects of cardiovascular disease. Despite these advances, coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death of women in the Western world. Over the past decade, the focused research on women at risk for ischemic heart disease has he...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Phillips LM,Mieres JH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure is increasing in prevalence in the United States, and associated morbidity and mortality remain high. Aggressive treatment of decompensated heart failure is associated with improved outcomes; however, therapies must be tailored to the presenting characteristics of each patient and most carry a...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Hiestand B,Abraham WT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid growth of medical knowledge during the past few decades has created many potential advances in the therapeutics of chronic disease, and cardiovascular disease has been at the center of this phenomenon. Translation of these advances into everyday care of patients with chronic disease continues to be problemat...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Adams KF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the primary nonvalvular cause of cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Warfarin and direct thrombin inhibitors such as dabigatran are presumed to prevent formation of LAA thrombus, and are first-line treatments to prevent ischemic stroke in AF. However, thes...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Fuller CJ,Reisman M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common primary valve disorder in the elderly with an increasing prevalence. It is increasingly clear that it is also a disease of the left ventricle (LV) rather than purely the aortic valve. The transition from left ventricular hypertrophy to fibrosis results in the eventual adverse ef...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Badiani S,van Zalen J,Treibel TA,Bhattacharyya S,Moon JC,Lloyd G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension may present as asymptomatic findings on noninvasive testing, or as fulminant pulmonary edema, despite normal left ventricular systolic function. Up to 40% of hypertensive patients presenting with clinical signs of congestive heart failure have normal systolic left ve...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Phillips RA,Diamond JA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review was to synthesize research findings from recently published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) targeting any phase of medication adherence, from initiation to discontinuation, among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). RECENT FINDINGS:We identified successful strate...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Zullig LL,Ramos K,Bosworth HB

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The number of pregnancies complicated by valvular heart disease is increasing. This review describes the hemodynamic effects of clinically important valvular abnormalities during pregnancy and reviews current guideline-driven management strategies. RECENT FINDINGS:Valvular heart disease in women of c...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Goldstein SA,Ward CC

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of the present manuscript is to review the latest advancements of radionuclide molecular imaging in the diagnosis and prognosis of individuals with cardiac amyloidosis. RECENT FINDINGS:99mTechnetium labeled bone tracer scintigraphy had been known to image cardiac amyloidosis, since the 1980s;...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Bravo PE,Dorbala S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-Adrenergic blockade is associated with a significant reduction in mortality in most patients with structural heart disease. Clinical trial data involving patients after myocardial infarction or with congestive heart failure demonstrate that a reduction in sudden death accounts for much of the observed mortality r...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Reiter MJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare, but complex form of congenital heart disease consisting of a right ventricular myopathy and morphologic tricuspid valve disease leading to a high incidence of right ventricular dysfunction and arrhythmias. This review offers an updated overview of the current understa...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Possner M,Gensini FJ,Mauchley DC,Krieger EV,Steinberg ZL

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The present article reviews the pathophysiology of cardiac sympathetic denervation, the principles of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the sympathetic innervation of the heart and its potential clinical role, based on current and expected future evidence. RECENT FINDINGS:Imaging of cardi...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： van der Bijl P,Knuuti J,Delgado V,Bax JJ

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the latest data on unprotected left main (ULM) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, with a focus on the NOBLE and EXCEL trials. RECENT FINDINGS:In EXCEL trial, the primary endpoint at 3 years was 15.4% in the PCI group and 1...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Taha Y,Patel RAG,Bagai J,Sachdeva R,Kumar G,Prasad A,Nathan S,Paul TK

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00