PET Imaging of the Human Nicotinic Cholinergic Pathway in Atherosclerosis.

abstract：:The gold standard for diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is endomyocardial biopsy showing Congo red staining followed by mass spectroscopy, but the diagnosis can also be made with high certainty by demonstration of typical cardiac imaging features along with amyloid on biopsy of another involved organ. The use of c...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Gallegos C,Miller EJ

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a relatively new disease entity used in medical terminology; however, both the number of patients and its clinical significance are growing. HFpEF used to be seen as a mild condition; however, the symptoms and quality of life of the patients ar...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Adamczak DM,Oduah MT,Kiebalo T,Nartowicz S,Bęben M,Pochylski M,Ciepłucha A,Gwizdała A,Lesiak M,Straburzyńska-Migaj E

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Real-time 3-dimensional (3-D) imaging of cardiovascular injury and regeneration remains challenging. We introduced a multi-scale imaging strategy that uses light-sheet illumination to enable applications of cardiovascular injury and repair in models ranging from zebrafish to rodent hearts. RECENT FIN...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Ding Y,Lee J,Hsu JJ,Chang CC,Baek KI,Ranjbarvaziri S,Ardehali R,Packard RRS,Hsiai TK

更新日期：2018-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To establish the actual role of CT in the growing field of transcatheter valve interventions (THV). RECENT FINDINGS:The development of empirical CT measurements, which are linked with outcomes. CT is a reliable technique for assessing risk and planning transcatheter valve interventions for mitral and...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Godoy M,Mugharbil A,Anastasius M,Leipsic J

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Comprehensive discussion of alternative techniques in imaging coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) in different diagnostic scenarios. RECENT FINDINGS:At primary screening, intramural course essentially correlates with stenosis and clinical repercussion in some types of CAAs. Potential clinical aims in im...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Angelini P

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and low molecular heparins are important new components of the medical treatment for acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Renal insufficiency is a common comorbid condition and high-risk marker for ACS. The safety and efficacy of these treatments in ACS are dependent on the pharmacokinetics...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Rammohan C,Fintel D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A natural extension of current imaging paradigms for diagnosing coronary artery disease may well be the integration of CT with myocardial perfusion single-photon CT (SPECT). Although there is a wealth of clinical information regarding the utility of SPECT, the value of CT in the cardiology arena has only recently been...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Mahmarian JJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiofrequency ablation is a valuable adjunctive therapy to implantable defibrillators in patients with recurrent monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction. Episodes of VT are markedly reduced in most patients, and the major complications are less than 5%. Newer approaches allow successful a...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Soejima K,Stevenson WG

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：: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：:Despite the critical importance of plasma lipoproteins in the development of atherosclerosis, varying degrees of evidence surround the causal associations of lipoproteins with coronary artery disease (CAD). These causal contributions can be assessed by employing genetic variants as unbiased proxies for lipid levels. A...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Keenan TE,Rader DJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are complex medical problems that are increasingly encountered. They are associated with significant morbidity and mortality with tremendous economic cost. The current review will emphasize the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of this clinical entity using th...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Leung S,Danik S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review methodological and logistical aspects of CT myocardial perfusion, current clinical evidence and possible future directions, with specific focus on use in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). RECENT FINDINGS:CT myocardial perfusion imaging may be performed as an add-on to standard co...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Kofoed KF,Sørgaard MH,Linde JJ

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To create awareness for the devastating influence of high cholesterol in familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) on vessel walls. Persons with high LDL-C and a known mutation associated with FH have a 22-fold increase in CVD compared with those with a normal LDL-C and no genetic mutation. If the awareness...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Wiegman A

更新日期：2018-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is becoming increasingly prevalent, and currently coronary artery disease (CAD) is the primary cause of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. A potential therapeutic option for patients with severe CAD and LV dysfunction is a strategy of revascularization. In this review, we summarize the available...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Ghose T,Thompson RC

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cell therapy for cardiovascular diseases is regarded as a rapidly growing field within regenerative medicine. Different cellular populations enriched for cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs), or derivate a-cellular products, are currently under preclinical and clinical evaluation. Here, we have reviewed th...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Pagano F,Picchio V,Angelini F,Iaccarino A,Peruzzi M,Cavarretta E,Biondi-Zoccai G,Sciarretta S,De Falco E,Chimenti I,Frati G

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with pre-diabetes have a tenfold higher risk of developing Type 2 DM and a twofold higher risk of developing coronary heart disease compared to non-diabetics. Interventions targeted at those in an early stage of impaired glucose metabolism can delay or prevent diabetes. Effects of these interventions on cardi...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Popp Switzer M,Elhanafi S,San Juan ZT

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most highly unexpected reports in recent medical literature was the lack of benefit of estrogen-progestin replacement therapy in cardiovascular disease prevention in postmenopausal women. The ensuing negative view of hormone replacement therapy has now extended to all forms of postmenopausal hormone treatme...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Knopp RH,Aikawa K,Knopp EA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies have established a strong association between the presence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and increased risk of ischemic stroke. The mechanism involved is presumed to be a paradoxical embolism from a venous thrombus that travels via the PFO to the systemic circulation. The best treatment modality ...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Rodriguez CJ,Homma S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article title in the original publication contains a mistake. ...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Edelson JB,Genuardi MV,Santangeli P,Birati EY

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Several next generation sequencing platforms allow for a DNA-to-diagnosis protocol to identify the molecular basis of monogenic dyslipidemias. However, recent reports of the application of whole genome or whole exome sequencing in families with severe dyslipidemias have largely identified genetic variants in known lip...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Farhan SM,Hegele RA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of limitations associated with conventional mapping for ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) in ischemic heart disease, such as the high recurrence rates after initially successful ablation. The development of a noncontact mapping system capable of producing high-resolution isopotential maps of ...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Chow AW,Schilling RJ,Peters NS,Davies DW

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Revascularization in stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) is indicated in patients on optimal medical therapy with angina and/or demonstrable ischemia and a significant stenosis in one or more epicardial coronary arteries. Angiography alone, however, cannot accurately determine the hemodynamic significance of coronary...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Parikh V,Agnihotri K,Kadavath S,Patel NJ,Abbott JD

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:Moderate or severe aortic regurgitation (AR) occurs in 0.5% of the population and typically peaks in the fourth to sixth decade of life. A significant proportion of patients have prohibitive surgical risk and are therefore treated medically with pharmacological management of heart failure and no d...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Markham R,Ghodsian M,Sharma R

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although assessment of traditional coronary heart disease risk factors can often stratify individuals into low- or high-risk categories, additional means are needed to more precisely classify people clinically defined as intermediate-risk, to guide the intensity of risk-reducing therapies. The recognition that inflamm...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Corson MA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:Coronary artery disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the world, and PCI and CABG account for over a million procedures performed annually in the USA. The goal of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to achieve complete revasculariz...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Agrawal H,Teleb M,Lahsaei S,Carbajal L,Montanez R,Carrozza JP Jr

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Assessing the cardiovascular risk associated with hypertriglyceridemia can be challenging due to frequent confounding conditions such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. We sought to quantify this risk by examining several meta-analyses as well as subgroup analyses of previously pu...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Evans MC,Stalam T,Miller M

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Tricuspid regurgitation is common; however, recognition and diagnosis, clinical outcomes, and management strategies are poorly defined. Here, we will describe the etiology and natural history of tricuspid regurgitation (TR), evaluate existing surgical outcomes data, and review the evolving field of pe...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Al-Hijji M,Fender EA,El Sabbagh A,Holmes DR

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke threatens public health dramatically, and demographic changes promise to continue this epidemic. Although medical advances in risk factor modification, hypertensive control, and antiplatelet therapy have mitigated morbidity and mortality of cerebrovascular disease somewhat, stroke still costs billions ...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Rajagopal V,Yadav JS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Coronary artery bypass grafting is a preferred strategy for complete coronary revascularization in patients who have multi-vessel coronary artery disease, left ventricular dysfunction, and/or diabetes. Both arterial (internal thoracic artery/radial artery) and venous grafts are utilized to bypass the ...

journal_title：Current cardiology reports

authors： Virk HUH,Lakhter V,Ahmed M,O' Murchu B,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00