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Cardiovascular - General

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ARTICLES:

Cognitive Function and Carotid Artery Disease

Heart Disease Risk Calculator

Erectile Dysfunction May Mean Heart Disease

Heart Disease Goes beyond the Heart

NGC-Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

NCG-High Blood Cholesterol in Adults

NGC-Myocardial infarction.

NGC-Recommendations for physical activity and recreational sports participation for young patients with genetic cardiovascular disease.

Saturated fat prevents coronary artery disease? An American paradox

What Is Cholesterol?

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A long-term follow-up study of serum lipid levels and coronary heart disease in the elderly. (Chin Med J (Engl))

Alpha-tocopherol preserves endothelial cell migration in the presence of cell-oxidized low-density lipoprotein by inhibiting changes in cell membrane fluidity. (J Vasc Surg)

Antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants for hypertension (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Antipsychotics and the risk of sudden cardiac death. (Arch Intern Med)

Aspirin resistance in cardiovascular disease: a review. (Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg)

Aspirin sensitivity: implications for patients with coronary artery disease. (JAMA)

Basic research into the mechanisms responsible for postmenopausal hypertension. (Int J Clin Pract Suppl)

Benefits of obstructive sleep apnoea treatment in coronary artery disease: a long-term follow-up study. (Eur Heart J)

Black tea increases coronary flow velocity reserve in healthy male subjects. (Am J Cardiol)

Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity, and Arterial Stiffness (Hypertension)

Cardiovascular effects of caffeine in men and women. (Am J Cardiol)

Cardiovascular effects of oral Supplementation of vitamin C, E and folic acid in young healthy males. (Int J Vitam Nutr Res)

[Cardiovascular risk assessment for informed decision making. Validity of prediction tools] (Med Klin (Munich).)

Chronic oxidative stress compromises telomere integrity and accelerates the onset of senescence in human endothelial cells. (J Cell Sci)

Combined endurance/resistance training reduces NT-proBNP levels in patients with chronic heart failure. (Eur Heart J)

Dietary intake of menaquinone is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease: the rotterdam study. (J Nutr)

DIETARY n-6 AND n-3 FATTY ACID BALANCE AND CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH (Annu Rev Nutr)

Dietary recommendations in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease: Do we have the ideal diet yet? (Am J Cardiol)

Diet, nutrition and the prevention of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. (Public Health Nutr)

Effect of diet and exercise intervention on inflammatory and adhesion molecules in postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy and at risk for coronary artery disease. (Metabolism)

Effect of homocysteine on plaque formation and oxidative stress in patients with acute coronary syndromes. (Chin Med J (Engl))

Effect of low and high fat diets on nutrient intakes and selected cardiovascular risk factors in sedentary men and women. (J Am Coll Nutr)

Effects of a low-glycemic load diet on resting energy expenditure and heart disease risk factors during weight loss. (JAMA)

Effects of prior moderate exercise on postprandial metabolism and vascular function in lean and centrally obese men. (J Am Coll Cardiol)

Effects of tai chi mind-body movement therapy on functional status and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial. (Am J Med)

Endothelial function in post-menopausal women: effect of folic acid supplementation. (Hum Reprod)

Epidemiology of peripheral arterial disease. (Vasa)

Estrogen plus progestin and the risk of peripheral arterial disease: the Women's Health Initiative. (Circulation)

Exaggerated exercise blood pressure is related to impaired endothelial vasodilator function (American Journal of Hypertension)

Fish oil increases antioxidant enzyme activities in macrophages and reduces atherosclerotic lesions in apoE-knockout mice (Cardiovascular Research)

Heart disease: the greatest 'risk' factor of them all. (Med Hypotheses)

High prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and co-morbidity in 6880 primary care patients: cross-sectional study. (Atherosclerosis)

Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

[Homocysteine and cerebrovascular disease] (Rev Neurol)

Hyperhomocysteinaemia & folic acid supplementation in patients with high risk of coronary artery disease. (Indian J Med Res)

[Hypertension and heart disease] (Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen)

Immediate effects of n-3 fatty acid infusion on the induction of sustained ventricular tachycardia. (Lancet)

Inclusion of albuminuria in hypertension and heart guidelines. (Kidney Int Suppl)

Lead exposure raises superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in human endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. (Kidney Int)

Lifestyle Determinants of High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study (American Heart Journal)

Major dietary patterns are related to plasma concentrations of markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Mechanisms of cardiovascular protection by resveratrol. (J Med Food)

Omega-3 fatty acids improve liver and pancreas function in postoperative cancer patients. (Int J Cancer)

Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Coronary Artery Disease: The Pros and Cons (Current Atherosclerosis Reports)

Organosulfur compounds from alliaceae in the prevention of human pathologies. (Biomed Pharmacother)

Oxidative stress, antioxidants, and endothelial function. (Curr Med Chem)

Oxidative Stress and Vascular Disease. (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol)

Passive smoking and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: prospective study with cotinine measurement (BMJ)

Physical activity and markers of inflammation and thrombosis related to coronary heart disease. (Prev Cardiol)

Physical Activity and Mortality Across Cardiovascular Disease Risk Groups (Med Sci Sports Exerc)

Phytoestrogens as Cardioprotective Agents. (Cardiol Rev. 2005)

[Platelet aggregation and antiplatelet agents in acute coronary syndromes] (Med Sci (Paris))

Predictive power of cardiovascular risk factors for detecting peripheral vascular disease. (South Med J)

Predictors of 14-year changes in the total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in men. (Am Heart J)

Reduction in C-reactive protein through cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training. (J Am Coll Cardiol)

Single Sessions of Intermittent and Continuous Exercise and Postprandial Lipemia. (Med Sci Sports Exerc)

Stiffness and impaired blood flow in lower-leg arteries are associated with severity of coronary artery calcification among asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients. (Diabetes Care)

Strategies to reduce oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease. (Clin Sci (Lond))

The ALLHAT-LLT and ASCOT-LLA Trials: Are the Discrepancies More Apparent than Real? (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

The distribution of 10-Year risk for coronary heart disease among U.S. adults; Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. (J Am Coll Cardiol)

The hunt for the perfect heart health diet. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr)

The impact of Helicobacter pylori infection on coronary heart disease in a Korean population. (Korean J Gastroenterol)

The role of chronic inflammation in cardiovascular disease and its regulation by nutrients. (Altern Med Rev)

Use of oral glucocorticoids and risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in a population based case-control study. (Heart)

Internet Sites:

American Heart Association - Simple solutions

National Women's Health information Center

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Cardiovascular

NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Heart disease

NIH-NHLBI Cardiovascular Information

NIH-NHLBI Heart and Vascular Diseases Information

NIH-NHLBI Hearttruth

NIH-Heart Diseases

The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

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