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NEWS:
Cholesterol Levels Are Falling, But Red Flags Are Rising
CRP Levels Dangerously High in Native North American Kids
Death Risk Higher Month After Heart Attack
Heart care lacking for those with clogged leg blood vessels
Liver May Be Prime Source of Good Cholesterol
Low-Salt Diets May Harm Heart, Study Says
Mountain living good for heart, study finds
Paying Attention to That Pain in the Chest: It Could Be Serious
Study Points to Heart Disease Marker's Dark Side
Study: Beta Blockers Don't Help All
Study: Data May Predict Sudden Heart Death
Therapeutic dogs good for heart patients
ARTICLES:
ACC - Clinical Cardiology Statements/Guidelines
Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke
An evidence based clinical aid for cardiovascular disease
Atrial Fibrillation: Strategies in Primary Care (Br J Cardiol. 2005)
Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Cardiovascular Diseases Strike All Ages
ESC - Chronic Heart Failure (Diagnosis and Treatment of) (2005)
Heart Attack Gives Most Survivors a 'Second Chance'
Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
How Low Must Your Cholesterol Go?
NGC - Atrial fibrillation. (2004)
NGC - Coronary angiography and indications for CABG or angioplasty. (2004)
NGC - Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. (2004)
NGC - Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). (2004)
NGC - Guideline for management of wounds in patients with lower-extremity venous disease. (2005)
NGC - Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure. (2005)
NGC - Heart failure in adults. (2005)
NGC - Lipid management in adults. (2005)
NGC - Myocardial infarction. (2004)
NGC - Unstable angina pectoris. (2004)
NGC - Venous thromboembolism. (2005)
Peripheral Arterial Disease and Claudication
Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression
Study On Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Ventricular Arrhythmia (SOFA)
What Should I Know About Cholesterol?
Where Is the Cardiovascular Continuum Today?
Wrong Diagnosis - Introduction: Heart attack
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
A proinflammatory state is associated with hyperhomocysteinemia in the elderly. (Am J Clin Nutr. 2005)
Admission Glucose and Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction (Circulation. 2005)
Aged garlic extract improves endothelial function in men with coronary artery disease. (Phytother Res. 2005)
Almonds in the diet simultaneously improve plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations and reduce plasma lipids. (J Am Diet Assoc. 2005)
Alpha-tocopherol supplementation favorable effects on blood pressure, blood viscosity and cardiac remodeling of spontaneously hypertensive rats (The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 2005)
An acute inflammatory reaction induced by myocardial damage is superimposed on a chronic inflammation in unstable coronary artery disease (American Heart Journal 2005)
Angina with "normal" coronary arteries: a changing philosophy. (JAMA. 2005)
Aortic Stenosis: Is It Simply a Degenerative Process or an Active Atherosclerotic Process? (Clinical Cardiology 2005)
Assessment of central and peripheral arterial stiffness (American Journal of Hypertension 2005)
Association of C-Reactive Protein With Blood Pressure and Hypertension (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2005)
[Atrial fibrillation.] (Med Klin (Munich). 2005)
Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: an evidence-based approach to prevention. (Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005)
Can doctors and nurses recognize depression in patients hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction in the absence of formal screening? (Psychosom Med. 2005)
Cardiac Autonomic Changes Associated With Fish Oil vs Soy Oil Supplementation in the Elderly (Chest. 2005)
Changes in antioxidant status of myocardium during oxidative stress under the influence of coenzyme Q10. (Biochemistry (Mosc). 2005)
Chest Pain From Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. (Cardiology in Review 2005)
Cognitive function predicts first-time stroke and heart disease (NEUROLOGY 2005)
Coronary heart disease (CHD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. (2004)
Correlates of cognitive impairment among patients with heart failure: Results of a multicenter survey (The American Journal of Medicine 2005)
Correlation of exercise capacity with high-sensitive C-reactive protein in patients with stable coronary artery disease. (Am Heart J. 2005)
Cytokines and cardiovascular disease. (J Leukoc Biol. 2005)
C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease: a critical appraisal. (Curr Opin Cardiol. 2005)
C-Reactive Protein and Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease. The Rotterdam Scan Study (Circulation 2005)
C-Reactive Protein and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Men and Women From the Framingham Heart Study (Arch Intern Med. 2005)
C-Reactive Protein and the 10-Year Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease in Older Men and Women. The Cardiovascular Health Study (Circulation 2005)
C-Reactive Protein in Heart Failure (Circulation. 2005)
C-reactive protein in peripheral arterial disease: Relation to severity of the disease and to future cardiovascular events. (J Vasc Surg. 2005)
C-reactive protein, depressed mood, and the prediction of coronary heart disease in initially healthy men: results from the MONICA–KORA Augsburg Cohort Study 1984–1998 (European Heart Journal 2005)
Daily intake of magnesium and calcium from drinking water in relation to myocardial infarction. (Epidemiology. 2005)
Deep vein thrombosis. (Lancet. 2005)
Defining low risk for coronary heart disease among women with chest pain syndrome: a prospective evaluation. (J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2005)
Depression predicts mortality and hospitalization in patients with myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure (American Heart Journal 205)
Depressive symptoms and inflammation among heart failure patients. (Am Heart J. 2005)
Diet and aging: bearing on thrombosis and hemostasis. (Semin Thromb Hemost. 2005)
Dietary fiber, inflammation, and cardiovascular disease. (Mol Nutr Food Res. 2005)
Diffuse and Active Inflammation Occurs in Both Vulnerable and Stable Plaques of the Entire Coronary Tree (Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005)
Direct comparison of dietary portfolio vs statin on C-reactive protein (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005))
Does eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection help normalize serum lipid and CRP levels? (Dig Dis Sci. 2005)
Early and late mortality after myocardial infarction in men and women: prospective observational study. (Heart. 2005)
Effect of childhood obesity and obesity-related cardiovascular risk factors on glomerular and tubular protein excretion. (Eur J Pediatr. 2005)
Effect of dark chocolate on arterial function in healthy individuals. (Am J Hypertens. 2005)
Effect of exercise training on plasma levels of C-reactive protein in healthy adults: the HERITAGE Family Study. (Eur Heart J. 2005)
Effect of Lowering of Homocysteine Levels on Inflammatory Markers (Arch Intern Med. 2005)
Effect of Physical Activity after Recent Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Cohort Study (Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005)
Effect of supplementation with antioxidants upon long-term risk of hypertension in the SU.VI.MAX study: association with plasma antioxidant levels. (J Hypertens. 2005)
Effects of a-tocopherol, l-arginine, and quercetin on aggregation of human platelets (Nutrition Research 2005)
Effects of soy supplementation on blood lipids and arterial function in hypercholesterolaemic subjects (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005))
Elevated C-Reactive Protein Augments Increased Arterial Stiffness in Subjects With the Metabolic Syndrome (Hypertension. 2005)
Erectile Dysfunction As a Marker for Vascular Disease (Current Urology Reports 2005)
Erectile Dysfunction in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (Int J Impot Res. 2005)
Fibrinogen as a predictor of mortality after acute myocardial infarction: a forty-two-month follow-up study. (Ital Heart J. 2005)
Flavanols and platelet reactivity. (Clin Dev Immunol. 2005)
Frequent non-cardiac comorbidities in patients with chronic heart failure. (Eur J Heart Fail. 2005)
[Group B vitamins as new variables related to the cardiovascular risk] (Ital Heart J Suppl. 2005)
HDL: The 'new' target of cardiovascular medicine. (Int J Cardiol. 2005)
Headache as the only neurological sign of cerebral venous thrombosis: a series of 17 cases (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 2005)
Heart-rate profile during exercise as a predictor of sudden death. (N Engl J Med. 2005)
High prevalence of subclinical peripheral artery disease in Greek hospitalized patients. (Eur J Intern Med. 2005)
High-Dose Folic Acid Acutely Improves Coronary Vasodilator Function in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005)
Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease: A review of current recommendations for screening and treatment. (J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2005)
Homocysteine as a risk factor for CVD mortality in men with other CVD risk factors: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor (KIHD) Study. (J Intern Med. 2005)
Hyponatremia in Congestive Heart Failure (The American Journal of Cardiology 2005)
Hypovitaminosis D, impaired bone turnover and low bone mass are common in patients with peripheral arterial disease. (Osteoporos Int. 2005)
Impact of fasting in Ramadan in patients with cardiac disease. (Saudi Med J. 2005)
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea on right ventricular global function: sleep apnea and myocardial performance index. (Respiration. 2005)
Incidence of cardiovascular disease in older Americans: the cardiovascular health study. (J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005)
Inflammatory markers and cardiovascular health in older adults (Cardiovascular Research 2005)
[Lipids and lipoproteins in women.] (Herz. 2005)
Long-term prognostic value of resting heart rate in patients with suspected or proven coronary artery disease (European Heart Journal 2005)
Lycopene, tomatoes, and coronary heart disease. (Free Radic Res. 2005)
Magnitude of and Risk Factors for In-Hospital and Postdischarge Stroke in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. Findings From a Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Circulation 2005)
Maintenance of Exercise Capacity and Physical Activity Patterns 2 Years After Cardiac Rehabilitation. (J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2005)
Mediterranean diet has no effect on markers of inflammation and metabolic risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease. (Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005)
Metals in Urine and Peripheral Arterial Disease. (Environ Health Perspect. 2005)
Milk consumption, stroke, and heart attack risk: evidence from the Caerphilly cohort of older men (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005)
Multiple Plaque Rupture and C-Reactive Protein in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005)
Nutrition is a powerful independent risk factor for coronary heart disease in women-The CORA Study: a population-based case-control study. (Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005)
Peripheral arterial disease: A high risk – but neglected – disease population (BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2005)
Periodontal Disease and Coronary Heart Disease. A Reappraisal of the Exposure (Circulation 2005)
Periodontal treatment improves endothelial dysfunction in patients with severe periodontitis. (Am Heart J. 2005)
Peripheral Arterial Disease and the Older Adult: More Sinister than It Appears (Clinical Geriatics)
Persistent endothelial dysfunction is related to elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in Type II diabetic patients after acute myocardial infarction. (Clin Sci (Lond). 2005)
Predicting coronary risk in UK South Asians: an adjustment method for Framingham-based tools. (Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2005)
Prevalence and Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Hospital Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Arch Intern Med. 2005)
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in Korean adults. (Int J Cardiol. 2005)
Prevalence of hostility in young coronary artery disease patients and effects of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training. (Mayo Clin Proc. 2005)
Prior exercise training improves the outcome of acute myocardial infarction in the rat: heart structure, function, and gene expression. (J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005)
Prognostic impact of body weight and abdominal obesity in women and men with cardiovascular disease. (Am Heart J. 2005)
Prognostic implications of warfarin cessation after major trauma: a population-based cohort analysis. (Circulation. 2005)
Randomized controlled trial of homocysteine-lowering vitamin treatment in elderly patients with vascular disease (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005)
Relation of C-reactive protein to stroke, cognitive disorders, and depression in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis. (Lancet Neurol. 2005)
Relationship between C-Reactive Protein and the Electrocardiographic Pattern on Admission in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. (Cardiology. 2005)
Relationship between plasma lipids and all-cause mortality in nondemented elderly. (J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005)
Relaxation therapy for rehabilitation and prevention in ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2005)
Renal Disease in Cardiovascular Disorders: An Underrecognized Problem. (Am J Nephrol. 2005)
Sex differences in the effect of diabetes duration on coronary heart disease mortality. (Arch Intern Med. 2005)
Sleep-disordered breathing occurs frequently in stable outpatients with congestive heart failure. (Chest. 2005)
Small hippocampal size in cognitively normal subjects with coronary artery disease. (Neurobiol Aging. 2005)
Stable coronary artery disease. (2005)
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure lowering as determinants of cardiovascular outcome. (Hypertension. 2005)
The association between lifestyle-related factors and plasma homocysteine levels in healthy individuals from the "ATTICA" Study. (Int J Cardiol. 2005)
The Effect of a Plant-Based Diet on Plasma Lipids in Hypercholesterolemic Adults (Annals 2005)
The morbidity and mortality following a diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease: Long term follow-up of a large database. (BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2005)
The novel role of C-reactive protein in cardiovascular disease: Risk marker or pathogen (International Journal of Cardiology 2005)
The relationship between C-reactive protein and subclinical cardiovascular disease in the Diabetes Heart Study (DHS). (Am Heart J. 2005)
Thrombophilic risk factors for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. (J Vasc Surg. 2005)
Traveler's thrombosis: a systematic review. (J Travel Med. 2005)
Usefulness of Bone Mineral Density to Predict Significant Coronary Artery Disease. (Am J Cardiol. 2005)
Utility of C-Reactive Protein Measurement in Risk Stratification During Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (American Journal of Cardiology 2005)
Virgin Olive Oil Study (VOLOS): vasoprotective potential of extra virgin olive oil in mildly dyslipidemic patients. (Eur J Nutr. 2005)
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