High plasma levels of adiponectin are associated with a moderately decreased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in men with type 2 diabetes, research...
The QRS duration seen on electrocardiography is directly related to left ventricular (LV) mass and dimensions. By contrast, the duration is inversely tied to...
Supplementation with folate and vitamin B12 reduces the risk of fracture in the elderly who have had a stroke, according to the results of a randomized study...
Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) face an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, a large retrospective study shows. The findings suggest CVD risk...
Regurgitant orifice area predicts outcome in mitral regurgitation, according to the results of a prospective study published in the March 3 issue of the New...
Pulse oximetry of the toes may be as accurate as ankle-brachial index (ABI) for the screening of lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) in patients with type...
Pioglitazone can improve insulin resistance and lipid profiles in HIV patients with metabolic syndrome due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), a...
Findings from an animal study suggest that primary beta-cell dysfunction plays a key role in the pathogenesis of low birth weight (LBW)-associated type 2...
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Results of a new study provide more evidence, in a larger population of patients, that the combination of a fibrate and a statin is an effective therapeutic...
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a novel early blood marker of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with chest pain but a non-diagnostic...
Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy, labor and delivery occurs rarely, but the incidence has increased in the last 10 years, according to a study...
Giving type 2 diabetic patients the option of using an insulin inhaler may help them comply with insulin treatment recommendations, findings from a new study...
In patients with a history of transient ischemic attack or stroke, treatment to reduce homocysteine levels does not reduce blood markers of vascular...
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Laparoscopic gastric bypass is a safe method of achieving weight loss in older patients and the benefits in this age group are similar to those seen in younger...
The obesity paradox lives on: Overweight and obese patients with multivessel coronary artery disease seem to fare better after coronary artery bypass surgery...
Treatment with ACE inhibitors may selectively improve cognitive functioning of older patients with heart failure in a dose-dependent manner, and independently...
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In patients who have undergone cardiac resynchronization therapy, tissue synchronization imaging helps to diagnose regional wall delay and also to predict left...
Variants in the gene for ubiquilin 1 (UBQLN1) on chromosome 9q22 appear to markedly increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in The New...
Although testing blood glucose levels at the forearm yields results similar to those obtained from fingerprick during normoglycemia and hyperglycemia, it may...
Although the aforementioned trials demonstrated numerous clinical benefits with CRT, they primarily enrolled class III patients, making it difficult to...
HF in dilated hearts with LV systolic dysfunction is generally a progressive disorder that may be precipitated by a number of comorbidities, including chronic...
By pacing the left ventricle in concert with the right, CRT aims to reduce or eliminate dyssynchrony and improve cardiac performance. A growing body of...
Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disorder that is reaching near epidemic proportions in the United States as the population ages. An estimated 5 million...
The COMPANION study, the single largest CRT trial to date, was designed to detect a reduction in mortality and hospitalization with CRT or combined CRT-D...
Although NYHA class IV patients were included in most of the large CRT trials, a preponderance of the enrollees were class III patients, making it difficult to...
At present, the only formally published study that has enrolled class II patients and analyzed them using a separate primary endpoint is the recently published...
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