February 10th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: February 10th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include two reports of cobalt-induced heart failure, a comparison of CABG and PCI, and more.
February 4th, 2014
Blood Pressure Trajectory Over 25 Years Predicts Atherosclerosis Risk
Larry Husten, PHD
Everyone knows that blood pressure is one of the most important measurements of cardiovascular risk. Less well known is that most studies of blood pressure have relied on single or isolated measurements of blood pressure. Few studies have even attempted to examine the significance of blood pressure patterns over a long period of time. Now, in […]
January 27th, 2014
Prevention Guidelines in Practice: Vignette 3
Siqin Ye, MD
Tell us how you’d determine this 41-year-old African American woman’s 10-year CVD risk, and if you’d put her on a statin.
October 21st, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: October 21st
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include cholecalciferol to reduce BP in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension, the FREEDOM trial, and more.
September 16th, 2013
Realistic Expectations for Renal Denervation
Larry Husten, PHD
Early trials of renal denervation have resulted in extremely impressive drops in systolic blood pressure approximating 30 mm Hg. These results have sparked a great deal of excitement in the hypertension community and stirred the interest of a multitude of medical device companies. Some experts have proclaimed renal denervation a potential “cure” for resistant hypertension, […]
September 7th, 2013
Visit-to-Visit Variability in Systolic BP Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
John Chalmers, MD phD and John Ryan, MD
John Chalmers and his coauthors discuss their analysis of data from the ADVANCE trial.
August 27th, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 27th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include BP and mortality in U.S. veterans with CKD and improved BP control associated with a large-scale hypertension program.
November 23rd, 2012
Undiagnosed Hypertension in Younger Adults
Heather M Johnson, MD, MS
Dr. Johnson answers questions about her research group’s study of undiagnosed hypertension in younger adults.
October 1st, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: October 1st
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include exercise and mortality in those with diabetes, BP targets in those with type-2 diabetes, and the diagnostic accuracy of FFR from CT angiography.
August 20th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 20th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include studies on the benefits of drug-eluting vs. bare-metal stents, using walking speed and blood pressure measurements to predict mortality in the elderly, stroke and bleeding in AF with chronic kidney disease, and the diagnosis and management of peripheral artery disease.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- Strategies and Criteria for the Diagnosis and Management of Myocarditis
- Sex-Based Disparity in CABG Outcomes: Are We Moving Toward Parity?
- Can Genetic and Social Risk Scores Improve Cardiac Risk Prediction?
- Extensive Ablation vs. Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
- Can a Novel Stent Design Improve Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?