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Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009 Cardiology Review Only HOT SEARCHES:   pain management  |  diabetes  |  gardasil   E-mail Address     Password     •   Register   Home Archives Current Issue Past Issues Supplements Web Exclusives Articles Murmurs MOC/CME CME Tests Advertise Media Kit Circulation Classifieds Services Reprints Resource Links Classified Marketplace About About Us Author Guidelines Editorial Advisory Board Murmurs Submissions Info Contact Send Letter to Editor    Network  »  Cardiology Review   Specialties    Cardiology    Endocrinology    Finance/Money    Hospital Medicine    Managed Care    Neurology    Oncology    Oncology Nursing    Pain Management    Pediatrics    Pharmacy    Primary Care    Psychiatry   Additional Resources     Current Issues        Subscribe  Subscribe          Subscribe  Subscribe              Subscribe  Subscribe              Subscribe         Current Issue Issue: December 2008 Volume: 25 Number: 12     Articles - Webexclusives   Article   • Prasugrel versus clopidogrel in aspirin-treated patients with CAD   Departments   Editor's Page   • The truth about DESs and other contemporary cardiology issues   • Editorial Advisory Board   Global Pulse   • Global Pulse   Drug Update   Article   • Vernakalant: Expanding the antiarrhythmic vernacular   Features   • Contemporary stenting practices, optimal antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy, and the continuum of care of patients with cardiovascular disease: A roundtable discussion   Heart Failure   • Community cardiology clinics for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and heart failure in primary care   Case Report   • Use of a specialist cardiology nurse improves patient’s care   Commentary   • Community cardiology clinics improve quality of life but reimbursement system favors procedures over prevention   Preventive Cardiology   Article   • Exercise capacity on treadmill predicts future cardiac events   Case Report   • Exercise capacity should not be overlooked as a predictor of cardiovascular risk   Commentary   • Exercise capacity and cardiovascular risk: Study provides clinicians with important insights               Videos Cardiology Video Quiz A 58-year-old woman with a longstanding history of hypertension presented with numbness on the right side of the body and drooping of the right side of the face. The episode lasted about 30 minutes, after which there was a significant improvement of symptoms... Read the rest of the case report inside and take the quiz!     Web Exclusives Venting This editorial was stimulated one morning when I saw a patient with congestive heart failure and rapid atrial fibrillation (AF).   Blockade of the RAA system in diabetic patients: ACE inhibition, ARBs, and the potential role of direct renin inhibition Modulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system using angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) has been shown to have beneficial effects on blood pressure, diabetic nephropathy, coronary heart disease, and heart failure.   DIGAMI 2 trial post hoc analysis: Lessons in overinterpretation In their post hoc analysis of the DIGAMI 2 (Diabetes Mellitus Insulin-Glucose Infusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction 2) study, Mellbin and colleagues suggest that insulin therapy after myocardial infarction (MI) may be associated with increased clinical events (not mortality), whereas metformin therapy may be associated with reduced events and sulfonylurea therapy with neutral effects.   Prasugrel versus clopidogrel in aspirin-treated patients with CAD We studied platelet adenosine diphosphate P2Y12 receptor antagonism and inhibition of platelet aggregation in patients with stable coronary artery disease.     Resources Reprints Editorial Advisory Board Author Guidelines Media Kit Resource Links             The Network AJMC   |   CardiologyReviewOnline   |   HCPLive   |   MDNGLive   |   OBTNLive   |   PFNLive   |   PharmacyTimes   |   C & E Politics copyright © MDNG. 2006 - 2008 Intellisphere, LLC    All Rights Reserved.