Volume 11, issue 1, December 2011
78 articles in this issue
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Novel association patterns of cardiac remodeling markers in patients with essential hypertension and atrial fibrillation
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Andreas S Kalogeropoulos
- Sotirios Tsiodras
- Ioannis Rizos
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 December 2011
- Article: 77
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Needs and barriers to improve the collaboration in oral anticoagulant therapy: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Hanneke W Drewes
- Mattijs S Lambooij
- Gert P Westert
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2011
- Article: 76
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Abdominal aortic calcification quantified by the Morphological Atherosclerotic Calcification Distribution (MACD) index is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Natasha Barascuk
- Melanie Ganz
- Claus Christiansen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2011
- Article: 75
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Systematic review: comparative effectiveness of adjunctive devices in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention of native vessels
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Diana M Sobieraj
- C Michael White
- Craig I Coleman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2011
- Article: 74
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Evaluation of coronary blood flow velocity during cardiac arrest with circulation maintained through mechanical chest compressions in a porcine model
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Henrik Wagner
- Bjarne Madsen Hardig
- Goran K Olivecrona
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2011
- Article: 73
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Role of aldosterone on lung structural remodelling and right ventricular function in congestive heart failure
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Andreanne Chabot
- Bao Hua Jiang
- Jocelyn Dupuis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2011
- Article: 72
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The higher exercise intensity and the presence of allele I of ACE gene elicit a higher post-exercise blood pressure reduction and nitric oxide release in elderly women: an experimental study
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Hugo AP Santana
- Sérgio R Moreira
- Herbert G Simões
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2011
- Article: 71
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Diabetes Health, Residence & Metabolism in Asians: the DHRMA study, research into foods from the Indian subcontinent - a blinded, randomised, placebo controlled trial
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jeetesh V Patel
- Elizabeth A Hughes
- Paramjit S Gill
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2011
- Article: 70
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Prevalence of major infections and adverse outcomes among hospitalized. ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients in Florida, 2006
Authors
- Michelle C Nash
- Joel A Strom
- Elizabeth B Pathak
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2011
- Article: 69
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Adherence to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for chronic heart failure - A national survey of the cardiologists in Pakistan
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Sana Shoukat
- Saqib A Gowani
- Sajid H Dhakam
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 November 2011
- Article: 68
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Association between carotid area calcifications and periodontal risk: a cross sectional study of panoramic radiographic findings
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ralph Tiller
- Wolfgang Bengel
- Dirk Ziebolz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2011
- Article: 67
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Genotype-informed estimation of risk of coronary heart disease based on genome-wide association data linked to the electronic medical record
Authors
- Keyue Ding
- Kent R Bailey
- Iftikhar J Kullo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2011
- Article: 66
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Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among the elderly living in their home in Tunisia
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Sonia Hammami
- Sounira Mehri
- Fathi Betbout
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2011
- Article: 65
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Giant pulmonary artery aneurysm in a patient with vasoreactive pulmonary hypertension: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Inês Araújo
- Pilar Escribano
- Jose Cortina
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 21 October 2011
- Article: 64
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Variation of mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery in relation to hour, day and month of the procedure
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ann Coumbe
- Ranjit John
- Selcuk Adabag
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 October 2011
- Article: 63
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Novel Toll-like receptor-4 deficiency attenuates trastuzumab (Herceptin) induced cardiac injury in mice
Authors
- Nasser Ghaly Yousif
- Fadhil G Al-amran
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 October 2011
- Article: 62
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Improving interMediAte Risk management. MARK study
Authors (first, second and last of 14)
- Ruth MartÃ
- DÃdac Parramon
- Rafel Ramos
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2011
- Article: 61
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The effect of an educational intervention on coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients' participation rate in cardiac rehabilitation programs: a controlled health care trial
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Rachel Dankner
- Galit Geulayov
- Yaakov Drory
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 08 October 2011
- Article: 60
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Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in subjects with moderate cardiovascular risk: Italian results from the PANDORA study Data from PANDORA (Prevalence of peripheral Arterial disease in subjects with moderate CVD risk, with No overt vascular Diseases nor Diabetes mellitus)
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Guido Sanna
- Donatella Alesso
- the PANDORA study investigators
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2011
- Article: 59
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A Retrospective Cohort Study of the Potency of lipid-lowering therapy and Race-gender Differences in LDL cholesterol control
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Barbara J Turner
- Christopher S Hollenbeak
- Simon SK Tang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 September 2011
- Article: 58
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B-type natriuretic peptide and high sensitive C-reactive protein predict 2-year all cause mortality in chest pain patients: a prospective observational study from Salta, Argentina
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Ricardo León de la Fuente
- Patrycja A Naesgaard
- Dennis WT Nilsen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2011
- Article: 57
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Cardiac medication prescribing and adherence after acute myocardial infarction in Chinese and South Asian Canadian patients
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Emily J Lai
- Maja Grubisic
- Nadia A Khan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 September 2011
- Article: 56
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HYPEST study: profile of hypertensive patients in Estonia
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Elin Org
- Gudrun Veldre
- Maris Laan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 August 2011
- Article: 55
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Factors associated with shunt dynamic in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale: an observational cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Christian Tanislav
- Maximilian Puille
- Frank Reichenberger
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 August 2011
- Article: 54
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Cut off values of waist circumference & associated cardiovascular risk in egyptians
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- M Mohsen Ibrahim
- Ahmed A Elamragy
- Mona A Nour
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 August 2011
- Article: 53
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Acute kidney injury in septua- and octogenarians after cardiac surgery
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Michael Ried
- Thomas Puehler
- Claudius Diez
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 August 2011
- Article: 52
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Establishing baseline criteria of cardio-ankle vascular index as a new indicator of arteriosclerosis: a cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tsukasa Namekata
- Kenji Suzuki
- Kohji Shirai
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 August 2011
- Article: 51
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The research on endothelial function in women and men at risk for cardiovascular disease (REWARD) study: methodology
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Simon L Bacon
- Kim L Lavoie
- Alain Vadeboncoeur
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 10 August 2011
- Article: 50
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Cardiac arrest associated with sildenafil ingestion in a patient with an abnormal origin of the left coronary artery: case report
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Bruno C Huber
- Franz von Ziegler
- Alexander Becker
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2011
- Article: 49
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Serum neuron-specific enolase as predictor of outcome in comatose cardiac-arrest survivors: a prospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Cédric Daubin
- Charlotte Quentin
- Damien du Cheyron
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2011
- Article: 48
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Lipid-lowering drugs in ischaemic heart disease: A quasi-experimental uncontrolled before-and-after study of the effectiveness of clinical practice guidelines
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Rosa Dalmau
- Miriam Boira
- Josep M Pepió
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 04 August 2011
- Article: 47
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Adherence with statins in a real-life setting is better when associated cardiovascular risk factors increase: a cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Philippe Latry
- Mathieu Molimard
- Karin Martin-Latry
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 July 2011
- Article: 46
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Behavior in a stressful situation, personality factors, and disease severity in patients with acute myocardial infarction: baseline findings from the prospective cohort study SECAMI (The Secondary Prevention and Compliance following Acute Myocardial Infarction-study)
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Lena André-Petersson
- Mona Schlyter
- Bo Hedblad
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 July 2011
- Article: 45
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Ultrasound screening for asymptomatic carotid stenosis in subjects with calcifications in the area of the carotid arteries on panoramic radiographs: a cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Elias P Johansson
- Jan Ahlqvist
- Per Wester
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 July 2011
- Article: 44
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Possible involvement of caveolin in attenuation of cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning in diabetic rat heart
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Preeti Ajmani
- Harlokesh N Yadav
- Pyare L Sharma
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 July 2011
- Article: 43
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Recent hospitalization for Non-coronary events and use of preventive medications for coronary artery disease: An observational cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Steven M Bradley
- Chris L Bryson
- Stephan D Fihn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 July 2011
- Article: 42
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High sensitive troponin T and heart fatty acid binding protein: Novel biomarker in heart failure with normal ejection fraction?: A cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Wilfried Dinh
- Werner Nickl
- Melchior Seyfarth
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 July 2011
- Article: 41
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Cardiovascular risk factor treatment targets and renal complications in high risk vascular patients: a cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sharmini Selvarajah
- Yolanda vD Graaf
- the SMART study group
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 July 2011
- Article: 40
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Differences in presentation of symptoms between women and men with intermittent claudication
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Birgitta Sigvant
- Fredrik Lundin
- Eric Wahlberg
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 June 2011
- Article: 39
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Racial variation in lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2in older adults
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Keane K Lee
- Stephen P Fortmann
- Carlos Iribarren
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 June 2011
- Article: 38
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Renal function at the time of a myocardial infarction maintains prognostic value for more than 10 years
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Thomas Kümler
- Gunnar H Gislason
- Christian Torp-Pedersen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Article: 37
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Erectile dysfunction, physical activity and metabolic syndrome: differences in markers of atherosclerosis
Authors
- Hanna Pohjantähti-Maaroos
- Ari Palomäki
- Juha Hartikainen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Article: 36
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Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: evidence from a population-based cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Frank M Sanfilippo
- Michael ST Hobbs
- Joseph Hung
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 June 2011
- Article: 35
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Routine invasive management after fibrinolysis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials
Authors
- Peter Bogaty
- Kristian B Filion
- James M Brophy
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 June 2011
- Article: 34
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COPE-ICD: A randomised clinical trial studying the effects and meaning of a comprehensive rehabilitation programme for ICD recipients -design, intervention and population
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Selina K Berg
- Jesper H Svendsen
- Preben U Pedersen
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 17 June 2011
- Article: 33
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A systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of 64-slice or higher computed tomography angiography as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography in the investigation of suspected coronary artery disease
Authors
- Daniel C Paech
- Adèle R Weston
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 June 2011
- Article: 32
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Circulating Angiopoietins-1 and -2, Angiopoietin Receptor Tie-2 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A as Biomarkers of Acute Myocardial Infarction: a Prospective Nested Case-Control Study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Carlos Iribarren
- Bruce H Phelps
- Norman Orentreich
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 June 2011
- Article: 31
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Intimal Hyperplasia in Balloon Dilated Coronary Arteries is Reduced by Local Delivery of the NO Donor, SIN-1 Via a cGMP-Dependent Pathway
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jan Harnek
- Evita Zoucas
- Unne Stenram
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 June 2011
- Article: 30
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GWAS for discovery and replication of genetic loci associated with sudden cardiac arrest in patients with coronary artery disease
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Bradley E Aouizerat
- Eric Vittinghoff
- Zian H Tseng
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 June 2011
- Article: 29