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News from AHA 2009Free

This week, Journal Watch Cardiology brings you breaking news from the American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, Florida. Please have a look at our coverage . . .

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2009 American Heart Association conference — Highlights and clinical commentary

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Hospital Report Cards: What's the EFFECT?

In a Canadian study, public reporting of performance data did not significantly improve quality measures but might have improved patient outcomes.

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Iron Status and Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension

In patients with altitude-induced hypoxia, iron availability had a significant effect on pulmonary artery pressure.

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Price of Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Medications

High adherers had a significantly lower risk for cardiovascular disease.

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Mortality in Dialysis Patients

Risk was elevated for both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular causes.

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Revascularization Is Ineffective for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery StenosisFree

This procedure conferred substantial risk without clinical benefit.

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Folic Acid and Cancer

Cancer incidence and mortality rose with vitamin use.

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Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers in Heart Failure: What Difference Does a Dose Make?

In a randomized trial, high-dose losartan was associated with small but significant improvements in clinical outcomes, compared with a lower dose.

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Should Patients with Heart Failure "Pump" Iron?

In a randomized trial, intravenous iron improved symptoms, even in patients without anemia.

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LV Assistance for End-Stage Heart Failure: Have We Reached Our Destination?

A continuous-flow device achieves impressive results in a randomized trial.

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Treating Post-CABG Depression via Telephone Care Management

The collaborative care model for depression treatment shows its strength in a study of depressed cardiac patients.

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Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections: The Surge Continues

The incidence of infection is increasing faster than the rate of implantation.

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Depression Is Bad for Your Heart

And attaining remission significantly improves mortality risk in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

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Varenicline Use and Risk for Self-Harm and Suicide

Patients who received varenicline, bupropion, or nicotine replacement all had similar risks.

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Surgical Masks or N95 Respirators for the Flu?Free

In a randomized trial, surgical masks and N95 respirators provided healthcare workers with comparable protection against influenza.

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Journal Watch Cardiology summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of cardiovascular subjects including angina, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stents, stroke and ventricular fibrillation.

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Cardiology Editor-in-Chief

Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Harold H. Hines, Jr., Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

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