Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2011
Review Practice Guideline2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Stroke Association, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Society for Vascular Medicine, and Society for Vascular Surgery.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2011
Review Practice Guideline2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Stroke Association, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and Prevention, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Society for Vascular Medicine, and Society for Vascular Surgery.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2011
Comparative StudyDevelopment and validation of a novel method to derive central aortic systolic pressure from the radial pressure waveform using an n-point moving average method.
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the novel application of a simple n-point moving average (NPMA)--a mathematical low pass filter--to noninvasively derive central aortic systolic pressure (CASP) from the radial artery pressure waveform (RAPWF) in humans. ⋯ We show that an NPMA with a denominator of one-quarter of the tonometer sampling frequency accurately defines CASP when applied to noninvasively acquired RAPWFs in man. These novel findings have important implications for the simplification of noninvasive CASP measurement and its wider application in clinical trials and clinical practice.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2011
Comparative StudyDiastolic tissue Doppler indexes correlate with the degree of collagen expression and cross-linking in heart failure and normal ejection fraction.
We attempted to correlate echocardiographic analysis of diastolic function with changes of myocardial collagen in middle-aged patients with heart failure (HF) despite normal ejection fraction (EF). ⋯ Patients with HFNEF showed increased content of myocardial collagen type I, enhanced collagen cross-linking, and LOX expression, which were associated with impaired diastolic tissue Doppler parameters.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2011
Comparative Studyβ-trace protein and cystatin C as predictors of long-term outcomes in patients with acute heart failure.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic importance of novel markers of renal dysfunction among patients with acutely destabilized heart failure (ADHF). ⋯ Among patients hospitalized with ADHF, BTP and cystatin C predict risk of death and/or HF hospitalization and are superior to standard measures of renal function for this indication.