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Coronary artery calcium score as a predictor for incident stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis
The objective of this study was to investigate the predictive value of CACS obtained by non-contrast electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography for incident stroke.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - February 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kongkiat Chaikriangkrai, Hye Yeon Jhun, Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha, Aref Bin Abdulhak, Gardar Sigurdsson, Faisal Nabi, John J. Mahmarian, Su Min Chang Source Type: research

Correlation Between Intracranial Arterial Calcification and Imaging of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Conclusion: Intracranial artery calcification is common in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and the intracranial carotid artery is most frequently affected. Intracranial arterial calcifications might be associated with imaging markers of SVD and are highly correlated with WMHs, lacunes, and CMBs. Quantification of calcification on CT provides additional information on the pathophysiology of SVD. Intracranial arterial calcification could act as a potential marker of SVD. Introduction Atherosclerosis is a systemic vascular process that is considered a major cause of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular di...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 30, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Risk Factors Influencing Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation in ALLHAT.
CONCLUSIONS: AF/AFL is a significant risk factor for stroke, HF, and mortality. Additional risk factors for these outcomes were generally similar for participants with and without baseline or incident AF/AFL. PMID: 30126559 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - August 22, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research

Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Approval of PONVORY ™ (ponesimod), an Oral Treatment for Adults with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Proven Superior to Aubagio® (teriflunomide) in Reducing Annual Relapses and Brain Lesions
TITUSVILLE, N.J. – (March 19, 2021) – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved PONVORY™ (ponesimod), a once-daily oral selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1) modulator, to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease.1,2,3 PONVORY™ offers MS patients superior efficacy in reducing annualized relapse rates compared to an established oral therapy and a proven safety profile backed by ove...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 19, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news

A Multimodality Strategy for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: Performance in Two Population-Based Cohorts.
Conclusions -Among adults without known CVD, a novel multimodality testing strategy using ECG-LVH, CAC, NT-proBNP, hs-cTnT and hs-CRP significantly improved global CVD and ASCVD risk assessment. PMID: 28360032 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation - March 30, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: de Lemos JA, Ayers CR, Levine BD, deFilippi CR, Wang TJ, Hundley WG, Berry JD, Seliger SL, McGuire DK, Ouyang P, Drazner MH, Budoff MJ, Greenland P, Ballantyne CM, Khera A Tags: Circulation Source Type: research

Multidetector CT assessment of caseous mitral valve calcification with evidence of fistulous communication to the left ventricle
Idiopathic mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a common finding with increasing age, with up to 10% of patients undergoing a transthoracic echocardiogram study (TTE) found to have some degree of this phenomenon. Pathologically MAC is characterized by calcium deposition in the mitral valve annulus and subjacent myocardium. In the vast majority of cases it is considered a benign incidental finding of no clinical significance. Caseous degeneration of MAC (CDMAC) is a rare variant whereby the calcification undergoes central liquefactive softening. The pathophysiology of CDMAC is incompletely understood but it is usually a fo...
Source: Clinical Radiology - June 28, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: J.K. Teoh, E.T.D. Hoey, V. Pakala, H. Simpson, J.R. Panting Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research

Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study: Objectives, Methods, and Cohort Description
ConclusionsThe MASALA study will provide novel data on the prevalence and associations of cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in South Asians living in the United States.
Source: Clinical Cardiology - November 5, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Alka M. Kanaya, Namratha Kandula, David Herrington, Matthew J. Budoff, Stephen Hulley, Eric Vittinghoff, Kiang Liu Tags: Trial Design Source Type: research

U Wave Variability in the Surface ECG
A 72‐year‐old man with heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction 20%), prior ischemic stroke, COPD, and exacerbation of chronic renal failure was admitted in our unit. Serum potassium was 6.1 mmol/L, calcium concentration was at the lower normal range 2.15 mmol/L, and NT‐pro‐BNP was 28,900 pg/mL. The surface 12‐lead electrocardiogram (ECG) showed sinus rhythm at 60 bpm, PR interval 160 ms, QRS duration 115 ms, QT interval 460 ms, and left ventricular hypertrophy criteria. Negative T waves in leads I, II, aVL, and V4–V6 were also seen. In leads V4–V6, negative U waves were observed in conc...
Source: Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology - April 21, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Piotr Kukla, Adrian Baranchuk, Marek Jastrzębski, Leszek Bryniarski Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: research

The Case Files: When a Spade is Not a Spade
Turrin, Danielle DO; Sattler, Steven DO; Amodeo, Dana DO A 25-year-old Hispanic man presented to the emergency department with a complaint of three days of left-sided precordial chest pain. He described the pain as a constant 6/10 with pressure-like discomfort radiating to his left arm and the left side of his neck. He also experienced nausea, but denied any provocative or palliative factors. He said he had not experienced anything similar to this before. He had no family history of heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac death. He admitted to a 1.5 pack-per-day smoking history and social alcohol use,...
Source: The Case Files - August 26, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research

New Insights from Major Prospective Cohort Studies with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR)
Abstract Since 1948, epidemiology studies played an important role in understanding cardiovascular disease and afforded an opportunity to learn about newer diagnostic tests. In 2000, the MESA Study incorporated several advanced cardiovascular imaging modalities including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and coronary artery calcium scans. The decade of follow-up enabled prognosis studies, an important step beyond association studies. In brief, left ventricular hypertrophy by cardiac MRI predicted incident heart failure and stroke. In the MESA Study, coronary artery calcium was a better predictor of coronar...
Source: Current Cardiology Reports - May 5, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Visual estimate of coronary artery calcium predicts cardiovascular disease in COPD
Conclusions A simple visual score for CAC performs well in predicting prevalent CAD and incident CVD in smokers with and without COPD.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 7, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bhatt, S., Kazerooni, E., Newell, J., Hokanson, J., Budoff, M., Dass, C., Bodduluri, S., Jacobson, F., Yen, A., Dransfield, M., Fuhrman, C., Tashjian, J., Nath, H. Tags: 1.12 Clinical Problems - COPD Source Type: research

Cardiovascular Event Prediction by Machine Learning: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Conclusions: Machine learning in conjunction with deep phenotyping improve prediction accuracy in cardiovascular event prediction in an initially asymptomatic population. These methods may lead to greater insights regarding subclinical disease markers without apriori assumptions of causality. PMID: 28794054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Research - August 9, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ambale-Venkatesh B, Yang X, Wu CO, Liu K, Hundley WG, McClelland RL, Gomes AS, Folsom AR, Shea S, Guallar E, Bluemke DA, Lima JA Tags: Circ Res Source Type: research

The Case Files: When a Spade is Not a Spade
Turrin, Danielle DO; Sattler, Steven DO; Amodeo, Dana DO A 25-year-old Hispanic man presented to the emergency department with a complaint of three days of left-sided precordial chest pain. He described the pain as a constant 6/10 with pressure-like discomfort radiating to his left arm and the left side of his neck. He also experienced nausea, but denied any provocative or palliative factors. He said he had not experienced anything similar to this before. He had no family history of heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac death. He admitted to a 1.5 pack-per-day smoking history and social alcohol us...
Source: The Case Files - August 26, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research

Outcomes with a latest generation self-expandable, intra-annular, re-sheathable transcatheter heart valve system: analysis of patients with impaired left ventricular function and determinants for pacemaker implantation
ConclusionsThe Portico valve demonstrates a satisfying safety outcome, especially for patients with impaired LV function. Results of the CE-mark trial were confirmed, except for higher PPM rates. PPM rates are in accordance with other reports on this TAVI platform.
Source: Clinical Research in Cardiology - April 28, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research