Showing papers in "Current Problems in Cardiology in 2010"

TL;DR: The varying incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates reflect the different levels of risk factors, other competing causes of death, availability of resources to combat cardiovascular disease, and the stage of epidemiologic transition that each country or region finds itself.

TL;DR: The current guidelines for AAA management are outlined and modern scientific techniques currently employed to identify improved diagnostic and prognostic markers are discussed.

TL;DR: The purpose of the present review is to systematically investigate the accuracy of noninvasive imaging techniques in the identification of plaque components and morphologic characteristics associated with plaque vulnerability, assessing their clinical and diagnostic value.

TL;DR: Most large or fatal pulmonary embolisms at autopsy were unsuspected ante mortem, and newly identified clinical characteristics of PE enhance the ability to identify potential patients.

TL;DR: Current and potential future therapeutic options in end-stage heart failure are reviewed and miniaturization, increased device durability, and complete implantability may render LVADs an option in earlier stages of heart failure, as a bridge to myocardial recovery or even as a viable alternative to transplantation.

TL;DR: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance provides the opportunity for a truly comprehensive evaluation of patients with a history of myocardial infarction, with regard to characterizing the extent of disease, effect on left ventricular function, and degree of viable myocardium.

TL;DR: This review describes the diagnosis, mechanisms, etiology, and management of monomorphic and polymorphic VT, with attention to recent advances in biological understanding and the most current therapeutic recommendations.

TL;DR: The evidence for current antiplatelet agents in ACSs as well as for the newer agents in later phases of clinical testing is reviewed.

TL;DR: A hypothesis on the absent effect of statins is proposed, and suggestions for further research paths are suggested, covering the major known contributors to the pathophysiology of calcific aortic valve disease.

TL;DR: The use of fluoroscopic, computed tomographic, and echo imaging for rapidly evolving percutaneous valve technologies are described with a focus on providing clinical pearls and perspective on each imaging tool.

TL;DR: The classification of patients with angina pectoris into various subgroups, which clearly differ in risk based on the patient's characteristics, is difficult because of the variation in intensity of the "chest discomfort".

TL;DR: Some of the technical aspects of coronary computed tomographic angiography are discussed and the spectrum of coronary abnormalities that may be detected with this modality is reviewed.

TL;DR: The Cardiovascular Group at the Katholieke niversiteit in Leuven, Belgium are recognized experts in the field and have provided a careful, comprehensive, and critical review of the vailable studies.