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Cardiology
The purpose of this study was to test the safety and efficacy of pioglitazone and simvastatin in combination versus each drug individually in non-diabetic subjects with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Cardiology
We conducted a randomized, blinded, controlled study evaluating the impact of anterior fat pad (AFP) maintenance on postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) incidence.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Cardiology
This study sought to assess the determinants of platelet nitric oxide (NO) responsiveness in diabetic patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and the short-term effects of aggressive glycemic control on these factors.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Cardiology
The aims of this study were: 1) to evaluate risk factors influencing the clinical course of mutation-confirmed adult patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS), 2) to study life-threatening cardiac events as a specific end point in adults, and 3) to examine the protective effect of beta-blocker therapy on cardiac events in adult LQTS patients with known cardiac channel mutations.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Cardiology
The aim of this study was to define the spatiotemporal distribution of intracardiac alternans and its relationship to body surface alternans in humans.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Oncology
A small population of distinctive breast-cancer cells can recapitulate an entire breast cancer when injected into immunodeficient mice. These cells express a unique group of genes, which when expressed in patients with breast cancer portend a poor outcome.
New England Journal of Medicine - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Oncology
The light appearance of epithelium and stroma in a mammogram (mammographic density) can hide the presence of a cancer. A careful study of this problem found that extensive mammographic density is an important risk factor for breast cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Neurology
A new genetic risk factor - the second since the 1993 discovery of the apolipoprotein E 4 gene - for late-onset Alzheimer's disease has been identified.
Medscape - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Cardiology
A workplace stress-management program based on cognitive restructuring and relaxation training reduced heart-rate variability and decreased blood pressure in office workers undergoing stress.
Medscape - Thu, 18 January 2007
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Nephrology
In this prospective study, patients with chronic kidney disease had an increased risk of developing peripheral arterial disease. Screening strategies are needed for early detection.
Medscape - Thu, 18 January 2007
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