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Harvard Heart Letter October 2008: References and further reading

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Harvard Heart Letter October 2008: References and further reading

Dialing 911

Thuresson M, Jarlov MB, Lindahl B, Svensson L, Zedigh C, Herlitz J. Factors that influence the use of ambulance in acute coronary syndrome. American Heart Journal 2008; 156:170-6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18585513

Alcohol and women

Ikehara S, Iso H, Toyoshima H, et al. Alcohol Consumption and Mortality From Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease Among Japanese Men and Women. The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study. Stroke 2008. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18617651

Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Yaun SS, et al. Alcohol and breast cancer in women: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. Journal of the American Medical Association 1998; 279:535-40. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9480365

Ankle-brachial index

Ankle Brachial Index Collaboration. Ankle brachial index combined with Framingham Risk Score to predict cardiovascular events and mortality: a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Association 2008; 300:197-208. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18612117

Less-invasive valve surgery

Tabata M, Umakanthan R, Cohn LH, et al. Early and late outcomes of 1000 minimally invasive aortic valve operations. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2008; 33:537-41. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18255305

Soltesz EG, Cohn LH. Minimally invasive valve surgery. Cardiology in Review 2007; 15:109-15. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17438376

Coffee and the heart

Lopez-Garcia E, van Dam RM, Li TY, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Hu FB. The relationship of coffee consumption with mortality. Annals of Internal Medicine 2008; 148:904-14. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18559841

CT scans and pacemakers

FDA preliminary public health notification: possible malfunction of electronic medical devices caused by computed tomography (CT) scanning. www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/071408-ctscanning.html

Potassium and blood pressure

Houston MC, Harper KJ. Potassium, magnesium, and calcium: their role in both the cause and treatment of hypertension. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2008; 10:3-11. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18607145

Obesity surgery and heart disease

Batsis JA, Romero-Corral A, Collazo-Clavell ML, Sarr MG, Somers VK, Lopez-Jimenez F. Effect of bariatric surgery on the metabolic syndrome: a population-based, long-term controlled study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2008; 83:897-907. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18674474

Spironolactone and fractures

Carbone LD, Cross JD, Raza SH, et al. Fracture risk in men with congestive heart failure risk reduction with spironolactone. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008; 52:135-8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18598893

Statins and heart surgery

Liakopoulos OJ, Choi YH, Haldenwang PL, et al. Impact of preoperative statin therapy on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of over 30,000 patients. European Heart Journal 2008; 29:1548-59. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18506053

Blood pressure medicines and taste

Doty RL, Philip S, Reddy K, Kerr KL. Influences of antihypertensive and antihyperlipidemic drugs on the senses of taste and smell: a review. Journal of Hypertension 2003; 21:1805-13. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=14508182

Doty RL, Shah M, Bromley SM. Drug-induced taste disorders. Drug Safety 2008; 31:199-215. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18302445