Pain relief balancing act

Ray WA, Varas-Lorenzo C, Chung CP, et al. Cardiovascular risks of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in patients after hospitalization for serious coronary heart disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2009; 2:155-163.

Solomon DH. Searching for a safe analgesic in patients with cardiovascular disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2009; 2:146-147.

Antman EM, Bennett JS, Daugherty A, Furberg C, Roberts H, Taubert KA. Use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs: an update for clinicians: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2007; 115:1634-42.

Walk often, walk far

Ades PA, Savage PD, Toth MJ, et al. High-calorie-expenditure exercise: a new approach to cardiac rehabilitation for overweight coronary patients. Circulation 2009; 119:2671-8.

Treating sleep apnea may pay off for the heart

Mehra R, Stone KL, Varosy PD, et al. Nocturnal arrhythmias across a spectrum of obstructive and central sleep-disordered breathing in older men: outcomes of sleep disorders in older men (MrOS sleep) study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2009; 169:1147-55.

Oliveira W, Cintra F, Campos O, et al. Impact of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on left atrial volume and function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea assessed by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2009; 22(5):Abstract P2-01.

Decision Memo for Sleep Testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) (CAG-00405N). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Accessed on 23 June 2009.

Information on the Sleep Apnea Cardiovascular Endpoints (SAVE) trial

Double treatment for heart attack

Cantor WJ, Fitchett D, Borgundvaag B, et al. Routine early angioplasty after fibrinolysis for acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine 2009; 360:2705-18.

Anxious about angina

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Ciechanowski PS, Soine LA, Jordan-Keith K, Caldwell JH, Sullivan MD. Psychosocial modulators of angina response to myocardial ischemia. Circulation 2009; 120:126-133.

In brief

Stockings and stroke: Dennis M, Sandercock PA, Reid J, et al. Effectiveness of thigh-length graduated compression stockings to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis after stroke (CLOTS trial 1): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2009; 373:1958-65.

Controlling blood pressure: Wald DS, Law M, Morris JK, Bestwick JP, Wald NJ. Combination therapy versus monotherapy in reducing blood pressure: meta-analysis on 11,000 participants from 42 trials. American Journal of Medicine 2009; 122:290-300.