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April 2010 references and further reading

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American Ideal

Lloyd-Jones DM, Hong Y, Labarthe D, et al. Defining and setting national goals for cardiovascular health promotion and disease reduction: the American Heart Association's strategic Impact Goal through 2020 and beyond. Circulation 2010; 121:586-613.

Exercise stress test

Gibbons RJ, Balady GJ, Bricker JT, et al. ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1997 Exercise Testing Guidelines). Circulation 2002; 106:1883-92.

A personal approach to heart failure

Riegel B, Moser DK, Anker SD, et al. State of the science: promoting self-care in persons with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2009; 120:1141-63.

Taming a killer

Data on heart attack deaths were culled from the National Hospital Discharge Survey and its precursor, Utilization of Short-Stay Hospitals: Annual Summary of the United States.

Braunwald E. Evolution of the management of acute myocardial infarction: a 20th century saga. The Lancet 1998; 352:1771-4.

Heidenreich PA, McClellan M. Trends in treatment and outcomes for acute myocardial infarction: 1975-1995. American Journal of Medicine 2001; 110:165-74.

Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, et al. Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006. JAMA 2009; 302:767-73.

Dual protection

Middleton LE, Yaffe K. Promising strategies for the prevention of dementia. Archives of Neurology 2009; 66:1210-5.

In Brief

Meridia warning: Follow-Up to the November 2009 Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review of Sibutramine, Marketed as Meridia. Food and Drug Administration, published online, 21 January 2010.

Salt and heart disease: Bibbins-Domingo K, Chertow GM, Coxson PG, et al. Projected effect of dietary salt reductions on future cardiovascular disease. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 362:590-9.

Lung disease affects the heart: Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Ahmed FS, et al. Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling. New England Journal of Medicine 2010; 362:217-27.

Fish oil and longer life: Farzaneh-Far R, Lin J, Epel ES, Harris WS, Blackburn EH, Whooley MA. Association of marine omega-3 fatty acid levels with telomeric aging in patients with coronary heart disease. JAMA 2010; 303:250-7.