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August 2010 references and further reading

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Shining a light on thoracic aortic disease

Hiratzka LF, Bakris GL, Beckman JA, et al. 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010; 55:e27-e129.

Red meat: avoid the processed stuff

Micha R, Wallace SK, Mozaffarian D. Red and processed meat consumption and risk of incident coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation 2010; 121:2271-83.

Diastolic heart failure

Ramani GV, Uber PA, Mehra MR. Chronic heart failure: contemporary diagnosis and management. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2010; 85:180-95.

Hunt SA, Abraham WT, Chin MH, et al. 2009 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults. Circulation 2009; 119:e391-479.

Tzanetos K, Leong D, Wu RC. Office management of patients with diastolic heart failure. CMAJ 2009; 180:520-7.

Stents make later surgery riskier than usual

Cruden NL, Harding SA, Flapan AD, et al. Previous coronary stent implantation and cardiac events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Circulation: Cardiovascular Intervention 2010; 3:236-42.

Converting blood sugar to HbA1c

Nathan DM, Kuenen J, Borg R, Zheng H, Schoenfeld D, Heine RJ. Translating the A1C assay into estimated average glucose values. Diabetes Care 2008; 31:1473-1478.

Steroids and the heart

Baggish AL, Weiner RB, Kanayama G, et al. Long term anabolic-androgenic steroid use is associated with left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation Heart Failure 2010.

A sweet, nutty plan for better cholesterol, blood pressure

Heiss C, Kelm M. Chocolate consumption, blood pressure, and cardiovascular risk. European Heart Journal 2010; 31:1554-6.

Sabate J, Oda K, Ros E. Nut consumption and blood lipid levels: a pooled analysis of 25 intervention trials. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010; 170:821-7.

Exercise no trigger for defibrillator shocks

Piccini JP, Hellkamp AS, Whellan DJ, Ellis SJ, Keteyian SJ, Cooper L, Kraus WE, Piña IL, O’Connor CM. Exercise training and implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks in patients with heart failure: results from HF-ACTION. Presented March 15, 2010, at ACC.10, the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology

In brief

Warfarin and urinary tract infection: Fischer HD, Juurlink DN, Mamdani MM, Kopp A, Laupacis A. Hemorrhage during warfarin therapy associated with cotrimoxazole and other urinary tract anti-infective agents: a population-based study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2010; 170:617-21.

Green exercise: Barton J, Pretty J. What is the best dose of nature and green exercise for improving mental health? A multi-study analysis. Environmental Science and Technology 2010; 44:3947-55.