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July 2010 references and further reading

JUL 2010

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Heat can beat the heart

Hajat S, O'Connor M, Kosatsky T. Health effects of hot weather: from awareness of risk factors to effective health protection. Lancet 2010; 375:856-63.

Postprandial hypotension

Luciano GL, Brennan MJ, Rothberg MB. Postprandial hypotension. American Journal of Medicine 2010; 123:281 e1-6.

Gentilcore D, Jones KL, O'Donovan DG, Horowitz M. Postprandial hypotension—novel insights into pathophysiology and therapeutic implications. Current Vascular Pharmacology 2006; 4:161-71.

Jansen RW, Lipsitz LA. Postprandial hypotension: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical management. Annals of Internal Medicine 1995; 122:286-95.

Potential salt assault

Institute of Medicine, Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States, National Academies Press, 2010. (Report summary or read online free)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. Washington, DC, 2005.

The Nutrition Source. Cutting salt and sodium. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health.

When and how to treat a leaky mitral valve

Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, et al. ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. Circulation 2006; 114:e84-e231.

Otto CM. Clinical practice. Evaluation and management of chronic mitral regurgitation. New England Journal of Medicine 2001; 345:740-6.

Tape of meeting eases jitters before bypass

Mishra PK, Mathias H, Millar K, Nagrajan K, Murday A. A randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of audiotaped consultations on the quality of informed consent in cardiac surgery. Archives of Surgery 2010; 145:383-8.

Generic ARBs are on the way

Food and Drug Administration. FDA Approves First Generic Versions of Two Drugs for the Treatment of Hypertension. April 7, 2010.

In brief

Heart failure rehospitalization: Hernandez AF, Greiner MA, Fonarow GC, et al. Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure. JAMA 2010; 303:1716-22.

Dead Sea salt: Taylor BR, Sosa R, Stone WJ. Bromide toxicity from consumption of dead sea salt. American Journal of Medicine 2010; 123:e11-2.