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July 2011 references and further reading

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Surviving a heart attack — A success story

Morbidity and Mortality Chart Book, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2009.

Measuring blood pressure: Let a machine do it

Myers MG, Godwin M, Dawes M, et al. Conventional versus automated measurement of blood pressure in primary care patients with systolic hypertension: randomised parallel design controlled trial. BMJ 2011; 342:d286.

van der Wel MC, Buunk IE, van Weel C, Thien TA, Bakx JC. A novel approach to office blood pressure measurement: 30-minute office blood pressure vs daytime ambulatory blood pressure. Annals of Family Medicine 2011; 9:128-35.

Vidt DG, Lang RS, Seballos RJ, Misra-Hebert A, Campbell J, Bena JF. Taking blood pressure: too important to trust to humans? Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2010; 77:683-8.

New guidelines offer sketch for healthy eating

All the information you could want about Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, and more, is available from the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion: the full 112-page report, as well as reports from the scientific committee that reviewed the scientific evidence behind the recommendations.

Blatt AD, Roe LS, Rolls BJ. Hidden vegetables: an effective strategy to reduce energy intake and increase vegetable intake in adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011; 93:756-63.

Another yellow light for calcium supplements

Bolland MJ, Grey A, Avenell A, Gamble GD, Reid IR. Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women's Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis. BMJ 2011; 342:d2040.

Unexpected benefit for digoxin?

Platz EA, Yegnasubramanian S, Liu JO, Chong CR, Shim JS, Kenfield SA, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Giovannucci E, Nelson WG. A novel two-stage, transdisciplinary study identifies digoxin as a possible drug for prostate cancer treatment. Cancer Discovery 2011, published online April 2011.

Emotional control and the heart

Barefoot JC, Brummett BH, Williams RB, Siegler IC, Helms MJ, Boyle SH, Clapp-Channing NE, Mark DB. Recovery expectations and long-term prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease. Archives of Internal Medicine 2011.

Kubzansky LD, Park N, Peterson C, Vokonas P, Sparrow D. Healthy psychological functioning and incident coronary heart disease: the importance of self-regulation. Archives of General Psychiatry 2011; 68:400-8.

Trends in high cholesterol and statin use

National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2010.

Follow-up

Yoga for atrial fibrillation? Lakkireddy D, Pillarisetti J, Atkins D, Vanga SR, Emert M, Pimentel R, Murray C, Bommana S, Ryschon K, Berenbom L, Dawn B, Dendi R, Drisko J. Impact of yoga on arrhythmia burden and quality of life (QoL) in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: The Yoga My Heart Study. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2011.