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Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 31, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Surgical Management of Pericardial Diseases
Disease of the pericardium represents a relatively rare indication for cardiac surgery, and there exist no widely accepted guidelines for surgical management. As such, the surgical approach to the pericardium has relied largely on institutional experience with a slow evolution based on published studies. In particular, management of pericardial constriction has varied widely from surgeon to surgeon and institution to institution, in large part due to a perception of inherent high risk to the procedure. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 31, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Douglas R. Johnston Source Type: research

Consumer Health Informatics: Empowering Healthy-Living-Seekers Through mHealth
People are at risk from noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and poor health habits, with interventions like medications and surgery carrying further risk of adverse effects. This paper addresses ways people are increasingly moving to healthy living medicine (HLM) to mitigate such health threats. HLM-seekers increasingly leverage mobile technologies that enable control of personal health information, collaboration with clinicians/other agents to establish healthy living practices. For example, outcomes from consumer health informatics research include empowering users to take charge of their health through active participation i...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anthony Faiola, Richard J. Holden Source Type: research

Consumer Health Informatics: Empowering Healthy-Lifestyle-Seekers Through mHealth
People are at risk from noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and poor health habits, with interventions like medications and surgery carrying further risk of adverse effects. This paper addresses ways people are increasingly moving to healthy living medicine (HLM) to mitigate such health threats. HLM-seekers increasingly leverage mobile technologies that enable control of personal health information, collaboration with clinicians/other agents to establish healthy living practices. For example, outcomes from consumer health informatics research includes empowering users to take charge of their health through active participation ...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anthony Faiola, Richard J. Holden Source Type: research

Healthy Living Medicine in the Workplace: More Work to Do
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are five of the top ten causes of death for Americans: cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, lower respiratory disease, stroke and diabetes mellitus. Risk factors for these NCDs and for CVD are tobacco use, poor diet quality, physical inactivity, increase body mass index, increased blood pressure, increased blood cholesterol, and glucose intolerance. Depression, depressive symptoms and anxiety also contribute to CVD risk. There is also evidence work stress itself contributes to CVD risk. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sherry O. Pinkstaff, Amy McNeil, Ross Arena, Lawrence Cahalin Source Type: research

The Cardio-Renal Interrelationship
The heart and the kidney are of utmost importance for the maintenance of cardiovascular (CV) homeostasis. In healthy subjects, hemodynamic changes in either organ may affect hemodynamics of the other organ. This interaction is fine-tuned by neurohumoral activity, including atrial natriuretic peptides, renin-angiotensin aldosterone system and sympathetic activity. Dysfunction or disease of one organ may initiate, accentuate, or precipitate dysfunction or disease state in the other organ, often leading to a vicious cycle. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 15, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, Filippos Triposkiadis, John Parissis, Javed Butler, Harisios Boudoulas Source Type: research

The Cardio-Renal Relationship
The heart and the kidney are of utmost importance for the maintenance of cardiovascular (CV) homeostasis. In healthy subjects, hemodynamic changes in either organ may affect hemodynamics of the other organ. This interaction is fine-tuned by neurohumoral activity, including atrial natriuretic peptides, renin-angiotensin aldosterone system and sympathetic activity. Dysfunction or disease of one organ may initiate, accentuate, or precipitate dysfunction or disease state in the other organ, often leading to a vicious cycle. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 15, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, Filippos Triposkiadis, John Parissis, Javed Butler, Harisios Boudoulas Source Type: research

Three Years as Editor-in-Chief
Although my original contract started as Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases (PCVD) three years ago in January, 2014, I actually started working full blast for the Journal almost a year before this (January, 2013) in order to have my issues ready to go for 2014. As I indicated in recent Editorials in the Journal1,2 clearly my very first Issue on one of my favorite topics (Obesity and “Obesity Paradox” in Cardiovascular Diseases) has been perhaps the most successful, at least regarding citations, in the history of PCVD. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Carl J. Lavie Tags: Special Editor's Page Source Type: research

Special Editor's Page – Three Years as Editor-in-Chief
Although my original contract started as Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases (PCVD) three years ago in January, 2014, I actually started working full blast for the Journal almost a year before this (January, 2013) in order to have my issues ready to go for 2014. As I indicated in recent Editorials in the Journal1,2 clearly my very first Issue on one of my favorite topics (Obesity and “Obesity Paradox” in Cardiovascular Diseases) has been perhaps the most successful, at least regarding citations, in the history of PCVD. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Carl J. Lavie Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Introduction: A New Renaissance in Pericardial Diseases
In this issue of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, an international group of experts provide an update of a broad array of pericardial conditions. The history of pericardial diseases dates back centuries and is rich with anatomic and pathophysiologic descriptions. It is remarkable to contemplate the insight of master clinicians, who were able to describe eponymous signs (Kussmaul's sign, Broadbent's sign, Beck's triad and Friedrich's sign) that are still relevant today.1 Even more fascinating is that these signs have strong correlates with recognized hemodynamic and cardiac imaging findings seen with current technologie...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Craig R. Asher, Allan L. Klein Source Type: research

Acute Pericarditis
Acute pericarditis is an acute inflammatory disease of the pericardium, which may occur in many different disease states (both infectious and non-infectious). Usually the diagnosis is based on symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath), electrocardiographic changes (ST elevation), physical examination (pericardial friction rub) and elevation of cardiac biomarkers. It may occur in isolation or be associated with an underlying inflammatory disorder. In routine clinical practice, acute pericarditis can be associated with myocarditis due to their overlapping etiologies. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Niraj S. Doctor, Ankit B. Shah, Neil Coplan, Itzhak Kronzon Source Type: research

Acute Pericarditis: Review
Acute pericarditis is an acute inflammatory disease of the pericardium, which may occur in many different disease states (both infectious and non-infectious). Usually the diagnosis is based on symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath), electrocardiographic changes (ST elevation), physical examination (pericardial friction rub) and elevation of cardiac biomarkers. It may occur in isolation or be associated with an underlying inflammatory disorder. In routine clinical practice, acute pericarditis can be associated with myocarditis due to their overlapping etiologies. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Niraj S. Doctor, Ankit B. Shah, Neil Coplan, Itzhak Kronzon Source Type: research

Acute Pericarditis, Review
Acute pericarditis is an acute inflammatory disease of the pericardium, which may occur in many different disease states (both infectious and non-infectious). Usually the diagnosis is based on symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath), electrocardiographic changes (ST elevation), physical examination (pericardial friction rub) and elevation of cardiac biomarkers. It may occur in isolation or be associated with an underlying inflammatory disorder. In routine clinical practice, acute pericarditis can be associated with myocarditis due to their overlapping etiologies. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Niraj S Doctor, Ankit B Shah, Neil Coplan, Itzhak Kronzon Source Type: research

Congenital Absence of the Pericardium
Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is one of the most rare cardiac congenital anomalies. It can occur as a complete absence of the entire pericardium, absence of the right or left portion of the pericardium or a partial, foramen-like defect of the right or left pericardium. While the majority of cases are clinically silent, multiple reports associate CAP with symptomatic presentation. The most feared complication of CAP is sudden death due to cardiac strangulation across a partial defect of the left pericardium. (Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: David Lopez, Craig R Asher Source Type: research

Pathophysiology of the Pericardium
Pericardial heart disease includes pericarditis, (an acute, subacute, or chronic fibrinous, noneffusive, or exudative process), and its complications, constriction, (an acute, subacute, or chronic adhesive or fibrocalcific response), and cardiac tamponade. The pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericarditis readily explains their respective findings on clinical examination, Doppler echocardiography, and at cardiac catheterization. The primary abnormality of cardiac tamponade is pan-cyclic compression of the cardiac chambers by increased pericardial fluid requiring that cardiac chambers compete for a fixe...
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - December 1, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Brian D. Hoit Source Type: research