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Date Article
06-09-2008 Bacteremia Associated with Toothbrushing and Dental Extraction
06-04-2008 Long-Term Disease Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Cardiac Rehabilitation Staff
05-22-2008 Call to Action on Use and Reimbursement for Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
05-16-2008 Falls After Stroke: Results from the Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) Study, 2002 to 2003
05-08-2008 Impact of the Time of Presentation on the Care and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction
05-06-2008 Cardiovascular Monitoring of Children and Adolescents with Heart Disease Receiving Stimulant Drugs
05-01-2008 Stroke Disparities in Older Americans: Is Wealth a More Powerful Indicator of Risk Than Income and Education?
04-09-2008 Shared Genetic Causes of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Children and Adults
04-07-2008 Kidney Dysfunction and Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women With Coronary Heart Disease
04-07-2008 Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment - A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Professional Education Committee of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research
03-31-2008 Hands-Only (Compression-Only) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Call to Action for Bystander Response to Adults Who Experience Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest
03-31-2008 Diabetes Patients Requiring Glucose-Lowering Therapy and Nondiabetics with a Prior Myocardial Infarction Carry the Same Cardiovascular Risk: A Population Study of 3.3 Million People
03-11-2008 Prevalence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Highly Trained Athletes: Relevance to Pre-Participation Screening
03-05-2008 Update to the AHA/ASA Recommendations for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
02-26-2008 Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Primary Nonadherence after Acute Myocardial Infarction
02-07-2008 Dietary Intake of Dairy Products, Calcium, and Vitamin D and the Risk of Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Older Women
02-07-2008 Update on the Use of Antihypertensive Drugs in Pregnancy
02-05-2008 Exercise Capacity and Mortality in Black and White Men
02-2008 Class effects of statins in elderly patients with congestive heart failure: A population-based analysis
01-14-2008 Reducing Barriers for Implementation of Bystander-Initiated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
01-07-2008 Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
12-17-2007 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2008 Update: A Report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee
12-11-2007 Physical Activity and Blood Pressure in Childhood: Findings From a Population-Based Study
12-11-2007 Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Cardiovascular Devices
12-10-2007 Body Fat Distribution and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men and Women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition in Norfolk Cohort
12-10-2007 Survival Is Similar After Standard Treatment and Chest Compression Only in Out-of-Hospital Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
12-07-2007 Self-Measurement of Blood Pressure at Home Reduces the Need for Antihypertensive Drugs
12-4-2007 Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) Prospective Population Study: Disease, and Cancer in Men: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer in Endogenous Testosterone and Mortality due to All Causes, Cardiovascular
11-22-2007 Effects of Torcetrapib in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Events
11-19-2007 Association between Concurrent and Remote Blood Pressure and Disability in Older Adults
11-15-2007 Long-term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis
11-09-2007 Risk of stroke early after transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10-16-2007 Recommendations for Implementation of Community Consultation and Public Disclosure Under the Food and Drug Administration's “Exception from Informed Consent Requirements for Emergency Research”
09-27-2007 Implementation Strategies for Emergency Medical Services within Stroke Systems of Care
09-27-2007 ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary
09-25-2007 High Blood Pressure Trends in Children and Adolescents in National Surveys, 1963 to 2002
09-24-2007 Antecedent Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and the Risk of Incident Heart Failure in Later Life
09-10-2007 Blood Pressure Control in Hispanics in the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial
08-28-2007 Impact of Repeated Dietary Counseling Between Infancy and 14 Years of Age on Dietary Intakes and Serum Lipids and Lipoproteins: The STRIP Study
08-28-2007 Physical Activity and Public Health: Updated Recommendation for Adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association

08-02-2007

A Regional System to Provide Timely Access to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

07-31-2007

Soft Drink Consumption and Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Adults in the Community

07-30-2007

Tobacco Smoke Exposure of Pregnant Mothers and Blood Pressure in Their Newborns. Results from the Wheezing Illnesses Study Leidsche Rijn Birth Cohort

07-26-2007

The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years

07-17-2007

Resistance Exercise in Individuals With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: 2007 Update

07-16-2007

Residential Exposure to Traffic Is Associated With Coronary Atherosclerosis

07-04-2007

Effects of Low Habitual Cocoa Intake on Blood Pressure and Bioactive Nitric Oxide

07-2007

Turning Back the Clock: Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle in Middle Age

06-16-2007

Tobacco Smoke Exposure Is Associated with Attenuated Endothelial Function in 11-Year-Old Healthy Children

06-05-2007

Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death From Cardiovascular Causes; and Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiovascular Outcomes

06-04-2007

Food Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake of Individuals (Total, Linolenic Acid, Long-Chain) and Their Blood Pressure: INTERMAP Study

05-22-2007

Noninherited Risk Factors and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects: Current Knowledge. A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

05-22-2007

Anxiety Worsens Prognosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

05-16-2007

Effects of Different Doses of Physical Activity on Cardiorespiratory Fitness among Sedentary, Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women with Elevated Blood Pressure

05-02-2007

Decline in Rates of Death and Heart Failure in Acute Coronary Syndromes, 1999-2006

04-19-2007

Prevention of Infective Endocarditis. Guidelines from the American Heart Association.

04-12-2007

Optimal Medical Therapy with or without PCI for Stable Coronary Disease

04-10-2007

A Prospective Study of Trans Fatty Acids in Erythrocytes and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

03-26-2007

Long-term Aspirin Use and Mortality in Women; Can Aspirin Keep Mortality at Bay?

03-22-2007

Emergency Duties and Deaths from Heart Disease among Firefighters in the United States

03-14-2007

Financial Barriers to Health Care and Outcomes after Acute Myocardial Infarction

03-06-2007

Risk Factors for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Latin America: The INTERHEART Latin American Study

02-26-2007

Effect of Raw Garlic vs. Commercial Garlic Supplements on Plasma Lipid Concentrations in Adults with Moderate Hypercholesterolemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

02-19-2007

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update

02-12-2007

Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population

02-05-2007

High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy and Coronary Calcification

02-01-2007

Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women

01-22-2007

Reduced Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Endurance Athletes Presenting with Ventricular Arrhythmias: A Quantitative Angiographic Assessment

01-15-2007

Prevention of Premature Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients with Coronary Artery Stents

01-08-2007

Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population: Changing Prevalance and Age Distribution

01-08-2007

Stress Management at the Worksite: Reversal of Symptoms Profile and Cardiovascular Dysregulation

01-08-2007

Cardiac and Systemic Hemodynamic Characteristics of Hypertension and Prehypertension in Adolescents and Young Adults: The Strong Heart Study



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