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FEATURES
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My Approach to the
Risk Stratification of
Patients for Sudden
Cardiac Death
30
My Approach to the
Athlete With Wolff-
Parkinson-White
Syndrome (WPW)
CONFERENCE
12
European Society
of Cardiology
Congress 2017
12 ESC 2017: The Gender Gap in Death from Acute
Myocardial Infarction Is Closing, Particularly in
Women Younger Than Age 60
13 ESC 2017: Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Improves
Quality of Life More than Drugs – CAPTAF Trial
14 ESC 2017: Catheter Ablation Improves Outcomes
in Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation
– CASTLE-AF Trial
16 ESC 2017: The Interleukin-1β Inhibitor
Canakinumab Cuts Cardiovascular Disease and
Lung Cancer Risk by Reducing Inflammation –
CANTOS Trial
18 ESC 2017: Renal Denervation Lowers Blood
Pressure in Hypertensive Patients Not Taking
Antihypertensive Medication – SPYRAL HTN-OFF
MED Trial
20 ESC 2017: Two Results of the PURE Study May Be
Game Changers in Heart Disease Prevention
20 ESC 2017: Apixaban Lowers Stroke Risk in Patients
Undergoing Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation
– EMANATE Trial
COVER
6
Significance of
Subclinical Atrial
Fibrillation in
Older Patients
RESEARCH
Editor’s picks
6 Significance of Subclinical
Atrial Fibrillation in Older
Patients
8 Optical Coherence
Tomography
Characterization of
Coronary Lithoplasty for
Treatment of Calcified
Lesions
9 Association of Genetic
Variants Related to Serum
Calcium Levels With
Coronary Artery Disease
and Myocardial Infarction
10 Relationship of Alcohol
Consumption to All-Cause,
Cardiovascular, and
Cancer-Related Mortality
11 Warfarin Use Is Associated
With Progressive Coronary
Arterial Calcification
General cardiology
22 Bromocriptine Effective
for the Treatment
of Peripartum
Cardiomyopathy
22 Antiplatelet Regimen
for Patients With
Breakthrough Strokes
While on Aspirin
Arrhythmias/heart rhythm
disorders
23 3-Day Interruption of
Direct Oral Anticoagulants
Appropriate for
Most Procedures
24 PAC or PVC on 12-Lead
ECG May Predict Risk of
Atrial Fibrillation, Heart
Failure, or Death
Cardiac procedures &
surgery
26 Improved Outcomes With
On- vs Off-Pump Coronary-
Artery Bypass
27 Influence of Diabetes on
Long-Term Coronary Artery
Bypass Graft Patency
Coronary heart disease
28 Coffee Consumption
Associated With Reduced
Mortality Risk
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