Meta-analysis of multivessel coronary artery revascularization versus culprit-only revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel diseaseSripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Am J Cardiol 107:1300-10. 2011
..These findings support the need for a large-scale randomized trial to evaluate revascularization strategies in patients with STEMI and MVD...
- Blood pressure targets in patients with coronary artery disease: observations from traditional and Bayesian random effects meta-analysis of randomised trials
Sripal Bangalore
Director of Research, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, The Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY 10016, USA
Heart 99:601-13. 2013
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- Percutaneous coronary intervention versus optimal medical therapy for prevention of spontaneous myocardial infarction in subjects with stable ischemic heart disease
Sripal Bangalore
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY 10016, USA
Circulation 127:769-81. 2013
..Contemporary studies have shown that spontaneous but not procedural myocardial infarction (MI) is related to subsequent mortality. Whether percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces spontaneous (nonprocedural) MI is unknown...
Outcomes with various drug eluting or bare metal stents in patients with diabetes mellitus: mixed treatment comparison analysis of 22,844 patient years of follow-up from randomised trialsSripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, US
BMJ 345:e5170. 2012
..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of currently used drug eluting stents compared with each other and compared with bare metal stents in patients with diabetes...
- β-Blocker use and clinical outcomes in stable outpatients with and without coronary artery disease
Sripal Bangalore
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
JAMA 308:1340-9. 2012
..However, the benefit of β-blocker use in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) but no history of MI, those with a remote history of MI, and those with only risk factors for CAD is unclear...
- Short- and long-term outcomes with drug-eluting and bare-metal coronary stents: a mixed-treatment comparison analysis of 117 762 patient-years of follow-up from randomized trials
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, The Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY 10016, USA
Circulation 125:2873-91. 2012
..Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been in clinical use for nearly a decade; however, the relative short- and long-term efficacy and safety of DES compared with bare-metal stents (BMS) and among the DES types are less well defined...
- Angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of myocardial infarction: meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of 147 020 patients from randomised trials
Sripal Bangalore
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine, Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, NY 10016, USA
BMJ 342:d2234. 2011
..To evaluate the cardiovascular outcomes and other outcomes associated with angiotensin receptor blockers...
- Blood pressure targets in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus/impaired fasting glucose: observations from traditional and bayesian random-effects meta-analyses of randomized trials
Sripal Bangalore
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, New York University School of Medicine, Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, New York, NY 10016, USA
Circulation 123:2799-810, 9 p following 810. 2011
..The optimal BP target in subjects with diabetes mellitus or those with impaired fasting glucose/glucose tolerance is therefore not well defined...
- Improving treatment adherence to antihypertensive therapy: the role of single-pill combinations
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, The Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, NY 10016, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 13:345-55. 2012
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- Bleeding risk comparing targeted low-dose heparin with bivalirudin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results from a propensity score-matched analysis of the Evaluation of Drug-Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events (EVENT) registry
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 530 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Interv 4:463-73. 2011
..However, it is not known if this benefit is also present when UFH doses are more tightly controlled (as measured by activated clotting time, ACT)...
- Inotropic contractile reserve can risk-stratify patients with HIV cardiomyopathy: a dobutamine stress echocardiography study
Omar Wever-Pinzon
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 4:1231-8. 2011
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Risk stratification using stress echocardiography: incremental prognostic value over historic, clinical, and stress electrocardiographic variables across a wide spectrum of bayesian pretest probabilities for coronary artery diseaseSripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 20:244-52. 2007
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- Transient ischemic left ventricular cavity dilation is a significant predictor of severe and extensive coronary artery disease and adverse outcome in patients undergoing stress echocardiography
Siu Sun Yao
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 20:352-8. 2007
..The significance of transient ischemic dilation during stress echocardiography is not well defined...
- Percutaneous coronary intervention of moderate to severe calcified coronary lesions: insights from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02120, USA
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 77:22-8. 2011
..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of drug eluting stents (DES) when compared with bare metal stents (BMS) in patients with moderate to severe calcified coronary lesions...
- Prognostic value of stress echocardiogram in patients with angiographically significant coronary artery disease
Siu Sun Yao
Valley Health System, Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
Am J Cardiol 109:153-8. 2012
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- Verapamil-sustained release-based treatment strategy is equivalent to atenolol-based treatment strategy at reducing cardiovascular events in patients with prior myocardial infarction: an INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril (INVEST) substudy
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Am Heart J 156:241-7. 2008
..The purpose of the study was to compare a beta-blocker-based strategy with a heart rate-lowering calcium antagonists-based strategy in patients with prior MI...
- Pulse pressure and risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease: an INternational VErapamil SR-trandolapril STudy (INVEST) analysis
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 Tenth Avenue, Suite 3B 30, New York, NY 10025, USA
Eur Heart J 30:1395-401. 2009
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- Relation of beta-blocker-induced heart rate lowering and cardioprotection in hypertension
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10019, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 52:1482-9. 2008
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of heart rate reduction with beta-blockers on the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension...
- Prognostic implications of stress echocardiography and impact on patient outcomes: an effective gatekeeper for coronary angiography and revascularization
Siu Sun Yao
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 23:832-9. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of coronary angiography, revascularization, and cardiac events in patients undergoing stress echocardiography...
- Carotid artery stenting vs carotid endarterectomy: meta-analysis and diversity-adjusted trial sequential analysis of randomized trials
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
Arch Neurol 68:172-84. 2011
..The role of carotid artery stenting (CAS) when compared with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is controversial, with recent trials showing an increased risk of harm with CAS...
- Prediction of myocardial infarction versus cardiac death by stress echocardiography
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 22:261-7. 2009
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- Role of left atrial size in risk stratification and prognosis of patients undergoing stress echocardiography
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:1254-62. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of diastolic dysfunction as measured by left atrial (LA) size in patients undergoing stress echocardiography (SE)...
- Effect of renin-angiotensin system blockade on calcium channel blocker-associated peripheral edema
Harikrishna Makani
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10019, USA
Am J Med 124:128-35. 2011
..The addition of a renin-angiotensin system blocker, either an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an ARB, has been shown to reduce peripheral edema in a dose-dependent way...
- Risk stratification and prognosis in octogenarians undergoing stress echocardiographic study
Farooq A Chaudhry
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025, USA
Echocardiography 24:851-9. 2007
..The prognostic value of stress echocardiography (SE) for the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease in octogenarians is not well defined...
- Antihypertensive drugs and risk of cancer: network meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of 324,168 participants from randomised trials
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Lancet Oncol 12:65-82. 2011
..We assessed the association between antihypertensive drugs and cancer risk in a comprehensive analysis of data from randomised clinical trials...
- The changing paradigm of stress echocardiography: risk stratification, prognosis, and future directions
Siu Sun Yao
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA
Hosp Pract (1995) 38:26-39. 2010
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- The presence, characterization and prognosis of coronary plaques among patients with zero coronary calcium scores
Seth Uretsky
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 27:805-12. 2011
..Clinical factors do not appear to be useful in predicting which patients with zero CAC scores have undetected coronary plaque...
- J-curve revisited: An analysis of blood pressure and cardiovascular events in the Treating to New Targets (TNT) Trial
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Eur Heart J 31:2897-908. 2010
..However, this is controversial. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between on-treatment BP and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with CAD...
- Obesity paradox in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease
Seth Uretsky
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Am J Med 120:863-70. 2007
..However, whether this phenomenon exists in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease is not known...
- Age and gender differences in quality of care and outcomes for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Sripal Bangalore
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Am J Med 125:1000-9. 2012
..Young patients (aged≤45 years) presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction present unique challenges. The quality of care and in-hospital outcomes may differ from their older counterparts...
- Incremental prognostic value of stress echocardiography over clinical and stress electrocardiographic variables in patients with prior myocardial infarction: "warranty time" of a normal stress echocardiogram
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
Echocardiography 23:455-64. 2006
..A normal stress echocardiogram portends a benign prognosis (<1% event rate/year) for up to 18 months...
- What is the optimal blood pressure in patients after acute coronary syndromes?: Relationship of blood pressure and cardiovascular events in the PRavastatin OR atorVastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (PROVE IT-TI
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Circulation 122:2142-51. 2010
..Aggressive blood pressure (BP) control has been advocated in patients with acute coronary syndrome, but few data exist in this population relative to cardiovascular outcomes...
- Fixed-dose combinations improve medication compliance: a meta-analysis
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
Am J Med 120:713-9. 2007
..However the data on comparison of fixed-dose combination with free-drug regimen to improve patient's medication compliance is limited...
- Risk stratification and prognosis of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease referred for stress echocardiography
Omar Wever Pinzon
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 4:363-70. 2011
..The prognostic value of SE in this high-risk group is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of SE in HIV-infected patients with known or suspected CAD...
- A meta-analysis of 94,492 patients with hypertension treated with beta blockers to determine the risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Am J Cardiol 100:1254-62. 2007
..This risk was greater in patients with higher baseline body mass indexes and higher baseline fasting glucose levels and in studies in which beta blockers were less efficacious antihypertensive agents compared with other treatments...
- Comparison of heart rate reserve versus 85% of age-predicted maximum heart rate as a measure of chronotropic response in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Cardiol 97:742-7. 2006
..In the setting of low HRR, normal stress echocardiographic results are prognostically less benign, whereas abnormal stress echocardiographic results are prognostically more malignant...
- Which, if any, antihypertensive agents cause cancer?
Amita Singh
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 27:374-80. 2012
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- Late outcomes after carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: insights from a propensity-matched analysis of the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry
Sripal Bangalore
The Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Circulation 122:1091-100. 2010
..In patients with carotid artery disease, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid stenting (CAS) are treatment options. Controversy exists as to the relative efficacy of the 2 techniques in preventing late events...
- Role of right ventricular wall motion abnormalities in risk stratification and prognosis of patients referred for stress echocardiography
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:1981-9. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of assessing right ventricular (RV) wall motion abnormalities during stress echocardiography (SE)...
- Assessment of left atrial appendage function with transthoracic tissue Doppler echocardiography
Seth Uretsky
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10019, USA
Eur J Echocardiogr 10:363-71. 2009
..A transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) parameter that would stratify atrial fibrillation (AF) risk would be useful. Tissue Doppler imaging can quantify left atrial appendage contraction velocity (LAA A(M))...
- Beta-blockers for primary prevention of heart failure in patients with hypertension insights from a meta-analysis
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10019, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 52:1062-72. 2008
..This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of beta-blockers (BBs) for primary prevention of heart failure (HF) in patients with hypertension...
- A novel pathway for the management of hypertension for hospitalized patients
Eyal Herzog
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York 10025, USA
Crit Pathw Cardiol 6:150-60. 2007
..Finally, the pathway provides a step by step recommendation for the management of in hospital HTN and of hypertensive emergencies...
- Compliance and fixed-dose combination therapy
Sripal Bangalore
Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1000 Tenth Avenue, Suite 3B 30, New York, NY 10025, USA
Curr Hypertens Rep 9:184-9. 2007
..Fixed-dose combinations should be used routinely for the management of hypertension and should also be considered when initiating therapy for patients with newly diagnosed hypertension...
- Vascular closure device failure: frequency and implications: a propensity-matched analysis
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2:549-56. 2009
..However, the frequency and consequence of failure of VCDs is not well defined...
- Efficacy and safety of the nitinol clip-based vascular closure device (Starclose) for closure of common femoral arterial cannulation at or near the bifurcation: a propensity score-adjusted analysis
Sripal Bangalore
New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 23:194-9. 2011
..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the nitinol clip-based closure device (Starclose®, Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, California) in patients with femoral arterial cannulation at the common femoral artery bifurcation...
- Usefulness of stress echocardiography for risk stratification and prognosis of patients with left ventricular hypertrophy
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Am J Cardiol 100:536-43. 2007
..However, abnormal stress echocardiographic results portend a worse prognosis in patients with either concentric or eccentric LV hypertrophy...
- Fixed combination of amlodipine and atorvastatin in cardiovascular risk management: patient perspectives
Madhuri Devabhaktuni
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Vasc Health Risk Manag 5:377-87. 2009
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- Beta-blockers: no longer an option for uncomplicated hypertension
Sripal Bangalore
Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10019, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 9:441-6. 2007
..This article reviews the data available from clinical trials and argues that beta-blockers are less efficacious than other currently available antihypertensive agents for patients with uncomplicated hypertension...
- Dobutamine stress echocardiography: does it predict response to beta-blockers in patients with heart failure?
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Curr Heart Fail Rep 3:96-102. 2006
- Cardiac outcomes with submaximal normal stress echocardiography: a meta-analysis
Harikrishna Makani
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 60:1393-401. 2012
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- Cardioversion in patients with left ventricular thrombus is not associated with increased thromboembolic risk
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 19:438-40. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: Embolism after cardioversion in patients with echocardiographic evidence of LV thrombus was not observed. Cardioversion seems to be safe and further prospective studies are needed to address this...
- Stress function index, a novel index for risk stratification and prognosis using stress echocardiography
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 18:1335-42. 2005
..The results of stress echocardiography should routinely combine peak WMSI and EF for effective risk stratification...
- Cardiovascular protection using beta-blockers: a critical review of the evidence
Sripal Bangalore
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, New York 10019, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:563-72. 2007
..However, beta-blockers remain very efficacious agents for the treatment of heart failure, certain types of arrhythmia, hypertropic obstructive cardiomyopathy, and in patients with prior myocardial infarction...
- Meta-analysis of randomized trials of angioedema as an adverse event of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors
Harikrishna Makani
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Am J Cardiol 110:383-91. 2012
..Incidence of angioedema was higher in patients with heart failure compared to those without heart failure with ACE inhibitors and ARBs...
- Peripheral edema associated with calcium channel blockers: incidence and withdrawal rate--a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Harikrishna Makani
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA
J Hypertens 29:1270-80. 2011
..It has been thought to occur secondary to arteriolar dilatation causing intracapillary hypertension and fluid extravasation. We aimed to evaluate the incidence and withdrawal rate of peripheral edema with CCBs...
- Perioperative beta blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Lancet 372:1962-76. 2008
..We aimed to critically review the evidence to assess the use of perioperative beta blockers in patients having non-cardiac surgery...
- Risk/benefit assessment of beta-blockers and diuretics precludes their use for first-line therapy in hypertension
Franz H Messerli
Division of Cardiology, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1000 10th Ave, Suite 3B-30, New York, NY 10019, USA
Circulation 117:2706-15; discussion 2715. 2008
- Role of angiographic coronary artery collaterals in transient ischemic left ventricular cavity dilatation during stress echocardiography
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
Clin Cardiol 29:305-10. 2006
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- Cross-sectional imaging identifies flow-mediated vasodilatation more accurately compared with longitudinal imaging
Farooq A Chaudhry
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 20:1380-5. 2007
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate cross-sectional imaging to longitudinal plane imaging for measurement of flow-mediated dilatation (FMD)...
- Late loss in a disappearing frame of reference: is it still applicable to fully absorbable scaffolds?
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Clinical Research Institution, Boston, MA 02115, USA
EuroIntervention 5:F43-8. 2009
..Finally, given a disappearing frame of reference, both careful angiographic and intravascular ultrasound assessments are helpful to delineate the varying contributions of recoil, remodelling, and neointima formation...
- Half a century of hydrochlorothiazide: facts, fads, fiction, and follies
Franz H Messerli
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Am J Med 124:896-9. 2011
..If a "thiazide-type" diuretic is indicated, either chlorthalidone or indapamide should be selected...
- Antihypertensive efficacy of hydrochlorothiazide as evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Franz H Messerli
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10019, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 57:590-600. 2011
..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antihypertensive efficacy of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) by ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring...
- Inotropic contractile reserve and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with markedly remodeled left ventricle
Farooq A Chaudhry
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 24:91-7. 2011
..Its role in patients undergoing CRT is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of ICR in predicting response to CRT in patients with markedly remodeled left ventricles...
- Atrial fibrillation and obesity--results of a meta-analysis
Nikolas Wanahita
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Am Heart J 155:310-5. 2008
..However, the role of obesity as a risk factor for the development of AF is unknown. The study aims to evaluate the role of obesity as a risk factor for the development of AF...
- When guidelines need guidance
Franz H Messerli
Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Am J Med 121:742-3. 2008
- The effect of statin therapy on ventricular tachyarrhythmias: a meta-analysis
Nikolas Wanahita
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003, USA
Am J Ther 19:16-23. 2012
..957). Statin use in patients with coronary artery disease or nonischemic cardiomyopathy is associated with a 31% reduction in the development of ventricular tachyarrhythmias...
- Coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome: does every culprit lesion require revascularization?
Sripal Bangalore
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 0BC3 Room 012P, 1620 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 12:330-7. 2010
..We present a review of the current body of evidence for safety and efficacy of multivessel revascularization in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes...
- Long-acting calcium antagonists in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10019, USA
Am J Med 122:356-65. 2009
..Short-acting CCBs have an unfavorable hemodynamic profile. The role of long-acting CCBs in patients with coronary artery disease is unknown...
- How useful are beta-blockers in cardiovascular disease?
Sripal Bangalore
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York 10019, USA
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 6:358-63. 2006
..However, this is applicable for hypertension and beta-blockers continue to be efficacious for other indications...
- Facial edema induced by isotretinoin use: a case and a review of the side effects of isotretinoin
Noah Scheinfeld
Department of Dermatology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10025, USA
J Drugs Dermatol 5:467-8. 2006
..Possible reasons for the patient's facial swelling include some type of retinoid induced angioedema, exacerbation of inflammation by isotretinoin, and isotretinoin induced capillary leak syndrome...
