100 QUESTIONS IN CARDIOLOGY

12 What are the side effects of lipid-lowering therapy, and how should they be monitored? John Betteridge Statins These are gene ...

in post-MI men with average LDL but low HDL cholesterol concentrations with no increase in non-CHD adverse events. Drug interact ...

13 Is there a role for prescribing antioxidant vitamins to patients with coronary artery disease? If so, who should get them, an ...

14 What is the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of an abnormal exercise test? Vic Froelicher While sensiti ...

Affairs Cooperative Study in Health Services #016 (QUEXTA) Study Group. Quantitative exercise testing and angiography. Ann Inter ...

15 What are the risks of exercise testing? What are the contraindications? Joseph F Malouf Although exercise testing is generall ...

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16 What are the stratification data for risk from exercise tests in patients with angina? Which patterns of response warrant ref ...

2 Marks D, Shaw L, Harrell FE Jr et al. Prognostic value of a treadmill exercise score in outpatients with suspected coronary ar ...

17 Who should have a thallium scan? How does it compare with standard exercise tests in determining risk? Liz Prvulovich Exercis ...

5 Hachamavitch R, Berman DS, Shaw LJ et al. Incremental prognostic value of myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed ...

18 What are hibernating and stunned myocardium? What echocardiographic techniques are useful for detecting them? How do these me ...

segments with >50% of viable myocytes were equally well predicted by all three non-invasive tests, in segments with <50% o ...

19 Which class of antianginal agent should I prescribe in stable angina? Does it matter? Henry Purcell Nitrates All patients wit ...

used singly or in combination. Choices should be based on those producing fewest side effects, good compliance and cost effectiv ...

20 What is the role of troponin T in the diagnosis and risk stratification of acute coronary syndromes? David J Brull A signific ...

days. An elevated troponin T has a predictive value for myocardial ischaemia several times higher than CK-MB mass. Troponin T as ...

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Conclusion Troponin T has a vital role in the triage of patients presenting with chest pain. A positive test identifies high-ris ...

21 What are the risks of myocardial infarction and death in someone with unstable angina during hospital admission, at six month ...