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STROKE Webinar Series Brought to you by STROKE Journal of the American Heart Association

Started in July 2011, these webinars cover important topics in the cerebrovascular disease field, especially those with recent advances that will impact clinicians and researchers. The intention of the webinars is to provide participants with current and novel information on these high impact topics, and will consist of a structured lecture with appropriate slides by acknowledged thought leaders relevant to the topic under discussion. For the live webinar, participants will then have the opportunity to pose questions to the speaker after the formal presentation. The archived webinars will be available via a link on My.AmericanHeart.org and the STROKE home page. These webinars will then serve as a valuable educational resource to the stroke community for enhancing knowledge about recent developments in this evolving field. Register now for the third webinar in the series. Acute Stroke Imaging: Practical Methods to Identify Salvageable Tissue Gregory W. Albers, MD, Director, Stanford Stroke Center, Coyote Foundation Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA November 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM EDT | 8:00 AM PDT | 3:00 PM GMT  PREVIOUS WEBINARS: Current Status of Carotid Endarterectomy and Stenting Thomas G. Brott, MD Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Hans–Christoph Diener, MD

Free Reading for HBPR and
Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Council Members

Kidney International is providing information and free articles specifically of interest to readers of Hypertension and American Heart Association members of the Council on High Blood Pressure Research and the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease.  
The following free articles of interest to Hypertension readers can be found in the August 30, 2011 issue of Kidney International
http://www.kidney-international.com 
Early postoperative serum cystatin C predicts severe acute kidney injury following pediatric cardiac surgeryZappitelli et al.
http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v80/n6/full/ki2011123a.html
Phosphoproteomic analysis of AT₁ receptor-mediated signaling responses in proximal tubules of angiotensin II-induced hypertensive ratsLi and Zhuo
http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v80/n6/full/ki2011161a.html
Editor-in-Chief: Qais Al-Awqati, MB, ChB
Kidney International publishes the latest research, insightful reviews and engaging commentaries on topics relating to the cause and treatment of kidney disease, including hypertension, genetics, and diabetes.
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New Ongoing Review Series on Stem Cells
Edited by Stefanie Dimmeler and Douglas Losordo
from Circulation Research

Cell therapy holds great promise for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. For the past two decades, investigators have been developing methods to implant various types of cells to heal the heart and improve the recovery of the heart after ischemia. Although multiple experimental and several clinical studies showed that different subsets of bone marrow–derived cells and other adult progenitor cells improved the recovery of heart function, the mechanism of action and the extent to which adult progenitor cells are able to restore cardiac function in end-stage heart failure is debated extensively.

This ongoing review series will summarize the current status of cell therapy in clinical trials, discuss the potential of different cell types and ways to enhance their functions, and summarize the epigenetic molecular mechanisms that regulate stem cell functions and fate decisions.

Stem Cells Review Series: An Introduction
Stefanie Dimmeler and Douglas Losordo
Circ Res. 2011;109:907-909, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.255570
http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/109/8/907.full

Biomaterials to Enhance Stem Cell Function in the Heart
Vincent F.M. Segers and Richard T. Lee
Circ Res. 2011;109:910-922, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.249052
http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/109/8/910.full

Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Biology, Pathophysiology, Translational Findings, and Therapeutic Implications for Cardiac Disease
Adam R. Williams and Joshua M. Hare
Circ Res. 2011;109:923-940, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.243147
http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/109/8/923.full

Role of Cardiac Stem Cells in Cardiac Pathophysiology: A Paradigm Shift in Human Myocardial Biology
Annarosa Leri, Jan Kajstura, and Piero Anversa
Circ Res. 2011;109:941-961, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.243154
http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/109/8/941.full

Imaging: Guiding the Clinical Translation of Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy
Patricia K. Nguyen, Feng Lan, Yongming Wang, and Joseph C. Wu
Circ Res. 2011;109:962-979, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.242909
http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/109/8/962.full

Epigenetic Modifications of Stem Cells: A Paradigm for the Control of Cardiac Progenitor Cells
Yonggang Zhou, Johnny Kim, Xuejun Yuan, and Thomas Braun
Circ Res. 2011;109:1067-1081, doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.243709
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AHA Scientific Publications Update Circulation New Video in Series: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures

In its commitment to the cardiovascular community and to enhancing knowledge of advancing interventional and surgical techniques, the editors of Circulation announce a new video series on the current use, risks, and benefits of common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures crucial to the practice of cardiovascular medicine. The series will cover standard "bread and butter" procedures as well as some of the more novel procedures being pioneered in specialized centers. Each video in the series will capture footage of the most crucial components of the procedure in question as performed and narrated by leading experts in the field. PowerPoint demonstrations and a text article related to the procedure will cover the objectives for the case in question; the indications and contraindications for the procedure; patient preparation, monitoring, and safety; proper techniques; and interpreting and analyzing results.     

New Video in the Series
 
Right Heart Vascularization, Coronary Angiography, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH more...

Share this email:         New Issue! Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Editors’ Picks 
Effects of Hydration in Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury After Primary Angioplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
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Transarterial Medtronic CoreValve System Implantation for Degenerated Surgically Implanted Aortic Prostheses
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Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Show Superiority to Balloon Angioplasty and Bare Metal Stents in Femoropopliteal Disease: Twelve-Month Zilver PTX Randomized Study Results
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Share this email:         New Issue!   Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Editors’ Picks 
Reciprocal Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolic and Signaling Pathways Correlates With Disease Severity in Heart Failure
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Racial/Ethnic Variation in the Association of Lipid-Related Genetic Variants With Blood Lipids in the US Adult Population
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Data Supplement
Large-Scale Candidate Gene Analysis in Whites and African Americans Identifies IL6R Polymorphism in Relation to Atrial Fibrillation / Clinical Perspective : The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) Project
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Share this email:   New Issue! Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Editors' Picks
Arrhythmia Type After Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Predicts Success of the Repeat Procedure
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Epicardial Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia / Clinical Perspective : A European Multicenter Study
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Altered Desmosomal Proteins in Granulomatous Myocarditis and Potential Pathogenic Links to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
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American Journal of Nephrology Free-Access Articles (Vol. 33, issues 4-6, 2011) Special service from Karger Publishers for the readers of Hypertension

Invited Editorials
Left Ventricular Mass Index as an Outcome Measure in Clinical Trials in Dialysis Patients: A Word of Caution 
Carmine Zoccali
Am J Nephrol 2011;33:370-372
The 'G' That Never WAS 
Friedrich C. Luft
Am J Nephrol 2011;33:499-501

In-Depth Topic Reviews  

Statins for the Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Tuo Zhang, Ling-Hong Shen, Liu-Hua Hu, Ben He
Am J Nephrol 2011;33:344-351 

Acute Kidney Injury following Cardiac Surgery: Role of Perioperative Blood Pressure Control 
Matthew R. Weir, Solomon Aronson, Edwin G. Avery, Charles V. Pollack, Jr.
Am J Nephrol 2011;33:438-452   

Mechanisms of Renal Cell Apoptosis Induced by Cyclosporine A: A Systematic Review of in vitro Studies 
Zheng Xiao, Chengwen Li, Juan Shan, Lei Luo, Li Feng, Jun Lu, Shengfu Li, Dan Long, Youping Li
Am J Nephrol 2011;33:558-566  

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Incremental Prognostic Value of Cardiac Computed Tomography in Coronary Artery Disease Using CONFIRM: COroNary Computed Tomography Angiography Evaluation for Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter Registry
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Left Atrial Size Is a Potent Predictor of Mortality in Mitral Regurgitation Due to Flail Leaflets: Results From a Large International Multicenter Study
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Echocardiographic Indices Do Not Reliably Track Changes in Left-Sided Filling Pressure in Healthy Subjects or Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
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