Carotid Ultrasound
Carotid Ultrasound Alfred S. Callahan III, MD Carotid atherostenosis is a cause of acute ischemic stroke through flow failure from local occlusion or activated plaque resulting in arterial to arterial…
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Don Chomsky, MD Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPXT) was once primarily utilized as a research tool. It is now more widely available and has a substantial evidence base…
Complete and Advanced Cardiovascular Laboratory Testing
Complete and Advanced Cardiovascular Laboratory Testing Mark C. Houston, MD, MS, MSc, FACP, FAHA, FASH, FACN, FAARM, ABAARM, DABC A complete cardiovascular (CV) blood panel with both routine and advanced…
Food Sensitivities, Wheat-Related Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease
Food Sensitivities, Wheat-Related Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disease Tom O’Bryan, DC, CCN, DACBN Atherosclerosis is the most life-threatening pathology worldwide. Its major clinical complications, stroke, myocardial infarction, and heart failure, are…
Stress Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Stress Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Dante J. Graves, MD, FACC Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans. Although the clinician has many options…
Endothelial Dysfunction and Testing
Endothelial Dysfunction and Testing Mark C. Houston, MD, MS, MSc, FACP, FAHA, FASH, FACN, FAARM, ABAARM, DABC Fortunately, many noninvasive tests exist that will determine cardiovascular (CV) pathology before clinical…
Stress Nuclear Imaging in the Evaluation of Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Stress Nuclear Imaging in the Evaluation of Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Dante J. Graves, MD, FACC Stress Nuclear Cardiac Imaging Stress nuclear imaging is well established as a testing modality…
CAPWA: Computerized Arterial Pulse Wave Analysis
CAPWA: Computerized Arterial Pulse Wave Analysis Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD Jay N. Cohn, MD Arterial Elasticity (1/Arterial Stiffness) and Blood Pressure The clinical assessment of the arterial pressure wave, which…
Multifunction Cardiogram, a.k.a. MCG
Multifunction Cardiogram, a.k.a. MCG Raffi B. Shen, BA Norbert W. Rainford, MD, FACC, FACP Joseph T. Shen, MD Introduction Coronary artery heart disease (CAD) is a major cause of death…
Marine-Derived Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease
Marine-Derived Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease Thomas G. Guilliams, PhD Jørn Dyerberg, MD, DMSc, DHC Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease One of the most complex (and controversial) associations…
