ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
AFFIRM. A Comparison of Rate Control and Rhythm Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 5 Dec 2002; 347(23): 1825-33. Van Gelder IC. A Comparison of Rate Control and Rhythm Control in Patients with Recurrent Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 5 Dec 2002: 347(23): 1834-40.
AFFIRM. A Comparison of Rate Control and Rhythm Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 5 Dec 2002; 347(23): 1825-33.
Van Gelder IC. A Comparison of Rate Control and Rhythm Control in Patients with Recurrent Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 5 Dec 2002: 347(23): 1834-40.
BNP
Freestone B. Influence of Atrial Fibrillation on Plasma Von Willebrand Factor, Soluble E-Selectin, and N-Terminal Pro B-type Natriuretic Peptide levels in Systolic Heart Failure. Chest 2008; 133: 1023.
DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE
Ahmed A. Gheorghiade M. Effects of Digoxin on Morbidity and Mortality in Diastolic Heart Failure: The Ancillary Digitalis Investigation Group Trial. Circulation 2006; 114(5): 397.
HYPERLIPIDEMIA
Ridker PM, JUPITER. Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men and Women with Elevated C-Reactive Protein. NEJM 20 Nov 2008; 359(21): 2195-207.
HYPERTENSION
ALLHAT. Major Outcomes in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients Randomized to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Calcium Channel Blocker vs Diuretic: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). JAMA. 2002; 288(23): 2981-2997.
NSTEMI
Hirsch A. Long-term outcome after an early invasive versus selective invasive treatment strategy in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and elevated cardiac troponin T (the ICTUS trial). Lancet 2007; 369(9564): 827. de Winter RJ. Early Invasive versus Selectively Invasive Management for Acute Coronary Syndromes. NEJM 2005; 353(11): 1095.
Hirsch A. Long-term outcome after an early invasive versus selective invasive treatment strategy in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and elevated cardiac troponin T (the ICTUS trial). Lancet 2007; 369(9564): 827.
de Winter RJ. Early Invasive versus Selectively Invasive Management for Acute Coronary Syndromes. NEJM 2005; 353(11): 1095.
