Cardiology

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ROUNDS IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

Recommendations for QTc Monitoring: Rational or Arbitrary?

Have you ever wondered if and how often an electrocardiogram should be obtained to monitor the QTc? Have you been unclear about which medical and metabolic conditions and medications can prolong the QTc? If you have, then this case of an elderly man with symptoms referable to multiple organ systems and treatment that involved several agents with QTc-prolonging side effects should prove helpful.

Lawrence N. Benjamin & more

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Corrected QT Interval and Methadone Dose and Concentrations in Pregnant and Postpartum Women

When clinicians use methadone as the standard treatment for opioid-dependent pregnant women, must they be concerned about its effects on the heart of mother and child? Read this study to learn the impact of methadone dose and enantiomer-specific plasma concentrations on maternal and infant QTc.

Debra L. Bogen & more

ARTICLES

Long-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease

The authors of this study identify clinical predictors associated with an increased risk of 6 long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease compared to the general pediatric Medicaid population.

Jeanette M. Jerrell & more

EARLY CAREER PSYCHIATRISTS

A Meta-Review of Lifestyle Interventions for Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the General Medical Population: Lessons for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness

Martha C. Ward & more

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy and Possible Link to Cerebral Executive Function: A Case Report

Samuel L. Sidharta & more

ARTICLES

Electrocardiographic Abnormalities as Potential Contributors to Premature Mortality in Patients With Mental Illness in a Psychiatric Day Treatment Program

Because patients with mental illness can die prematurely, Linzer and colleagues sought to determine if undetected cardiovascular disease might be present in a psychiatric day treatment population.

Mark Linzer & more

ARTICLES

Psychiatric Disorders and Quality of Life in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: A Systematic Review

In this systematic review of the literature, the authors investigate the presence of psychiatric comorbidities and quality of life in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Research shows that there are prominent signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with the implantable device.Â

Ana Claudia C. de Ornelas Maia & more

ROUNDS IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

The Cognitive Impact of Atrial Fibrillation

Have you ever wondered if atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia, predisposes one to cognitive impairment, and, if it does, by what mechanisms? If you have, then this review and discussion of the literature should be useful and assist you when making treatment decisions for your patients with atrial fibrillation.

Anne F. Gross and Theodore A. Stern

ARTICLES

Vitamin D Status and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Long-Term Psychiatric Inpatients

Low vitamin D levels are common in psychiatric patients, but vitamin D supplementation remains controversial. Review results from a study of the relationship between vitamin D treatment, psychiatric diagnosis, severity of illness, and cardiometabolic risk status in long-term psychiatric inpatients.

Anwar K. Abdullah & more

ROUNDS IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL

Denial of Cardiac Illness: Consequences and Management

Why do some patients fail to seek medical attention for chest pain? Which interventions will overcome patients' denial of clinical realities? Read this case vignette and discussion of a 50-year-old man who denied the significance of acute and intense chest pain.

Jennifer M. Covino & more

LETTERS

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Psychiatric Patients

Rahul S. Bharadwaj and Teresa B. Slade

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The Use of Statins After a Cardiac Intervention Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Subsequent Depression: Proof of Concept for the Inflammatory and Oxidative Hypotheses of Depression?

Lesley Stafford and Michael Berk

Serum Fatty Acid Latent Classes Are Associated With Suicide in a Large Military Personnel Sample

Levels of several fatty acids (FAs) have been linked to suicidal behavior, though research...

Arthur Thomas Ryan & more

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Cross-Cutting Symptom Domains Predict Functioning in Psychotic Disorders

Read this study to learn how both psychotic and nonpsychotic symptom domains predict funct...

Julia M. Longenecker & more

META-ANALYSIS

Single Versus Multiple Daily Dosing Regimens of Psychotropic Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Single-daily-dose regimens are easier for patients to follow than multiple-dose regimens a...

Yuhei Kikuchi & more

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