A new analysis of a large cohort Italian trial shows that moderate coffee intake does not seem to have any effect on future cardiovascular events in patients who have had a myocardial infarction. Medscape Medical News
Current methods of measuring platelet function in various clinical and research situations, their advantages and drawbacks, and their clinical and treatment implications are discussed. Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Investigators say a new computed tomography–derived calcium coverage score provides information about cardiovascular events beyond that provided by commonly used measures of coronary calcium burden. Medscape Medical News
AHA 2007: A leading authority discusses whether the ability of the newer generation of beta-blockers to increase NO confers additional benefits for treatment of hypertension and heart failure. Medscape Cardiology
PFOs are likely not just "innocent bystanders" in older subjects, and paradoxical embolism should be considered as a possible cause of stroke in this group, experts say. Heartwire
Results of a small study offer hope that atrial fibrillation may some day be removed as a contraindication for coronary computed tomographic angiography. Medscape Medical News
