Topics covered include the number of patients in the U.S. suitable for statin therapy and conclusion that the guidelines could increase the number of adults eligible for statin therapy by 12.8 million.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1315665 年份: 2014 ...
you should be treated with lipid-modifying therapy with an evidence base behind it, which becomes the statins. One piece I don't want to forget is the lifestyle intervention, which is given as a priori. We have to start with that. ...
Combination therapy (statin/niacin) has not been shown to provide additional cardiovascular benefit above statin therapy alone, may increase the risk of stroke with additional side effects, and is generally not recommended Use aspirin therapy (75-162 mg/day) as a secondary prevention strategy in ...
The article discusses a method of calculating patients' heart disease risk proposed by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2013. The increase in the number of people who might need to start taking drugs called statins is mentioned. Reasons for ...
Consider statin and aspirin therapy whenever indicated If patient is unable to tolerate steroids, consider switching to tocilizumab weekly SC injection.Infection The association between high-dose glucocorticoid therapy and opportunistic infections, particularly pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), is now ...
When and how to start prevention of atherosclerosis? Lessons from the Cardiovascular Risk in the Young Finns Study and the Special Turku Coronary Risk Fact... This review provides an up-to-date summary of findings from two ongoing population-based, prospective studies conducted in Finland: The Ca...
1. Maximize statin therapy 2. Emphasize adherence to lifestyle and statin therapy before considering adding a nonstatin 3. Consider adding nonstatins in high-risk patients who might experience a net ASCVD risk reduction benefit from additional LDL-C lowering Clinical ASCVD Untreated LDL-C ˃...
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blood pressure was X130/80 mm Hg in a hypercholesterolemic group with a total cholesterol level of X220 mg dlÀ1 under statin adminis- tration, whereas it increased significantly when blood pressure was X140/90 mm Hg in the group with a cholesterol level controlled to within a normal range...
populations [76,82,83]. Recently, a genetic risk score based on 27 genetic variants enabled the identification of subjects at increased risk of CAD, who would benefit the most from statin therapy, even after adjustment for family history [84]. Still, it is likely that some reported ...