Search results for "Cardiovascular Disease"
More than half of people taking statins may have suboptimal improvement in LDL cholesterol
There was a significantly increased risk of coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cardiovascular disease-related death in patients with a suboptimal response to statins compared with those with an optimal response.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/23/1.htm
23 Apr 2019
Acute MI may be undertreated in patients with mild cognitive impairment
Rates of cardiac catheterization, coronary revascularization, and cardiac rehabilitation after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (MI) were compared in older patients with preexisting mild cognitive impairment versus those without impaired cognition.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/20/4.htm
20 Aug 2019
Evidence shifting for cardiac drugs with insect allergies
The cardiovascular benefits of beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors must be weighed against anaphylaxis risk in patients with allergy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/evidence-shifting-for-cardiac-drugs-with-insect-allergies.htm
1 Apr 2022
Updated guideline on cholesterol management focuses on detailed risk assessment
The guideline from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association recommends that physicians talk to patients about risk-enhancing factors that can help provide a more personalized risk assessment, in addition to such traditional risk factors as smoking and high blood pressure.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/20/2.htm
20 Nov 2018
No association between antihypertensive treatment and mortality, CVD in mild, low-risk hypertension, but some association with increased adverse events
Physicians following guidelines that generalize findings from hypertension trials conducted in high-risk individuals to those at lower risk should use caution, the study authors noted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/06/5.htm
6 Nov 2018
Cardiovascular safety of febuxostat and allopurinol compared in patients with gout and CVD
In a modified intention-to-treat analysis, the primary end point of first occurrence of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or urgent revascularization for unstable angina occurred in 10.8% of patients taking febuxostat and in 10.4% of patients taking allopurinol (hazard ratio, 1.03).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/20/4.htm
20 Mar 2018
Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants appear superior to vitamin K antagonists in early-stage CKD
An accompanying editorial said that the current review supports a superior benefit profile of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in patients with atrial fibrillation and early-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/16/2.htm
16 Jul 2019
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/03/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Mar 2023
Weighing benefits, harms of cannabis
Marijuana use has risen, so internists need to understand its real risks as well as its potential clinical uses, such as for chronic pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and multiple sclerosis spasticity symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/04/weighing-benefits-harms-of-cannabis.htm
1 Apr 2019
Discussing lifetime vs. 10-year CVD risk estimates led to higher patient risk perception, willingness for therapy
Patients who were presented with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk information using a pictogram had lower perception of risk and were less willing to consider therapy than those presented with a bar graph or no graphic at all.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/13/1.htm
13 Nov 2018