Search results for "Cardiovascular events"
Exercise a fitting path to improved health
Some physicians tout successes in getting patients moving more by suggesting incremental changes in their activity levels, and also by highlighting the more immediately visible payoffs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/04/exercise-a-fitting-path-to-improved-health.htm
1 Apr 2021
Testosterone may not decrease fracture risk in hypogonadism
A substudy of an industry-funded randomized trial in men with hypogonadism found that 3.50% of those assigned to testosterone and 2.46% assigned to placebo had a clinical fracture after 3.19 years of follow-up.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/23/2.htm
23 Jan 2024
Combined use of ED drugs, nitrates linked with worse outcomes in patients with CAD
Risks of myocardial infarction, heart failure, and mortality were significantly higher in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients taking nitrates and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors for erectile dysfunction (ED) than in patients taking nitrates alone.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/16/2.htm
16 Jan 2024
New guidance urges caution on testosterone
Internists considering testosterone therapy are ideally positioned to consider a broader differential diagnosis that will actually help the patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/05/new-guidance-urges-caution-on-testosterone.htm
1 May 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for increasingly frequent angina
A 68-year-old man is evaluated for increasingly frequent angina. One month ago, coronary angiography was performed because of the occurrence of angina at lower levels of exertion. Following coronary angiography, the patient increased his dosage of isosorbide mononitrate; however, his exertional chest discomfort worsened. Following a physical exam and electrocardiogram, what is the most appropriate management?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/16/3.htm
16 Jan 2024
Managing HIV with testing, prevention
Antiretroviral therapy has made an impact in treating HIV, but preexposure prophylaxis has created a huge opportunity in preventing infection, with internists poised to play a role.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/managing-hiv-with-testing-prevention.htm
1 Mar 2020
Lack of access to PCSK9 inhibitors associated with cardiovascular events
Risk for myocardial infarction, unstable angina, acute ischemic heart disease, ischemic stroke, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass graft, and cardiac arrest was higher in patients whose prescription for a PCSK9 inhibitor was denied or abandoned.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/30/2.htm
30 Jul 2019
Location, distribution of calcium may improve coronary artery calcium scoring for cardiovascular events
Considerable heterogeneity existed between the coronary artery calcium score and number of vessels with coronary artery calcium, and adding the number of vessels with coronary artery calcium significantly improved prediction of coronary events in survival analysis, area under the curve analysis, and net reclassification improvement analysis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/19/4.htm
19 Apr 2016
The never-ending push-pull of statins
Statins have proven their potential to reduce end-point outcomes, such as death from cardiovascular disease. But the drug class also has some downsides, and the pros and the cons become a close call.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/statins.htm
1 Apr 2017
Stopping preventive aspirin associated with 37% increased risk of cardiovascular events
Patients who continued aspirin had a 4.1% yearly incidence of cardiovascular events, compared to 5.4% among those who stopped taking the drug, while the risk of discontinuation corresponded to one additional cardiovascular event for every 74 patients who stopped taking aspirin in a year.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/03/4.htm
3 Oct 2017