Atherosclerosis
News, opinions and meeting coverage in geriatrics.
<ѻýҕl>Diet, Exercise Sufficient to Reduce Triglyceridesѻýҕl>
While cholesterol control is often balanced between statins and lifestyle changes, reducing triglycerides can usually be accomplished with diet and lifestyle changes alone, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
Apr 20, 2011
<ѻýҕl>Cardiologist Who Revealed Echo Errors Out of a Jobѻýҕl>
MILWAUKEE -- A cardiologist whose research at a national medical meeting revealed that other doctors at her hospital were misreading a substantial number of diagnostic echocardiograms has been fired by that hospital, the Journal Sentinel and ѻýҕl have learned.
Jan 14, 2011
<ѻýҕl>ACC: Triglycerides Decreased with Rosuvastatin Therapyѻýҕl>
ATLANTA -- In a study that specifically scrutinized the effects of statin therapy on triglycerides, researchers said that rosuvastatin (Crestor) significantly reduced the blood lipid that has been linked to coronary artery disease better than placebo.
Mar 15, 2010
<ѻýҕl>ACC: Clopidogrel Black Box Likely to Have Immediate Clinical Impactѻýҕl>
ATLANTA -- The FDA's decision to add a black box warning to the label of clopidogrel (Plavix) came without warning to doctors attending the American College of Cardiology meeting here. But getting the word out to more than 13,000 cardiologists gathered in this city not an easy task.
Mar 14, 2010
<ѻýҕl>AHA: FDA Drops Clopidogrel Bomb at AHAѻýҕl>
ORLANDO -- The FDA has issued a public health advisory warning patients and physicians that concommitant use of clopidogrel (Plavix) and omeprazole (Prilosec and Prilosec OTC) blunts the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel, so the combination should be avoided.
Nov 17, 2009
<ѻýҕl>ESC: Peto Analysis Called Short on Proof of Simvastatin/ Ezetimibe Cancer Safetyѻýҕl>
SEATTLE -- Simvastatin/ezetimibe (Vytorin) may increase the risk of cancer after all, concluded a leading American biostatistician who dismissed as prematurely reassuring an analysis by Richard Peto, Ph.D., F.R.S., that found the link with excess malignancy to be overblown.
Sep 04, 2008
<ѻýҕl>ASNC: Caffeine Screens Before Stress Tests Often Miss Positives
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SAN DIEGO -- Routine screening by questionnaire for caffeine intake before pharmacologic cardiac stress testing fails to identify most patients who have detectable serum levels of the stimulant, investigators said here.
Sep 12, 2007