Preventing premature atherosclerotic disease

CM Baker Smith, A Peterson - Current Hypertension Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cardiovascular disease (CVD) can begin in youth. Prevention is
essential to reducing the burden of CVD-related risk factors in childhood and disease …

Change in predicted 10-year and lifetime cardiovascular disease risk after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

AS Hinerman, EJM Barinas-Mitchell… - Surgery for Obesity and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Long-term changes in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk after bariatric surgery
are not well characterized. Objective To report sex-specific changes in CVD risk after Roux …

[HTML][HTML] Global variation of risk thresholds for initiating statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a benefit-harm balance modelling study

HG Yebyo, S Zappacosta, HE Aschmann… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background We previously showed that the 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk
threshold to initiate statins for primary prevention depends on the baseline CVD risk, age …

[HTML][HTML] Dyslipidemia in children and adolescents: Definition, screening, and diagnosis

SD de Ferranti, JW Newburger - UpToDate, Waltham, MA, USA, 2020 - medilib.ir
In adults, dyslipidemia is an established risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
(ASCVD), and correcting dyslipidemia reduces the risk of ASCVD. Dyslipidemia often begins …

Lipid-Lowering Therapy for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention in Older Adults. Consensus Statement of the Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians …

YV Kotovskaya, ON Tkacheva, IV Sergienko - Kardiologiia, 2020 - europepmc.org
Completed randomized clinical studies did not have a sufficient statistical power for
demonstrating clearly the efficacy of lipid-lowering therapy for primary prevention in patients …

Independent effects of 15 commonly prescribed drugs on all-cause mortality among US elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

SH Baik, CJ McDonald - BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 2020 - drc.bmj.com
Objective Most patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) also have hypertension and
hyperlipidemia. Consequently, they are taking medications for all three conditions …

Promoting ideal cardiovascular health through the life span

SS Arteaga, MW Gillman - Pediatrics, 2020 - publications.aap.org
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the
United States and worldwide. 1 Because lipids in children and adolescents play a role in the …

Is There a Nonlinear Relationship between Serum Uric Acid and Lipids in a Hypertensive Population with eGFR ≥30 ml/min/1.73 m2? Findings from the China …

Y Yu, X Huang, M Li, C Ding, L Hu… - International Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Evidence regarding the nonlinear relationship between serum uric acid (SUA)
and blood lipids in Chinese population with hypertension is limited. Therefore, the present …

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in Nigeria 2020

S Kadiri, F Arogundade, A Arije, A Omotoso… - Tropical Journal of …, 2020 - tjn-online.com
Background Hypertension, defined as blood pressure> 140/90 mmHg, has assumed greater
public health importance in Nigeria in the last 2 decades. Many reports put the adult …

Pharmacist statin prescribing initiative in diabetic patients at an Internal Medicine Resident Clinic

R Vincent, J Kim, T Ahmed… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite general increases in statin use in the United States, statin therapy may
be underutilized in diabetic patients and vulnerable populations. Objective: To determine the …