Atherosclerosis

• Diagnosis, Imaging, Screening
• General Information
• Risk Factors
• Risk Reduction
• Treatment

Atherosclerosis

Treatment

NEWS:

ARTICLES:

NGC - Expert consensus document on the use of antiplatelet agents. The task force on the use of antiplatelet agents in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease of the European Society of Cardiology

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Absolute and relative changes in carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerotic plaques during long-term antihypertensive treatment: further results of the European Lacidipine Study on Atherosclerosis (ELSA). (J Hypertens)

Antiplatelet agents in atherothrombotic diseases. (Hosp Med)

Effect of intensive compared with moderate lipid-lowering therapy on progression of coronary atherosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial. (JAMA)

Effects of Aerobic Physical Exercise on Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in Men: The DNASCO Study (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Effects of statin therapy on the progression of carotid atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (Atherosclerosis)

Exercise training enhances endogenous fibrinolysis in peripheral arterial disease. (J Vasc Surg)

Intensive statin therapy in acute coronary syndromes: clinical benefits and vascular biology. (Curr Opin Lipidol)

Medical treatment of peripheral arterial disease: a comprehensive review. (J Vasc Interv Radiol)

Niacin therapy in atherosclerosis. (Curr Opin Lipidol)

Prevention of cardiovascular complications of diabetes mellitus by aspirin. (Cardiovasc Drug Rev)

Progression of early carotid atherosclerosis is only temporarily reduced after antibiotic treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity. (Circulation)

Statins in Stroke Prevention and Carotid Atherosclerosis. Systematic Review and Up-to-Date Meta-Analysis. (Stroke)

The role of inflammation in atherothrombosis: current and future strategies of medical treatment. (Med Sci Monit)

Treating hypothyroidism improves endothelial function. (Metabolism)

Vitamin E Supplementation in Patients With Carotid Atherosclerosis (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology)

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