Cardiovascular - General

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• General Information
• Risk Factors
• Risk Reduction
• Treatment

Cardiovascular - General

Treatment

NEWS:

ACE Inhibitors Not Needed for Many Heart Disease Patients

Consumer group urges ban of cholesterol drug

Daily Aerobic Activity Effectively Treats Chest Pain, At Half The Cost Of Stenting

Diet May Lower Cholesterol as Much as Statins

Exercise as Effective as Some Heart Drugs

Hospitals that follow heart attack guidelines save lives

Petition to the FDA to remove the cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin (CRESTOR) from the market (HRG Publication #1693)

ARTICLES:

Aspirin resistance

How cholesterol-lowering drugs work

Should You Take Statins?

Statin Adverse Effects: Implications for the Elderly

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Antibiotic trials for coronary heart disease. (Tex Heart Inst J)

Atorvastatin Decreases the Coenzyme Q10 Level in the Blood of Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (Arch Neurol)

Cardiovascular protection with ace inhibitors - more HOPE for EUROPA? (Med Sci Monit)

Effect of age on the use of evidence-based therapies for acute myocardial infarction. (Am Heart J)

Effect of exercise training on endothelial function in men with coronary artery disease. (Am J Cardiol)

Exercise and Heart Failure (Circulation)

Exercise based rehabilitation for heart failure (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Exercise training improves overall physical fitness and quality of life in older women with coronary artery disease. (Chest)

From case report to meta analysisÑadditional evidence for the benefits of exercise training in cardiac patients (The American Journal of Medicine)

Inhibition of platelet aggregation by aspirin progressively decreases in long-term treated patients (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Long-term exercise maintenance, physical activity, and health-related quality of life after cardiac rehabilitation. (Am J Phys Med Rehabil)

Low glycaemic index diets for coronary heart disease. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Management of peripheral arterial disease. (Am Fam Physician)

Oral antiplatelet therapy in cerebrovascular disease, coronary artery disease, and peripheral arterial disease. (JAMA)

Recent developments in non-invasive cardiology (BMJ)

Reduction in C-reactive protein through cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

[Resistance exercise in cardiac rehabilitation-recommendations of the German Federation for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation] (Z Kardiol)

[Role of lipid lowering therapy in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease] (Herz)

The place of diuretics in preventing cardiovascular events (Journal of Human Hypertension)

The role of exercise in the treatment of cardiovascular disease associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. (Sports Med)

The role of statins in vascular disease. (Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg)

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