"Guidelines recommending that more persons use statins for primary prevention of ASCVD should prevent more events than guidelines recommending use by fewer persons," the authors write. HealthDay News ...
Ian Riddock, MD, discusses the burden of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and multi-societal guideline recommendations for lipid management. Stay ahead of policy, cost, and ...
Choices for pharmacologic therapy should be guided by a 10-year global risk assessment score for ASCVD or coronary heart disease using established risk equations (eg, the Framingham risk calculator, ...
The AHA/ACC published a new clinical practice guideline on managing cholesterol and provided a risk assessment report on primary prevention of ASCVD. The American Heart Association (AHA) and the ...
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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the study background, the use of aspirin for secondary prevention is recommended due to its ...
Genetic and epidemiological evidence indicates that triglyceride-rich lipoproteins are causal risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Elevated levels of plasma triglyceride ...
—Recent studies suggest that a hospitalization related to cardiovascular events can follow a hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. But have these studies been too broad? No ...
A new editorial in JAMA Cardiology has rekindled discussions about the role of aspirin for secondary prevention in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and whether there’s a ...