Publications by authors named "Joaquim A Meireles-Brandao"
Introduction And Objectives: Lifestyle changes are frequently insufficient to reduce cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with dyslipidemia. This study aims to characterize the long-term evolution of lipid profile and CV risk of patients under primary prevention.
Methods: A retrospective study was performed of outpatients at a Portuguese cardiovascular risk clinic with ≥2 CV risk factors, followed for ≥2 years between 1995 and 2015.
Introduction And Objective: Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent cardiovascular risk factor but is closely associated with other similar risk factors that are manageable with appropriate treatment and guidance. We aimed to study the impact of using combined therapy for managing Lp(a) levels in patients at high cardiovascular risk but without major adverse cardiovascular events, in primary prevention.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study in 516 patients randomly selected from a group of 1677 patients who attended cardiovascular risk and metabolism consultations between 1995 and 2015.
Introduction: High values of lipoprotein(a), related to atherosclerosis progression, are often considered a marker of thrombosis. We assessed the lipoprotein(a) profile in a group of patients with high vascular risk and no cardiovascular events, established its correlation with other cardiovascular risk factors and inferred the results for patients with metabolic disorders and, at least, two risk factors.
Material And Methods: This longitudinal observational study included 516 patients, who had at least two cardiovascular risk factors and regularly attended, for at least two years, the outpatient consultations at a clinic of metabolism and vascular risk for primary prevention.