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JACC Adv
December 2024
Johns Hopkins Department of Internal Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Background: Despite implementation of preventive interventions targeting cardiovascular disease (CVD), atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) remains a major public health concern in the South Asian (SA) population.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the risk factor prevalence and ASCVD outcomes in SA population in the United States.
Methods: The DIL Wellness and Arterial health Longitudinal Evaluation registry collected data retrospectively on SA adult patients receiving care in the Baylor Scott & White Healthcare system.
JACC Adv
December 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Background: The Predicting Risk of CVD Events (PREVENT) equations were developed to address limitations of the Pooled Cohort Equations (PCEs) in predicting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. The comparative effectiveness of the PREVENT equations versus the PCEs in predicting mortality risk remains unknown.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the risk discrimination value of the PREVENT equations with the PCEs for predicting mortality.
Ann Pharmacother
January 2025
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Background: Statins are the mainstay of therapy in patients suffering an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) or myocardial infarction (MI); however, several studies have shown that prescribing is not optimal.
Objective: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the percentage of patients prescribed appropriate statin therapy upon discharge after an AIS or MI.
Methods: This is a single-center retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary, county, teaching hospital in patients aged 18 to 89 years who were newly diagnosed with AIS or MI, from September 2017 to September 2022.
Curr Med Chem
January 2025
Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Adana, Turkey.
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis related to dyslipidemia. Although the terms hyperlipidemia and Diabetes Mellitus [DM] or diabetic dyslipidemia are interrelated to each other, these two conditions have some differences.
Aim: This study aimed to highlight possible mechanisms of hyperlipidemia and/or dyslipidemia in diabetic patients, which can be treated with available and newer hypolipidemic drugs.
Neurol Sci
January 2025
Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, Milan, 20162, Italy.
Background: Patients with ischemic stroke (IS) or TIA face an elevated cardiovascular risk, warranting intensive lipid-lowering therapy. Despite recommendations, adherence to guidelines is suboptimal, leading to frequent undertreatment. This study aims to evaluate the statin use after IS and TIA.
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