Lipid Disorders
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Calcium scores may assist cardiac screening in African Americans
Two sets of guidelines diverge on who should take statins.
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VIDEO: Clear food labels may improve healthy habits
WASHINGTON – Clear nutrition labels could improve grocery shopping.
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VIDEO: FOURIER and SPIRE show lower LDL is better for longer
Two blockbuster trials, FOURIER and SPIRE, showed that lowering LDL to extremely low levels reduced cardiovascular events.
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Inclisiran shows sustained and significant declines in LDL-C
Symptoms of immune activation were rare with this small interfering RNA molecule.
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TAVR can be performed safely within 30 days of PCI
WASHINGTON – Recent percutaneous coronary intervention should not deter CAD patients from undergoing TAVR.
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Mid-life cardiovascular risk factors set stage for later-life dementia
HOUSTON - Diabetes conferred the greatest dementia risk, nearly doubling the chance of dementia.
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Ticagrelor beats aspirin for recurrent stroke in patients with atherosclerosis
HOUSTON – The benefit of ticagrelor over aspirin in preventing a combination of recurrent stroke, heart attack, and death was entirely driven by a...
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Familial hypercholesterolemia: Look for it!
SNOWMASS, COLO – Familial hypercholesterolemia is far more common than you think.
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Testosterone Trials’ cardiac, cognitive results disappoint
Testosterone treatment may have beneficial effects on unexplained anemia or bone density, but may increase coronary artery plaque and offer no...
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When to screen asymptomatic diabetics for CAD
SNOWMASS, COLO. – The use of coronary artery calcium screening in the subset of asymptomatic diabetes patients at higher clinical risk of CAD...
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Lipid-lowering meds benefit some breast cancer patients
Patients with early-stage, hormone-receptor positive breast cancer who used cholesterol-lowering medication at baseline of a long-term randomized...