Cutting LDL is job one | Cardiology | 04-2009
I believe that controlling LDL cholesterol to target values is our first priority. The drugs most effective at achieving this are statins, usually at higher doses than many physicians and ...
Angiography: a second look | Cardiology | 03-2009
If the patient has the identical chest pain and a previous negative angiogram, there rsquo s no indication for repeating an angiogram. A new character chest pain is still unlikely ...
Statins improve cardiac pain | Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiology | 03-2008
There's no data to suggest that carditis or cardiac pain are caused by statin therapy. In fact, the opposite has been found to be true. Randomized trials on subjects with ...
How sensitive is a stress test? | Cardiology | 04-2005
The sensitivity of a stress test is only 60 -- which means that if you take 10 patients with a 70 blockage in a coronary artery, only six of them ...
Clopidogrel with ASA: bleeding vs benefits | Cardiology | 02-2005
You raise a number of very interesting points. First, let me review the current evidence amp lt br amp gt amp amp 149 the Clopidogrel in Unstable angina to prevent ...
New guidelines on CRP testing | Cardiology | 09-2003
CRP is simply a marker of microinflammation. The latest guidelines, from the American Heart Association and Centers for Disease Control Circulation 2003 107 499 circ.ahajournals.org cgi content full 107 3 ...
LOW PLATELETS: IS ASA THERAPY SAFE? | Hematology | 07-2002
Whether or not you give ASA to a patient with documented coronary disease depends on the cause and severity of thrombocytopenia. If it's due to increased platelet destruction, the existing ...
FOLLOWING THE ABCs OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS | Cardiology | 11-2000
Since this patient is at high vascular risk because of existing coronary disease -- having class I angina and diabetes at age 50 -- she should be managed using the ...
SCREEN FOR CHOLESTEROL WHEN RISK RISES | Cardiology | 04-1994
I do not think that mass screening of the general population is effective, but I do feel that we should selectively screen individuals at high risk. Women at high risk ...
