W S Aronow

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..Clinical trial data do not support the use of intravenous cangrelor or oral vorapaxar in the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes...

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..The author has no funding, financial relationships, or conflicts of interest to disclose...

..Other manifestations include pericarditis, myocarditis, and vasculitis...

..Adverse effects from treatment, such as electrolyte disturbances, renal dysfunction, and excessive orthostatic BP reduction, should be avoided...

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..60 and in 92 of 135 (68%) with ABIs of 0.60 to 0.89 (p <0.0001). In conclusion, the higher the hemoglobin A(1c) levels in patients with diabetes with PAD, the higher the prevalence of severe PAD...

..Clopidogrel is significantly more effective than aspirin in reducing vascular death, nonfatal MI, and nonfatal stroke in patients with peripheral arterial disease...

..Patients with a bioprosthetic aortic valve without any of these 4 risk factors should be treated with aspirin 75-100 mg daily...

..5 mg/dL in men and <or=2.0 mg/dL in women; serum potassium should be <5.0 mEq/L)...

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..Patients with a bioprosthetic aortic valve without any of these four risk factors should be treated with aspirin 75-100 mg daily...

..Digoxin should not be used in persons with HF in sinus rhythm with normal LVEF. Exercise training should be encouraged in persons with mild to moderate HF to improve functional status and to decrease symptoms...

..Clopidogrel is significantly more effective than aspirin in reducing vascular death, nonfatal MI, and nonfatal stroke in patients with peripheral arterial disease...

..The article also discusses measures for treating arrhythmias and for diagnosing mechanical complications...

..The article explains the role each of these plays and reports on studies that have examined and compared various treatments...

..Hormonal therapy should not be used in postmenopausal women after myocardial infarction. The two indications for coronary revascularization are prolongation of life and relief of unacceptable symptoms despite optimal medical management...

..However, amputation should be performed if tissue loss has progressed beyond the point of salvage, if surgery is too risky, if life expectancy is very low, or if functional limitations diminish the benefit of limb salvage...

..The two indications for coronary revascularization are prolongation of life and relief of unacceptable symptoms despite optimal medical management...

..5 and 0.8 ng/mL. A multidisciplinary approach should be used with nurse monitoring of the condition. In a home-bound patient, a homemaker should be hired...

..In addition, medical therapy may result in significant improvements in walking ability that may obviate the need for lower extremity angioplasty with stenting and bypass surgery...

..Patients with AICDs should be treated with beta blockers, statins, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers...

..Older persons who have unexplained syncope should have 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiograms to determine whether pauses of longer than 3 seconds are present that require permanent pacemaker implantation...

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..When LDL cholesterol-lowering drug therapy is used to treat high-risk persons or moderately high-risk persons, the serum LDL cholesterol should be decreased at least 30% to 40%...

..The 2 indications for coronary revascularization are prolongation of life and relief of unacceptable symptoms despite optimal medical management...

..It is important to know which patients with hypertension will benefit from beta-blocker therapy and which beta-blockers should be used in the treatment of hypertension to reduce cardiovascular events and mortality...

..The LDL cholesterol should be decreased to <160 mg/dL in persons at low risk for cardiovascular disease...

..Patients with AICDs should be treated with beta blockers, statins, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin blockers...

..Future research includes investigation of mechanisms underlying why women have a higher risk of graft failure and major amputation...

..Patients with AICDs should also be treated with beta-blockers, statins, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin blockers...

..The adverse effects depend on the antihypertensive drugs used, the doses used, the co-morbidities present in older patients taking these drugs and drug-drug interactions...

..0 to 3.0. Patients with AF at low risk for stroke or with contraindications to warfarin should be treated with aspirin 325 mg daily...

..Adverse effects depend upon the antihypertensive drugs used, the doses of these drugs, comorbidities, and drug-drug interactions...

..0 to 3.0. Patients with AF at low risk for stroke or with contraindications to warfarin should be treated with aspirin...

..Pharmacologic treatments include beta-adrenergic blockade, calcium channel blockers, and amiodarone in selected patients...

..The ACC/AHA Class I indications for an AICD are discussed. Patients with AICDs should be treated with biventricular pacing, not with dual-chamber rate-responsive pacing at a rate of 70/minute...

..Use of effective methods of prophylaxis is more cost-effective and is safer than selective, intensive screening for VTE. These therapeutic options will be discussed...

..This article reviews studies addressing the implications of hypertension and the older diabetic...

..These results indicate that hypertensive patients aged 80 years and older should be treated with antihypertensive drugs...

..This is part 1 of a 2-part review of the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of atrial fibrillation. The second part will be published in the subsequent issue of Cardiology in Review...

..High-risk older persons should be treated with lipid-lowering drugs according to the NCEP III updated guidelines to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality...

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..We report the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease in older men and women in a long-term health care facility...

..We report the prevalence of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and of complex ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and their association with new coronary events in older men and women...

..0 to 3.0. Persons with atrial fibrillation who are at low risk for stroke or who have contraindications to warfarin should receive 325 mg aspirin daily...

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..0 to 3.0. Patients with AF at low risk for stroke or with contraindications to warfarin should receive 325 mg of aspirin daily...

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..01 for each 1-mg/dL increase), initial serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (risk ratio, 0.96 for each 1-mg/dL increase), use of statins (risk ratio, 0.46), and use of aspirin (risk ratio, 0.48)...

..0001) at 1 year after treatment. At 6 months and 1 year after treatment with placebo, treadmill exercise time until onset of intermittent claudication was not significantly different from baseline exercise time...

..Isosorbide dinitrate plus hydralazine should be added if HF persists. A calcium channel blocker should be added if HF persists. Digoxin should be avoided in diastolic HF if sinus rhythm is present...

..Stroke is a potential risk of the use of thrombolytics...

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..03 for an increment of 1 year of age), hypertension (risk ratio 1.2), diabetes mellitus (risk ratio 1.4), abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (risk ratio 2.1), and atrial fibrillation (risk ratio 1.5)...

..However, amputation should be performed if tissue loss has progressed beyond the point of salvage, if surgery is too risky, if life expectancy is very low, or if functional limitations obviate the benefit of limb salvage...

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..Most data indicate that the combination of aspirin and dipyridamole is not more effective than aspirin alone in preventing vascular events, and available data do not support the use of sulfinpyrazone in patients with vascular disease...

..Indications for coronary revascularization after MI in older individuals are prolongation of life and relief of unacceptable symptoms despite optimal medical management...

..There are no class I indications for using intravenous magnesium during acute MI. The routine use of antiarrhythmic drugs other than beta-blockers during and after acute MI is not recommended...

..0028) reduction in vascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and nonfatal stroke than patients randomized to aspirin 325 mg daily. These data favor the use of clopidogrel in patients with PAD...

..We report the prevalence and incidence of atherothrombotic brain infarction (ABI) in older Hispanic men and women in a long-term health care facility...

..05), use of digoxin (risk ratio = 4.2), systemic hypertension (risk ratio = 14.2), diabetes (risk ratio = 4.3), and left ventricular ejection fraction (risk ratio = 1.1)...

..Use of inappropriate drugs, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, should be avoided. Coronary revascularization should be performed in selected individuals...

..01), and in patients with hypertension, diabetes, or hypercholesterolemia (P < 0.001). Age, race, body mass index, and neck circumference were not significantly different for patients with versus without obstructive CAD...

..Indications for aortic valve replacement (AVR), for use of warfarin after AVR in patients with mechanical prostheses, and for use of aspirin or warfarin after AVR in patients with bioprostheses are listed in the article...

..Other indications for an AICD are discussed. Patients with AICDs should be treated with biventricular pacing, not with dual-chamber rate-responsive pacing at a rate of 70/minute...

..In patients with diabetes mellitus without hypothyroidism, the prevalence of 3-vessel or 4-vessel CAD was significantly higher than in patients without diabetes mellitus or hypothyroidism...

..001), and the use of calcium channel blockers decreased from 28% to 23% (p=NS). Dyslipidemia was present in 62% of the 177 patients. The use of statins increased from 34% before hospitalization to 63% at hospital discharge (p<0.001)...

..009), and diabetes (RR=1.5, p=0.045). In conclusion, patients undergoing noncardiac vascular surgery treated with statins had a 57% less chance of having perioperative MI or death at 2-year follow-up after controlling for other variables...

..The association between higher New York Heart Association (NYHA) class and outcomes in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function is not well known...

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..18, p <0.0001), and previous MI (risk ratio 2.15, p <0.0001). In conclusion, statins decrease the incidence of new stroke or MI or death in patients with severe carotid arterial disease who do not undergo revascularization...

..0%, of a blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg, and of a serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol less than 100 mg/dL in older persons with diabetes mellitus who were not terminally ill in an academic nursing home...

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..In conclusion, patients having implantable cardioverter-defibrillators should also be treated with beta-adrenergic blockers to reduce the frequency of appropriate shocks...

..CONCLUSIONS: Subclinical hypothyroidism was associated with a high prevalence of symptomatic PAD in elderly men and women...

..The drug will be marketed under the trade name of Revatio, not Viagra, the name used for the ED indication. The approved dose for primary pulmonary hypertension is 20 mg 3 times daily...

..Clopidogrel is more effective than aspirin in reducing the risk of vascular death, nonfatal MI, and nonfatal stroke in patients with peripheral arterial disease...

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..9%) and in 2 of 552 nondiabetics (0.4%), P not significant. In-hospital mortality or nonfatal myocardial infarction or nonfatal stroke occurred in 3 of 216 diabetics (1.4%) and in 6 of 552 nondiabetics (1.1%), P not significant...

..01). Obese patients with moderate or severe OSA have a higher prevalence of moderate or severe LVDD than obese patients with no or mild OSA...

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..05), and diabetes (p < .02). CONCLUSIONS: Inpatient telemetry was of no value in predicting short-term coronary events or mortality or long-term mortality in low-risk patients hospitalized with chest pain...

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..Diuretics were given to 97 men (66%) and 37 women (69%) (P = NS). Calcium channel blockers were given to 26 men (18%) and 12 women (22%) (P = NS). There was no significant difference in the treatment of men versus women with acute STEMI...

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..These data show that serum cardiac troponin I levels do not increase with stress test-induced myocardial ischemia...

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