Initiating Statin therapy : What all to be considered Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli15 July 2018 7:04 PM ISTStatins are backbone for treatment of Dyslipedemia but before initiating Statins ,clinicians must first determine the patient’s risk of having a...
2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for Early Management of Stroke Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli15 July 2018 7:01 PM ISTAHA/ASA 2018 Guidelines for Early Management of Stroke have been released which are an update to the 2013 guidelines. The earlier ones were published...
Statins have no role in primary prevention of CVD in elderly : BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Sept 2018 7:28 PM ISTStatin treatment in older people (aged >75 years) without type 2 diabetes is not associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease (CVD) or...
Management of Blood Cholesterol : 2018 ACC/AHA Guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 Nov 2018 7:00 PM ISTThe 2018 ACC/AHA guideline updates the 2013 guideline and it emphasizes reducing the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) through...
Daily aspirin no good for Primary prevention: European Heart Journal Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Jan 2019 8:28 PM ISTUSA: Daily use of aspirin does not reduce mortality in adults with cardiovascular disease, instead, causes additional major bleeding, according to a...
ACC/AHA 2019 Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 March 2019 7:00 PM ISTNew ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) 2019 Guidelines for primary prevention of heart disease, stroke have been released. The guideline was...
PERSPECTIVE: Still to be conquered -- Residual Risk of Coronary artery disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 March 2019 7:03 PM ISTCoronary artery disease (CAD) starts its roots early in life with deposition of lipids in the coronary artery vessel wall and is manifested by...
Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: AHA/ACC Joint Statement Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 May 2019 7:00 PM ISTHome based, medically supervised cardiac rehabilitation may be, for some patients, an alternative to traditional medical center cardiac rehabilitation...
Cholesterol Management: ACC/AHA Updates Guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli26 May 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) task force on clinical practice guidelines has updated its 2013 cholesterol...
Aspirin to prevent cardiovascular diseases: Dr Keshava R Hina Zahid12 Jun 2019 7:02 PM ISTThe role of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease was considered for long as the best preventive measure till 2019.”An aspirin a day keeps heart...
Stopping statin treatment can increase CVD risk: European Heart Journal Medha Baranwal Baranwal3 Aug 2019 9:03 AM ISTParis, France: For people who are regularly taking statin therapy for high cholesterol should not stop the treatment when they are 75, recommend the...
Discontinuation of statins after 75 tied to increased CVD and hospitalization risk Deepanjana Sarkar6 Aug 2019 7:25 PM ISTThe role of statins in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease outcomes over 75 remains a subject of debate in the medical fraternity. A news...
