Could COPD Serve as a Marker of Cardiovascular Morbidity, Mortality?
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experience significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease Found to Raise End-Stage Renal Disease Risk
Not only do kidney disease patients have higher rates of cardiovascular events, cardiovascular disease events may increase the risk of end-stage renal disease in the general population.
Cholesterol Management Guidelines
Recommendations from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on the management of blood cholesterol.
Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: Screening & Diagnosis
Expert panel recommendations on the screening and step-wise diagnosis of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH).
Thromboembolic Disorder Treatments
Anticoagulants, antiplatelets, and thrombolytics for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of venous and arterial thrombosis.
Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: Treatments
Treatment of Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension
Dose-Dependent Reduction of Lipoprotein(a) With APO(a)-LRx
The hepatocyte-directed antisense oligonucleotide AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx was found to lower in a dose-dependent manner lipoprotein(a) levels in patients with elevated lipoprotein(a) levels and established cardiovascular disease.
Vascepa Approved to Cut Risk for CV Events in High-Risk Patients With Elevated Triglycerides
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Vascepa (icosapent ethyl; Amarin Pharma) as an adjunct to maximally tolerated statin therapy to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary revascularization, and unstable angina requiring hospitalization in adult patients with elevated triglyceride (TG) levels (≥150mg/dL) and established CV disease or diabetes mellitus…
Hypertension Treatments: Diuretics
A comparative list of loop, potassium-sparing, and thiazide-like diuretics monotherapy and combination therapy for the treatment of hypertension.
Combination Hypertension Treatments
A comparative list of combination antihypertensive medications.
