Compliance with lipid-lowering therapy and its impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality

EN Liberopoulos, M Florentin… - Expert opinion on …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Objective: Treatment with hypolipidemic agents reduces the risk of vascular events both in …

[HTML][HTML] Update on the medical treatment of stable angina

JL Gayet, F Paganelli, A Cohen-Solal - Archives of cardiovascular diseases, 2011 - Elsevier
Stable angina is a form of coronary artery disease. Its potential to progress requires the most
appropriate treatment in order to reduce the incapacitating effect of an acute angina attack …

Early metoprolol administration before coronary reperfusion results in increased myocardial salvage: analysis of ischemic myocardium at risk using cardiac magnetic …

B Ibanez, S Prat-González, WS Speidl, G Vilahur… - Circulation, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—β-Blockers improve clinical outcome when administered early after acute
myocardial infarction. However, whether β-blockers actually reduce the myocardial infarction …

The cardioprotection granted by metoprolol is restricted to its administration prior to coronary reperfusion

B Ibanez, G Cimmino, S Prat-González… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarct size is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events.
Intravenous metoprolol before coronary reperfusion has been shown to reduce infarct size; …

Nine-year trends in achievement of risk factor goals in the US and European outpatients with cardiovascular disease

BA Steinberg, DL Bhatt, S Mehta, PA Poole-Wilson… - American Heart …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although control of major cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, diabetes) has been the centerpiece of guidelines for the prevention of …

Prevalencia y características de la dislipemia en pacientes en prevención primaria y secundaria tratados con estatinas en España. Estudio DYSIS-España

JR González-Juanatey, J Millán, E Alegría… - Revista Española de …, 2011 - Elsevier
Introducción y objetivos Los pacientes con alto riesgo de sufrir eventos cardiovasculares
requieren tratamiento médico para optimizar su perfil lipídico. Dentro del estudio …

Pre-hospital triage for primary angioplasty: direct referral to the intervention center versus interhospital transport

HJ Dieker, SSB Liem, H El Aidi, P van Grunsven… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2010 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to study the impact of direct referral to an intervention center after pre-
hospital diagnosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) on treatment …

Prevalence and characteristics of lipid abnormalities in patients treated with statins in primary and secondary prevention in Spain. DYSIS-Spain Study

JR Gonzalez-Juanatey, J Millan, E Alegría… - Revista Española de …, 2011 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Patients at high risk of suffering cardiovascular events
require medical treatment to optimize their lipid profile. The present analysis evaluates the …

Integración entre cardiología y atención primaria: impacto sobre la práctica clínica

C Falces, R Andrea, M Heras, C Vehí… - Revista Española de …, 2011 - Elsevier
Introducción y objetivos Evaluar el impacto de un programa de integración entre cardiología
y atención primaria en la práctica clínica, comparado con la atención convencional. La …

Control de los factores de riesgo y tratamiento de los pacientes con cardiopatía isquémica: registro TRECE

V Bertomeu, A Cordero, J Quiles, P Mazón… - Revista española de …, 2009 - Elsevier
El registro TRECE describe el tratamiento de pacientes con cardiopatía isquémica (CI).
Estudio transversal, observacional y multicéntrico de pacientes atendidos en medicina …