Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Pioglitazone and/or Simvastatin in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients With Elevated High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein The PIOSTAT Study
While the cause of statin-associated myopathy is controversial, a central role for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10 or ubiquinone) is slowly gaining acceptance. Statins have been shown to create an acquired CoQ10 deficiency.
Eating walnuts can reverse the impairment of endothelial function associated with eating a fatty meal. But olive oil did not have the same beneficial effect. "When we eat a fatty meal, inflammatory molecules are increased that prevent the endothelium fro
ntake of Fish Oil, Oleic Acid, Folic Acid, and Vitamins B-6 and E for 1 Year Decreases Plasma C-Reactive Protein and Reduces Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Male Patients in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program1
We must optimize stent deployment & maintain a registry of how well (or poorly) we use drug-eluting stents. Instead of asking “Which stent?” or “How much anti-platelet therapy?” we must ask “How effectively are we deploying our stents?”
It is an heart attack.When blood flow to the heart is blocked due to a build-up of fat, cholesterol, or any other substance, resulting in plaque in any of the arteries, it gives rise to a heart attack.
Editorial on the "Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial," which studied optimal medical treatment with or without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable coronary disease.
Statins exert their pleiotropic effects, in part, by improving endothelial function via up-regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase enzyme activity.
Experimental as well as clinical data do not support the hypothesis that atorvastatin or any other statin affects the antithrombotic potency of clopidogrel.
Statins have pleiotropic effects: anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antithrombotic, and vascular activity, & may improve left ventricular myocardial function & left ventricular diastolic function by increasing vascular elasticity.
Coronary collateral circulation is associated with preserved myocardial contractility; preexisting collaterals may be more important than neoangiogenesis for angina & MI patients.
Evaluation of C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker, and infectious serology as risk factors for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction
Two Swiss meta-analyses have found an increased rate of myocardial infarction and death with the Cypher (sirolimus-eluting) coronary stent, which is likely to put a serious chill in interventional cardiology's infatuation with drug-coated devices
Cardiothoracic Surgery Notes, an online interactive review developed by residents in cardiothoracic surgery. CTSN provides a resource for fundamental essential facts for board review and sources for additional information.
Hormone-suppressing treatments for aggressive prostate cancer may cause heart attacks to occur 2.5 years earlier in men with risk factors for heart disease.
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