High-risk primary prevention
Is statin-modified reduction in lipids the most important preventive therapy for cardiovascular disease? A pro/con debate
... the risk of all-cause mortality (odds ratio (OR) ...to high-risk individuals without a history of CVD ...the high-risk primary prevention setting was not associ- ated with ...
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Economic evaluation of statins in high-risk patients treated for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Greece
... Methods: A probabilistic Markov model with five distinct states provided estimates over a 20-year time span. The relative effectiveness of comparators was based on the literature. The HellenicSCORE risk equation ...
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Is carotid artery evaluation necessary for primary prevention in asymptomatic high-risk patients without atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease?
... was performed in a patient to evaluate cardiac risk or non- cardiac perioperative risk. CAG was also performed when necessary, that is, when CCTA was not performed or when a significant stenosis in CCTA was ...
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Tranexamic Acid versus Placebo for Prevention of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage among High Risk Women Undergoing Caesarean Section in Abakaliki: A Randomized Controlled Trial
... one risk factor for PPH and who were to undergo elective or emergency cesarean delivery were eligible for inclusion in the study after obtaining informed ...The risk factors considered were hypertensive ...
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Primary prevention of psychosis through interventions in the symptomatic prodromal phase, a pragmatic Norwegian Ultra High Risk study
... Many patients display significant impairments already at start of first treatment, and it is known that course and outcome are poorer in patients that come late into treatment. Results from the TIPS study show for the ...
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Risk Factors and Primary Prevention Trials for Type 1 Diabetes
... HFD: high-fat diet; DAISY: Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young; GAD: glutamic acid decarboxylase; ENDIT: European Nicotinamide Diabetes Interven- tion Trial; ICA: islet cell antibody; DPT-1: Diabetes ...
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Preventing Stroke Among Children With Sickle Cell Anemia: An Analysis of Strategies That Involve Transcranial Doppler Testing and Chronic Transfusion
... at high risk until 18 years of age has a better risk profile than the 5 other stroke-prevention strategies that are recom- mended and/or followed in clinical ...at high risk by ...
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Practical use of the Framingham risk score in primary prevention
... cardiovascular risk. Those whose 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is estimated to be between 5% and 9% have been shown in randomized clinical trials to achieve the same RR reduction from statin ...
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Primary prevention of coronary heart disease: integration of new data, evolving views, revised goals, and role of rosuvastatin in management. A comprehensive survey
... of risk. Estimating cardiovascular risk over a period of 10 years, using scoring systems such as Framingham or SCORE, continues to enjoy widespread use and is recommended for all ...of risk in ...
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The Use of Statins in Pediatrics: Knowledge Base, Limitations, and Future Directions
... their risk for advanced plaques. Within the realm of cardiovascular primary pre- vention, the targets of therapy are risk factors for disease; in this scenario the individual must balance the ...
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Long term safety and efficacy of lowering low density lipoprotein cholesterol with statin therapy : 20 year follow up of West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study
... the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is an area of controversy in clinical ...this primary prevention trial in high-risk men with raised low-density lipoprotein ...
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The Good Skin Care Practices and Emollient Use since Early Infancy as the Primary Prevention of Infantile Atopic Dermatitis among Infants at Risk: a Randomized Controlled Trial
... the hypothesis of enhancing the skin barrier since birth or early infancy to impede penetration of allergens and consequently prevent inflammatory cytokines release may play an important role to prevent the disease. ...
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Systematic versus opportunistic risk assessment for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
... for primary preven- tion. Efficient and effective means of identifying high-risk indi- viduals and then providing the support to enable them to mod- ify their lifestyles requires a delivery system ...
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Comparison of Fondaparinux and Enoxaparin in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.
... Patients who consent to participate in this trial were assigned to the study group within 48 hours after the onset of symptoms to receive fondaparinux at a dose of 2.5mg once daily subcutaneously, for a minimum duration ...
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ASPIRIN USAGE FOR EARLY DETERRENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR ATTACK
... the primary prevention of ...for primary prevention topatients of older age and who have obvious risk factors, rather than according to ...
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New insights into the mechanisms of action of aspirin and its use in the prevention and treatment of arterial and venous thromboembolism
... for primary and secondary prevention of arterial antithrombotic ...the prevention of the initiation and development of venous ...the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE), especially the ...
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Consensus Report: Diabetes Performance Measures: Current Status and Future Directions
... Creating and reporting such measures could serve to counter any pressure to intensify therapy inappropriately in the name of performance improvement. Such measures might identify suboptimal practices such as further ...
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Frequency of malaria and glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Tajikistan
... The dominant role of temperature in transmission is obvi- ous, given the fact that rainfall is scarce if not completely absent during summer in many parts of Tajikistan. The amount of rainfall does thus not appear to ...
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Informing the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander populations
... the prevention and management of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has been highlighted as a priority for research in ...the high rates of RHD already reported in Australian Indigenous populations it is ...
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SERUM LIPOPROTEIN COMPONENTS IN ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR STROKE PATIENTS
... the risk of vessel wall disease in ischemic stroke ...modifiable risk factors for ischemic stroke include age & ...medical risk factors for ischemic stroke include hypertension, diabetes ...
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