Lipid Management
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Pregnancy Complications as an Omen for Cardiovascular DiseaseFree
- April 19, 2012
- Allison Bryant, MD, MPH
- Women's Health
Women who delivered small-for-gestational-age babies were more likely to experience ischemic heart disease in later life.
- Reviewing:
- Bukowski R et al. PLoS ONE 2012 Mar; 7:e33047
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Few Americans Meet Goals for Cardiovascular Health
- April 4, 2012
- JoAnne M. Foody, MD
- Cardiology
Healthy behaviors are significantly associated with decreased mortality, but recent decades have seen little progress toward improving those behaviors.
- Reviewing:
- Yang Q et al. JAMA 2012 Mar 28; 307:1273
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
What's the Predictive Value of Cholesterol Fractions Other Than LDL?
- April 3, 2012
- Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
- General Medicine
In patients treated with statins, non–HDL cholesterol was the best predictor of CVD risk.
- Reviewing:
- Boekholdt SM et al. JAMA 2012 Mar 28; 307:1302
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Does Lowering Cholesterol Reduce Parkinson Disease Risk?
- April 3, 2012
- Michael S. Okun, MD
- Neurology
An analysis of two large prospective cohorts suggests it might, but cautious interpretation is warranted.
- Reviewing:
- Gao X et al. Arch Neurol 2012 Mar; 69:380
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Fitness and Overweight: How Do They Contribute to Cardiovascular Risk?
- March 20, 2012
- Kirsten E. Fleischmann, MD, MPH
- General Medicine
Improvements in one measure somewhat — but not completely — offset deteriorations in the other.
- Reviewing:
- Lee D-C et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 Feb 14; 59:665
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Value of Asking About Family History of Heart Disease
- March 20, 2012
- Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH
- General Medicine
Systematically asking primary care patients to report such histories substantially increased the percentage identified as having high CV risk.
- Reviewing:
- Qureshi N et al. Ann Intern Med 2012 Feb 21; 156:253
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Patients with Psoriasis Have an Increased Risk for Coronary Artery Disease
- February 10, 2012
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
- Dermatology
The association between psoriasis and vascular disease strengthens with greater disease severity and duration.
- Reviewing:
- Armstrong AW et al. Am J Cardiol 2012 Jan 3
FEATURE
Briefly Noted
- February 10, 2012
- Jeffrey P. Callen, MD
- Dermatology
Increased cardiovascular risk associated with psoriasis, protective effects of cutaneous discoid lupus, treatment for erosive pustular scalp dermatosis, and quality of life in patients with CLE-induced photosensitivity
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
What's Really Important in a Woman's Lipid Profile?
- February 1, 2012
- Joel M. Gore, MD
- Cardiology
Prospective data from the Women's Health Initiative suggest that HDL level is a significant inverse predictor of coronary events, regardless of LDL level.
- Reviewing:
- Mora S et al. Ann Intern Med 2011 Dec 6; 155:742
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Lifetime Cardiovascular Risk: The More Things Change . . .
- January 25, 2012
- Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
- Cardiology
Risk factors are less prevalent than in the past, but they are just as predictive of outcome.
- Reviewing:
- Berry JD et al. N Engl J Med 2012 Jan 26; 366:321
