da admin | Nov 17, 2015 | Novità Dalla letteratura
Amazing! A new vaccine can significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the bad one) in both mice and rhesus macaque monkeys. The study comes from some researchers led by Dr. Bryce Chackerian of the Department of Molecular Genetics and...
da Calogero Calcullo | Nov 11, 2015 | Novità Dalla letteratura, Rubriche
The authors of this study evaluated the effectiveness of CHA2DS2-VASc and CHADS2 scores compared with ATRIA score for predicting stroke risk in 60,594 patients with atrial fibrillation not on warfarin. The ATRIA score had a C statistic of 0.70, which was slightly...
da admin | Nov 10, 2015 | Novità Dalla letteratura
A Summary of 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION Based on the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC)1 Key...
da admin | Dic 1, 2010 | Novità Dalla letteratura
Una metanalisi pubblicata da Lancet Oncology aveva evidenziato un possibile modesto aumento di rischio di sviluppare neoplasie nei pazienti in terapia con sartani. Dopo il commento di Mauro Venegoni del Centro regionale Farmacovigilanza di Milano, diamo spazio ai...
da admin | Feb 1, 2010 | Novità Dalla letteratura
di Michelle Rizzo- Medscape-cardiology-news Initiation of a fibrate or statin that inhibits CYP3A4 enzymes — including fenofibrate, gemfibrozil, fluvastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin — increases the risk of hospitalization for GI bleeding in chronic...