Hyperlipidemia: Drugs for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults - American Family ...
Jan 15, 2017 - Guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) and the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) indicate that lipid-lowering drugs have benefit for primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0115/p78.html
Perioperative Cardiac Risk Reduction - American Family Physician
Feb 1, 2012 - Cardiovascular complications are the most common cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Noninvasive stress testing is rarely helpful in assessing risk, and for most patients there is no evidence that coronary revascularization provides more protection against perioperative ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0201/p239.html
AHA Updates Guidelines on CVD Prevention in Women - Practice Guidelines - American ...
Jan 1, 2012 - Major changes addressed in the American Heart Association's (AHA) 2011 guidelines on cardiovascular disease (CVD) are that benefits and risks found in the clinical practice setting were strongly considered, and recommendations were not based solely on benefits found in the clinical ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0101/p70.html
Preparation of the Cardiac Patient for Noncardiac Surgery - American Family Physician
Mar 1, 2007 - Approximately 20 to 40 percent of patients at high risk of cardiac-related morbidity develop myocardial ischemia perioperatively. The preferred approach to diagnostic evaluation depends on the interactions of patient-specific risk factors, surgery-specific risk factors, and exercise ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0301/p656.html
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Children - Practice Guidelines - American Family ...
Jun 15, 2007 - A growing body of literature points to the significance of premature cardiovascular disease in certain childhood diagnoses and emphasizes the importance of risk reduction by disease stratification.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0615/p1873.html
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