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A healthy lifestyle — consisting of no smoking, healthy eating, and physical activity — and adherence to prescribed risk-reducing medication are paramount to primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Lifestyle interventions are included as first-line therapy in all major... more
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The National Lipid Association (NLA), a nonprofit, multidisciplinary medical society focused on enhancing the practice of lipid management in clinical medicine, marks a major milestone this year with its tenth anniversary. Lipid management involves the treatment of disruptions in... more
Although low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering with statin therapy has been part of the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines for 26 years, significant residual cardiovascular risk remains in both primary- and secondary-prevention patients. This residual risk is... more
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Specialty Corner: Clinician Strategies for Facilitating Lifestyle Changes During COVID-19 and Beyond
Despite substantial improvements in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) outcomes in recent decades, ASCVD remains the leading cause of death worldwide.(1,2) Continued prevalence of ASCVD is attributable to behaviors that impact control of known risk factors such as dyslipidemia,... more
Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs): Three Decades of Innovation and Progress Faculty: Eli M. Roth MD, FACC, FNLA Medical Director, Sterling Research Group Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati Where: Grand Cypress Ballroom G When: May 2nd, 2014 at 11:35AM-12:... more
The Heart Protection Study 2 — Treatment of HDL to Reduce the Incidence of Vascular Events (HPS2-THRIVE) trial was a randomized, double-blind, multicenter clinical trial.1 Enrolled subjects were between ages 50 and 80 and had a history of vascular disease. After a four-week run-in phase with... more
.article-image{ display:inline-block; float:left; padding-right:5px; } Introduction In the late 1980s, the Mediterraneanstyle eating pattern received attention after the results of the Lyon Diet Heart Study were published. More recently, the 2013 American College of Cardiology/ American... more