01/04/2014
Studies of prehypertension and mortality are controversial after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors. This meta-analysis sought to evaluate the association of prehypertension with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.
01/04/2014
To derive and validate a clinical rule that stratifies the risk of cardiac complications in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and compare its performance to the pneumonia severity index (PSI) score.
01/04/2014
To examine 18-year trends in short-term and long-term stroke mortality and the prognostic influence of comorbidity.
01/04/2014
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) other than aspirin have been linked to heart failure, salt retention, adverse ventricular remodeling, and thrombosis. We therefore sought to assess their impact on cardiovascular events in outpatients with stable atherothrombotic disease.
06/02/2014
A Sociedade Internacional de Aterosclerose (IAS) atualizou as suas recomendações sobre o tratamento da hipercolesterolemia e dislipidemias para reduzir o risco de doença cardiovascular aterosclerótica (ASCVD) em Dezembro 2013.
01/10/2013
Aims: The first aim was to critically evaluate the extent to which familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The second aim was to provide guidance for screening and treatment of FH, in order to prevent coronary heart disease.
17/10/2011
A Sociedade Europeia de Cardiologia (ESC) e a Sociedade Europeia de Aterosclerose (EAS) publicaram a, 29 de Junho de 2011 novas guidelines para o tratamento da Dislipidemia. Dois portugueses estiveram no painel de revisores.
