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Prescription of statins according to the ASCVD estimator at Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital, March 2021 to February 2022

Worldwide, the leading cause of death is cardiovascular disease. The study details the prescription of statins at the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital in Ecuador between March 2021 and February 2022 following the ASCVD risk scale of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. T...

Validation of the Grace Risk Score to Predict In-Hospital and 6-Month Post-Discharge Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Abstract Background The wide range of clinical presentations of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) makes it indispensible to use tools for risk stratification and for appropriate risks management; thus, the use of prognosis scores is recommended in the immediat clinical decision-making. Objective To valid...

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment after COVID-19 Infection before Resuming Sports Activities - Practical Flowchart and Meta-Analysis

Abstract Background: The risk of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest after COVID-19 infection can be a serious problem. There is an urgent need for evidence-based criteria to ensure patient safety before resuming exercise. Objective: To estimate the pooled prevalence of acute myocardial injury caused ...

Tools and scores for general and cardiovascular perioperative risk assessment: a narrative review

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 49 (), 2022
ABSTRACT The number of surgical procedures in the world is large and in Brazil it has been expressing a growth trend higher than the population growth. In this context, perioperative risk assessment safeguards the optimization of the outcomes sought by the procedures. For this evaluation, anamnesis and p...

QbD enabled Process Variable Study to Develop Sustained Release Chitosan-Alginate Embedded Delivery System for Improved Patient Compliance

Abstract The current investigation entail systematic Quality by Design (QbD)-enabled approach for the development of Sustained released embedded drug delivery systems of L-Arginine employing ionic gelation technique to attain improved patient compliance. Hence, in this QbD enabled systematic approach; qu...

Síndrome metabólico y su correlación con ecuaciones de predicción del riesgo global de enfermedad cardiovascular
Metabolic Syndrome and its Correlation with Prediction Equations of Global Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Introducción: El síndrome metabólico constituye un hito en la investigación de evaluar mejor y de manera óptima el riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular aterosclerótica. Objetivo: Analizar la correlación entre la capacidad predictiva del riesgo global de enfermedad cardiovascular aterosclerótica ...

Riesgo cardiovascular global en tres casas de abuelos del municipio Boyeros
Global Cardiovascular Risk in three Elderly Homes from Boyeros Municipality

Introducción: En Cuba, las enfermedades cardiovasculares constituyen la primera causa de muerte. La estratificación del riesgo cardiovascular mediante escalas es un pilar fundamental para tomar decisiones terapéuticas en el primer nivel de atención. Objetivos: Determinar el riesgo cardiovascular glob...

Echocardiographic prognostication of new onset heart failure in a cohort of ischemic heart disease patients

Background: Echocardiographic predictors for new onset heart failure in patients with ischemic heart disease with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF) or with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) in Ethiopian and Sub-Saharan African is not well-known.Methods: T...