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Los pacientes requieren una reducción significativa del riesgo cardiovascular para considerar tomar una medicación preventiva a diario
Patients require a substantial risk reduction before they consider taking a daily medication to prevent a cardiovascular event

How useful in the daily practice of nephrologists are the new antidiabetics with cadiovascular protection?

Abstract In recent years, several new antidiabetic drugs have been developed, among which only two have demonstrated superiority in cardiovascular protection. They are liraglutide and empagliflozine, which belong, respectively, to GLP-1 RA and SGLT-2Í. These medications have also shown benefits in kidne...

Interações medicamentosas em pacientes com eventos cardiovasculares e suas implicações para a segurança do paciente

O objeto deste estudo é as potenciais interações medicamentosas em prescrições de pacientes hospitalizados com eventos cardiovasculares e sua associação com a ocorrência de eventos adversos relacionados a medicamentos. Para atender tal objeto, foram estabelecidos como objetivos: identificar as po...

Nuevos enfoques farmacológicos en el manejo de la angina de pecho estable

Med. UIS; 29 (3), 2016
RESUMEN En años recientes han sido introducidos nuevos antianginosos al mercado con mecanismos de acción novedosos, complementarios a los del arsenal farmacoterapéutico existente. Aunque el tratamiento de primera línea continúan siendo los betabloqueadores, antagonistas de canales de calcio y nitrat...

Elevated Heart Rate is Associated with Cardiac Denervation in Patients with Heart Failure: A 123-Iodine-MIBG Myocardial Scintigraphy Study

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (5), 2016
Abstract Background: In the Systolic Heart Failure Treatment With the If Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial (SHIFT), heart rate (HR) reduction with ivabradine was associated with improved survival and reduced hospitalizations in patients with heart failure (HF). The mechanisms by which elevated HR increases mor...

A Web-based Fuzzy Inference System Based Tool for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment

NOVA publ. cient; 13 (24), 2015
Objective: a Web-based Fuzzy Inference Tool for cardiovascular risk assessment has been developed. The tool makes use of inference rules from evidence-based medicine for membership classification. Methods: the system framework allows adding variables such as gender, age, weight, height, medication intake...

Determinación de riesgo cardiovascular y edad vascular según el score de Framingham en pacientes del Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza

Horiz. méd. (Impresa); 15 (2), 2015
Las enfermedades cardiovasculares ocupan el cuarto lugar de carga de enfermedad en Perú, y en los últimos 7 años, la población de alto riesgo cardiovascular se ha incrementado. OBJETIVO: Determinar el riesgo cardiovascular y edad vascular según el score de Framingham de los pacientes del Hospital Na...

Use of medicines recommended for secondary prevention of acute coronary syndrome

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE : To analyze if the demographic and socioeconomic variables, as well as percutaneous coronary intervention are associated with the use of medicines for secondary prevention of acute coronary syndrome. METHODS : In this cohort study, we included 138 patients with acute coronary syndro...

Efectos cardiovasculares de fingolimod en el tratamiento de la esclerosis múltiple

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 20 (3), 2013
Fingolimod es un medicamento modificador de la enfermedad para pacientes con esclerosis múltiple de tipo recaída remisión; la molécula es un análogo de esfingosina fosfato que debido a su mecanismo de acción, produce en 0,5% de los pacientes, una disminución de la frecuencia cardíaca durante la a...