Cardiology and cardiovascular disease Archives

Diabetes: how to manage cardiovascular risk in secondary prevention patients

Sarah L Anderson, Joel C Marrs

Article Type

Review

Published

14 Jun 2022

This article provides a narrative review on the current non-glycaemic and glycaemic treatment options for cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with Type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Early recurrence of ischaemic stroke of cardioembolic cause and delayed anticoagulation: a case report

Agnes Aghetti, Peggy Reiner

Article Type

Case Report

Published

05 Apr 2022

This report describes the case of a 72-year-old man where anticoagulation therapy was postponed due to a haemorrhagic lesion, leading to new ischaemic stroke.

Long-term testosterone replacement therapy reduces fatigue in men with hypogonadism

Maurício de Almeida Ferreira, José Alexandre Mendonça

Article Type

Original Research

Published

02 Feb 2022

This study sought to evaluate the influence of testosterone replacement therapy in men with late-onset hypogonadism, regarding fatigue, coronary
artery disease, carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular risk.

Dabigatran in patients with atrial fibrillation after COVID-19 hospitalization: an update of the ANIBAL* protocol

Juan José Cerezo-Manchado, Olga Meca Birlanga, Luis García de Guadiana Romualdo, Ignacio Gil-Ortega, Antonio Martínez Francés, Teodoro Iturbe-Hernandez

Article Type

Review

Published

10 Jan 2022

This article discusses an update to the ANIBAL protocol in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

New and emerging lipid-modifying drugs to lower LDL cholesterol

Constantine E Kosmas, Dafni Pantou, Andreas Sourlas, Evangelia J Papakonstantinou, Rogers Echavarria Uceta, Eliscer Guzman

Article Type

Review

Published

01 Nov 2021

This review aims to present and discuss the current clinical and scientific data pertaining to the new and emerging lipid-modifying low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol-lowering drugs.