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Bempedoic acid for the treatment of dyslipidemia

Joel C Marrs PharmD, MPH, Sarah L Anderson PharmD

Article Type

Review

Published

24 Aug 2020

This narrative review aims to present and discuss the current evidence regarding the use of bempedoic acid for low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol lowering in patients with dyslipidemia and its potential role as an agent to lower cardiovascular events.

The impact of antidepressants on depressive symptom severity, quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in heart failure: a systematic review

Rebecca Hedrick MD, Samuel Korouri BA, Emile Tadros BS, Tarneem Darwish MD, Veronica Cortez RN, OD, Desiree Triay RN, Mia Pasini RN, MSN, Linda Olanisa LCSW, Nathalie Herrera MD, Sophia Hanna BA, MA, Asher Kimchi MD, Michele Hamilton MD, Itai Danovitch MD, MBA, Waguih William IsHak MD, FAPA

Article Type

Original Research

Published

29 Jul 2020

This article reviews the literature on the impact of antidepressants on depressive symptom severity, quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in patients with heart failure.

Kawasaki disease in siblings and a review of drug treatment

Steven King-fan Loo MBChB, FRCP, Kam Lun Hon MBBS, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Alexander KC Leung MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP (UK & Irel), FRCPCH, FAAP, Tak Cheung Yung MBBS, MRCPCH, Man Ching Yam MBChB, MRCPCH

Article Type

Case Report

Published

07 Jul 2020

This article describes the management of two siblings with KD
followed by a short review.

Reducing residual thrombotic risk in patients with peripheral artery disease: impact of the COMPASS trial

José Luis Hernández MD, PhD, Francisco S Lozano MD, PhD, Vincent Riambau MD, PhD, Manuel Almendro-Delia MD, PhD, Juan Cosín-Sales MD, PhD, Sergi Bellmunt-Montoya MD, PhD, Javier Garcia-Alegria MD, PhD, Xavier Garcia-Moll MD, FESC, FACC, Juan José Gomez-Doblas MD, PhD, José R Gonzalez-Juanatey MD, PhD, Carmen Suarez Fernández MD

Article Type

Review

Published

26 Jun 2020

In this narrative review, data about how to reduce residual risk through the best antithrombotic
approach among patients with peripheral artery disease, with a particular focus
on the COMPASS trial, are updated in order to provide some
practical recommendations about its use in this population.

Current perspectives on the use of statins in the treatment of dyslipidaemic patients: focus on pitavastatin

Lale Tokgözoglu MD, José Luis Zamorano MD

Article Type

Meeting Report

Published

12 Jun 2020

A meeting entitled ‘Current Perspective on the Use of Statins in the Treatment of Dyslipidemic Patients’ was held in Stresa, Italy, on 27–28th June 2019. This meeting report summarizes the main messages of the discussion with a special focus on pitavastatin, whose main features in different settings are described.