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Prevalence and impact of cerebrovascular risk factors in patients with giant cell arteritis: An observational study from the Spanish national registry
CONCLUSION: Hypertension, along with male sex, was the strongest risk factor for cerebrovascular events in GCA patients. In these high-risk patients, antiplatelet therapy should be re-considered and evaluated in prospective studies.PMID:37105843 | DOI:10.1016/j.medcli.2023.04.004
Source: Atherosclerosis - April 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Enrique S ánchez-Chica Mar ía Martínez-Urbistondo Ángela Gutiérrez Rojas Raquel Castej ón Juan A Vargas-N úñez V íctor Moreno-Torres Source Type: research

Treatment patterns and use of healthcare resources of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and hypercholesterolemia and patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in Spain: Protocol of the Reality study
This study aims to analyze the treatment patterns and use of healthcare resources of ASCVD and FH in Spain. The prevalence of these disorders will also be estimated. Due to the high morbidity and mortality associated with these diseases, it is expected that our study will provide useful information for healthcare systems and decision makers to improve the management of these disabling diseases.PMID:35990965 | PMC:PMC9386132 | DOI:10.3389/fcvm.2022.966049
Source: Atherosclerosis - August 22, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Vivencio Barrios Mar Castellanos Raquel Campuzano Ruiz Jorge Francisco G ómez Cerezo Isabel Egocheaga Cabello Jos é M Gámez Ic íar Martínez López Jos é María Mostaza Nuria Morant Talamante Javier Parrondo Aram Sicras Navarro In és Pérez Román A Source Type: research

Autopsy and its role in Franco's dictatorship: a case of the last Republican mayor of the town Calera y Chozas (Toledo, Spain)
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2022 Jul 25. doi: 10.1007/s12024-022-00497-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn the town of Calera y Chozas (Spain), five mass graves containing the remains of 28 individuals were discovered during a 2012 excavation. The witnesses and historical evidence indicated that the body of the last Republican mayor of the town, Felipe Fernández Varela, who had died in September 1939, was located in the mass grave designated as no. 1. Within this particular grave, only two bodies were found. Anthropological analysis showed that the first individual was significantly younger than 50 years, being the mayor's a...
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 25, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nata ša Šarkić Miriam Saqqa Carazo Lucia Mu ñoz Ugarte Jes ús Herrerín López Source Type: research

Long-term secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease with a Mediterranean diet and a low-fat diet (CORDIOPREV): a randomised controlled trial
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00924937.FINDINGS: From Oct 1, 2009, to Feb 28, 2012, a total of 1002 patients were enrolled, 500 (49·9%) in the low-fat diet group and 502 (50·1%) in the Mediterranean diet group. The mean age was 59·5 years (SD 8·7) and 827 (82·5%) of 1002 patients were men. The primary endpoint occurred in 198 participants: 87 in the Mediterranean diet group and 111 in the low-fat group (crude rate per 1000 person-years: 28·1 [95% CI 27·9-28·3] in the Mediterranean diet group vs 37·7 [37·5-37·9] in the low-fat group, log-rank p=0·039). Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios ...
Source: Atherosclerosis - May 7, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Javier Delgado-Lista Juan F Alcala-Diaz Jose D Torres-Pe ña Gracia M Quintana-Navarro Francisco Fuentes Antonio Garcia-Rios Ana M Ortiz-Morales Ana I Gonzalez-Requero Ana I Perez-Caballero Elena M Yubero-Serrano Oriol A Rangel-Zu ñiga Antonio Camargo Fe Source Type: research

Olive oil consumption is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke
CONCLUSIONS: Olive oil is associated with lower risk of CVD and stroke. The maximum benefit could be obtained with a consumption between 20 and 30 g/day. The association could be stronger for virgin olive oil and might operate from the early stages of the disease.PMID:34872046 | DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2021.11.002
Source: Atherosclerosis - December 6, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Carolina Donat-Vargas Helena Sandoval-Insausti Jos é L Peñalvo Maria Concepci ón Moreno Iribas Pilar Amiano Maira Bes-Rastrollo Esther Molina-Montes Bel én Moreno-Franco Antonio Agudo Cristina Lasheras Mayo Mart ín Laclaustra Carmen De La Fuente Arri Source Type: research