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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

21-23 hsCRP is nonspecific inflammatory marker and an acute phase reactant that predicts the likelihood of a heart attack, stroke, peripheral artery disease and sudden cardiac death among healthy individuals with no history of CV disease, and recurrent events and death in patients with known ASCVD.22 12 Colchicine, 0.5

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Not surprisingly, a dataset of coronary angiograms and chest pain syndromes showed that the more classic the chest pain syndrome was, the higher the likelihood that angiographic coronary disease was present. Atypical angina is classified as having any two of the three symptoms, and non-anginal pain any one of the three symptoms.