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Despite well-proven effectiveness, statin therapy is underutilized. This may be due to perceived risks by physicians and patients.
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In older patients started on statins there was no significant increase in cancer.
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Cardiac resychronization therapy reduces morbidity and mortality in class IV heart failure patients.
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Elevated echo-Doppler estimates of pulmonary artery pressure predict heart failure and death in CAD patients.
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Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk for MI and heart failure.
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Sudden arrhythmic death associated with genetically determined long QT syndrome is a significant cause of SIDS.
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Aggressive statin therapy is associated with slowed progression and even regression of atherosclerosis. A new study suggests that, when monitoring statin therapy, increases in HDL cholesterol may be as important as decreases in LDL cholesterol in preventing disease progression.
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Until now, there has been no proven therapy for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Pioglitazone, known to improve insulin resistance, was shown to result in metabolic and histologic improvement in this common and potentially highly morbid malady.
