Researchers said that people used to think that if someone had
coronary disease, they would eventually have a heart attack.
Leiter said the misleading 1998 result that launched the risk-equivalent canard may have happened because the study was in Finland, a country with a high rate of
coronary disease (and, he could have added, lots of people with high LDL levels).
Bainey's passion for heart health in this population group started when he first became a cardiologist and found out that South Asians - immigrants or their descendants from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh - who have
coronary disease typically present at a younger age, live with more severe disease and have a higher mortality.
The researchers performed several other analyses of mortality rates during follow-up to assess the interaction of mortality risk and PTSD across the spectrum of
coronary disease.
Further research, he notes, could eventually show that Zetia can help reduce the risk of
coronary disease.
BACKGROUND Antioxidant vitamins are commonly used in patients with
coronary disease, but benefits have not been demonstrated.
Results: After adjustment for the effect of age, the incidence of
coronary disease declined by 31% from the two-year period 1980-1982 to the two-year period 1992-1994.
Scots scientist Professor Jill Belch, who is leading the research, said: "More women than men die from heart disease and, once women have
coronary disease, the outlook for recovery is poorer.
For example, the antioxidant vitamins -- C, E, and several carotenoids -- may prevent
coronary disease by inhibiting the oxidation of LDL cholesterol.
Although most studies reported a reduced risk of
coronary disease in light and moderate drinkers, estimates of the coronary risk in heavy drinkers varied considerably.
Global Markets Direct's, '
Coronary Disease - Pipeline Review, H2 2012', provides an overview of the
Coronary Disease therapeutic pipeline.
1 killer, the combination of
coronary disease and stroke is about to fall below cancer as the nation's top cause of mortality.
