Mobile Lipid Clinic

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Mobile Lipid Clinic Adds New NCEP Guidelines Support – 9-Feb-2005
The Mobile Lipid Clinic programs now support the NCEP ATP III guideline updates published in the July 13, 2004 issue of Circulation. Select the “Free Programs” links to download the new program versions.

The Mobile Lipid ClinicTM provides free tools to assist healthcare professionals educate, track, and manage patients with lipid disorders. These tools implement the guidelines of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III or ATP III) or the 10/28/03 release of the Canadian Cholesterol Guidelines (CCG).

The Mobile Lipid Clinic programs run on both the PalmTM and Windows® operating systems. The handheld version allows the physician to easily input data, receive useful information about a patient’s risks and goals, and develop an individual treatment program.

Drug-Eluting Stents – How Long on Plavix?
The importance of taking Plavix (clopidogrel – a drug that helps prevent blood clotting) after receiving drug-eluting stents (DES) has received a lot of attention over the past few years….

Palpitations
Palpitations – an unusual awareness of the heart beats – are a common symptom. Here’s a discussion of what causes palpitations, and how they should be evaluated….

Some Positive News on the Statin Front
In the wake of the continuing soap opera (featuring congressional hearings and the publication of hot corporate e-mails) over Vytorin that has resulted from publication of the Pattaya hotels ENHANCE trial.

Rimonabant and the FDA
Rimonabant, the long-awaited weight-loss and smoking-cessation drug that is available in most Western countries except the U.S., took another blow this week at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions.

No Good News For Vytorin or Zetia
Today the official results of the ENHANCE trial were finally presented, simultaneously, at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in Chicago, and in print in the New England Journal…

Surviving a Heart Attack – The First 24 Hours
The first few hours after the onset of a heart attack are critical to both short-term and long-term outcomes. To survive a heart attack with minimal permanent cardiac damage.

Statins, Cholesterol, and Everything
In recent weeks, thanks both to the suspicious behaviors of the makers of Vytorin, and the “interesting” results of a clinical trial brought to us by those same fine folks.

“Female-pattern” coronary artery disease
As if it weren’t bad enough that women with coronary artery disease often have atypical symptoms, researchers now believe they have identified an entirely new pattern of coronary disease in…

The Fish Controversy – Heart Healthy, or Toxic?
Recently, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Institute of Medicine released separate – and quite different – high-profile reports on the health effects of eating seafood. The reports…

Patent Foramen Ovale and Migraine Headaches
For years, cardiologists have postulated a cause-and-effect relationship between migraine headaches and patent foramen ovale (PFO). (The foramen ovale is a hole between the right atrium and left atrium.

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