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Bottom line: For people who meet the new FDA indication, trying a statin can be worthwhile, provided that repeat tests confirm the elevated CRP, noncardiac causes of inflammation are ruled out, and they have attempted lifestyle changes that can lower CRP.

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Bottom line: For people who meet the new FDA indication, trying a statin can be worthwhile, provided that repeat tests confirm the elevated CRP, noncardiac causes of inflammation are ruled out, and they have attempted lifestyle changes that can lower CRP.

Consumer Reports Insights: Statins are potent drugs, but they carry risks Post 2010

Dr. P.J.Devereaux reported the results of the POISE trial, which was an drug company randomized trial of over 8,000 patients, aged 45 or over undergoing noncardiac surgery and who had or were at risk for arteriosclerotic disease.

Peri-operative beta-blockers- A quality indicator or a bad idea? james gaulte 2007

Mueller and co-authors in presenting the theme that early stopping of a trial may give an overestimate of the drug's benefit use the example of a RCT using bisoprolol in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery which was stopped early because of an apparent large relative risk reduction in the treatment arm.

Clinical trials-another aspect of their complexity james gaulte 2007

Dr. P.J.Devereaux reported the results of the POISE trial, which was an drug company randomized trial of over 8,000 patients, aged 45 or over undergoing noncardiac surgery and who had or were at risk for arteriosclerotic disease.

Archive 2007-11-01 james gaulte 2007

Mueller and co-authors in presenting the theme that early stopping of a trial may give an overestimate of the drug's benefit use the example of a RCT using bisoprolol in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery which was stopped early because of an apparent large relative risk reduction in the treatment arm.

Archive 2007-07-01 james gaulte 2007

When women suffer heart attack symptoms, they tend to misattribute their symptoms to noncardiac causes,10 waiting longer than men do to seek medical help.

THRIVING WITH HEART DISEASE Wayne M. Sotile 2003

Joanna began thinking about noncardiac causes of sudden death in a middle-aged man.

Fatal Care Goldberg, Leonard 2001

"The vast majority of children with chest pain were discharged with noncardiac causes and none died," said Dr. Susan Saleeb, lead researcher and a cardiologist at Children's Hospital.

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Too often, stem cells aimed at myocardial regeneration are "washed away" into noncardiac tissues or they soon die.

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