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April 21, 2021
HOUSTON – (April 21, 2021) – Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, yet researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have found that those 55 and younger are not treated as aggressively, and women receive less than optimal preventative care when compared to men among this group of young patients with ASCVD.
The study, one of the largest to date published in JAMA Cardiology¸ reviewed medical records of 147,600 veterans with premature ASCVD, which includes patients who suffered from heart disease, stroke, or peripheral arterial disease at a young age. The investigators found that not only were women significantly less likely to receive antiplatelets, statin or high-intensity statin therapies, they also were less likely to adhere to their statin therapy regimen when compared with men.
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Among patients with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), women were less likely to receive key secondary prevention therapies, a VA healthcare system-based study showed.
Of those with ischemic heart disease, ischemic cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral arterial disease by age 55, it was found that women were less likely to receive antiplatelets, any statins, and high-intensity statins, revealing sex disparities in cardiovascular care within the VA system.
Additionally, women with premature ischemic heart disease were particularly less adherent to their statins compared with men, whereas there were no sex-associated differences in statin adherence among other ASCVD groups, reported Salim Virani, MD, PhD, of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, and colleagues in findings published in
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Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw will be “effectively blind” for about a month after undergoing emergency surgery to reattach the retina in his left eye, he said Saturday.
The Republican congressman and U.S. Navy SEAL veteran detailed the prognosis and surgery that will leave him pretty much off the grid until he recovers.
“A few days ago, I noticed some dark, blurry spots in my vision, which seemed out of the ordinary, Crenshaw said. “I went to get this checked out by an ophthalmologist on Thursday and they discovered that my retina was detaching.”
He continued, “This is a terrifying prognosis for someone with one eye, and the nature of the injuries that I sustained in Afghanistan. Anyone who knows the history of my injuries knows that I don’t have a ‘good eye,’ but half a good eye.”
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