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Cardiovascular Disease reviews by topic

Issue 2, 2008 of The Cochrane Library included 8 reviews and 20 protocols on cardiovascular disease.  Topics and reviews can be viewed below.

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Topics and reviews on other cardiovascular disease areas can be viewed on this site:

 

Topic Reviews and Protocols 
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Cardiovascular disease prevention - Drugs Antiplatelets
  1. No reviews currently available for this topic
Lipid Lowering
  1. Statins for preventing cardiovascular disease  [P]
  2. Interventions to improve adherence to lipid lowering medication  [R]  [S]
Other
  1. Hormone replacement therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women  [R]  [S]

  2. Rimonabant for overweight or obesity  [R]

  3. Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation  [R]

  4. Chinese herbal medicine suxiao jiuxin wan for angina pectoris [R]

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Cardiovascular disease prevention - Lifestyle Dietary - Food supplements
  1. Supplemental plant sterols and stanols for serum cholesterol and cardiovascular disease  [P]
Dietary 
  1. Anti-oxidant foods or supplements for preventing cardiovascular disease  [P]
  2. Dietary advice for reducing cardiovascular risk  [R]  [S]
  3. Omega-3 fatty acids for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease  [R]  [S]
  4. Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease  [R]
  5. Low glycaemic index diets for coronary artery disease  [R]  [S]
Exercise
  1. Interventions for promoting physical activity  [R]  [S]
  2. Home versus centre based physical activity programs in older adults  [R]  [S]
  3. Exercise for overweight or obesity  [R]
Other lifestyle interventions
  1. Interventions for preventing obesity in children  [R]
  2. Interventions for treating obesity in children  [R]
  3. Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease  [R]
  4. Biomedical risk assessment as an aid for smoking cessation  [R]  [S]
  5. Risk scoring for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease  [P]

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Cardiovascular disease prevention - Psychological interventions Education or counselling
  1. No reviews currently available for this topic

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Cardiovascular disease prevention - Complementary therapies
  1. Artichoke leaf extract for treating hypercholesterolaemia  [R]
  2. Chuanxiong type compounds for preventing cardiovascular diseases  [P]

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Cardiovascular disease prevention - Other interventions
  1. Continuous positive airway pressure for cardiovascular disease associated with sleep apnoea  [P]
  2. Influenza vaccination to prevent myocardial infarction  [P]

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Last updated 12 Jun 2008

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