Meeting Report
A meeting entitled ‘Current Perspective on the Use of Statins in the Treatment of Dyslipidemic Patients’ was held in Stresa, Italy, on 27–28th June 2019. This meeting report summarizes the main messages of the discussion with a special focus on pitavastatin, whose main features in different settings are described.
Original Research
The objective of this study was to detect and correlate the changes that indicate the inflammatory and atherosclerotic process in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients, using nail ultrasound and carotid artery intima–media thickness radiofrequency software.
Review
This review describes the results of the DAPA-HF (Dapagliflozin and Prevention of Adverse Outcomes in Heart Failure) trial and the recently published Dapagliflozin Effects on Biomarkers, Symptoms, and Functional Status in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (DEFINE-HF) trial. In addition, the thought-to-be mechanisms of action of SGLT2 inhibitors beyond their known glucose-lowering effects.
Review
This article reviews the expanding clinical applicability of chloroquine and related drugs includes rheumatological and cardiovascular disorders (CVD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), oncology, and a variety of nonmalarial infections.
Original Research
This work analyzed the clinical profile and management of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation taking rivaroxaban in routine practice in Spain.
