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John A. Spertus

Researcher at University of Missouri–Kansas City

Publications -  1148
Citations -  62585

John A. Spertus is an academic researcher from University of Missouri–Kansas City. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Percutaneous coronary intervention. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 1017 publications receiving 51951 citations. Previous affiliations of John A. Spertus include American Heart Institute & Truman Medical Center.

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AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update A Guideline From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation

TL;DR: The development of the present guideline involved a process of partial adaptation of other guideline statements and reports and supplemental literature searches, which confirmed that in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease, comprehensive risk factor management reduces risk as assessed by a variety of outcomes.
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Initial invasive or conservative strategy for stable coronary disease.

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TL;DR: Evidence that an initial invasive strategy, as compared with an initial conservative strategy, reduced the risk of ischemic cardiovascular events or death from any cause over a median of 3.2 years is not found.
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AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the 2006 update of the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) guidelines on secondary prevention and provide evidence from clinical trials that further supports and broadens the merits of intensive risk-reduction therapies for secondary prevention.