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ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

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WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Lee A. Fleisher, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Joshua A. Beckman,MD, F ACC¶; Kenneth A. Kasper, MD; Judy R. Kersten,MD; Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN,FAHA.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2007-10-23 and is currently open access. It has received 1393 citations till now.

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Statin-associated muscle symptoms: impact on statin therapy—European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel Statement on Assessment, Aetiology and Management

TL;DR: The Panel proposes to identify SAMS by symptoms typical of statin myalgia and their temporal association with discontinuation and response to repetitive statin re-challenge, and recommends the use of a maximally tolerated statin dose combined with non-statin lipid-lowering therapies to attain recommended low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets.
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ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

TL;DR: It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced in the detection, management, and management of diseases.
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Prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced ejection fraction.

TL;DR: In patients with a prior myocardial infarction and advanced left ventricular dysfunction, prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator improves survival and should be considered as a recommended therapy.
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