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Coverage from the

European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) 2016 Annual Congress

May 29 - June 01, 2016; Innsbruck, Austria

May 29 - June 01, 2016 Innsbruck, Austria

Conference News

Popular News from EAS 2015

  • EAS Offers Advice on Statin-Induced Muscle Pain EAS Offers Advice on Statin-Induced Muscle Pain The EAS stresses that statins are the first, second, and third treatment course in patients with muscle pain, and all efforts should be made to get the patient back on the lipid-lowering medication.
  • Get Moving! Inactivity Should Rate as Top CV Risk Factor Get Moving! Inactivity Should Rate as Top CV Risk Factor In keeping with the adage, "Sitting is the new smoking," physicians should keep a supply of inexpensive pedometers on hand to give out to patients, says one expert passionate about the subject.
  • Lp(a) Can Risk Stratify Patients With CAD Lp(a) Can Risk Stratify Patients With CAD Risk of cardiac events went up fivefold with both biomarkers elevated, even in an already-high-risk population; lower-than-usual Lp(a) cut off values were used in the primarily Korean patient cohort.

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