Abstract:
:Little is known about the benefits and risks of the long-term use of cardiovascular drugs. Evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) rarely goes beyond a few years of follow-up, but patients are often given continuous treatment with multiple drugs well into old age. We focus on 4 commonly used cardiovascular drug classes: aspirin, statins, beta-blockers, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors given to patients after myocardial infarction. However, the issues raised apply more broadly to all long-term medications across cardiovascular diseases and the whole of medicine. The evidence and limitations of RCTs are addressed, as well as current practice in pre-licensing trials, the increasing problems of polypharmacy (especially in the elderly), the lack of trial evidence for withdrawal of drugs, the role of regulatory authorities and other stakeholders in this challenging situation, and the potential educational solutions for the medical profession. We conclude with a set of recommendations on how to improve the situation of long-term drug use.
journal_name
J Am Coll Cardioljournal_title
Journal of the American College of Cardiologyauthors
Rossello X,Pocock SJ,Julian DGdoi
10.1016/j.jacc.2015.07.018subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-09-15 00:00:00pages
1273-1285issue
11eissn
0735-1097issn
1558-3597pii
S0735-1097(15)04463-0journal_volume
66pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study was done to assess the impact of anterior mitral leaflet reconstructive procedures on initial and long-term results of mitral valve repair. BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that involvement of the anterior leaflet in mitral valve disease adversely affects the long-term outcome of mitral valve rep...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(94)00325-k
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine if ablation that targets patient-specific atrial fibrillation (AF)-sustaining substrates (rotors or focal sources) is more durable than trigger ablation alone at preventing late AF recurrence. BACKGROUND:Late recurrence substantially limits the efficacy of pulmonary ve...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.543
更新日期:2014-05-06 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to test the hypothesis that activation of the serotonergic system in patients with vasovagal syndrome during the head-up tilt test provokes syncope. BACKGROUND:Central serotonergic activation participates in the pathogenesis of neurocardiogenic syncope. Drugs increasing serotonin (5-HT) in the cen...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00719-1
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Noninvasive assessment was undertaken before hospital discharge in 210 patients who had recovered from acute myocardial infarction. This comprised signal-averaged electrocardiography, Holter monitoring and radionuclide left ventriculography. An abnormal signal-averaged electrocardiogram was defined as the presence of ...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80045-1
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Prolonged heart rate-corrected QT interval on electrocardiograms (ECGs) is associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related deaths in patients with prevalent coronary heart disease. OBJECTIVES:This study sought to examine the prognostic association between the...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.08.039
更新日期:2014-11-18 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to identify qualitative or quantitative variables present on angioscopy, intravascular ultrasound imaging or quantitative coronary arteriography that were associated with adverse clinical outcome after coronary intervention in high risk patients. BACKGROUND:Patients with acute ...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(96)00102-7
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study sought to examine the efficacy of empiric antiarrhythmic drugs in a rigorously characterized cohort of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) patients. BACKGROUND:Antiarrhythmic drugs are important in protecting against ventricular arrhythmias in ARVC, but no studies have provided...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.052
更新日期:2009-08-11 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The study aimed to investigate the difference in major adverse cardiac event (MACE) at 1-year after double kissing (DK) crush versus Culotte stenting for unprotected left main coronary artery (UPLMCA) distal bifurcation lesions. BACKGROUND:DK crush and Culotte stenting were reported to be effective for trea...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.023
更新日期:2013-04-09 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES:This study sought to prospectively evaluate recovery of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and clinical outcomes in the multicenter IPAC (Investigations of Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy) s...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.1309
更新日期:2015-08-25 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present study was to verify whether angiotensin-II converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition is also effective in preventing relapses of lone atrial fibrillation (LAF), that is, in the absence of hypertension and/or heart disease. BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that ACE inhibitors are effecti...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.071
更新日期:2009-01-06 00:00:00
abstract::Syncope in apparently normal patients has been attributed to an inhibitory reflex originating in cardiac sensory receptors. The reflex may be elicited by upright tilt with or without isoproterenol infusion. In this study, an upright 90 degree tilt protocol was evaluated in 20 young patients aged 7 to 22 years with syn...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(90)90474-4
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The Air Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) study was designed to determine the best reperfusion strategy for patients with high-risk acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at hospitals without percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) capability. BACKGROUND:Previous studies have sugg...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(02)01870-3
更新日期:2002-06-05 00:00:00
abstract::Ventricular tachyarrhythmias associated with digitalis toxicity are believed to be due, in part, to cardiac glycoside-mediated increased central sympathetic neural activity. Because dopaminergic receptor agonists reduce sympathetic outflow, this study assessed effectiveness of the available dopaminergic agonist, bromo...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(84)80137-0
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Seventy-four patients with chronic stable mild angina, mild coronary artery disease (83% had one- or two-vessel disease) and normal left ventricular function were studied to measure the response of treadmill exercise performance and painful and silent ischemia in the ambulatory setting to randomly assigned treatment w...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(92)90499-d
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to evaluate whether left ventricular (LV) mechanics are better under LV-based pacing than under right ventricular (RV) apical pacing in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) after atrioventricular junction (AVJ) ablation. BACKGROUND:"Ablate and pace" is an acceptable ther...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.10.038
更新日期:2004-03-17 00:00:00
abstract::The relation between perfusion of the infarct-related artery and changes in left ventricular volume and function during the month after a first myocardial infarction was examined in 40 patients who did not receive thrombolytic therapy. Infarct artery perfusion was documented at predischarge coronary angiography, and l...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80298-x
更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We assessed the safety and efficacy of stent placement in patients with poorly controlled hypertension and renal artery stenoses, which are difficult to treat with balloon angioplasty alone. BACKGROUND:Preliminary experience with stent placement suggests improved results over balloon angioplasty alone in pa...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00348-3
更新日期:1997-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(93)90328-x
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(92)90004-7
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80045-0
更新日期:1985-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the role of the endothelium in the vascular actions of protease-activated receptor type 1 (PAR-1) activation in vivo in man. BACKGROUND:Thrombin is central to the pathophysiology of atherothrombosis. Its cellular actions are mediated via PAR-1. Protease-activated r...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.12.047
更新日期:2008-05-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00443-9
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.10.054
更新日期:2009-03-03 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study sought to determine the relationship between coronary calcification and plaque progression in response to established medical therapies. BACKGROUND:Coronary calcification correlates with the extent of atherosclerosis and predicts clinical outcome. METHODS:Atheroma volume was determined in serial...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.038
更新日期:2007-01-16 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to characterize the functional nature of the reentrant tract responsible for ventricular tachycardia due to ischemic heart disease. BACKGROUND:A zone of slow conduction forming the return path is though to form a critical component of the reentrant mechanism in ventricular tachycard...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(95)00086-j
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was associated with the angiogenic and therapeutic effects induced after transplantation of skeletal muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) into a myocardial infarction (MI). BACKGROUND:Because very few MDSCs were found to differentiate into new b...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.100
更新日期:2007-10-23 00:00:00
abstract::Five children, aged 0.2 to 6.7 years, with pulmonary artery origin of the left coronary artery proved by angiography underwent echocardiographic examination from 1985 through 1986. Prospective identification of this condition was achieved by two-dimensional echocardiography alone in two patients. Using a parasagittal ...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(88)90108-8
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:the purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of the percentage of platelet inhibitory response to clopidogrel as assessed by modified thromboelastography with bleeding and transfusion requirement after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCABG) surgery. BACKGROUND:Interindividual variabilit...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.108
更新日期:2010-12-07 00:00:00
abstract::The feasibility of using a flexible, steerable angioscope to perform coronary angioscopy before and after percutaneous coronary angioplasty was tested. The microangioscope fits through an 8F coronary angioplasty guiding catheter and contains a multifiber viewing bundle incorporated into the body of a 4.3F balloon cath...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0735-1097(91)90710-q
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to assess the prognosis of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and dense spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and to determine the incidence of cerebral embolism under continued oral anticoagulation. BACKGROUND:Patients with AF and dense SEC have an increased risk of cerebral embolism. However, ther...
journal_title:Journal of the American College of Cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.11.071
更新日期:2005-06-07 00:00:00