2023
Life’s Essential 8 Optimizing Health in Older Adults
Kumar M, Orkaby A, Tighe C, Villareal D, Billingsley H, Nanna M, Kwak M, Rohant N, Patel S, Goyal P, Hummel S, Al-Malouf C, Kolimas A, Krishnaswami A, Rich M, Kirkpatrick J, Damluji A, Kuchel G, Forman D, Alexander K. Life’s Essential 8 Optimizing Health in Older Adults. JACC Advances 2023, 2: 100560. PMID: 37664644, PMCID: PMC10470487, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical cardiovascular diseaseOlder adultsPrevention targetsTraditional CVD risk factorsCVD-free survivalCVD risk factorsGoals of careAmerican Heart AssociationQuality of lifeGeriatric syndromesHeart AssociationRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseHigh prevalenceCell exhaustionChronologic ageSleep healthOlder individualsMitochondrial dysfunctionStem cell exhaustionResult of advancesCellular senescenceAdultsPublic healthIntercellular communication
2020
Performance of Guideline Recommendations for Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults
Zeitouni M, Nanna MG, Sun JL, Chiswell K, Peterson ED, Navar AM. Performance of Guideline Recommendations for Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2020, 76: 653-664. PMID: 32762899, PMCID: PMC7444655, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipid-lowering therapyYears of agePremature myocardial infarctionIntensive lipid-lowering therapyHigh-risk criteriaMyocardial infarctionYoung adultsYounger patientsHigh low-density lipoprotein cholesterolAHA/ACC guidelinesMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolDuke University Medical CenterACC/AHAAdverse cardiovascular eventsRecurrent myocardial infarctionMost young patientsReductase inhibitor therapyFirst myocardial infarctionAmerican Heart AssociationUniversity Medical CenterOlder age groupsCause deathCholesterol guidelinesStatin candidates