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Blood Pressure Part Two: Lower is Better

Steven Kornweiss, MD May 23, 2022 cardiovascular Leave a Comment

The problem is that people with “normal” or merely “elevated” blood pressure, while at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and death than their counterparts with lower blood pressure, are not managed with lifetime prevention and longevity in mind.

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Blood Pressure Part One: What is “normal?”

Steven Kornweiss, MD April 18, 2022 cardiovascular Leave a Comment

There is a significant body of evidence suggesting that lower (sub-normal) blood pressures might help delay the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease over the course of a lifetime.

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Homocysteine: When Guidelines Fall Short

Steven Kornweiss, MD March 10, 2022 cardiovascular, preventive medicine Leave a Comment

While the data, evidence, and expert opinion is mixed, I believe that it’s important to measure homocysteine levels

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Why Lower LDL-Cholesterol?

Steven Kornweiss, MD January 4, 2022 cardiovascular, lipidology, preventive medicine Leave a Comment

In 1978, a pathologist performing a routine autopsy made a remarkable discovery — A 76 year old woman without any sign of atherosclerosis.

What’s so remarkable about this?

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What is LDL-Cholesterol?

Steven Kornweiss, MD December 4, 2021 cardiovascular, lipidology Leave a Comment

The oversimplification of cardiovascular disease risk assessment—in which LDL-cholesterol is often the primary diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic target—leads to effective treatment of some people, but the ineffective treatment of others.

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No Time to Die From an MI

Steven Kornweiss, MD December 4, 2021 cardiovascular, preventive medicine Leave a Comment

For this reason, though it’s very hard to do, I believe we should try to avoid applying guidelines without attention to the particularities of each individual patient.

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