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Bloodpressure
Even moderate amount of aerobic physical activity signicantly lowers systolic (−6.9 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (BP) (−4.9mmHg), which is thought to be from reduction in systemic vascular resistance (7.1%).
Effects ata cellularlevel
• Endothelial dysfunction is known to be an important component
in the development of atherosclerosis. Aseminal study demon­strated regular exercise results in improvement in coronary endo­thelial function and coronary ow reserve in patients with CAD.
• Nitric oxide activity causes dilation in coronary arteries, resulting
Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) secondary prevention guidelines, it is a classIrecommendation that patients with acute coronary syn­dromes or whose status is immediately post coronary artery bypass graing or percutaneous coronary intervention should be referred for comprehensive outpatient cardiac rehabilitation either prior to hospital discharge or at the time of the rst appointment.
Witt etal. showed that CAD patients who participated in struc­tured cardiac rehabilitation programmes, which included super­vised exercise as well as counselling and education sessions, had a marked survival advantage over non- participants. Risk of recur­rent myocardial infarction (MI) was also found to be reduced by 28% (relative risk 0.72, 95% CI 0.52– 0.99).
in improved ow haemodynamics through atherosclerotic ves­sels. Exercise training was found to increase expression and phos­phorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, which results in increased vascular nitric oxide activity.
• Telomeres are chromatin structures that preserve genomic in-
tegrity and stability. Dysfunctional telomeres have been linked to atherosclerosis in humans. Risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, and psychosocial stresses have been shown to cause white cell telomere shortening. Studies suggest that phys­ical activity may attenuate changes in endothelium that result from telomere shortening.
• Endothelial precursor cells are a type of haematopoietic stem cell
that can dierentiate into endothelial cells. Atherosclerosis is as­sociated with a decrease in the pool of circulating endothelial pre­cursor cells. Exercise training in patients with CAD has been shown to stimulate an increase in the number of circulating endo­thelial precursor cells.
• Inammation plays a pivotal role in the development and progres-
sion of atherosclerosis. High- sensitivity C- reactive protein has been found to be an independent predictor of atherothrombotic events. Milani etal. showed a signicant decrease in high- sensi­tivity C- reactive protein levels aer 3months of exercise training as compared to controls.
Where do we stand?
Despite numerous studies supporting the benecial eects of physical activity, this has not resulted in a more active population. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of adults who engaged in moderate physical activity ranged from 33% to 62%, and prevalence of vigorous physical ac­tivity ranged from 15% to 42%. Being able to do regular phys­ical activity and having an active lifestyle is not only dependent on patient participation and motivation but also requires strong re­commendations from treating physicians. To increase adherence, providers can refer to physical activity as an ‘exercise prescription’, which underscores the fact that exercise is almost as important as the medicine(s) that are being prescribed for secondary prevention.
Weightreduction
An estimated two- thirds of adults in the United States are over­weight (body mass index (BMI) 25.0– 29.9kg/ m) or obese (BMI
30.0– 39.9kg/ m). It is projected that the prevalence of CAD by 2035 will increase by 5– 16%, with more than 100,000 excess cases of CAD attributable to increased adolescent obesity. Obesity is asso­ciated with increased CAD mortality and also causes worsening of CAD risk factors.
What is thetarget goal?
Recognizing the importance of weight reduction in secondary pre­vention, the AHA/ ACCF secondary prevention guidelines give a classIrecommendation to check BMI and/ or waist circumference at every visit. Based on the current evidence, they recommend achieving/ maintaining a BMI of between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/ m. e guidelines also set a target for waist circumference (measured horizontally at the iliac crest) to be less than 89cm (35inches) for women and less than 102cm (40inches) for men.
Centralobesity
It has been shown that central obesity poses a signicant risk for CAD and that waist- to- hip ratio or any surrogate of central obesity can be a better predictor of CAD than BMI, providing additional prognostic information above and beyond traditional risk factors. Ahigher level of risk for CV disease is associated with increase in waist circumference. For a 1cm increase in waist circumference, the relative risk of a CV disease event increased by 2%. Waist cir­cumference has gained particular attention since its inclusion in the diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome. It provides additional prognostic information.
Obesityparadox
Many studies have found an ‘obesity paradox’ in which overweight and obese individuals with established CAD have a better prognosis compared with patients who are not overweight or obese. On the other hand, patients with normal BMI (18.5– 24.9kg/ m) and high
Cardiacrehabilitation
body fat are at high risk for CV disease. is begs the question of what is being measured and the predictive capabilities of our weight metrics. It has been established that BMI is an inadequate reec-
Cardiac rehabilitation programmes have been recognized as an integral component of the comprehensive care of patients with CAD, largely because it helps improve compliance and adherence to physical activity. According to the AHA / American College of
tion of central obesity, which is a known risk factor for CV events, and regardless of initial BMI, weight loss has been associated with a reduced risk of fatal and non- fatal CV events (hazard ratio 0.62; P=0.018).
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erefore, although the ‘obesity paradox’ exists, studies have shown safety and potential long- term benets of weight loss in over­weight and obese patients with CAD when taking baseline BMI or fat percentage into account.
How toachieve thetarget?
According to AHA recommendations, the clinician should con-
motivated to change and smoking cessation advice at this point can be most eective. e AHA/ ACCF secondary prevention guide­lines give a classI recommendation that patients should be asked about tobacco use at every oce visit and if they are still smoking, their willingness to quit should be assessed. en the patient should be assisted by development of a plan for quitting which may include
pharmacotherapy and/ or referral to a tobacco cessation programme. sistently encourage weight maintenance/ reduction through an ap­propriate balance of lifestyle physical activity, structured exercise, caloric intake, and formal behavioural programmes.
In the Look AHEAD trial, greater self- reported physical activity
was the strongest correlate of weight loss aer 1year.
Diet
A healthy diet can have benecial eects in patients with CAD by
multiple biological pathways, including the following: improve-
Smokingcessation
Smoking cessation has been shown to reduce all- cause mortality in patients with established CAD. A Cochrane review showed that patients who quit smoking aer MI or cardiac surgery reduced their risk of death by at least one- third. In the INTERHEART study, 36% of risk for acute MI was accounted for by smoking. Patients who continue to smoke aer having an MI had a 50% increased risk of non- fatal or fatal MI.
Unfortunately, despite the known benets, rates of smoking cessa­tion remain low. As shown by the EUROASPIRE III study, the preva­lence of smoking in patients with diagnosed CAD was 51.9%.
How does smoking affect CAD?
• Long- term exposure to cigarette smoke results in altered nitric
oxide synthesis and impaired endothelial function, and cessa-
tion was found to be the most signicant factor for improving
endothelial function in patients who previously suered an MI.
• Cigarette smoking is associated with increased risk of vulnerable
plaque rupture.
• Cigarette smoking is the most important independent predictor
of reduced endothelial precursor cells.
• Cigarette smoking can result in dysfunctional thrombotic
mechanism(s) that may result in initiation and/ or propagation of
thrombus formation.
• Cigarette smokers were found to have increased circulating
markers of inammation.
Benefits ofsmokingcessation
Smoking cessation in CAD patients has been estimated to cause a 35% risk reduction in all- cause mortality. In a 30- year follow- up study of post- coronary artery bypass gra patients, smoking ces­sation was associated with a 3- year gain in life expectancy, and also showed a greater eect on reducing mortality than any other intervention.
How totackle tobaccoabuse
ere are multiple approaches to help patients quit smoking. Physicians are recommended to assess tobacco use at each visit and provide counselling regarding smoking cessation. Counselling and pharmacotherapy combined are more eective than either method alone. e AHA task force on risk reduction notes that the pa­tient who has been recently hospitalized for a coronary event is very
ment in serum lipids, reduced inammation and oxidative stress, improved endothelial function, reduced BP, decreased insulin re­sistance, weight loss, and decreased thrombotic tendency. For instance, the INTERHEART study showed a 34% reduction in MI incidence simply with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
What constitutes a healthy diet?
Historically, dietary recommendations for secondary prevention predominantly focused on the role of dietary components; however, foods are typically consumed in combinations. erefore, in recent years the focus has shied to provide guidance in terms of dietary patterns. One exception is dietary sodium. It has been studied as a single nutrient as little sodium is found naturally in foods and it is added to foods either during preparation, for preservation, and/ or at the time of consumption.
e latest AHA/ ACC lifestyle management guideline takes the approach of suggesting diet patterns instead of focusing on certain macronutrients. It gives a classIA recommendation to consume a dietary pattern that:
• Emphasizes intake of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.
• Includes sh, low- fat dairy products, poultry, legumes, and non-
tropical vegetable oils and nuts.
• Limits intake of sweets, sugar- sweetened beverages, and intake of
red meat.
• Achieves 5– 6% of calories from saturated fatty acids (SFAs).
• In addition for patients with high BP, to lower their sodium intake
preferably to below 2400 g/ day.
ere are many dietary patterns with dierent components but most of them follow the pattern listed here. Some of these are briey dis­cussed in the following sections.
Mediterranean- stylediet
e Mediterranean diet is high in fruits, vegetables (emphasis on green vegetables), whole grains (cereal, bread, rice, pasta), and fatty sh (rich in omega- 3 fatty acid). It is low in red meat and substi­tutes higher- fat dairy foods with lower- fat or fat- free dairy prod­ucts by using oils (olive and canola) or nuts (walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts).
e Lyon Diet Heart study was a randomized secondary preven­tion trial which tested if the Mediterranean style diet could reduce recurrence of CV events aer rst MI. Aer a mean follow- up of 27months, it was found that the risk of cardiac death and non- fatal MI was signicantly reduced with the intervention diet.
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Portfolio diet
e portfolio diet mainly focuses on four cholesterol- lowering strat­egies:viscous bre (8.2 g/ 1000 calories), plant sterols (1 g/ 1000 cal­ories), almonds (1.4 g/ 1000 calories), and soy protein (22.7 g/ 1000 calories) within a reduced- fat diet (<30% of total calories). It is mainly a vegetarian diet with SFAs comprising less than 7% of total calories and cholesterol less than 200 mg/ day.
In a controlled 1- month dietary intervention, the portfolio diet was found to lower LDL cholesterol by 29% in hyperlipidaemic pa­tients compared with an 8% reduction with the step II diet (low SFA (<7% of total calories) and cholesterol (<200 mg/ day)). However, when this was studied in a free- living setting over 12months, the eect on LDL cholesterol reduction was reduced to 12.8%. Less
have shown to be benecial in secondary prevention are reduction in SFAs, transfatty acids, cholesterol, and total fat, with emphasis on higher consumption of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
Depression
Depression was found to be three times more common in patients aer having an MI than in the general population, and 15– 20% of patients hospitalized with acute MI met the criteria for major de­pression. It has also been shown that depression is associated with a higher risk of recurrent events 1– 2years aer an MI. erefore, the AHA recommends screening for depression as a part of sec­ondary prevention of CAD, and if diagnosed, beginning appropriate treatment.
benet observed in a real- life setting was attributed to lack of dietary compliance by the authors.
DASHdiet
e Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet con­sists of a dietary pattern that is rich in fruits and vegetables (eight to ten servings/ day) and low- fat dairy products (two to three serv­ings/ day). e diet mainly includes whole grains, legumes, sh, and poultry. It is high in dietary bre and limited in added sugars, red meat, and fat. Total fat is 27% of total calories, SFA is less than 7% of total calories, and cholesterol is 150 mg/ day. e DASH trial randomized 459 adults with mildly elevated BP to a Western diet, a fruits and vegetables diet, or the DASH diet for 8 weeks. It was found that as compared with the Western diet, the DASH diet lowered sys­tolic BP and diastolic BP by −5.5mmHg and −3mmHg, respectively. It also lowered total cholesterol (−9.5%), LDL cholesterol (−9.1%), and HDL cholesterol (9.2%). It was found that in hypertensive pa­tients, the eect was greater (−11.6mmHg SBP). Adding sodium restriction to the DASH diet was shown to have additional hypoten­sive eects in the DASH- Sodium trial.
Other populardiets
e majority of other popular diets focus on extreme fat or carbohy­drate restriction to achieve weight loss. Among them are the Atkins diet (very low carbohydrate), Zone diet (macronutrient balance), and the Ornish diet (very low fat). e ATO Z (Atkins, Traditional, Ornish, Zone) weight loss study compared the eect of these three diets and a conventional low- fat (<10% of energy from SFAs), high- carbohydrate diet on weight loss in 311 postmenopausal women. Women on the Atkins diet had greater short- term weight loss (2months, 4.4kg; 6months, 5.6kg) than the women following other diets. However, aer 12months signicant dierence was only noted in the Atkins (4.7kg) and Zone diets (1.6kg). At the end of 12months, the Atkins diet showed greater changes in triglyceride levels (−29.3 mg/ dL, signicantly dierent from Zone), HDL chol­esterol (+4.9 mg/ dL, signicantly dierent from the Ornish diet), systolic BP (−7.7mmHg, signicantly dierent from all other diets), and diastolic BP (−4.4 mmHg, signicantly dierent from the Ornish diet).
e major conclusion that we draw from these studies is that for weight loss, calorie restriction is more important than macronu­trient distribution in diet. However, in regard to targeting CV risk factors (such as elevated BP, lipids, and lipoprotein), modication of macronutrient intake may be instrumental. Dietary patterns that
Conclusion
Achieving lifestyle modication remains the hardest component of secondary prevention of CAD. e EUROASPIRE survey showed that the prevalence of persistent smoking in patients aer having an MI was 51.9%, moderate physical activity was only reported by 30.2%, and only half of the patients followed dietary recom­mendations to lose weight. Studies such as EUROACTION and GOSPEL have shown that a sustained, professional, comprehen­sive, and multidisciplinary support between physician and patient led to better compliance with lifestyle modication and resulted in signicantly improved control of risk factors and decreased event rates.
In conclusion, lifestyle modication has similar favourable ef­fect size estimates compared to cardiopreventive drugs. However, it remains the biggest challenge in secondary prevention as the gap between current recommendations on lifestyle changes, risk factor control, and clinical practice still persists.
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Optimal medical therapy for coronary arterydisease
David R. Holmes and Valentin Fuster
Introduction
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and the developed world and is becoming increas­ingly more prevalent globally. Indeed, in less developed nations, cardiovascular disease is now a relatively greater burden than in more developed economies. It is currently the number one cause of death worldwide, as a result of two phenomena, namely increased life expectancy due to successful treatment/ prevention of infectious disease as well as increased exposure to known risk factors such as tobacco use, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.–  Cardiovascular dis­ease is typically the result of atherosclerosis which can present as coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, or aortic atherosclerosis. Given the generalized disease pro­cess, many individuals develop and present with more than one clin­ical manifestation. is has important implications for screening; for example, in patients presenting with clinically evident peripheral arterial disease, consideration should be given for screening to de­tect the presence of asymptomatic coronary artery disease.
Revascularization strategies have been the focus of substantial study and interest from cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons alike as well as the patient populations involved. ese strategies have been shown to improve quality of life, improving symptoms by decreasing angina, and in selected angiographic and clinical subsets of patients, to prevent myocardial infarction and improve survival. ese strategies are recommended and carried out in multiple subsets of patients with both acute and chronic presentations such as acute myocardial infarction/ unstable angina or chronic stable an­gina. Against this background it is essential to remain focused on the bedrock foundational principle of optimal medical therapy for pa­tients at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, for patient status post either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass gra (CABG) surgery, as well as for those being treated conservatively.
Optimal medical therapy consists of lifestyle modication strat­egies as well as pharmaceutical management.–  Emphasis must be persistently maintained on implementation of these strategies, through patient education and eorts to optimize compliance.
ere are a number of issues to be addressed including societal factors such as individual/ family situations, national and regional economic conditions, as well as political policy. Strategies for pre­vention of coronary artery disease on a global scale have been prom­ulgated by a number of dierent organizations including both the World Health Organization and the World Heart Foundation and include individual as well as societal approaches. Depending on the clinical setting, approaches can be dened as primary or secondary. Primary approaches aim at either preventing disease or delaying the onset of disease and are most benecial when applied early. In this sphere, there is increased interest in implementing strategies in childhood, hoping to inculcate lifestyle habits that prevent cardio­vascular disease. Secondary prevention is aimed at people who have clinically apparent disease of any vascular bed— cardiac, peripheral, cerebrovascular, or aortic. Secondary prevention should also be ap­plied in patients felt to be at high risk for developing coronary artery disease by virtue of their individual baseline risk factors. Treatment strategy should be individualized based in part on baseline clinical characteristics of the patient; for example, the presence of comorbid conditions such as diabetes or chronic kidney disease, as well as the presentation during an index event, the time duration from the index event to presentation, and current symptoms. Patients who have not had a prior cardiovascular event are considered at high risk if their predicted risk of such an event is greater than 10% at 10years; these individuals should also be considered for multiple risk inter­vention strategies. Primary and secondary prevention share the common elements of risk factor modication while pharmaceutical therapeutic regimens may vary between the two groups. In either case, the intervention should be tailored to the specic clinical set­ting with emphasis on patient education and enhancing long- term compliance.
Given the tremendous societal and individual burden of cardio­vascular disease, there has been great interest in identication of the major modiable risk factors and subsequent formulation and implementation of specic preventive strategies. Substantial global variability in the incidence of cardiovascular disease has been iden­tied.–  Some important clues as to the most important risk factors involved may shed light on the potential for prevention.
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Box 11.1 Potentially modifiable risk factors forretarding or avoiding cardiovasculardisease
• Smoking
• Dyslipidaemia
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Abdominal obesity
• Psychosocial factors
• Daily consumption of fruits and vegetables
• Regular alcohol consumption
• Regular physical activity.
Source data from Yusuf S, Rangarajan K, Teo S, etal. Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low- , middle- , and high- income countries. N Engl J Med 2014;371:818– 27.
approach in 15,152 cases and 14,820 controls worldwide. ey found that there were nine risk factors which accounted for the popula­tion attributable risk in 90% of men and 94% of women. ree of these factors were associated with less risk— moderate or strenuous physical activity dened as at least 4 hours/ week, daily consumption of fruits or vegetables, and consumption of alcohol three or more times/ week. e latter factor needs to be interpreted in terms of the risk:benet ratio of alcohol:moderate consumption is associated with benet while larger consumption is associated with a marked increase in risk. Of the adverse factors, there was a striking linear increase in myocardial infarction depending upon the number of cigarettes smoked/ day (Fig. 11.1). e authors identied that there is no safe level of smoking. However, the benet from smoking ces­sation occurs relatively early.
Yusuf et al. evaluated cardiovascular risk events in 17 low-, middle- , and high- income countries. In this study, the au­thors enrolled 146,424 people and assessed their risk using the INTERHEART risk score. is score includes data on clinical demographics— age, gender, smoking history, diabetes, hyperten­sion, and a positive family history of heart disease. In addition, waist- to- hip ratio, psychosocial factors, diet, and physical activity are also assessed. ey identied that rates of major cardiovascular events and case fatality rates were lowest in high- income countries and highest in low- income countries. Such observations under­score the fact that modiable risk factors may be targeted. is is particularly important for developing strategies to improve out­come in the lower- income countries which predominate globally in which the incidence of cardiovascular disease is rising signicantly. A fundamental operating tenant in this space is that the earlier in life modiable strategies can be instituted, the more eective they will be in either preventing disease or delaying its onset. In the INTERHEART study, nine potentially modiable factors were identied (Box 11.1). e authors found that these risk factors ac­counted for over 90% of the population attributable risk of a rst myocardial infarction.
Yusuf etal. also studied the eect of potentially modiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction using a case– control
Specific riskfactors
Tobaccocessation
Given the importance of smoking, there has been intense interest in strategies for prevention of its eects.–  Professional societal guidelines for primary prevention recommend complete abstinence. e impact of regional initiatives on outcome can be illustrated by several community programmes. In Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, smoke- free ordinances were initiated in all work­places beginning initially in 2002 (Fig. 11.2). e authors analysed the outcome of this regional public health policy on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. During this time, the incidence of diabetes mellitus as well as obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥30kg/ m) in­creased signicantly, conferring increased potential risk to the entire population. However, there was a 33% reduction in the incidence of myocardial infarction (P <0.001) and a 17% reduction in the in­cidence of sudden cardiac death (P=0.13). e authors concluded that smoking is a health hazard not only for the individual smoker but also for people exposed to second- hand smoke and that ‘second­hand smoke exposure should be considered a modiable risk factor for myocardial infarction’. Primary prevention involves counsel­ling on abstinence including the use of family, school, and healthcare
Fig.11.1 Relationship between numbers of cigarettes smoked per day and odds of myocardial infarction.
Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, etal. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study):case- control study. Lancet 2004;364:937– 52 with permission from Elsevier.
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Source data from Hurt R, Weston S, Ebbert JO, etal. Myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death in Olmsted county Minnesota, before and after smoke- free workplace laws. Archives of Internal Medicine 2012; 172:1635– 41 and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, GA:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 1999– 2010. http:// www.cdc.gov/ brfss/ technical_ infodata/ surveydata.htm
resources as well as the application of nicotine replacement therapy as needed. For younger individuals still living at home, eorts also need to be addressed at parental behaviour to discontinue smoking in that group of role models.
Smoking cessation is a key element for secondary prevention as smoking is an independent major risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and peripheral arterial disease. In multiple studies, patients who continue to smoke aer coronary revascularization have increased rates of cardiovascular events including death, myo­cardial infarction, and need for repeat revascularization., In the longer- term 5- year follow- up data of the SYNTAX trial which ran­domized patients with de novo three- vessel or le main coronary artery disease to either CABG surgery or PCI, continued smoking had a marked independent deleterious eect; the hazard ratio (HR)
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1.8 (95% condence interval (CI) 1.3– 2.5). Critchley etal., evaluated the eect of discontinuing smoking
in a meta- analysis of 12,603 patients with established cardiovascular disease. In this group of patients, which included those with either prior myocardial infarction or prior revascularization, mortality was markedly decreased in those patients who had discontinued smoking (HR 0.64, 95% CI 0.58– 0.71).
Hypertension
A second key modiable risk factor has been hypertension, which is the focus of increasing attention (Fig. 11.3).–  Earlier studies used 140/ 90mmHg or greater as a target. However, denitions of ‘hypertension’ continue to evolve depending upon whether oce
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Source data from Hennekens CH, Lopez- Sendon J.Prevention of cardiovascular disease events in those with established disease or at high risk. http:// www.uptodate.com 2017. Accessed 4 April 2017.
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visit recordings are used or whether ambulatory or home blood pressure measurements are used as a standard. Using ambula­tory or home blood pressure measures, a 24- hour average of at least 130/ 80mmHg, a daytime average of at least 135/ 85mmHg, or a night time average of at least 120/ 70mmHg would be con­sidered hypertensive. Hypertension is extremely common— in the NHANES survey in the United States, estimates are that approxi­mately 30% of people are hypertensive and in 8– 10% of the popu­lation, hypertension is undiagnosed; an even larger percentage of patients are not treated to goal. Hypertension is oen associ­ated with obesity; as this increases, the rate of hypertension will also increase. Evaluation of the eect of a specic target has been controversial, with the description of a J- curve showing improved cardiovascular events down to specic levels of blood pressure but then increasing event rates if lower blood pressure levels (e.g. <120mmHg) are achieved. In general, however, lower achieved blood pressure control is associated with improved outcomes with a target of 120– 130/ less than 90mmHg. e control of hyperten­sion is particularly important in those patient groups at highest risk for cardiovascular disease including those with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
Given the worldwide nature of these risk factors and the vari­ability required for implementation of regional programmes, targeted approaches have been developed. e Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) has focused on the global issues of hypertension in six dierent countries— Tanzania, Kenya, Columbia, Malaysia, India, and Canada. e GACD has em­phasized the importance of optimizing the appropriateness and alignment of healthcare in relation to cultural, socioeconomic, and environmental issues. Tailored programmes for hypertension begin with recognition of blood pressure as a medical problem, and include the essential elements of salt reduction or salt substitution, exercise, and medications when appropriate. e introduction of a poly pill containing several drugs such as a beta blocker, acetyl­salicylic acid (ASA), and a statin can improve patient compliance and achieve better blood pressure control. Such multifaceted pro­grammes may have a signicant impact on this very important risk factor for cardiovascular disease.,,
Blood pressure reduction is an essential goal of secondary pre­vention. ere are a number of approaches that should be initi­ated early including increased physical activity, weight loss, and restriction of sodium intake. Maintaining compliance with these measures is important but dicult. Continued follow- up care and encouragement as well as enrolment in peer groups such as longer­term cardiac rehabilitation programmes can be very helpful. e goal of therapy for blood pressure should be 120/ 80 to 130/ 80mmHg. is is particularly important in patients with diabetes mellitus and those with chronic kidney disease. Astepped care approach for medical therapy is usually required in patients who have signicant hypertension. In patients with known cardiovas­cular disease, particularly prior myocardial infarction, guideline therapy typically includes a beta blocker and either an angiotensin­converting enzyme or angiotensin receptor blocker to reach the goal of therapy. In addition, depending on le ventricular func­tion, a diuretic may be needed to optimize control. Continued maintenance of medications for blood pressure control is an im­portant goal of follow- up care in these patients with either known cardiovascular disease or at high risk for developing it.
Obesity
e relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease has been the subject of numerous studies (Fig. 11.4)., is relation­ship is complex because obesity is associated with hypertension, sleep apnoea, diabetes mellitus, sedentary lifestyle, and hyperlipid­aemia, all of which are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Aune etal. performed a systemic review and meta- analysis of BMI and all- cause mortality in 230 cohort studies in 30.3million participants with 3.74million deaths. ey found that for each 5­unit increment in BMI above 25, the relative risk of all- cause mor­tality was 1.18 (95% CI 1.15– 1.21). Interestingly, low body weight was also a risk factor for mortality.
Whitlock etal. evaluated case- specic mortality in 57 prospective studies involving 900,000 patients. BMI was found to be a strong predictor of overall mortality. On the whole, ischaemic heart disease accounted for 25% of all deaths of known aetiology. Above an ap­parent optimal range of 22.5– 25kg/ m, the excess mortality was pro­gressive with increasing BMI and was mainly due to vascular disease.
Strategies for ameliorating obesity are dicult to imple­ment.,,,, ese include dietary approaches which call for in­creased consumption of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains with decreased consumption of sweets, sugar- sweetened beverages, and replacement of red meat with sh, poultry, and legumes. e import­ance of the comorbidity of physical inactivity has been emphasized.
Hyperlipidaemia
A focus on lipid management is important for both primary and sec­ondary prevention.–  Initial emphasis as described includes weight loss and dietary recommendations as well as exercise. ese should be instituted and attempts to optimize compliance with them empha­sized. For primary prevention, it is important to intervene with life­style modications as early as possible, preferably in childhood.
Statins have been the mainstay of therapy and have been docu­mented in multiple large- scale randomized clinical trials and regis­tries to not only reduce composite cardiac events but also mortality. ey should be used, if tolerated, in all patients with known cardio­vascular disease. Seven agents are currently available, two of which— atorvastatin and rosuvastatin— are considered high intensity. e
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specic goals of therapy with statin treatment have varied. Some of these goals have focused on target levels of low- density lipopro­tein cholesterol (LDL- C) to achieve lower than 70 mg/ dL. More re­cent professional societal guidelines have been statin- dose based. ese latter guidelines have recommended that secondary preven­tion in high- risk patients be the highest dose of statin; for example, atorvastatin up to 80 mg/ day or rosuvastatin up to 40 mg/ day as tol­erated. Given the pleotropic eects of statins, using a dose goal ra­ther than an arbitrary goal of LDL- C of less than 70 mg/ dL has been
the rationale for this latter approach. In high- risk patients with an acute coronary syndrome, intensive therapy reduces both all- cause as well as cardiovascular mortality. In patients with stable angina, high- intensity statins also signicantly reduce cardiovascular events but there is heterogeneity in the all- cause mortality.
Statins (Table 11.1) are the mainstay of hypercholesterolaemia management; as such, the issues of compliance are important. In general, these drugs are well tolerated. e most common side ef­fects are myalgias which may be clinically signicant and result in
Table11.1 Treatment ofhyperlipidaemia:statins are themainstay oftherapy. Newer combined approaches including PCSK9 inhibitors are
valuable adjuncts
Drug class Dose Major side effects and drug interactions
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Atorvastatin 10– 80 mg/ day Headache; nausea; sleep disturbance; elevations in hepatocellular enzymes and alkaline
Fluvastatin IR:20– 80 mg/ day
XR:80 mg/ day
Lovastatin IR:20– 80 mg/ day
XR:20– 60 mg/ day
Pitavastatin 1– 4 mg/ day
Pravastatin 10– 80 mg/ day
Rosuvastatin 5– 40 mg/ day
Simvastatin 5– 40 mg/ day
PCSK9 inhibitors
Alirocumab 75– 150 mg every 2 weeks Injection site reactions
Evolocumab 140 mg every 2 weeks or 420 mg
Fibric acid derivatives
Fenofibrate Nanocrystal 145 mg/ day
Gemfibrozil 600 mg twice/ day Potentiates warfarin action. Absorption of gemfibrozil diminished by bile acid sequestrants
Nicotinic acid (niacin) IR:1– 6 g/ day Prostaglandin- mediated cutaneous flushing, headache, warm sensation, and pruritus;
Bile acid sequestrants
Cholestyramine 4– 24 g/ day Nausea, bloating, cramping, and constipation; elevations in hepatic transaminases and alkaline
Colestipol 5– 30 g/ day
Colesevelam 3.75 g/ day Similar
Cholesterol absorption inhibitors
Ezetimibe 10 mg/ day Increased transaminases in combination with statins
Neomycin 1 g twice/ day Ototoxicity; nephrotoxicity
Probucol (not available in USA)
every month; homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: 420 mg every month to 420 mg every 2 weeks
Micronized 160– 200 mg/ day
XR (Niaspan®):0.5– 2 g/ day
500 mg twice/ day Loose stools; eosinophilia; QT prolongation; angioneurotic oedema
phosphatase. Myositis and rhabdomyolysis, primarily when given with gemfibrozil or cyclosporin; myositis is also seen with severe renal insufficiency (CrCl <30 mL/ min). Lovastatin, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin potentiate effect of warfarin; this interaction is not seen with pravastatin, fluvastatin, or pitavastatin. Most statins can also affect digoxin metabolism and levels
Skin rash, gastrointestinal (nausea, bloating, cramping) myalgia; lowers blood cyclosporin levels; potentially nephrotoxic in cyclosporin treated patients. Avoid in patients with CrCl <30 mL/ min
hyperpigmentation (particularly in intertriginous regions); acanthosis nigricans; dry skin; nausea; vomiting; diarrhoea; and myositis
phosphatase. Impaired absorption of fat- soluble vitamins and co- administered medications including amiodarone, digoxin, warfarin, thiazides, beta blockers, levothyroxine, others; interaction can be minimized by taking other medications at least 1 hour before or 4 hours after bile and sequestrant
CrCl, creatinine clearance; IR, immediate release; XR, extended release.