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Lifestyle modifications after acute coronary syndromes in a subset of the AMI-Florence 2 Registry.
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PMID:  22299392     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the adherence to recommendations for secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).
METHODS AND RESULTS: Physical examination, a careful medical interview with assessment for lifestyle habits, adherence to pharmacological therapy and blood analyses were performed in 130 patients at the time of the acute event and after 6 months of follow-up. At follow-up examination, 7 patients persisted to smoke (5.4%), 41 (31.5%) continued to have high blood pressure, 34 (26.1%) had high levels of total cholesterol, 38 (29.2%) high levels of triglycerides, 64 (49.2%) high levels of LDL-cholesterol and 46 (35.4%) low levels of HDL-cholesterol. Despite all treatments no significant change occurred. A high percentage of patients (47%) reported a lower daily consumption of fruit and vegetables with respect to the recommended daily portions, nearly the whole population (92.3%) did not reach the recommended portions of legumes per week recommended, and a consistent percentage of patients (81.5%) did not consume fish twice a week, as recommended.
CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate the difficulty of modifying the lifestyle habits in patients with ACS.
Authors:
Francesco Sofi; Alessia Fabbri; Rossella Marcucci; Anna Maria Gori; Daniela Balzi; Alessandro Barchielli; Giovanni Maria Santoro; Niccolo Marchionni; Rosanna Abbate; Gian Franco Gensini
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta cardiologica     Volume:  66     ISSN:  0001-5385     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Cardiol     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-02-03     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370570     Medline TA:  Acta Cardiol     Country:  Belgium    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  791-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Italy. francescosofi@gmail.com
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