Educational Tools For Your Clinical Practice

For downloadable handouts and online resources, visit below.

Acute Coronary Syndrome

• IMPROVE-IT Trial: ACC 2015
• 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Heart Disease - Patients’ Educational Tool
• Diabetes Optimal Care Cardiovascular Risk Reduction (DOC-CARE) EHR “MY CHART”
• Guidelines Recommendations on the Use of Platelet Function and Genetic Testing

Atherothrombosis

• Twelve or 30 months of dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stents.
• Long-Term Use of Ticagrelor in Patients with Prior Myocardial Infarction
• Selection of a suitable patient population for new antiplatelet therapy from the large clinical trial database of the thrombin receptor antagonist in secondary prevention of atherothrombotic ischemic events-thrombolysis in myocardial infarction 50 (TRA-2P-TIMI50) trial.
• Current APT Recommendations for Longterm Secondary Prevention
• DAPT PEGASUS and TRA 2P Trials Primary Efficacy and Safety Outcomes

Cardiac Imaging

• Cardiac Stress Testing: Choosing the Right Test and When

Dyslipidemia

• 2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol - NLA Perspective
• 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol
• Epidemiology of Dyslipidemia and Economic Burden on the Healthcare System
• Prescribing Information for Alirocumab
• Prescribing Information for Evolocumab
• Diabetic Dyslipidemia: Causes and Consequences
• 2017 Focused Update of the 2016 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Role of Non-Statin Therapies for LDL-Cholesterol Lowering in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk
• ACC Statin Intolerance Tool
• 2017 NLA Expert Panel on Treatment with PCSK9 Inhibitors
• 2017 NLA Expert Panel on Treatment with PCSK9 Inhibitors - Infographic
• PCSK9 Inhibitor Access Barriers – Issues and Recommendations
• Current Indications, Cost, and Clinical Use of Anti-PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibodies
• NLA Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia
• Patient Information: Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
• High Cholesterol Educational Materials for Patients
• Heart Disease: Patient's Educational Tool

Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS)

• Diagnostic algorithm for FCS
• Burden of familial chylomicronemia syndrome: Results from the global IN-FOCUS study
• Understanding FCS – for Patients
• About FCS
• Living with FCS – for Patients
• 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines
• Medications that Increase Triglycerides
• FCS References
• FCS Clinical Studies

Familial Hypercholesterolemia

• Learning About Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Heart Failure

• Frequently Asked Questions About Heart Failure – for Patients
• PARADIGM-HF Trial of Sacubitril/Valsartan

Hypertension

• 2017 Guideline for High Blood Pressure in Adults
• High Blood Pressure Information for Patients
• Treatment of resistant hypertension
• CDC High Blood Pressure Fact Sheet
• Million Hearts® Hypertension Control: Action Steps for Clinicians
• Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)

Hypertriglyceridemia

• REDUCE-IT: Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl–Intervention Trial. AHA 2018.
• A Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia: A Focus on High Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Hypertriglyceridemia and atherosclerosis
• Hypertriglyceridemia and omega-3 fatty acids: Their often-overlooked role in cardiovascular disease prevention
• Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (Fish Oil) Supplementation and the Prevention of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease
• Is triglyceride therapy worth the effort?
• AHA Recommendations for Omega‐3 Fatty Acids Intake

Venous Thromboembolism

• What is Venous Thromboembolism?
• Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease
• Wells’ Criteria for Pulmonary Embolism