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- Benefits of targeting each risk factor for cardiovascular deathPublication . Frutuoso, J.; Portugal, G.; Oliveira, J .; Bourbon, M.Globally cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death. In clinical practice we are able to advise an control several risk factors that might benefit our patients. But we know that trying to reach all goals we might chew more than we can swallow
- Cholesterol Levels and Glomerular Filtration Rate – is there any associationPublication . Frutuoso, J.; Bourbon, M.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between cholesterol levels and the glomerular filtration rate of adult patients in a Portuguese sample.
- Education & health: the gap between opportunitiesPublication . Frutuoso, J.; Silva, P.; Bourbon, M.The aim of this study is to associate cardiovascular health, health spending and socio-economical differences in a Portuguese sample.
- Low birth weight and cardiovascular risk in a Portuguese samplePublication . Frutuoso, J.; Bourbon, M.The aim was to evaluate whether it had a similar effect in a Portuguese sample and if low weight classes – low weight (LW <2500g), very low weight (VLW <1500g) and extremely low weight (ELW <1000g) – had statistically significant differences between them.
- Semiology versus laboratory approaches: comparison between interarm blood preassure differences and APOB/APOA ratioPublication . Frutuoso, J.; Silva, P.; Oliveira, J.; Bourbon, M.Nowadays complementary diagnostic methods are replacing clinical examination and semiology is loosing space in our clinical practice. One of our main concerns in clinical practice is to assess Cardiovascular risk (CVR). And previous studies reported an increased CVR with a divergence of 10mmhg or more measured between both arms-interarm blood pressure difference (IAD)
- The need to create awareness towards CholesterolPublication . Frutuoso, J.; Bourbon, M.Objectives: Nowadays we witness some misinformation towards cholesterol effect in our patients health in mass and social media. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of awareness towards cholesterol levels in a Portuguese sample and to assess targets for interventions with gains in cardiovascular health.