CHICAGO (Reuters) – patients who observe images of
their hearts and see for themselves the accumulation of calcium in
the walls of your arteries do a better treatment with
drugs to combat cholesterol and are more likely to download
weight, reported researchers.
The finding was obtained from two studies submitted in the
annual session of the American College of Cardiology, in
Chicago.
The experts took through hearts images
CT scans with registration of blood calcium
coronary (CAC), a test that uses a scanner to take
detailed pictures of the heart muscle.
Specialists said that those people with
more advanced disease who saw images of his heart were
2.5 times more likely to take their Statins as I had
indicated and more than three times more likely to lose weight,
compared with those who had submitted to the test and could
see little or no evidence of the disease.
“beyond of the diagnostic and predictive value of the
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CT heart scan, is also very beneficial in
terms of motivating people to follow behaviors that
we know that they cause a reduction of mortality and morbidity
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heart”, said Dr. Nove Kalia, one of the
principal investigators from both works.
Take statins and adopt better lifestyles, as one
healthier diet and exercise, can have an enormous impact
on a patient’s heart health.
“the interesting thing is that the greater was the registration of
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calcium from a person more prone era to be obedient”, said
Kalia.
While other studies examined the impact that can be
have seen images of the heart on the conduct, these are the
early work on a large scale that corroborate findings
similar in other investigations.
One of the studies which noted the implementation of the
statin therapy included 2,100 people. And found that
obedience was lower among those who had a record of ACC
of 0, which indicates a low or non-existent level of disease.
Who had the highest registers, were more prone to
compliance with treatment.
Similar trends were found in a study on loss
weight with 518 patients, the researchers said. The
behavior modification was lower among patients with
little evidence of disease, and highest among those who had
high records of ACC, which reinforces the popular saying of “see
for believing”.
“with the increased use of images taking noninvasive, seems
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already have a tool to help motivate to the
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patients to be obedient”, said Kalia, who added that is
they need further studies to confirm the findings and to observe
how a better adherence to therapy improves outcomes.