What recommendations are made in the AHA/ACC Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Vascular Disease: 2011 Update?
The AHA/ACC Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Vascular Disease: 2011 Update recommends intensive risk-reduction therapies for patients with established coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease, including recommendations on smoking, blood pressure control, lipid management, physical therapy, weight management, type 2 diabetes management, antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants, renin angiotensin aldosterone system blockers (ACE inhibitors and ARBs), beta blockers, influenza vaccination, depression, and cardiac rehabilitation. 