Diet quality of patients with acute coronary syndrome receiving public and private health care

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a primary cause of premature morbidity and mortality both in Brazil and worldwide. As ACS is closely related with dietary intake (1,2), changes to a patient's diet may help control classic cardiovascular risk factors such as hypercholesterolemia, systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and diabetes mellitus (DM), and might affect prognosis after an ACS event (3). Accordingly, guidelines have been developed to help patients with ACS establish healthy dietary pattern at the time of hospital discharge.

Source: Nutrition - August 22, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Ingrid Maria Novais Barros de Carvalho Costa, Daniele G óes da Silva, José Augusto Soares Barreto Filho, Joselina Luzia Meneses Oliveira, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Mirella Dornelas Batalha Moreira Buarque, Thiago Nascimento, Juliana de Goes Jorge, And Source Type: research