Richard C Pasternak M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
Merck & Co, Inc-Ry34-A222 126 East Lincoln Ave Rahway NJ, 07065About
Dr. Richard Pasternak is a cardiologist practicing in Rahway, NJ. Dr. Pasternak specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Pasternak also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adjusting therapy to cardiovascular risk status.
- The use of nicotine-replacement therapy by hospitalized smokers.
- Clinical goals and performance measures for cholesterol management in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.
- Smoking by patients in a smoke-free hospital: prevalence, predictors, and implications.
- Certain cardiac risk factors predict risk factor interventions and influence communication between physicians and patients.
- AHA/ACC Scientific Statement: AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American
- AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 update. A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
- Task force #4--adherence issues and behavior changes: achieving a long-term solution. 33rd Bethesda Conference.
- The ALLHAT lipid lowering trial--less is less.
- 34th Bethesda Conference: Task force #1--Identification of coronary heart disease
- Contemporary awareness and understanding of cholesterol as a risk factor: results of an American Heart Association national survey.
- Optimal nutrition for the prevention of coronary heart disease: a worldwide challenge.
- Report of the Adult Treatment Panel III: the 2001 National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines on the detection, evaluation and treatment of elevated cholesterol in adults.
- ALLHAT-LLT: questions, questions, and more questions (and some answers).
- Selection of patients for coronary angiography and coronary revascularization early after myocardial infarction: is there evidence for a gender bias?
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