Latest Updates on Lipid Management

• Authors: EGOM Emmanuel Eroume-A.; PHARITHI Rebabonye B.; HESSE Soressa; STARR Neasa; ARMSTRONG Richard; SULAIMAN Habitha Mohammed; GAZDIKOVA Katarina; MOZOS Ioana; CAPRNDA Martin; KUBATKA Peter; KRUŽLIAK Peter; KHAN Barkat; GASPAR Ludovit; MAHER Vincent M. G.
• Year of publication: 2019
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE & CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Web: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40292-019-00306-8
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40292-019-00306-8
• Keywords: ASCVD; Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Lipid management; Triglycerides
• Description: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the clinical long-term and near-term benefits of lowering cholesterol in, respectively, primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD, cholesterol levels remain under-treated, with many patients not achieving their recommended targets. The present article will review the latest updates on lipid management with emphases on the different classes of cholesterol-lowering agents and their clinical uses.