Dyslipidemia therapy update: the importance of full lipid profile assessment.
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Craigavon Cardiac Centre, Craigavon BT63 5QQ, Northern Ireland, UK. ian.menown@southerntrust.hscni.netIssue Date
2009-07MeSH
AtherosclerosisCardiovascular Diseases
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, HDL
Cholesterol, LDL
Dyslipidemias
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Assessment
Triglycerides
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Dyslipidemia therapy update: the importance of full lipid profile assessment. 2009, 26 (7):711-8 Adv TherPublisher
Advances in therapyJournal
Advances in therapyDOI
10.1007/s12325-009-0052-3PubMed ID
19649582Abstract
Lipid guidelines typically focus on total cholesterol +/- low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels with less emphasis on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) or triglyceride assessment, thus potentially underestimating cardiovascular (CV) risk and the need for lifestyle or treatment optimization. In this article, we highlight how reliance on isolated total cholesterol assessment may miss prognostically relevant lipid abnormalities; we describe from the European Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) data set how incorporation of HDL-C may improve estimation of CV risk; and, finally, we critically evaluate the evidence base surrounding triglycerides and CV risk.Item Type
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0741-238Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s12325-009-0052-3
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