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PlayLDL-C: how low should clinicians aim for?

LDL-C: how low should clinicians aim for?

Trials with monoclonal antibodies – PCSK9 inhibitors – will answer the question of how far should low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) be reduced?

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Posted on 11 November 2014 | Posted by Henry Ginsberg | Posted in Hot topics, Videos
IMPROVE-IT: will it prove anything?

IMPROVE-IT: will it prove anything?

Professor Anthony S. Wierzbicki, London UK Comments on the IMPROVE-IT debate Cardiovascular disease (CVD) guidelines are emphasising the use of clinical outcome data on major vascular events (American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology)1 or hard CVD events alone (UK NICE)2 . They have begun to…

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Posted on 3 August 2014 | Posted by Anthony Wierzbicki | Posted in Hot topics, Article Archive
Statin Associated Muscle Symptoms – a role for PCSK9 inhibitors? Professor Erik Stroes, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands comments

Statin Associated Muscle Symptoms – a role for PCSK9 inhibitors? Professor Erik Stroes, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands comments

The latest European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel focused on statin associated muscle symptoms (SAMS),1 which at present accounts for up to 40% of referrals to specialised lipid clinics. The veracity of SAMS has been questioned given the apparent discrepancy between findings from clinical trials and…

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Posted on 25 April 2015 | Posted by Erik Stroes | Posted in News, Hot topics

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