Open AccessTherapeutic intervention for hypercholesterolemia
Author(s) -
Gotto Antonio M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960151007
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary heart disease , ldl cholesterol , presentation (obstetrics) , intervention (counseling) , familial hypercholesterolemia , cholesterol , atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease , disease , surgery , psychiatry
In previous presentations in these proceedings, the important relationships between cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been reviewed. Guidelines, for Europe and the United States, for screening and intervention in persons with elevated total or low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol have been compared. In this presentation, the current approaches for dietary and drug treatment of hypercholesterolemia are discussed.
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