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Can LDL cholesterol ever be lowered too much?
Author(s) -
Laight David
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1694
Subject(s) - medicine , ldl cholesterol , cholesterol , reduction (mathematics) , current (fluid) , risk analysis (engineering) , intensive care medicine , engineering , geometry , mathematics , electrical engineering
Current guidelines recommend reducing LDL cholesterol by specified amounts; however, a new treatment ‘lower is better’ paradigm advocates more dramatic LDL cholesterol reduction beyond current targets to maximise global cardiovascular risk benefits. This article examines the benefits and drawbacks of this approach.