RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cholesterol guidelines update: More aggressive therapy for higher-risk patients
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 253
OP 262
VO 72
IS 3
A1 Julie C. Huang
A1 Byron J. Hoogwerf
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/3/253.abstract
AB The 2004 update to the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines goes farther than the 2001 version in suggesting an optional low-density lipopro-tein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal of less than 70 mg/dL for patients at “very high risk.” It recommends starting both diet and drug therapy in all patients at high or very high risk whose LDL-C level is above the goal level, with the goal of reducing LDL-C by 30% to 40%. These more aggressive guidelines are based on results of five clinical studies published since 2001.