The Practical Cardiology™ Cholesterol Disorders clinical resource center offers the latest information from the field of lipidology. With hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipidemia representing a crucial aspect of risk management, this page will be a hub for information related to the latest in cholesterol management and dyslipidemia, including articles, videos, and podcasts.
October 24, 2022
An analysis of electronic medical record data from more than 140k patients hospitalized at 185 medical centers in the US provides insight into associations between preexisting statin use and reduced risk of severe disease in COVID-19.
October 12, 2022
An analysis of the CASCADE FH Registry provides insight into differences in patient characteristics and outcomes among those with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia enrolled in the registry as children and those enrolled in the registry as adults.
September 27, 2022
Statins and their specific role have been the subject of debate for years. In this feature, 6 leading experts in cardiometabolic health share their perspectives on whether statins should be used in the sense of primordial prevention for ASCVD.
September 23, 2022
A meta-analysis of 48 randomized controlled trials provides clinicians with insight into the comparative efficacy profiles of multiple nonstatin LDL-lowering agents when added to maximally tolerated statin therapy.
August 29, 2022
Results of a CTT meta-analysis from ESC Congress 22 detail the excess risk of muscle symptoms observed with statin therapy from more than 20 clinical trials assessing statins against placebo or less intensive statin therapy.
August 27, 2022
Our cardiology month in review spotlights the most popular content from the past month. The top content from August 2022 includes new antithrombotic guidance from CHEST, USPSTF recommendation statement on statin use in primary prevention, and coverage of ESC 22, including DELIVER, TIME, and other late-breaking data.
August 25, 2022
A modeling study presented at ESC 2022 provides insight into the differences in potential benefits of statin therapy based on lifelong use, delayed initiation, and early discontinuation among patients across the spectrum of cardiovascular risk.
August 23, 2022
The USPSTF released a new recommendation statement on August 23 outlining the organization's stance on use of statins for primary prevention based on current available evidence, with recommendations made for those 40-75, 75 and older, and based on 10-year CVD risk.
August 19, 2022
An analysis of more than 25,000 years of patient data details a U-shaped association between HDL-C levels and cardiovascular risk among adult men with high blood pressure.
August 01, 2022
Using data from the 2020 US Census report and recent NHANES survey data, investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital detail expected increases in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease among the US population by 2060.