AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Lipids / 17.09.2019
Even in Specialty Clinics, LDL Goals Hard To Reach and Atherosclerotic Events High
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Samuel S. Gidding, MD
FH Foundation
Pasadena, CA
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are at high risk for atherosclerotic heart disease but little is known about intensification of treatment and event rates in lipid specialty care in the United States.
We examined data on 1900 patients, enrolled in the CASCADE FH Registry,sponsored by the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation, to determine if cholesterol lowering therapy increased to improve getting patients to a lower LDL cholesterol and to look at incident cardiac events in tow groups, those with prior heart disease and those without. (more…)