Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for
women in the United States and worldwide. There has been no American College of …

A recent explosion in the amount of cardiovascular risk and incipient, undetected subclinical
cardiovascular pathology has swept across the globe. Nearly 70% of adult Americans are …

The Blood Cholesterol Expert Panel (Expert Panel) was originally convened as the Expert
Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult …

Abstract An Expert Panel convened by the National Lipid Association previously developed
a consensus set of recommendations for the patient-centered management of dyslipidemia …

Statins are widely used in the evidence-based lowering of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
risk. The use of these drugs for secondary prevention of CVD is well founded, but their …

Although elevated levels of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are the major
cause of onset of the disease, as established by a large number of superb epidemiological …

Importance The Million Hearts initiative emphasizes ABCS (aspirin for high-risk patients,
blood pressure [BP] control, cholesterol level management, andsmoking cessation) …

An international panel of the International Atherosclerosis Society has developed a new set
of recommendations for the management of dyslipidemia. The panel identifies non—high …

Reprint: 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults Page 1 Stone NJ, et al. 2013 ACC/AHA Blood …

An international panel of the International Atherosclerosis Society has developed a new set
of recommendations for the management of dyslipidemia. The panel identifies non-high …