Modern Lipid Management: The Updated Medicine Cabinet - Clinical Spotlight Meeting on Demand-Rapid Review: Established Non-Statins

Rapid Review: Established Non-Statins

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The speaker discusses the various therapies available for lowering LDL cholesterol, including statins, non-statins, and PCSK9 inhibitors. They highlight the importance of individualized treatment based on risk factors and stress that lower LDL levels and longer therapy durations lead to better cardiovascular outcomes. They also mention the significance of total event reduction, rather than just the time to the first event, and emphasize that high-risk patients benefit the most from intensive LDL lowering. Overall, the speaker concludes that these therapies have shown significant benefits with minimal safety concerns.

Keywords

therapies

lowering LDL cholesterol

statins

non-statins

PCSK9 inhibitors