Physicians' Academy for Cardiovascular Education
Identifying and treating classic CV risk factors is important in patients with diabetes to reduce their CV risk. In this presentation, prof. Hobbs discusses the classic CV risk factors one by one.
EAS 2020 In participants of the UK Biobank, a LPA genetic risk score and measured Lp(a) levels provided comparable risk prediction for ASCVD risk in a primary prevention setting.
EAS 2020 Inhibition of ANGPTL3 with evinacumab reduced LDL-c levels significantly in HoFH patients with little to no LDL receptor function.
EAS 2020 A subanalysis of ORION-9 showed that lowering of LDL-c by inclisiran was similar across subgroups of genotypes in those with heterozygous FH.
EAS 2020 Prof. Stein gives an overview of studies with the small binding protein targeting PCSK9, named LIB003.
Prof. Mach explains the recommendations for pharmacological LDL-c lowering as described in the 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia.
ESC 2020 The EVAPORATE trial showed that icosapent ethyl 4g/day, compared with placebo, significantly reduced multiple plaque components in patients with elevated triglycerides on statin therapy
This trial in 57 patients with non-STEMI and troponin I ≥5 ng/mL showed that more patients reach LDL-c targets at hospital discharge with evolocumab plus high-intensity statin therapy compared with placebo plus high-intensity statin therapy.
Prof. Klaus Parhofer discusses the role of hypertriglyceridemia in the setting of residual risk.
Elevated Lp(a) levels were associated with greater risk of MACE in optimally treated patients with high-risk vascular disease when hsCRP levels ≥2 mg/L, but not in those with hsCRP levels <2 mg/L.
Among asymptomatic phenotypic FH patients, patients with a genetically confirmed FH diagnosis had a higher frequency and severity of coronary atherosclerotic plaques, compared to those without a FH-causing mutation.
In this video, internist Kees Hovingh discusses why screening for FH is important and how to identify individual FH patients and their families. With question to test your knowledge.
