<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The European Society of Cardiology and the European Atherosclerotic Society are recommending in the 2019 guideline for dyslipidemia the best management strategies for an individual patient with a given condition.The guideline recommends the use of new tests to help identify high-risk patients. These include both coronary artery calcium imaging and biomarker tests.Modifications have also been made to the risk stratification categories, so that patients with atherosclerotic artery disease, diabetes mellitus with target organ damage, familial hypercholesterolaemia and severe chronic kidney disease are all included in very-high risk patients.The new ESC/EAS guideline for dyslipidemia management compared with the 2016 version include more intensive reduction of LDL-c across CV risk categories. If the goals are not achieved with the maximum tolerated dose of statin, combination with ezetimibe is recommended. An important message of the new guideline is that until this moment there are no known adverse effects of very low LDL-c concentrations.</abstract>

The European Society of Cardiology and the European Atherosclerotic Society are recommending in the 2019 guideline for dyslipidemia the best management strategies for an individual patient with a given condition.The guideline recommends the use of new tests to help identify high-risk patients. These include both coronary artery calcium imaging and biomarker tests.Modifications have also been made to the risk stratification categories, so that patients with atherosclerotic artery disease, diabetes mellitus with target organ damage, familial hypercholesterolaemia and severe chronic kidney disease are all included in very-high risk patients.The new ESC/EAS guideline for dyslipidemia management compared with the 2016 version include more intensive reduction of LDL-c across CV risk categories. If the goals are not achieved with the maximum tolerated dose of statin, combination with ezetimibe is recommended. An important message of the new guideline is that until this moment there are no known adverse effects of very low LDL-c concentrations.

2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for Dyslipidaemia – What’s New?

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Internal Medicine

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The European Society of Cardiology and the European Atherosclerotic Society are recommending in the 2019 guideline for dyslipidemia the best management...

2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for Dyslipidaemia – What’s New?

Published Online: Mar 12, 2020

Page range: 57 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2020-0102

Keywords
dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk, European Society of Cardiology, European Atherosclerotic Society, guidelines, statin, ezetimibe

© 2020 Diana-Adriana Andronache et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for Dyslipidaemia – What’s New?

Published Online: Mar 12, 2020

Page range: 57 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2020-0102

Keywordsdyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk, European Society of Cardiology, European Atherosclerotic Society, guidelines, statin, ezetimibe

© 2020 Diana-Adriana Andronache et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk, European Society of Cardiology, European Atherosclerotic Society, guidelines, statin, ezetimibe