H.E.A.R.T UK: hyperlipidaemia and the challenges ahead

November 2003    Volume 10, Issue 6   Br J Cardiol 2003;10:416-7

Authors:
Julie Foxton, Anthony Wierzbicki, John Reckless

The merits of reducing cholesterol to help prevent coronary
heart disease (CHD) were questioned 10 years ago.
There were great debates about the utility of reducing
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and it is now clear,
following the publication of at least eight different clinical drug
trials, that reducing cholesterol with statin drugs helps to
reduce total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and morbidity
and interventional procedures.

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