Learning objectives
Upon completing this module, participants should be better able to understand:
- Evidence for lipid-lowering treatment
- Which patients are eligible for lipid-lowering treatment
- Use of lifestyle (diet and exercise) interventions
- The lipid-lowering drug classes.
Faculty
Module revised in 2024 by:
Dr Tina Mazaheri, Specialist Registrar in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Dr Jaimini Cegla, Consultant in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine; and Lipids and Cardiovascular Risk Service, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Programme editor: Dr Dermot Neely, Heart UK Trustee and Adviser
Module revised in 2021 by:
Dr Gavin Mercer-Smith, Specialist Registrar, Blood Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Programme editor: Dr Dermot Neely
Original module
Dr Dermot Neely
Dr David Thompson, Clinical Research Fellow, International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London
Dr Adie Viljoen, Honorary Consultant, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Lister Hospital, Stevenage
Accreditation
2 CPD/CME credits, 2.0 hours
BJC Learning has assigned two hours of CPD/CME credit to this module
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