TY - JOUR
T1 - Drugs for dyslipidaemia
T2 - the legacy effect of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)
AU - Strandberg, Timo E.
AU - Kovanen, Petri T.
AU - Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.
AU - Raal, Frederick J.
AU - Santos, Raul D.
AU - Watts, Gerald F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Since the discovery of statins and the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) results three decades ago, remarkable advances have been made in the treatment of dyslipidaemia, a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Safe and effective statins remain the cornerstone of therapeutic approach for this indication, including for children with genetic dyslipidaemia, and are one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. However, despite the affordability of generic statins, they remain underutilised worldwide. The use of ezetimibe to further decrease plasma LDL cholesterol and the targeting of other atherogenic lipoproteins, such as triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and lipoprotein(a), are likely to be required to further reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events. Drugs directed at these lipoproteins, including gene silencing and editing methods that durably suppress the production of proteins, such as PCSK9 and ANGPTL3, open novel therapeutic options to further reduce the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
AB - Since the discovery of statins and the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) results three decades ago, remarkable advances have been made in the treatment of dyslipidaemia, a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Safe and effective statins remain the cornerstone of therapeutic approach for this indication, including for children with genetic dyslipidaemia, and are one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. However, despite the affordability of generic statins, they remain underutilised worldwide. The use of ezetimibe to further decrease plasma LDL cholesterol and the targeting of other atherogenic lipoproteins, such as triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and lipoprotein(a), are likely to be required to further reduce atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events. Drugs directed at these lipoproteins, including gene silencing and editing methods that durably suppress the production of proteins, such as PCSK9 and ANGPTL3, open novel therapeutic options to further reduce the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02089-0
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02089-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39577453
AN - SCOPUS:85211254998
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 404
SP - 2462
EP - 2475
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 10470
ER -