New LDL-cholesterol lowering therapies: Pharmacology, clinical trials, and relevance to acute coronary syndromes

A.H. Sahebkar; Gerald Watts

doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.06.019

New LDL-cholesterol lowering therapies: Pharmacology, clinical trials, and relevance to acute coronary syndromes

A.H. Sahebkar, Gerald Watts

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Background: Reduction in plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a fundamental treatment for the prevention of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Although statin therapy confers significant protection against ACS in both primary and secondary prevention, a considerable residual risk remains after intensive therapy. In addition, a significant proportion of high-risk patients do not achieve the optimal LDL-C goal recommended in the current guidelines (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1082-1098
Journal	Clinical Therapeutics
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.06.019
Publication status	Published - 2013

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New LDL-cholesterol lowering therapies: Pharmacology, clinical trials, and relevance to acute coronary syndromes

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