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Blood cholesterol LDL and non-HDL treatment goals
Introduction
Overview
Overview
No recommendations are made for or against specific LDL-C or non-HDL-C goals for the primary prevention or secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), given the lack of evidence on the titration of cholesterol-lowering therapy to specific goals.
2018 AHA ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol. Primary Prevention
2018 AHA ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol. Primary Prevention
Implementation
| Class I |
| “1. Interventions focused on improving adherence to prescribed therapy are recommended for the management of adults with elevated cholesterol levels, including telephone reminders, calendar reminders, integrated multidisciplinary educational activities, and pharmacist-led interventions, such as simplification of the drug regimen to once-daily dosing(Level of Evidence: A) ” |
| “2. Clinicians, health systems, and health plans should identify patients who are not receiving guideline-directed medical therapy and should facilitate the initiation of appropriate guideline-directed medical therapy, using multifaceted strategies to improve guideline implementation (Level of Evidence: B-NR) ” |
| “3. Before therapy is prescribed, a patient-clinician discussion should take place to promote shared decision-making and should include the potential for ASCVD risk-reduction benefit, adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, and patient preferences (Level of Evidence: B-NR) ” |
2013 ACC AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol LDL and non-HDL treatment goals
2013 ACC AHA guideline on the treatment of blood cholesterol LDL and non-HDL treatment goals
There are few trials that were designed to define the optimal goals for LDL-C or non-HDL-C by titrating cholesterol-lowering therapy. In AIM-HIGH, the additional reduction in non-HDL–C levels with niacin therapy did not further reduce ASCVD risk in individuals treated to LDL–C levels of 40 to 80 mg/dL.[2] Therefore, no recommendations are made for or against specific LDL–C or non-HDL–C goals for the primary or secondary prevention of ASCVD due to the lack of evidence on titration of drug therapy to specific goals.
References
References
- ↑ Grundy SM, Stone NJ, Bailey AL, Beam C, Birtcher KK, Blumenthal RS; et al. (2019). “2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 73 (24): 3168–3209. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.11.002. PMID 30423391.
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