Poor lipid control linked to premature coronary artery disease, finds study
Mexico: Patients with premature coronary artery disease (CAD) have poor lipid control, suggests a recent study in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases. Factors associated with poor lipid control include obesity, low prescription of high-intensity statins, and low lipid-lowering treatment adherence
"Novel preventive programs and more aggressive pharmacological intervention should be implemented in order to reduce the burden of premature CAD," wrote the authors.
In high-risk patients, lipid goals have become more stringent. No studies, however, have analyzed lipid control defined as the composite achievement of goals in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (Non-HDL-C) and apolipoprotein B-100 (ApoB-100), in patients with premature coronary artery disease (CAD). Martínez-Sánchez Froylan, Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico, and colleagues, therefore, aimed to analyze lipid control rates and the associated factors with its poor achievement in patients with premature CAD.
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