title: Pediatric lipid management: an earlier approach.
abstract: The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Expert Panel Integrated Guidelines promote the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events by encouraging healthy behaviors in all children, screening and treatment of children with genetic dyslipidemias, usage of specific lifestyle modifications, and limited administration of lipid pharmacotherapy in children with the highest CVD risk. These recommendations place children in the center of the fight against future CVD. Pediatric providers may be in a position to shift the focus of CVD prevention from trimming multiple risk factors to cutting out the causes CVD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: justin.zachariah@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Justin P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Philip K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Atherosclerosis; Dyslipidemia; Lipids; Pediatrics