title: New Cholesterol Guidelines for the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Comparison of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Guidelines with the 2014 National Lipid Association Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia.
abstract: This review discusses the 2013 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults and compares it with the 2014 National Lipid Association (NLA) Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia. The review discusses some of the distinctions between the guidelines, including how to determine a patient's atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk, the role of lipoprotein treatment targets, the importance of moderate- and high-intensity statin therapy, and the use of nonstatin therapy in light of the IMProved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial (IMPROVE-IT) trial.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Drive, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
authors.forename: Bhavin B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Adhyaru
authors.affiliation: Lipid Clinic and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr Drive, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Electronic address: tjaco02@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Jacobson
keywords: Atherogenic cholesterol; Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD); Clinical recommendations; Dyslipidemia; Guidelines; Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)