title: Austrian Lipid Consensus on the management of metabolic lipid disorders to prevent vascular complications: A joint position statement issued by eight medical societies. 2016 update.
abstract: In 2010, eight Austrian medical societies proposed a joint position statement on the management of metabolic lipid disorders for the prevention of vascular complications. An updated and extended version of these recommendations according to the current literature is presented, referring to the primary and secondary prevention of vascular complications in adults, taking into consideration the guidelines of other societies. The "Austrian Lipid Consensus - 2016 update" provides guidance for individualized risk stratification and respective therapeutic targets, and discusses the evidence for reducing vascular endpoints with available lipid-lowering therapies. Furthermore, specific management in key patient groups is outlined, including subjects presenting with coronary, cerebrovascular, and/or peripheral atherosclerosis; diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome; nephropathy; and familial hypercholesterolemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria. hermann.toplak@medunigraz.at.
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toplak
authors.affiliation: First Medical Department, Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ludvik
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Hochzirl - Natters Hospital, Hochzirl, Austria.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lechleitner
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dieplinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Bregenz Hospital, Bregenz, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Föger
authors.affiliation: First Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paulweber
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Wels Hospital, Wels, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Third Medical Department, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watschinger
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.affiliation: First Medical Department, Hanusch-Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Wascher
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Feldkirch Hospital, Feldkirch, Austria.
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drexel
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pilger
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Linz General Hospital, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pohanka
authors.affiliation: Third Medical Department, Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oberbauer
authors.affiliation: First Medical Department, Mistelbach Hospital, Mistelbach, Austria.
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Traindl
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Baden-Mödling Hospital, Mödling, Austria.
authors.forename: Franz Xaver
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Roithinger
authors.affiliation: Third Medical Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metzler
authors.affiliation: First Department of Neurology, Kepler University Clinic, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Haring
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiechl
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D052439:Lipid Metabolism Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents
keywords: Atherosclerosis; LDL cholesterol; Primary prevention; Secondary prevention; Statin; Vascular disease