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Recognition and Treatment of HDL-C in Mixed Dyslipidemia
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Event Overview
A low level of HDL cholesterol is common in patients with obesity, insulin resistance and mixed dyslipidemia, and is an important independent risk factor for coronary heart disease. Whether low HDL-C is causally related to CHD remains a topic of debate, but clinical intervention to raise HDL-C levels is of substantial interest. Lifestyle intervention, particularly exercise and weight loss, can help to raise HDL-C levels but is often limited. Nicotinic acid (niacin) is the best HDL-raising pharmacologic therapy currently available; while some outcome data suggest benefit, more data are needed and studies are ongoing. CETP inhibitors raise HDL-C substantially in humans, and despite the failure of torcetrapib, some CETP inhibitors are still in clinical development and have promise. Additional HDL-targeted therapies are also in development. |
Event Date
Wednesday, 10/28/2009 12:00 PM
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Event Address
South Sunflower County Hospital
121 East Baker Street
Indianola, MS 38751
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