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Special Communication
April 10, 2019

Four Cases of Cholesterol Management Informed by the 2018 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol

Author Affiliations
  • 1Division of Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
  • 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
  • 3Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 4Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • 5Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  • 6Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
JAMA Cardiol. 2019;4(5):473-477. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0771
Abstract

These 4 hypothetical cases highlight some of the new features in the 2018 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology multisociety cholesterol management guidelines. Topics include management issues in a secondary prevention patient judged to be at very high risk of another event, a patient with familial hypercholesterolemia with a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level of 190 mg/dL or greater (to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0259), a primary prevention patient with intermediate (7.5%-19.9%) 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk, and a patient who has statin-associated adverse effects. A multiple-choice format is used to engage clinicians in selecting the best choice based on guidance from the new 2018 cholesterol management guidelines.

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