Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines
Implications of recent clinical trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.0000133317.49796.0e
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发表时间:
2004-07-13
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37.8
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Stone, NJ
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作者:
Grundy, SM;Cleeman, JI;Stone, NJ
The Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) of the National Cholesterol Education Program issued an evidence-based set of guidelines on cholesterol management in 2001. Since the publication of ATP III, 5 major clinical trials of statin therapy with clinical end points have been published. These trials addressed issues that were not examined in previous clinical trials of cholesterol-lowering therapy. The present document reviews the results of these recent trials and assesses their implications for cholesterol management. Therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) remain an essential modality in clinical management. The trials confirm the benefit of cholesterol-lowering therapy in high-risk patients and support the ATP III treatment goal of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)